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Elijah's Three Gifts

Mrs. Peninnah Schram
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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.

"Elijah's Three Gifts" is in Tales of Elijah the Prophet, Retold by Peninnah Schram. It is published by Jason Aronson, an Imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1991. 36 stories of Elijah the Prophet, the master of miracles, gathered from various sources and centuries with a major introduction and endnotes and written in an oral style. The foreword is by folklorist Dov Noy.

Purchase Peninnah Schram's books from:
www.rowmanlittlefield.com
www.amazon.com
www.barnesnoble.com

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)
• The Magic Pomegranate (Lerner Publishing: www.lernerbooks.com)

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