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| Foreword: Black Fire on White Fire: The Power of Story | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Prologue: The Apple Tree's Discovery | |
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| Every Name Has a Story | |
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| The Car That Ran from Mitzvahs | |
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| A Story from the Jewish Cemetery in Japan | |
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| Remembering Rachel | |
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| Fables of the Misnagdim | |
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| The Eagles | |
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| Ephram the Elephant | |
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| Shep the Sheep | |
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| Faige the Fawn | |
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| Noah's Wife | |
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| The Story of Bryan | |
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| The Light in the Wall | |
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| Go Fishing | |
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| Riding with the Moon | |
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| Telling Jokes for the Sake of God | |
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| The Ghetto Rebbe and His "Kingdom of Children" | |
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| The Shepherd's Prayer | |
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| Rest Area | |
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| Nettie Blumenthal | |
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| Feathers | |
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| Revival of the Dead | |
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| The Path | |
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| The Storyteller | |
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| Two Stories from Reuven Gold | |
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| The Burning Piano | |
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| Leon's Plan for Peace | |
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| The Journey of the Lost Princess | |
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| Maria Rael: A Jewish Story from New Mexico | |
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| The Chicken's Tale | |
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| "Haberes Buenos" | |
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| Pennies from Heaven | |
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| A Taste of Honey, A Taste for Love | |
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| The Wisdom of Solomon | |
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| The Mountain and the Cliff | |
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| A Tale of Reb Nahum Chernobler - and a Tikkun | |
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| The Never-Ending Song | |
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| Raspberries for Sima | |
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| Raps | |
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| Walk Like an Israelite: A Passover Adaptation | |
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| Shavuot Rap | |
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| Chanukah Rap | |
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| The Old Man | |
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| A New Yorker's Guide to Eden | |
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| How I Learned to Study Torah | |
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| The Bookseller from Gehenna | |
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| The Fourth Candle | |
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| The Pekl Story | |
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| Grandma's Challah | |
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| How I Lost My Diamond Ring | |
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| If You Think You are a Chicken | |
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| Ayneni Yodaya | |
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| I Already Have What I Want and Need | |
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| The Day the Rabbi Stopped the Sun | |
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| The Midwife's Reward | |
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| Could This Be Paradise? | |
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| Winedrops on the Eyelashes | |
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| Going Along with Joha: A Medley of Mirth | |
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| The Miracle of the Black Pepper | |
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| Three Stories from the Heavens | |
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| Turning: A Midrash of the Sun and Moon | |
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| The Sign: A Midrash of the Rainbow | |
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| Midrash of Mayim: A Water Story | |
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| The Cottage of Candles | |
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| Y. L. Peretz in the Israeli Army | |
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| Messiah Man | |
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| The Untouched Oil | |
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| A Tale of Diamond Listening | |
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| The Candle Maker of Light | |
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| Shosa Laya, The Wise | |
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| A Lamed Vavnik | |
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| The Most Precious Thing in the World | |
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| My Grandparents | |
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| Sarika's Story | |
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| Charoset | |
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| Look Not Upon the Flask | |
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| "Excuse Me, I Heve an Appointment with the Prime Minister" | |
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| The Rest of Creation | |
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| Barking Dogs | |
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| The Seer of Lublin's Shirt | |
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| Appendix 1: Other Works by the Contributors | |
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| Appendix 2: Storytelling Organizations | |
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| Appendix 3: Contributors' Addresses | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Credits | |