Download or read book Tales from a Jewish Grandmother written by Cynthia S. Goren and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What child would not be delighted by the story of bewildering matzoballs, miraculous latkes, unusual guests to a Bar Mitzvah, and a dog with a mysterious and exciting history? These are the contents of Cynthia Goren's "Tales from a Jewish Grandmother." In this collection, two stories for the very young and two for the older child subtly but convincingly stress the importance of respect and patience both for each other and for all of nature. The whimsy of the earlier stories will bring giggles to the younger set; the more serious and nuanced later stories will provide the thought and substance needed by an older child. Sprinkled with love and faith, heritage, and peoplehood, this anthology illustrates, above all, the Jewish child's thirst for the beautiful traditions of Judaism. "This delightful anthology of stories, suitable for children of varying ages, will open a child's eyes, heart, and mind to his or her connection to the dynamic and thriving culture of the Jewish people." -Danny A. Brass, DVM Book Reviewer for the National Speleological Society and Choice Magazine
Download or read book Tales of a Bubbe written by Abby November PhD and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While growing up in Brooklyn, Abby November’s grandmother, Bubbe, always told her, “You’ll miss me when I’m a candle.” Soon, it became evident that Bubbe’s uncanny wit was genetic as November transformed into a kid who loved creating amusing repartees. In a collection of personal essays, prose, poetry, and recipes, November shares insight into her life experiences and relationships while being raised in a multi-generational home in Brooklyn, New York, with her parental grandparents, Bubbe and Zayde, whose zest for life, liverwurst sandwiches, an egg cream at Crazy Joe’s candy shop, and sitting on the stoop naming constellations became an integral part of November’s upbringing. While November’s writings detail how she eventually left to attend an internship program in Boston, married and had two children, earned three degrees, and became a stand-up comedian, they also shine a light on how the wisdom of her elder family members became a north star for her to follow through her adult life. Tales of a Bubbe is a collection of personal essays, prose, poetry, and recipes shared from the heart and mind of a woman reflecting on love, laughter, and wonderful memories.
Download or read book Bubbie and Zadie Come to My House written by Daniel Halevi Bloom and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bubbie and Zadie, two magical characters, bring the spirit of Hanukkah to a Jewish family on the first night of the holiday.
Download or read book Bubbe s Got the Beat written by Judy Press and published by Kar-Ben Publishing (R). This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A grandchild and grandmother make preparations for a family Shabbat meal and celebration"--
Download or read book The Book of Secrets written by Mat Tonti and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting graphic novel presents a series of puzzling mystical Jewish stories weaving together a daring adventure tale, following siblings Rose and Ben as they search for their missing grandparents, aided only by a mysterious book, a lantern, and their wits. Anticipating danger, the kids' grandmother, Bubbe, appears to the twins in a cloud of flour and tells them to find a package that contains a book. The midrash stories they findabout the flying Ziz, the giant Og, the gatekeeper at a maze, and a treasure-seeker who lives in a mushroom hutprovide insights into defeating the creepy sorceress scheming to take the book. As the mystery deepens, the siblings must follow the Lamplighter's wise advice, slip past a guard into a maze, reunite with their grandparents, and learn why they have inherited the responsibility to protect the bookand the Jewish people.
Download or read book Celebrate Hanukkah with Bubbe s Tales written by Alma Flor Ada and published by Alfaguara Infantil. This book was released on 2007 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three children tell each other a Hanukkah story while their grandmother prepares a special meal of latkes. Includes factual information about the holiday.
Download or read book Three Times Chai written by Laney Katz Becker and published by Behrman House, Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-four rabbis, from all branches of Judaism, tell their favorite stories--classic Bible stories, rabbinic and modern commentaries, folktales, and legends. Each story, ranging in length from one to seven pages, reflects a Jewish ideal or value and is told in the individual rabbi's unique speaking style. Each concludes with a note from the contributor explaining the story's lesson and why it is the rabbi's favorite. CONTENTS: The book is divided into four sections: Section One: Community -- Stories about relationships, tzedakah, and tikun olam, our responsibility to heal the world Section Two: Religion -- Stories about Jewish identity, practices, and spirituality Section Three: God's World --Stories about the ways in which we relate to God and live according to God's plan Section Four: Outlook -- Stories about our attitudes, choices, and quests for truth, honesty, wisdom, and courage
Download or read book The Bubbe Meise written by Aaron Zevy and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bubbe Meise: A grandmother's fable. An "old wives tale". An untrue story. Sometimes related to superstition. Often, an Aaron Zevy short story. Aaron Zevy is at it again with a new collection of amusing tales and vignettes about his life with his friends, both real and imagined, and family. Like his first collection, Almost the Truth: Stories and Lies, which Kirkus Review called "... a series of hilarious stories...in an easy going style which is both polished and seemingly improvised," Bubbe Meise and Other Stories continues Zevy's trademark approach to storytelling, which blurs the lines of fact and fiction. With a tip of the hat to David Sedaris's self awareness and Etgar Keret's metafiction, but a unique style and voice very much his own, Zevy amuses and astounds. Don't try to figure out what is real and what is not just sit back and enjoy! After all, Zevy reminds us to "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." More praise for Almost the Truth: Stories and Lies... "It's entertaining, it's funny, it's culturally revealing, and it's steeped in the unexpected. Almost the Truth: Stories and Lies is uniformly one of the more creative, satisfyingly reads of 2020. Readers who enjoy wry humor and life observations that depart from any anticipated pathway will delight in Aaron Zevy's collection, which is often politically or culturally incorrect in delightful ways." - Midwest Reviews "To read Zevy is not only to get lost in his often hilarious and unexpected tales, but to be given a front row seat on the nature and art of storytelling itself. His imitable voice is hilariously self-deprecating, vivid, and splashed with surprising moments of intimacy." - Jules Lewis, author of "Waiting for Ricky Tantrum" (Dundurn Press, 2010) "Reading Zevy is like having the good fortune of pulling up a barstool next to a master storyteller- and you don't have to leave your house." - 5-star Amazon Review "Incredibly entertaining! I read one story after another. As soon as I put it down, my husband grabbed it. Rather than fight over it, we read it aloud to each other. A great way to spend an afternoon." - Goodreads Review
Download or read book Maccabee written by Tilda Balsley and published by Kar-Ben. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retelling of the story of Hanukkah, the festival that celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over the mighty armies of the Syrian king.
