Joseph and Anna's Time Capsule: A Legacy of Old Jewish Prague

by Chaya M. Burstein

Other authorsNancy Edwards Calder (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1984

Status

Available

Call number

jFIC BUR

Genres

Collections

Children's, Children's - Stories and Folk Tales

Publication

Simon & Schuster (Juv) (1984), Edition: 1st Ed, 40 pages

Description

Two children describe their life in a Jewish community in Prague in 1845, as Judaic objects from Czechoslovak State Collections are depicted. Readers are encouraged to make a time capsule of similar objects of their own time for future generations.

User reviews

LibraryThing member raizel
from the verso: "This book was published in conjunction with a major exhibition, The Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collections.....

Subjects

Language

English

Original language

English

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