The Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El
  Peninnah Schram

PENINNAH SCHRAM, internationally known storyteller, teacher, author, and recording artist, is Associate Professor of Speech and Drama at Stern College of Yeshiva University. Peninnah is the author of nine books of Jewish folktales, including Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another and Stories Within Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition. She received a Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator in 1995.

 



 Courses Taught This Semester:

The Holy, the Humor and the Wisdom in Jewish Folktales
Peninnah Schram
Oct 13, Oct 20, Oct 27, Nov 03 Wed 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Wherever Jews have lived in the world, they have told and retold stories. Explore the holy tales found in Talmud and Midrash, the humorous Helm and trickster tales, and tall tales (often called "Bobe Maises"), the Hasidic stories as well as various folktales found in Ashkenazic and Sephardic oral traditions. Delve into this rich repertoire and discover how these stories continue to teach us the timeless values, ethics, traditions and wisdom of the Jewish people that we can integrate into our lives.




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