Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is director of the Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts Initiative at Butler University and is a national speaker on women and spirituality and the religious imagination of children. She is rabbi emerita of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis, where she served for thirty-six years, and is the author of numerous highly acclaimed books for both adults and children. Her children’s book The Shema in the Mezuzah won the 2012 National Jewish Book Award for Best Illustrated Children’s Book. Peninnah Schram is professor emerita of speech and drama at Yeshiva University. An internationally renowned storyteller, she travels across the United States and other countries as a featured presenter at storytelling festivals and conferences and as an artist-in-residence. She is the author of twelve notable books of Jewish folktales and has received numerous prestigious awards, including a Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator and the National Storytelling Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and Peninnah Schram demonstrate the oral tradition in practice. The collection challenges, adapts, and celebrates traditional notions of love and marriage in Judaism, juxtaposing aggadah and halakha ( Jewish law) with personal and cultural stories. Sasso and Schram make their book as accessible as possible to anyone interested in storytelling.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Story Behind the StoryI. The Stories: Biblical and Rabbinic StoriesII. Folktales of LoveIII. Love LettersIV. Contemporary Love StoriesV. Writing Your Own Love StoryGlossaryIndexAbout the Editors

Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is director of the Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts Initiative at Butler University and is a national speaker on women and spirituality and the religious imagination of children. She is rabbi emerita of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis, where she served for thirty-six years, and is the author of numerous highly acclaimed books for both adults and children. Her children’s book The Shema in the Mezuzah won the 2012 National Jewish Book Award for Best Illustrated Children’s Book. Peninnah Schram is professor emerita of speech and drama at Yeshiva University. An internationally renowned storyteller, she travels across the United States and other countries as a featured presenter at storytelling festivals and conferences and as an artist-in-residence. She is the author of twelve notable books of Jewish folktales and has received numerous prestigious awards, including a Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator and the National Storytelling Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and Peninnah Schram demonstrate the oral tradition in practice. The collection challenges, adapts, and celebrates traditional notions of love and marriage in Judaism, juxtaposing aggadah and halakha ( Jewish law) with personal and cultural stories. Sasso and Schram make their book as accessible as possible to anyone interested in storytelling.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Story Behind the StoryI. The Stories: Biblical and Rabbinic StoriesII. Folktales of LoveIII. Love LettersIV. Contemporary Love StoriesV. Writing Your Own Love StoryGlossaryIndexAbout the Editors

Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is director of the Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts Initiative at Butler University and is a national speaker on women and spirituality and the religious imagination of children. She is rabbi emerita of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis, where she served for thirty-six years, and is the author of numerous highly acclaimed books for both adults and children. Her children’s book The Shema in the Mezuzah won the 2012 National Jewish Book Award for Best Illustrated Children’s Book. Peninnah Schram is professor emerita of speech and drama at Yeshiva University. An internationally renowned storyteller, she travels across the United States and other countries as a featured presenter at storytelling festivals and conferences and as an artist-in-residence. She is the author of twelve notable books of Jewish folktales and has received numerous prestigious awards, including a Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator and the National Storytelling Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and Peninnah Schram demonstrate the oral tradition in practice. The collection challenges, adapts, and celebrates traditional notions of love and marriage in Judaism, juxtaposing aggadah and halakha ( Jewish law) with personal and cultural stories. Sasso and Schram make their book as accessible as possible to anyone interested in storytelling.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Story Behind the StoryI. The Stories: Biblical and Rabbinic StoriesII. Folktales of LoveIII. Love LettersIV. Contemporary Love StoriesV. Writing Your Own Love StoryGlossaryIndexAbout the Editors