Download or read book Flying Couch written by and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2016 • A Junior Library Guild Fall 2016 Selection Flying Couch, Amy Kurzweil’s debut, tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy weaves her own coming–of–age as a young Jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a psychologist, and Bubbe, her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. Captivated by Bubbe’s story, Amy turns to her sketchbooks, teaching herself to draw as a way to cope with what she discovers. Entwining the voices and histories of these three wise, hilarious, and very different women, Amy creates a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a family, but also of how each generation bears the imprint of the past. A retelling of the inherited Holocaust narrative now two generations removed, Flying Couch uses Bubbe’s real testimony to investigate the legacy of trauma, the magic of family stories, and the meaning of home. With her playful, idiosyncratic sensibility, Amy traces the way our memories and our families shape who we become. The result is this bold illustrated memoir, both an original coming–of–age story and an important entry into the literature of the Holocaust.
Download or read book Boom and Bust written by William Quinn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? In order to answer these questions, William Quinn and John D. Turner take us on a riveting ride through the history of financial bubbles, visiting, among other places, Paris and London in 1720, Latin America in the 1820s, Melbourne in the 1880s, New York in the 1920s, Tokyo in the 1980s, Silicon Valley in the 1990s and Shanghai in the 2000s. As they do so, they help us understand why bubbles happen, and why some have catastrophic economic, social and political consequences whilst others have actually benefited society. They reveal that bubbles start when investors and speculators react to new technology or political initiatives, showing that our ability to predict future bubbles will ultimately come down to being able to predict these sparks.
Download or read book Pickled Watermelon written by Esty Schachter and published by Kar-Ben Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1986, Molly visits her grandparents in Israel and worries about the language barrier.
Download or read book Bubbie s Magical Hair written by Abbe Rolnick and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bubbie's Magical Hair is a whimsical story of a grandmother playing with her grandchildren. Sparse in words, but deep in feeling, the illustrations convey a story of magic and fun as Bubbie grows older and the children mature. Nature and imagination combine honoring the power of all grandparents and relationships that endure through life. A visual delight of adventure, change, and a world united by love. A story to be read on many levels exploring feelings, science, international customs, and imagination
Download or read book When the Time Comes written by Paula Span and published by Grand Central Life & Style. This book was released on 2009-06-10 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will you do when you get the call that a loved one has had a heart attack or a stroke? Or when you realize that a family member is too frail to live alone, but too healthy for a nursing home? Journalist Paula Span shares the resonant narratives of several families who faced these questions. Each family contemplates the alternatives in elder care (from assisted living to multigenerational living to home care, nursing care, and at the end, hospice care) and chooses the right path for its needs. Span writes about the families' emotional challenges, their practical discoveries, and the good news that some of them find a situation that has worked for them and their loved ones. And many find joy in the duty of caring for an older loved one. There are 45 million Americans caring for family members currently, and as the 77 million boomers continue to age, this number will only go up. Paula Span's stories are revealing and informative. They give a sense of all the emotional and practical factors that go into the major decisions about caregiving, so that readers will be better able to figure out what to do when the time comes for them and their loved ones.
Download or read book My Grandmother s Stories written by Adèle Geras and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young girl spends time at her grandmother's apartment, she is treated to traditional Jewish tales, including "Bavsi's Feast," "The Golden Shoes," "The Garden of Talking Flowers," and "A Phantom at the Wedding."
Download or read book Bubbe Meises written by Ronald H. Isaacs and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jews have had a long and illustrious history, and it is not surprising that over the centuries many misunderstandings, myths, misconceptions and bubbe meises have been circulated and handed down from generation to generation. The process has continued through our own day.
Download or read book As Big as an Egg written by Rochel Sandman and published by Hachai Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a true story; Bubbe Hinda collects food for the sick during the war. Chaim is reluctant to give up part of his and it takes Bubbe Hinda's mysterious helper to show him the importance of giving to others.
