Next year in Jerusalem Book

Jerusalem is a city that captures the imagination. This beautifully-illustrated collection of eleven timeless stories, folktales and legends celebrates the unique spirit of the city in which everything is holy, even the dust under one's feet. Share these stories with someone special, as the state of Israel reaches it's 50th anniversary on May 14th, 1998. This beautiful collection of Jewish stories is true to its heritage....[The] paintings, in soft sunset watercolors, reflect the dreamy, hopefilled tone of the stories. -- Kirkus Reviews Howard Schwartz is a top anthologist and collector of Jewish folktales. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Neil Waldman also illustrated The Passover Journey (Viking and Puffin) and many other children's books. He lives in Dobbs Ferry, New York.

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.