Beyond Chelm: Stories for Every Age with Robin Bady https://jcastnetwork.org Humans are, the anthropologists say, the storytelling animal. Drawn in to the worlds created and the adventures offered by the spoken word, we hear our history, our culture and our ethics. We learn, we think, we laugh, we cry – and we do it as a community of storytellers and story listeners. So sit back, relax, listen, and let the stories take you on the remarkable journey of metaphor, music and magic of the Jewish storytelling tradition and beyond! Beyond Chelm is a bi-weekly program of Jewish and global stories told by award-winning storyteller Robin Bady. Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:06:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 yes http://feeds.jcastnetwork.org/JCNTotal Humans are, the anthropologists say, the storytelling animal. Drawn in to the worlds created and the adventures offered by the spoken word, we hear our history, our culture and our ethics. We learn, we think, we laugh, we cry – and we do it as a community of storytellers and story listeners. So sit back, relax, listen, and let the stories take you on the remarkable journey of metaphor, music and magic of the Jewish storytelling tradition and beyond! Beyond Chelm is a bi-weekly program of Jewish and global stories told by award-winning storyteller Robin Bady. JCast Network no All rights reserved All rights reserved podcast a JCast Network Podcast JCast Network https://jcastnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/JCNTotal3k.png http://jcastnetwork.org Darone Ruslkay 49538327 Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCastdruskay@jcastnetwork.orgJCast Network How Bimbo the Snip’s Thumb Stuck to His Nose When the Wind Changed https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/how-bimbo-the-snips-thumb-stuck-to-his-nose-when-the-wind-changed/ Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:00:55 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/how-bimbo-the-snips-thumb-stuck-to-his-nose-when-the-wind-changed/ Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin Bady

Carl Sandburg was a favorite author in my house.  My parents loved his poetry and my mother loved to read us stories from “The Rootabaga Stories”.  Her favorite was “How The Bring Back the Village of Cream Puffs When the Wind Blows It Away.”  My favorite is “How Bimbo the Snip’s Thumb Stuck to His Nose When the Wind Changed.”  I hope you like it too.

For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady.com

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante.

]]> Carl Sandburg was a favorite author in my house.  My parents loved his poetry and my mother loved to read us stories from “The Rootabaga Stories”.  Her favorite was “How The Bring Back the Village of Cream Puffs When the Wind Blows It Away. Carl Sandburg was a favorite author in my house.  My parents loved his poetry and my mother loved to read us stories from “The Rootabaga Stories”.  Her favorite was “How The Bring Back the Village of Cream Puffs When the Wind Blows It Away.”  My favorite is “How Bimbo the Snip’s Thumb Stuck to His […] JCast Network full false 8:35 1949 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast Three Billy Goats Gruff https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/three-billy-goats-gruff/ Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:00:19 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/three-billy-goats-gruff/ Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin Bady
Did you grow up with this story?  Of course you did, as did I! When I started telling as a new storyteller the Three Billy Goats Gruff was a request story – one that children always wanted to hear. After so many retellings it has emerged as my favorite tale of group action to combat a problem.

Note: This is a Norwegian tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in the 1840’s.

For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady.com

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante.

]]> Did you grow up with this story?  Of course you did, as did I! When I started telling as a new storyteller the Three Billy Goats Gruff was a request story – one that children always wanted to hear. After so many retellings it has emerged as my favorite... Did you grow up with this story?  Of course you did, as did I! When I started telling as a new storyteller the Three Billy Goats Gruff was a request story – one that children always wanted to hear. After so many retellings it has emerged as my favorite tale of group action to combat […] JCast Network full false 5:42 1948 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast The Tortoise and The Hare https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:00:18 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/ Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin BadyThis is another of Aesop’s well known fables. In a world of constant speed-up and multi-tasking, it is good to remember that “Slow and steady wins the race.”

For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady.com

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante.

]]> This is another of Aesop’s well known fables. In a world of constant speed-up and multi-tasking, it is good to remember that “Slow and steady wins the race.” For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady. This is another of Aesop’s well known fables. In a world of constant speed-up and multi-tasking, it is good to remember that “Slow and steady wins the race.” For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady.com The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, […] JCast Network full false 3:13 1947 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast The Body https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-body/ Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:00:13 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-body/ Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin BadyI look for fables when I have a need to get a quick reminder of ancient wisdom.  They always help me find perspective.

