The Looooong Narrow Pharaoh & the Midwives Who Gave Birth to Freedom

by Phyllis Ocean Berman, Arthur Ocean Waskow, Avi Katz (Illustrator)

Overview

The Loooong Narrow Pharaoh is Rabbi Phyllis Berman and Rabbi Arthur Waskow's delightful retelling and reinterpretation of the Exodus story, in which two brave and wise midwives resist the murderous and despotic commands of Pharaoh, and help lead the ancient exodus of the Hebrew people from slavery into freedom.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940154363522
Publisher:	Albion-Andalus Books
Publication date:	03/22/2017
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	5 - 11 Years

About the Author

Rabbi Arthur Waskow is director of The Shalom Center (which he founded in 1983) and is the author or co-author of 22 books, including The Freedom Seder, Seasons of Our Joy, and Godwrestling-Round 2. Rabbi Phyllis Berman is a Spiritual Director, recently retired from 36 years as founder and director of the Riverside Language Program, a renowned school for adult immigrants and refugees from all around the world. Together they have written A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven, on celebration of life-cycle markers, and Freedom Journeys: The Tale of Exodus and Wilderness across Millennia.

Avi Katz was born in Philadelphia and immigrated to Israel at age 20. Though perhaps best known as the illustrator and cartoonist of the Jerusalem Report since 1990, he is the author and illustrator of Joseph and the Very First Cat (2016), and has illustrated some 200 books in Israel and America. His books have won awards including the Hans Christian Andersen honors and the National Jewish Book Award. He is active in the international Cartooning for Peace organization.