Issue 22

April 2019 / Pesach 5779

Welcome to this brilliant, 6-language issue of Jewish Fiction .net! 18 gorgeous stories, originally written in Spanish, Russian, Hebrew, Yiddish, English, and (for the first time!) Danish. In honour of the upcoming holiday, two of these stories are about Pesach: “The Search for Ernesto Gonzales” and “A Strand of Hair.” The latter is by Mendele Mokher Seforim and is the third in our “holiday series” of his work. (more)

^{Photo: Amitai Elon} Emuna Elon House on Endless Waters One after another the people are swallowed up into the plane to Amsterdam, one after another after another. Yoel, too, is approaching the aircraft’s door (more...)	Antonio Elio Brailovsky Isaac Halevy, King of the Jews So many years had passed that he no longer remembered how many, and the most recent events seemed confused (more...)
Jacob Dinezon Samson Solomon and His Horses “If you say, ‘One’s thoughts during the day are what one dreams at night,’ it’s an idea worth ten times nothing!” (more...)	Birte Kont A Place Nowhere It was the last class that Tuesday. Danielsen, our history teacher, entered the classroom and put down his briefcase. Went to stand in front of the lectern... (more...)
Nancy Lefenfeld The Deep End of the Pool He was one of the regular swimmers at the Piscine Pontoise, the famous Art Deco pool in the Latin Quarter. He swam two or three times each week. (more...)	Mendele Mokher Seforim A Strand of Hair As spring arrives, work increases in the world of the Holy Blessed One! (more...)
Photo: TDK Shai Afsai The Funeral Director Schwartz stood in the shade of his funeral home’s green awning, searching the street for a sign of Rabbi Silverman. Tapping his watch lightly with an arthritic finger (more...)	^{Photo: Talya Gutman Elk} Nicole Hazan Instructions Printed Inside the Box When Dan’s gas mask arrived, he didn’t even open the box. He slung it over his shoulder and took it to school... (more...)
Nelly Shulman To the End Of Her Path Until now, seeing her name on the posters, Frida was somewhat embarrassed. It seemed to her that these red, bright letters are not about her (more...)	^{Photo: Gadi Dagon} Eran Bar-Gil Iron When Ilan clears away the dishes from the table I stay seated and watch him. After discarding the leftover mashed potatoes and fish bones into the bin (more...)
Jacob Frommer The Search for Ernesto Gonzales A week before Passover, Pacific Parkway is a slapstick of shtetl chaos. Mothers beat rugs with bungalow tennis racquets (more...)	G. Evelyn Lampart One Good Deed, And Another My brother persuaded me to see his chiropractor, a moonlighting musician, who performed at Jewish weddings. (more...)
Harriet Rohmer Land of the Lost Daddies Jasmine and I were looking for Bart, and we knew in advance he wouldn’t be living anywhere nice. (more...)	Zvi Jagendorf Felicity Dear Odd Bull, it is extremely unfair and no one here will help me so I am complaining to you. (more...)
Photo: Orel Cohen Shay Aspril Eight Encounters with Sue As you slowly climb the stairs, something tells you that this is the last time (more...)	Jay Jacoby The Passing of Ruth Klein On Tuesday morning the rabbi called to tell me that Ruth Klein had died. I’m wondering, Who’s Ruth Klein? (more...)
Kim Chernin A Christmas Conversation with a Jewish Boy Some years ago I met a young boy in Golden Gate park (more...)	Mendele Mokher Seforim What is Chanukah? “A great miracle happened for me on Chanukah.” “What about me, Shmuel?" (more...)
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