«Jewish fairy tales. How to read and understand them for modern children and adults»

«Jewish fairy tales.

How to read and understand them for modern children and adults»

A series of lectures by a fililogist

Anna Meerovna Molchanova

Mysterious, magical and simply entertaining stories,

wich were told by Jewish classics.

How to read and understand them for modern children and adults.

Why does humanity tell itself fairy tales? To whom and why did the amazing rabbi from Bratslav tell his mysterious stories? Where did Ashkenazi authors find plots and motives for many of their works? Why is it interesting and important for us to read them today? We will talk about this at our meetings.

Meeting topics:

Rabbi Nachman from Bratslav. The Tale of the Tsar's Lost Daughter.
I.-L. Pepper. Glass.
Two stories on one plot:

- Sholom Aleichem. The Enchanted Tailor.

- I. Bashevis-Singer. Shlemihl is a businessman.

Itzik Manger. The story of a landowner's mustache. Stories of Herschl Zumervint.
Stories about the wise men of Chelm in the works of Isaac Bashevis-Singer, Lev Kvitko and Ovsey (Chieke) Driz.

Lecture location:

in the space of the Masha and the Bear store,

Haifa, HaNassi, 109, center “Dan Panorama”

Video recordings of lectures by Anna Molchanova

Lecture 1.

Rabbi Nachman from Bratslav. The Tale of the Tsar's Lost Daughter.

https://youtu.be/Aa_XhiM6gN0?si=0zUmzVvWmJ00OBea&fbclid=IwAR3QMdRJi7SHeTm4_FYP2QNvxv8galIiVEh11blTZwgiP3pDMgWG3cinSAg

Lecture 2.

I.-L. Pepper. Glass.

https://youtu.be/3Pxd1MZUChQ?si=QCtEycrJotOiQt3Y

Lecture 3.