The Wise Folk Of Chelm
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Author |
: Seymour Rossel |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 174 |
Release |
: 2013-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0940646439 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780940646438 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wise Folk of Chelm by : Seymour Rossel
Welcome to CHELM A cornucopia of irrepressible characters awaits within The Wise Folk of Chelm to welcome you to Europe's most famous town of fools. All this, author Seymour Rossel explains, is to bring the Chelm tradition into the twenty-first century. For the past hundred years, most Chelm stories have been published for children though only a handful of the tales are child-appropriate. It is no great surprise that the same few stories regularly reappear while many of the best of the stories-those that have amused and bemused adults since the seventeenth century-largely go unseen. For a decade, Rossel has combed the traditional Yiddish, Hebrew, and English canons of Chelm stories. He has turned up fascinating research on the origins of Chelm. He has experimented with telling the stories in so many ways to so many different groups that colleagues have taken to calling him "the "Houstoner Maggid,"" which loosely translates as "the parable-maker from Houston." Indeed, it has been said--mainly by his wife and children--and with some justification--that he knows his way around Chelm better than around Houston. The Wise Folk of Chelm is Rossel's new vision of the classic tales. First, the new heroes and heroines you will want to meet... Second, new streets to walk with them, new cafes and shops wherein to laugh with them, and new chances to attend the flamboyant, ever-surprising deliberations of Chelm's town council... Third, Rossel serves up a new kind of narrative that begs to be read out loud. He calls it "narrative slapstick" or "slapstick narrative." You'll call it entertainment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Wise Folk of Chelm is a delightful foray into the topsy-turvy world of the men and women of Chelm. A sweet, modern telling that will rekindle fond memories for those who grew up with the stories and bring smiles and laughter to those who have never before encountered Chelm." -- Bob Alper, rabbi and standup comic, author of "Life Doesn't Get Any Better Than This" and "A Rabbi Confesses"
Author |
: Ruth von Bernuth |
Publisher |
: NYU Press |
Total Pages |
: 411 |
Release |
: 2016-09-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781479886654 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1479886653 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis How the Wise Men Got to Chelm by : Ruth von Bernuth
How the Wise Men Got to Chelm is the first in-depth study of Chelm literature and its relationship to its literary precursors. When God created the world, so it is said, he sent out an angel with a bag of foolish souls with instructions to distribute them equally all over the world—one fool per town. But the angel’s bag broke and all the souls spilled out onto the same spot. They built a settlement where they landed: the town is known as Chelm. The collected tales of these fools, or “wise men,” of Chelm constitute the best-known folktale tradition of the Jews of eastern Europe. This tradition includes a sprawling repertoire of stories about the alleged intellectual limitations of the members of this old and important Jewish community. Chelm did not make its debut in the role of the foolish shtetl par excellence until late in the nineteenth century. Since then, however, the town has led a double life—as a real city in eastern Poland and as an imaginary place onto which questions of Jewish identity, community, and history have been projected. By placing literary Chelm and its “foolish” antecedents in a broader historical context, it shows how they have functioned for over three hundred years as models of society, somewhere between utopia and dystopia. These imaginary foolish towns have enabled writers both to entertain and highlight a variety of societal problems, a function that literary Chelm continues to fulfill in Jewish literature to this day.
Author |
: Sandy Asher |
Publisher |
: Dramatic Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 60 |
Release |
: 1992 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0871291657 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780871291653 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wise Men of Chelm by : Sandy Asher
Author |
: Shlomo Abbas |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1784384259 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781784384258 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sages of Chelm and the Moon by : Shlomo Abbas
Author |
: Solomon Simon |
Publisher |
: Behrman House, Inc |
Total Pages |
: 144 |
Release |
: 1973 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0874414695 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780874414691 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wise Men of Helm and Their Merry Tales by : Solomon Simon
The collection of Jewish folk tales that the "New York Times" called "a delightful little book . . . a classic of its kind . . . full of merriment and wisdom". Illustrated with whimsical drawings, these humorous stories are just right for children.
Author |
: Seymour Rossel |
Publisher |
: Behrman House, Inc |
Total Pages |
: 164 |
Release |
: 1983-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0874413664 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780874413663 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Journey Through Jewish History by : Seymour Rossel
Author |
: Seymour Rossel |
Publisher |
: Torah Aura Productions |
Total Pages |
: 372 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1891662945 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781891662942 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Torah by : Seymour Rossel
An interactive study of the Five Books of Moses. The book can be read from cover to cover or used to study each portion of the Torah as read weekly in the synagogue. Simple enough for teenagers, it is sophisticated enough for adults and rich in resources for preparing lectures, sermons, and talks.
Author |
: Haya Bar-Itzhak |
Publisher |
: Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages |
: 579 |
Release |
: 2019-11-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780814342091 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0814342094 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Power of a Tale by : Haya Bar-Itzhak
Scholars and students interested in Jewish folklore and literature will appreciate this diverse collection as well as readers interested in Jewish and Israeli culture.
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 100 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781402726514 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1402726511 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hungry Clothes and Other Jewish Folktales by :
A collection of classic Jewish folktales which emphasize values and moral lessons, each with an introduction that places it in context with other Jewish teachings.
Author |
: Sandy Eisenberg Sasso |
Publisher |
: Paraclete Press |
Total Pages |
: 44 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1557254745 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781557254740 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Butterflies Under Our Hats by : Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Chelm is a town without luck until the day a beautiful red-haired woman with a purple hat shows the residents that there is something even better.