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The Wedding That Saved a Town (Kar-Ben Favorites)
By Strom, Yale & Prosmitsky, Jenya
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82257-380-7
- Publisher
- Kar-Ben Publishing
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2008
K-Gr 3 Hoping to end a cholera epidemic, the Rabbi of Pinsk plans a shvartze chaseneh, "a black wedding," between two orphans in the town cemetery. It is believed that the spirits of their parents and the happiness of a wedding between two lonely people will put an end to the disease. Yiske, the leader of the klezmer band, is not only asked to provide the mus...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
A rabbi tries to save his Eastern European town from cholera by re-creating an age-old legend: if two orphans marry one another in a cemete...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