Such a story is Aesop’s fable, “The Body.”  Enjoy it on several different levels!

For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady.com

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante.


]]> I look for fables when I have a need to get a quick reminder of ancient wisdom.  They always help me find perspective. Such a story is Aesop’s fable, “The Body.”  Enjoy it on several different levels! For more information about Robin Bady, I look for fables when I have a need to get a quick reminder of ancient wisdom.  They always help me find perspective. Such a story is Aesop’s fable, “The Body.”  Enjoy it on several different levels! For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady.com The music from this podcast is “Before She Is […] JCast Network full false 3:41 1945 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast The Little Red Hen https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-little-red-hen/ Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:00:30 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-little-red-hen/ Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin Bady

A story for the harvest!  “The Little Red Hen: is one of the standard European folktales we tell to children, read to children and act out with children.  I always enjoy listening to it, reading it and of course telling it. 

A question:  which one of the animals do you relate to most? 

For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady.com

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante.


]]> A story for the harvest!  “The Little Red Hen: is one of the standard European folktales we tell to children, read to children and act out with children.  I always enjoy listening to it, reading it and of course telling it. A story for the harvest!  “The Little Red Hen: is one of the standard European folktales we tell to children, read to children and act out with children.  I always enjoy listening to it, reading it and of course telling it.  A question:  which one of the animals do you relate to most?  For more […] JCast Network full false 6:52 1944 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast The Fox and the Grapes https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-fox-and-the-grapes/ Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:00:44 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-fox-and-the-grapes/ Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin BadyGrapes…I have always loved grapes. These days we buy them from the Park Slope Food Co-op, organic, from Chile or some such place. I remember so fondly the Concord grapes taken fresh off the vine, warm and sweet in the sun, that my best friend Stephanie Argyris and I stole from her parents’ backyard grape arbor. Yummy!

“The Fox and the Grapes” is an adaptation of a story from the Midrash.

L’shana tova!

For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady.com

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante.


]]> Grapes…I have always loved grapes. These days we buy them from the Park Slope Food Co-op, organic, from Chile or some such place. I remember so fondly the Concord grapes taken fresh off the vine, warm and sweet in the sun, Grapes…I have always loved grapes. These days we buy them from the Park Slope Food Co-op, organic, from Chile or some such place. I remember so fondly the Concord grapes taken fresh off the vine, warm and sweet in the sun, that my best friend Stephanie Argyris and I stole from her parents’ backyard grape […] JCast Network full false 8:14 1943 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast Animal Stories https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/animal-stories/ Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:00:41 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/animal-stories/ Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin BadyThe animal stories of the fabulists Aesop and Jean La Fontaine are simple and profound. These fables are as relevant for us today as we go about our lives as they were in the times they were told and written.

What are the truths you find in them?

For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady.com

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante.


]]> The animal stories of the fabulists Aesop and Jean La Fontaine are simple and profound. These fables are as relevant for us today as we go about our lives as they were in the times they were told and written. What are the truths you find in them? The animal stories of the fabulists Aesop and Jean La Fontaine are simple and profound. These fables are as relevant for us today as we go about our lives as they were in the times they were told and written. What are the truths you find in them? For more information about Robin Bady, please […] JCast Network full false 6:27 1942 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast The Overcoat https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-overcoat/ Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:00:49 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-overcoat/ Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin Bady

This story is derived from a song from the Yiddish Theater, “I Had a Little Overcoat” or “Hob Ikh Mir a Mantl”.

It is a popular story, for reasons you will understand when you hear it! There are many versions told by storytellers of different heritages, and two beautiful books for children (Something From Nothing, by Phoebe Gilman; and Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, by Simms Taback) have been published.

Listen, and enjoy!

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante.


