Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm

Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm

By Mel PowellComedyFictionComedy Fiction
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Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm episodes

  • White Meat Or Dark (Thanksgiving Version)

    This is a real turkey of a story...just in time for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday...with a problem that has a solution only the Wise Fools could create.

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

    4 min
  • The Tooth And Nothing But The Tooth

    We can recommend a great dentist. But not the one in Minsk who takes care of the Wise Fools of Chelm.

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

    3 min
  • The Great Chelm Convention

    Even among the Wise Fools, does anybody even want this job?

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

    4 min
  • Commerce

    Before there were these things called "non-fungible tokens," the Wise Fools were ahead of their time in matters of exchanging "goods."

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

    4 min
  • The Proper Send-Off

    Even among the Wise Fools--perhaps especially among the Wise Fools--everyone deserves a proper burial. [Starring the one person perhaps most responsible for keeping these Tales alive, Rabbi Jan Goldstein, with a special appearance by the great Nancy Sullivan. ]

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

    3 min
  • Tales of The South Pacific

    Marooned on a distant, deserted island? Not to worry--even for some Wise Fools.

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

    3 min
  • What I Did On My Summer Vacation

    For the Wise Fools of Chelm, a "pleasure trip" vacation is what you make of it.

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

    3 min
  • Never An End To Learning

    Here is the only story from the collection based directly on an original tale by Sholem Aleichem himself.

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

    3 min
  • FORE!

    What happens when a rabbi...Chelm's own rabbi, no less...goes golfing on the holiest day of the year?

    (The sound quality isn't perfect, but "live" is authentic, no?)

    Special guest performer Rena Strober!

    www.renastrober.com

    Recorded LIVE on October 5, 2022, at the Yom Kippur celebration of Bayit Shelanu, courtesy of Rabbi Jan Goldstein. https://www.bayitshelanu.org/

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

    3 min
  • Hide and Seek

    Did you know that the "ancient" Jewish tradition of hiding a piece of matzah during Passover was really invented in Chelm, the village of Wise Fools? Now you know. This story was inspired by an idea from Barbara and Joe Ruskin. (Unrelated trivia: Joe, a fine actor and better Human, played six fun roles on various Star Trek series...never as a Human.)

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

    5 min

About Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm

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The mythical village of Chelm is where, in the mid- to late-1800s, the Wise Fools lived. Where everyone was a fool, no one was aware of being foolish. These are their stories--unlike other stories in…