Research Catalog

Title

Jerusalem of gold : Jewish stories of the enchanted city / retold by Howard Schwartz ; illustrated by Neil Waldman.

Author

Schwartz, Howard, 1945-

Publication

Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Pub., 2003.

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Additional Authors

Waldman, Neil

Description

56, [2] p. ; col. ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

Jewish stories set in Jerusalem, adapted from the Talmud and Midrash, Hasidic sources, and oral tradition, with origins in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, and Greece.

Subject

• Jewish legends
• Aggada > Juvenile literature
• Hasidim > Juvenile literature
• Jews > Folklore > Juvenile literature
• Jewish legends
• Legends > Jerusalem
• Hasidim > Legends
• Jews > Folklore
• Jerusalem > Juvenile literature
• Jerusalem > Folklore

Genre/Form

• Folklore
• Juvenile works
• Legends

Note

• Originally published under title: Next year in Jerusalem. New York : Viking, 1996.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [58]).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The bird of happiness -- The mountain that moved -- The language of birds -- How the walls of the Temple were built -- The vampire demon -- The story of Serah, who lived longer than Methuselah -- The princess of light -- Challahs in the ark -- The miracle at King David's tomb -- Rabbi Nachman's chair -- Milk and honey.

ISBN

1580231497

LCCN

^^2003040026

OCLC

• 51900394
• SCSB-10723657

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library