Jewish Stories

Updated: July 24, 2024

Jewish Stories

Nishmas: Archives of Chassidic Stories

Chabad: Jewish Tales from the Past - over 800 Jewish stories

Chabad Kids: Jewish Comics with a Unique Twist

Chabad: Archives of Mendy and The Golem (PDF)

Shema Yisrael: Shabbat Stories for Children

OHR: Simcha's Torah Stories

Torah Tots and The Jewish Press: Tales of Our Gaonim

Torah Tots and The Jewish Press: Tales from the Midrash & Talmud

Yiddish Tales by Helena Frank - 48 tales

Stories and Pictures, by Isaac Loeb Peretz - 46 stories

A Treasury of Jewish Folklore edited by Nathan Ausubel 549 pages (plain text file) Click here for 16 meg, 548 page PDF file

Jewish Stories - Audio Youtube / Internet Archive / Librivox

Sholem Aleichem - Jewish Children (18 stories, 7.3 hours) Sholem Aleichem - Jewish Children (18 stories / 18 individual files) Note: Some of the 18 stories may be too intense for younger children

Yiddish Tales translated by Helena Frank read by Adrian Praetzellis 48 individual tales (librivox.org) Click here for text of 48 tales via the Guttenberg Project

Chabad Audio Stories for Kids

Jewish Bedtime Stories

Uncle Yossi's Grand Story Collection

Rabbi Juravel - All Year Round Stories

Meir TV: Jewish Video for Kids

Have I Got A Story For You!

Rabbi Gedalya Glatt's Stories

Jewish Stories to Inspire (podcast)

Jewish Bedtime Stories (podcast)

Jewish Kids' Story Time with Beardy Mosh (podcast)

Jewish Bedtime Stories By R&R (podcast, f)

Stories of Tzadikim (podcast)

Jewish History Soundbites (podcast)

Klimovitch - Children's Chassidic Tales (podcast)

Israel Related Stories

Toldot Israel - Firsthand video testimonies of the men and women who helped found the State of Israel

The Israel Story - 40 audio podcast episodes

The Israel Defense Forces and Defense Establishment Archives: The Jewish Combatant Collection

Pardes Elmad: The Jewish Story - 39 audio podcast episodes

Holocaust Related Stories

US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Behind Every Name a Story

Holocaust Survivor Stories

IWM: Concentration Camp Survivors Share Their Stories (audio)

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