Folktales of Joha: Jewish Trickster by Matilda Koen-Sarano non-media With the unraveling of the

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The themes range from the Scottsboro trial and civil rights protests to the Spanish civil war and the McCarthy years

Folktales of Joha: Jewish Trickster by Matilda Koen-Sarano non-media With the unraveling of theJoha 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