Peninnah Schram, well-known storyteller & author, is Professor of Speech and Drama at Yeshiva University’s Stern College. Vibrantly elegant in her storytelling, she tells Jewish stories of wisdom and wit. Her latest book is an illustrated anthology, THE HUNGRY CLOTHES AND OTHER JEWISH FOLKTALES (Sterling Publ.) and a CD, THE MINSTREL & THE STORYTELLER, with singer/guitarist Gerard Edery (Sefarad Records). Peninnah is a recipient of a Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator and the 2003 National Storytelling Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
"The Great Debate," retold by Peninnah Schram, is published in Peninnnah Schram's anthology: Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another (Jason Aronson, an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1987). This is a midrashic tale that can be found in Makiri, Proverbs 18:3 and Midrash Tehillim 39:2.
BOOKS BY PENINNAH SCHRAM:
• The Hungry Clothes and Other Jewish Folktales (Sterling Publishing: www.sterlingpub.com)
• Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another
• Tales of Elijah the Prophet
• Stories Within Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Jason Aronson): www.rowmanlittlefield.com)
• The Chanukah Blessing
• The Purim Costume (URJ Press: www.URJPress.com)
