When Grandpa tells a boy and his sister why he prays so much they stop thinking that he is just a boring old man.

How is the life-altering event of migration narrated for children, especially if it was caused by Anti-Semitism and poverty? What of the country of origin is remembered and what is forgotten, and what of the target country when the migration is imagined there a century later? Looking Forward, Looking Back examines today’s representation of Jewish mass migration from Eastern Europe to America around the turn of the last century. It explores the collective story that emerges when American authors look back at this exodus from an Eastern European home to a new one to be established in America. Focusing on children’s literature, it investigates a wide range of texts including young adult literature as well as picture books and hence sheds light on the dynamics of the verbal and the visual in generating images of the self and other, the familiar and the strange. This book is of interest to scholars in the field of imagology, children’s literature, cultural studies, American studies, Slavic studies, and Jewish studies.

“Ask Grandpa” is a collection of short reflections on life from a 93 year old Grandpa. Some of these reflections were shared with the author’s many grandchildren over a period of several years, but some the grandchildren have not yet seen. They cover a variety of topics – some serious and some not so serious – and are intended to entertain as well as to instruct.

When Torpedo teams up with another career criminal to rob a poker game, what should be easy money gets complicated very quickly. With a lot of mess and little to show for it, Torpedo turns thoughts of revenge onto their informant…

The questions of moral education in the modern Jewish world are asked in this book, giving some practical advices as well.

Cover the spectrum of Jewish topics: Bible, Ethics, History, Folklore, Holidays, Holocaust, and Life Cycle. For teachers in supplementary schools and day schools group workers.