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cianalouise
Registered User
(4/6/01 6:42:40 am)
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Jewish folktales
Good morning, everyone…
I have finally decided to relinquish my "lurker" status and post a question. It's been such a pleasure to get a peek into the wonderful creative community and the interchange here - I know it's helped spark my artistic juices and gotten me painting again after having a serious block for so long…thanks! Okay back to business…
Could anyone recommend some good collections of Jewish folklore? Recently, I ran across the Golem story (David Wiesnewski's -I know I spelled that name wrong- beautiful cut-paper illustrated book…) and it started me thinking that I would like to learn more…
Thanks again-
Luciana
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Midori
Unregistered User
(4/6/01 9:27:21 am)
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a title and a welcome
Hey welcome to the board! The more the merrier!
I know that Kate who posts here rather frequently has mentioned quite a few great titles in past discussions.Perhaps she will fill in other suggestions. But for myself, one book I have particularly liked is "Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural" edited by Howard Schwartz. It has some spectacular stories in it....I'm not sure if it's still in print, but it should be fairly available in a library. And I think Helen, didn't you recommend another Schwartz's collection of Jewish tales recently? I'll have to open up some old discussions but I thought it was you...
once again welcome to the board.
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Laura
McCaffrey
Registered User
(4/6/01 10:55:15 am)
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Re: a title and a welcome
Hi all,
I did post in the fairy tale library that I'd like to bring Howard Schwartz's "Elijah's Violin and Other Jewish Fairy Tales." The retellings are so graceful and the tales so wonderful. "Lilith's Cave" was in print within the last two years. (I love this one too Midori!) Schwartz has also edited other Jewish folklore collections, "Gabriel's Palace" and "Miriam's Tambourine." His books often have extensive bibliographies of Jewish folk lore and historical sources.
If you're specifically interested in Golem tales, try "The Golem: Legends of the Ghetto of Prague" by Chayim Bloch. This may not be in print. Also Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote "The Golem." Singer has other collections of Jewish folk lore as well, "Stories for Children" and "The Collected Stories."
Hope this all helps. Laura Mc
Edited by: Laura McCaffrey
at: 4/6/01 3:45:44 pm
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cianalouise
Registered User
(4/6/01 12:32:31 pm)
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Re: a title and a welcome
Midori and Laura -
Thank you! I hope to hit the bookstores this weekend and look these titles up. I spent hours last weekend prowling the piles and piles of books at the Strand and ended up with an armful…
Luciana
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Kate
Unregistered User
(4/6/01 3:46:04 pm)
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Yiddish Folktales
Luciana,
Sounds like your Strand trip will keep you going for a while, but there is also a good collection called YIDDISH FOLKTALES that I like very much. It's edited by Beatrice Winreich and translated by Leonard Wolf (Pantheon published it). If you are interested in East European Jewish tales, that's a good place to go.
Kate
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Helen
Registered User
(4/6/01 5:17:21 pm)
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doppelganger...
Nope, Midori, tweren't me ... Jewish folklore is actually something that I, too, am very interested im learning more about. I'm taking notes ... it might have been Heidi,though. I've noticed that recently, some comments to her have been directed at me, and responses to me at her ... personally, I feel flattered (and amused) by it. I couldn't be in better company ...
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Terri
Registered User
(4/7/01 8:07:49 am)
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paintings
Luciana, thanks for turning from lurker to poster. Are your paintings based on folk tales?
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cianalouise
Registered User
(4/9/01 7:06:33 am)
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Re: paintings
Terri,
Yes, I get most of my artistic inspiration from folktales and fairytales. Though I'd always loved reading those stories from a child and now as an adult, it was when I'd taken a class in college on European folk narrative that I truly realized how much I loved it and how important it was to me. The rest of my college experience was shaped by that realization and continues to influence everything from my choice of subject to even my color palette. I have not yet been able to get published in the fairy tale genre, but I'm working on it.
I guess I also got intrigued by the Jewish culture when I was costume designer for a community theatre production of "Fiddler on the Roof". And I just celebrated my first Passover with my boyfriend's family - as I was raised Catholic, it was wonderful to experience different traditions.
Thanks again for everyone's feedback - I have lots of books to look forward to reading!
Luciana
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Terri
Registered User
(4/9/01 7:10:04 am)
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Re: paintings
Luciana: Do you have a web site where we can see your work?
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cianalouise
Registered User
(4/10/01 6:08:44 am)
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Re: paintings
Terri,
As of now, my website is in the pre-production stage, but I hope to have it up and running in the next month or so…
When that happens, I could post the link , if anyone is interested in seeing my work. Thanks for asking!
Luciana
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Kate
Unregistered User
(4/10/01 6:23:37 am)
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Artists
Luciana,
Are there any artists who do work not necessarily like yours, but related to yours, that you might recommend we take a look at? I know of some of the folklore/fairy tale influenced artists, probably just the obvious ones, and am always looking for more, and less well-known ones. It is also always fascinating to hear who is influenced by (obsessed with) whom, as an artist . . .
I'm interested for myself, of course, and also because I'm compiling a list of web sites for my school's new library right now in connection with an enchantment literature class I often teach--and as the school is an art school, any ideas you have would be brilliant to include, I'm sure.
Kate
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Kerrie
Registered User
(4/10/01 1:56:01 pm)
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Amazing what you find...
I find it amazing at all I learn
from this board, even down to what's under my bed! I have a bin
with books I bought for a bibliography on works with witches for
my children's literature course. And what do you think is there?
A book edited by Howard Schwartz! I have *The Wonder Child : &
Other Jewish Fairy Tales* only because it had one story with witch
in the title. I cannot remember the tale and don't even think I
read the whole book, but you can bet I'm going to back to do that
as soon as I finish the hundred other books I have to read! (ok,
probably sooner than that)
But there's another book for the list!
Kerrie
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