Storyteller Peninnah Schram is a professor of Speech and Drama at Yeshiva University. She has authored twelve books of Jewish folktales, including Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another. The book Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning was published in her honor. She is a recipient of the Covenant Award and the National Storytelling Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Peninnah is a faculty member of Jewish Spiritual Education and Maggid-Educator Ordination Program at Reclaiming Judaism.