Folktales of Joha: Jewish Trickster by Matilda Koen-Sarano non-media were Jewish

were Jewish

Readers of all ages will learn about Jewish folktales

With the unraveling of the Austro-Hungarian Empire following the First World War

Translated by Michoel Rotenfeld

Folktales of Joha: Jewish Trickster by Matilda Koen-Sarano non-media were JewishJoha has Januss double face: On the one hand, he is innocent and stupid; on the other, a trickster. He is a cheater and is cheated. He sets traps for others and falls into traps himself; he is simpleton and liar, victimizer and victim. But as a literary figure he never dies. The nearly 300 stories in this lovely volume are from Sephardic oral literature and ethnic culture. They were told to Matilda Koen Sarano in their original language, Judeo Spanish