Jewish Folk Tales in Britain and Ireland

LIZ BERG is a professional storyteller whose repertoire mainly consists of Jewish stories from both the Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions. She also tells British folk tales and from around the world. She lived in Israel for five years teaching English in state schools and further education, studied Judaism and Jewish/Christian Relations at Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham under Rabbi Dr Norman Solomon, and taught Judaism at Birmingham University’s Continuing Studies for a couple of years. She now lives in Liskeard, where she founded the Liskeard Storytelling Cafe.

• TitleCopyrightContentsForewordIntroductionIllustrator’s NoteLondon Elijah’s ViolinThe Sofer and the DonkeyThe Hungry ClothesThe Prince Who Thought He Was a RoosterThe Rebbe’s Driver Ramsgate The Golden Tree Oxford Ewe, Goat and Shepherd Norwich Jurnet’s House Hull Clocking Off Leeds Hob Ikh Mir a Mantl (I Had a Little Overcoat)How the Moon Got Her Garment Bradford Rudi’s CakeCounting the Cost York Clifford’s Tower Newcastle The Nigun Edinburgh The Corpse Bride Dundee The Angels’ Storyteller Glasgow Change the Place, Change the Luck Belfast Star GirlThe Wedding in the CemeteryMoishe the Water CarrierThe Cat and the Butter Dublin Mick and his DonkeysThe Miracle of HanukahThe Gilgul Liverpool Chad GadyaFlying FeathersAz Der Rebbe Tantst Manchester The Jealous QueenReaching for Rights Birmingham Four Boiled EggsTefillin and Mezuzot Swansea The Shul with TzoresJoseph Only-the-Best-for-Shabbos Cardiff The Ruby RingRingoThe Red Ribbon Newport Old BootsLike Father, Like Son Dawlish The Three Who Ate on Yom Kippur Plymouth The Smell of Kugel Penzance Fingering Victory Falmouth The Amidah Horse Truro The Cramped Cottage GlossaryContributorsBibliography