Howard Schwartz has written and edited many books on Jewish
subjects, including Elijah's Violin & Other Jewish Fairy Tales,
Gates to the New City, Voices Within the Ark, and the award-winning
The Captive Soul of the Messiah.
Uri Shulevitz is an internationally-known, award-winning author and
illustrator of over twenty-five books, including One Monday Morning
and Writing with Pictures.
"Imagine an American Hans Christian Andersen, conceive of the
Brothers Grimm living in Missouri, and you will approximate Howard
Schwartz, a fable-maker and fable-gatherer seduced by the uncanny
and the unearthly. In Lilith's Cave, he once again reaches into a
magical cornucopia of folklore and fantasy and spreads before us,
in enchanting language, the marvels and shocks of dybbuks, ghosts,
demons, spirits, and wizards."--Cynthia Ozick
"Howard Schwartz continues to mine the rich vein of Jewish story
with marvelous results....These engrossing tales travel the breadth
and depth of Jewish tradition, encompassing not only the holy and
enlightened, but the other side of the Jews' fears and longings as
well."--Jane Yolen, editor of Favorite Folktales from Around the
World
"Howard Schwartz is a leader in a generation of Jews devoted to
rebuilding that which was nearly destroyed a few mere decades ago.
He sifts through the ashes and finds sparks and fragments of a
spiritual world which offers us light and sustenance. Contained
within these tales is an authentic voice of the Jewish people.
Howard Schwartz is therefore like an angel: he is a messenger
between worlds, bringing gifts from one to another."--Arthur
Kurzweil,
editor-in-chief, Jewish Book Club
"A collection of fifty captivating stories....Fascinating....An
excellent translation, a scholarly introduction, and a good system
of cross-reference ensure that this book will become a classic in
its genre."--The Jerusalem Post
"The selections for this collection afford a fascinating vision of
life beyond the Yenne Velt, the 'Other World'....Both a scholarly
investigation into a valuable repository of human history and an
engaging journey into the shadowy world of our ancestors'
fears."--Midstream
"Howard Schwartz is an excellent teller of tales and an erudite
editor....The writing and choice of tales is lively, thoughtful,
and emotionally engaging."--Genesis 2
"Howard Schwartz...possesses two of the most marvelous gifts one
can receive: he is both a born storyteller and a wise scholar in
the realm of Jewish mystical folklore and tales of the
supernatural."--St. Louis Jewish Light
"These fifty Jewish tales of the supernatural, dug up...and retold
by our leading tale-recycler, will delight fans of goose
pimples."--Sh'ma
"A delightful collection of tales of Jewish ghosts, demons, magic,
holy and powerful rabbis, and seductive demonesses, Lilith's Cave
could be great bedside reading for the coming winter
nights."--Gnosis Magazine
"The light and the dark interpenetrate here, as in life, and are
caught in the dazzling patterns of Shulevitz's masterly
illustrations....Schwartz provides nourishment for both male and
female souls, and passes on tales collected from grandmothers,
rabbis, and tailors."--Shaman's Drum
"Enjoyable, whether in the literary-poetic versions of Howard
Schwartz or in the oral-person voice of Pninnah Schram....As
readers and lovers of folktales in general and of Jewish lore in
particular, we can only praise the authors for making available, on
a large scale, some hidden treasures of Jewish wisdom."--Jewish
Folklore & Ethnology Review
"Brings all the dark imagery of Jewish folklore alive. It presents
a world of fearsome illusion."--Jewish Journal
"Howard Schwartz has carved himself a special place by selecting
and rewriting stories drawn from Jewish folk materials....A book to
dip into and think about...entertaining and often intriguing."--St.
Louis Post-Dispatch
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