The Power of the Tongue - Al Franken
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue," the Proverb teaches. In this midrash-inspired monsa, the parts of the body are caught in a power stru...
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Labzik the Depression Dog - Chance Bone
The great Chaver Paver created the king of all underdogs — Labzik — in 1935. Here, Chance Bone reads a new translation of this classic Yiddish story a...
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The Market Wedding - Anne Meara
When Morris the fishmonger and Minnie the hat seller fall in love, Morris comes up with a wedding plan designed to deliver the very best for his belov...
The Neighborhood Sneezes - Hershey Felder
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The Feather Merchants - Leonard Nimoy
The famed wise men of Chelm enter the world of commerce and learn the truth behind Emily Dickinson's poem: “Hope is the thing with feathers/ That perc...