An Unexpected Detour and Other Stories Historic Tails By Chaya Baila WeinfeldA collection of historical fiction about the Jewish holidays and set primarily in eastern Europe and Russia. From the courtyards of Constantinople to the farmlands of Poland and war torn Europe, Jewish history has been a long and winding one. In their travels through the centuries, Jews have endured endless cruelty and suffered the ravages of pogroms and blood libels. Their paths at times taking unexpected turns and dangerous detours, their lives

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simple language

a young girl who defies her community to help a friend in need

Stanford University Press 1998

This is not an excursion into the glorious past

Drawing on a wealth of texts from Tanach

These two bookends – birth and death – motivate the filmmaker to search out his family stories

"At a bar mitzvah people talk about becoming a man in the Jewish religion

of human beings

an Israeli artist working from her studio in Jezreel Valley

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