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Every culture has stories of silly people, ridiculous animals, and strange beliefs. In Eastern European Jewish folklore, many of these tales of foolish folk take place in the town of Chelm. Thank goodness for Chelm. We the audience get to laugh, think, and decide how things really should be. And of course, we all know […]
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Let us start our storytelling journey in Chelm. For how can we go beyond Chelm if we have never been there in the first place? In eastern European Jewish folklore, the city of Chelm is a mythical municipality, the archetypical home of simpletons and fools. The population is befuddled, but sincere. Reality does not exist, […]
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In this episode of Beyond Chelm with Robin Bady, master storyteller Robin Bady tells a wonderful tale from the Far East. This story entitled King Tumbo and Mr. Monk, tells the story of the Elephant King the wise silly monkey and the little mouse who got caught in his nose. The music from this podcast […]
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