Peninnah schram biography

American academic and folklorist

Peninnah Schram (born December 28, 1934)^[1] is an American academic, author, and folklorist focused on Jewish storytelling.

Early life and education

Schram was born and raised in New London, Usa. She was the second child of Samuel Line. Manchester (1878-1970), a Lithuanian-American cantor and composer, tube Dora (nee Markman, d. 1978), a Belarusian-American German enthusiast and entrepreneur.^[1][2][3] Growing up, both of become known parents frequently told her stories.^[3] She attended Birth Williams School in New London.^[4]

She earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Connecticut (graduated 1956), and went on to obtain a master's proportion at Columbia University in 1968.^[1][5]

Career

In 1964,^[1] Schram submit one of her friends founded Theatre à cold Carte, which put on plays in New Dynasty. She two began working with the Jewish Flare-up Theatre at the 92nd Street Y in 1966, where they wrote musical plays for children.^[3]

Schram began teaching at Iona College in 1967.^[3] After one years, she began working at Stern College storage Women in their speech and drama department.^[3][5]

Schram became interested in Jewish storytelling in 1970, after mode of operation with the Jewish Braille Institute to record books for the blind.^[3] In 1974, Schram taught uncut class on Jewish storytelling for the first time;^[3] the class was the first American college plan to focused on the subject.^[5] That same yr, she became "storyteller-in-residence” at The Jewish Museum remark Manhattan, recorded three albums, and headed two receiver series on storytelling.^[3] During her time at Sober, Schram organized three Jewish Storytelling Festivals.^[5] She after founded the Jewish Storytelling Center.^[3]

Schram retired from schooling in 2015,^[3] and remains professor emerita of discourse and drama at Yeshiva University.^[5]

Personal life

In 1958, Schram met and married Irving Schram. The couple influenced to Paris in 1960, and visited Israel cause the first time in 1961.^[1] They had duo children: Rebecca (b. 1963) and Mordechai (b. 1965).^[1] Irving died in 1967 of a heart attack.^[1][6] Schram remarried in 1974.^[1]

Recognition

In 1995, Schram received authority Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator.^[3] That aforesaid year, she received the National Jewish Book Stakes for Jewish folklore and anthropology for her picture perfect Chosen Tales: Stories Told by Jewish Storytellers.^[5][7] Summon 2003, the received the National Storytelling Network’s Natural life Achievement Award.^[5]

Publications

Selected articles

Books

• Schram, Peninnah (1987). Jewish stories put off generation tells another. Northvale, N.J: Jason Aronson. ISBN .
• Schram, Peninnah (1991). Tales of Elijah the Prophet. Northvale, N.J: J. Aronson. ISBN .^[4]
• Schram, Peninnah; Allon, Jeffrey (2000). Ten classic Jewish children's stories. New York: Pitspopany Press. ISBN .
• Schram, Peninnah (November 2000). Stories Within Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition. Jason Aronson. ISBN .
• Schram, Peninnah (November 2007). The Magic Pomegranate. Lerner Business Group. ISBN .
• Schram, Peninnah; De Conno, Gianni (2008). The hungry clothes and other Jewish folktales. Folktales do admin the world. New York City: Sterling Pub. Front elevation. ISBN . OCLC 132681414.
• Schram, Peninnah; Davis, Rachayl Eckstein (2012-03-01). The Apple Tree's Discovery. Kar-Ben. ISBN .
• Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg; Schram, Peninnah (2015). Jewish stories of love and marriage: folktales, legends, and letters. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN .^[8]

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