]]> This story is derived from a song from the Yiddish Theater, “I Had a Little Overcoat” or “Hob Ikh Mir a Mantl”. It is a popular story, for reasons you will understand when you hear it! There are many versions told by storytellers of different heritages... This story is derived from a song from the Yiddish Theater, “I Had a Little Overcoat” or “Hob Ikh Mir a Mantl”. It is a popular story, for reasons you will understand when you hear it! There are many versions told by storytellers of different heritages, and two beautiful books for children (Something From Nothing, […] JCast Network full false 5:27 1941 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast A Bundle of Sticks https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/a-bundle-of-sticks/ Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:00:49 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/a-bundle-of-sticks/ Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin BadyThe fables attributed to Aesop spoke to the silliness as well as the deep injustices in his world, and continue to do so in our world today.

I particularly love this story, “A Bundle of Sticks.” I hope you do too!

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante.


]]> The fables attributed to Aesop spoke to the silliness as well as the deep injustices in his world, and continue to do so in our world today. I particularly love this story, “A Bundle of Sticks.” I hope you do too! The fables attributed to Aesop spoke to the silliness as well as the deep injustices in his world, and continue to do so in our world today. I particularly love this story, “A Bundle of Sticks.” I hope you do too! The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on […] JCast Network full false 3:30 1940 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast King Tumbo and Mr. Monk https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/king-tumbo-and-mr-monk/ Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:00:33 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/king-tumbo-and-mr-monk/ Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin Bady
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 foolish people, and foolish places. In story, and in real life. Why, near the small New Jersey shore town where I grew up, the elected officials would tell the citizenry over and over that a certain road with broken cement near the town center would be re-paved. And, of course, the citizens believed them. Each year, “It is just about to happen,” the mayor and town council would say. “Trust us!” And, year after year, there was another excuse to not pave the road. “Too expensive. Someone absconded with the money. It is not a convenient time to do this.” Every election the same people were elected. And the road was not paved. How silly was that? A whole town! Can you imagine?

This week’s story comes from Southeast Asia. It is about a very silly animal. And a very silly predicament. Now, you tell me – which animal is the silly one? Is it the monkey? I mean, what a silly creature a monkey is! Or is it another animal? The mouse, the cat, the elephant? Do you know a story of silly people, or silly animals. Email me and let me know what you think!

Enjoy!

Robin

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante


]]> 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, 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 […] JCast Network full false 1939 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast The Stories Of Chelm https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-stories-of-chelm/ Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:00:54 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/the-stories-of-chelm/ Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin Bady

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, but no one notices!

(By the way, Chelm is a real city in Poland, which used to have a large Jewish population and was known for its Torah scholarship.)

Let’s go!

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante


]]> 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, 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, […] JCast Network full false 3:39 1938 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast Introducing Beyond Chelm https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/introducing-beyond-chelm/ Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:15 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/journey/introducing-beyond-chelm/ JCast JourneyIn this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay sits down with his dear friend Robin Bady. Robin Bady is an award-winning storyteller, and has also just launched her own podcast on JCast Network, Beyond Chelm in which she will be telling tales for all ages.

In this episode, Darone and Robin talk about their history together, Robin’s background, her vision for her new show, and as a special treat (and at Darone’s encouragement) she tells a wonderful story entitled “The Overcoat”.

The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante

]]> In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay sits down with his dear friend Robin Bady. Robin Bady is an award-winning storyteller, and has also just launched her own podcast on JCast Network, Beyond Chelm in which she will be telling tales... In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay sits down with his dear friend Robin Bady. Robin Bady is an award-winning storyteller, and has also just launched her own podcast on JCast Network, Beyond Chelm in which she will be telling tales for all ages. In this episode, Darone and Robin talk about their […] JCast Network full false 1336 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast King Tumbo and Mr. Monk https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/king-tumbo-and-mr-monk-2/ Tue, 15 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000 https://jcastnetwork.org/chelm/?p=38 Beyond Chelm: Stories For Every Age with Robin BadyIn 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 is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, with Alice Even Cohen, Rob Kaplan, Skip LaPlante

]]> 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 go... 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 […] JCast Network full false 9:36 1935 druskay@jcastnetwork.org (JCast Network)Robin,Bady,Storytelling,Judaism,Jewish,Family,Children,Stories,JCast,Network,JCast