Page6-THE NEWS-April, 1983
Jewish Books
J ULi B in Review
Elijah's Violin and Other
Jewish Fairy Tales. Selected
and retold and with an in
troduction by Howard
Schwartz; Illustrations by
Linda Heller; Calligraphy by
Tsila Schwartz, Harper &
Row, 10 East 53rd Street.
New York, NY 10022, 1983.
272 pp. $19.95.
On Jewish Folklore. By
Raphael Patai, Wayne State
University Press, The
Leonard N. Simons Bldg.,
5959 Woodward Ave.,
Detroit, MI 48202, 512 pp.
$27.50.
Reviewed by Alan Mintz
Fairty tales are not the
most profound or
characteristic part of Jewish
literature. But like every
world literature, Judaism
has some fairy tales, and
they are delightful. Howard
Schwartz has selected and
retold thirty-four tales about
kings and princesses, golden
mountains and magic birds,
sorcerers and enchanted
forests. Some are simply ver
sions of “universal” fairy
tales that were absorbed into
the oral, story-telling tradi
tions of Jewry from such
communities as Persia,
Yemen, and Greece. When
the fairy tales are found in
more literary sources, such
as the midrash and hasidic
collections, the Jewish ele
ment is more conspicuous.
Howard Schwartz is an
adept storyteller, and he
gives these tales the right
balance of exotic enhance
ment and timeless truth.
While this book cannot be
used as a scholarly resource,
his introduction and notes
contain substantive reflec
tions on the nature of Jewish
folktales. The text is ac
companied by eleven lovely
illustrations by Linda
Heller, and each chapter is
begun with an illuminated
letter by the calligrapher
Tsila Schwartz. This attrac
tive book can be read with
pleasure by adults and read
to children with even more
pleasure.
On Jewish Folklore is a
selection of scholarly papers
representing half a century
of work in the field of Jewish
anthropology by Raphael
Patai, the author of Hebrew
Myths and The Hebrew
Goddess. The topics of the
papers range from
methodological reflections of
the field of Jewish folklore to
studies of specific practices
and customs: installation
rites in the Bible, the folk
history of the Jews of Mesh
ed in Iran, exorcism among
the Safed kabbalists, Jewish
birth customs, the Jewish In
dians of Mexico, and many
others. The book has little
unity and proposes no
overall view or statement.
As an anthropological
miscellany, however, the
reader will find fascinating
bits of information which
challenge conventional con
ceptions of normative
Jewish practice.
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