Jewish stories of love and marriage ; folktales, legends, and letters / authored and edited by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and Peninnah Schram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg, author.

Schram, Peninnah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish legends.

Midrash--Legends.

Midrash.

Talmud--Legends.

Talmud.

Jews--Social life and customs.

Jews.

Love--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Love.

Love-letters.

Romance fiction.

Genre:

Legends.

Physical Description:

xvii, 260 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Contents:

I The Stories: Biblical and Rabbinic Stories 9

The First Wedding - Retold by Howard Schwartz 10

Sarah and Abraham 11

Isaac and Rebecca 14

Jacob and Rachel 17

Joseph and Asenath 20

Miriam and Caleb 24

Zipporah and Moses 25

David and Jonathan 30

Hannah and Peninnah and Their Husband Elkanah 34

King Solomon's Daughter, Written in the Stars 36

Solomon and Naamah 38

Solomon and the Craftsman's Wife 42

Solomon Learns about Love 45

My Beloved Is Mine and I Am His 46

Ruth 51

A Golden Crown 54

The Man and Woman from Sidon 56

The Master Matchmaker 57

The Wedding Blessing 59

II Folktales of Love 61

A Match Made in Heaven 63

Maharal of Prague and Pearl 64

The Prince of the East and the Princess of the West 67

The Turban and the Handkerchief 72

The King's Daughter and the Choice of Her Heart 74

The Exchanged Letters 78

Jonathan and the Scorpion 83

Sahar and Kimah - Retold / David Wacks Wacks, David 87

A Melody in Israel 89

The Life-Giving Flower 95

The Wise Wife and the Maharaja 100

The Princess and the Son of a Poor Man 101

The Wife Who Argues with the Angel of Death 103

The Iron Necklace 106

The Wise Woman 107

III Love Letters 109

Medieval India Trader Writes to His Wife (ca. 1204) 111

Without Thee I Am Nothing but a Painted Man - Salamone Candia 112

You Don't Know How Much I Love You / Marcus Spiegel Spiegel, Marcus, Caroline Powers Powers, Caroline 113

Wherever You Go, Wherever They Send You, I Will Follow / Alfred Dreyfus Dreyfus, Alfred, Lucie Hadamard Hadamard, Lucie 115

Letters She Never Received / Lt. Otto Feldman Feldman, Lt. Otto, Else Kranz Kranz, Else 118

A Bouquet of Flowers / Sigismund Asch Asch, Sigismund, Jenny Bauer Bauer, Jenny 120

Sending You a Thousand Kisses and Hugs / Rabbi Joseph Norden Norden, Rabbi Joseph, Rabbi Regina Jonas Jonas, Rabbi Regina 123

Queen of My Heart - Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise and His Second Wife, Selma 127

They Don't Know My Judy / Ira Eisenstein Eisenstein, Ira, Judith Kaplan Eisenstein Eisenstein, Judith Kaplan 130

You Came and Gave Me My Soul / Martin Buber Buber, Martin, Paula Winkler Buber Buber, Paula Winkler 133

You Found Your Way to My Heart / Samuel E. Manchester Manchester, Samuel E., Dora Markman Markman, Dora 134

IV Contemporary Love Stories 137

Ceremony Is Historic in Judaism / Sandy Eisenberg Sasso Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg 139

We Raised the Cup - by Debbie Holinstadt about her Parents, Michael and Judy Bornstein 144

The Arranged Marriage / David Ebenbach Ebenbach, David 148

Encircling Love / Cherie Karo Schwartz Schwartz, Cherie Karo 151

This Amazing Life ... / Mary, Everett Gendler Gendler, Everett 154

Landscape / Nessa Rapoport Rapoport, Nessa, Tobi Kahn Kahn, Tobi 161

Parents? Jewish?? Married??? / Ruth Reichard Reichard, Ruth, Jean Phillips Phillips, Jean 162

Let Me Hear Your Voice, A Lover Is Listening / Richard Hirsch Hirsch, Richard 166

A Union of Love and Spirituality, A Union of Hearts and Souls / Sue Baker Baker, Sue 171

Now and For Eternity / Fred, Shelley Frisch Frisch, Shelley 174

Weaving Together an Intergenerational Tapestry of Love - by Alysa Cooper, in loving tribute to her grandmother, Gerda Weissmann Klein 176

The Bridge / Tina Grimberg Grimberg, Tina 181

Bashert / Janel, Asher Moses Moses, Asher 184

Two Tigers Marry / Jocelyn Sisson Sisson, Jocelyn, David Craig Craig, David 189

Best Friends Forever / Richard, Esther Joel Joel, Esther 191

A Lid for My Pot / Judith Black Black, Judith 193

A Second Chance / Mike Elkin Elkin, Mike 196

A Single, Brighter Light / Arthur Strimling Strimling, Arthur, Lisa B. Segal Segal, Lisa B. 198

We Are Family / Daniel Barash Barash, Daniel, Mark X. Jacobs Jacobs, Mark X. 202

Since I Fell for Yon / Chava Willig Levy Levy, Chava Willig 206

Exchanged Love Letters / Jack, Judy Stern Stern, Judy 210

A Diamond Earring as a Sign of M'ktube - told to Emile and Rebecca Zafirany / Chana Issan Zafrany Zafrany, Chana Issan 214

Sukkat Shalom: A Micrographic Love Story / Sonia Gordon-Walinsky Gordon-Walinsky, Sonia 217

V Writing Your Own Love Story 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442238985

1442238984

OCLC:

905379220