Next year in Jerusalem
Subtitle: 3,000 years of Jewish stories
By: retold by Howard Schwartz ; illustrated by Neil Waldman.
Contributors: Waldman, Neil, ill.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Legends, Jewish.; Legends -- Jerusalem.; Aggada -- Juvenile literature.; Hasidim -- Legends.; Jews -- Folklore.; Jews -- Folklore.; Folklore.; Jerusalem -- Juvenile literature.; Jerusalem -- Folklore.; Jerusalem -- Folklore.
Description: Jewish stories set in Jerusalem, adapted from the Talmud and Midrash, Hasidic sources, and oral tradition, with origins in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, and Greece.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [58]).
Table of contents: title: The bird of happiness; title: The mountain that moved; title: The language of birds; title: How the walls of the Temple were built; title: The vampire demon; title: The story of Serah, who lived longer than Methuselah; title: The princess of light; title: Challahs in the ark; title: The miracle at King David's tomb; title: Rabbi Nachman's chair; title: Milk and honey.