chelm (chelm, poland)

Thirteen traditional Eastern European Jewish tales of the town of Chelm and its silly citizens.

When the rabbi tells Mendel to get a table for the Chanukah menorah, Mendel makes the task more difficult than it should be.

Drawing on traditional Jewish folklore, these Hanukkah stories relate the antics of the people of Chelm, thought--perhaps incorrectly--to be a town of fools.

Explains how a botched mission by two angels created the town of fools known as Chelm.

The people of Chelm, anxious to dispel their reputation as a town of fools, sends a delegation to Warsaw in search of answers, but it is young Rachel who comes up with the perfect solution after seeing Warsaw's impressive library.

When the town bath house burns down, the foolish citizens of Chelm worry about the safety of the money they must collect to build a new one.

Thirteen traditional Eastern European Jewish tales of the town of Chelm and its silly citizens.

Explains why teachers living in Chelm may not live on the top of a hill, own a trunk with wheels, nor eat apple strudel.

When the rabbi tells Mendel to get a table for the Chanukah menorah, Mendel makes the task more difficult than it should be.

In the foolish town of Chelm, Berel the shoemaker attempts to duplicate the secret recipe of Malke's potato pancakes, but his wife's interference makes his plan go awry.