Zichron Yaakov Stories

The Rescue

This is the fifth of my Zichron Yaakov stories. I want to write a short story for every decade that my home town has existed. And since the town was established in 1883, I have still quite a few stories to write! The Rescue takes place in 1885 and is thus the ‘first’ Zichron Yaakov story. Note though I do…

Simson and the sheep

A few months before Passover, a carefully selected member of the Kaduri clan start to look after the family’s sacrificial…

The ghost of Sarah Aaronsohn

“Testing, testing, 1 2 3. Can you hear me?”

Ariyah tried out her headpiece for her 10 am tour group. As always, she is more than 30 minutes early but she likes to be ready and prepared with all of the items on her checklist checked off.

The Yemen cobbler’s son

“I am sorry Master, but pi is equal to 3.141 not 2.5.”

Master Greenberg stretched himself as high as he can and looked down at the little twerp who dared to interfere in the morning’s math lesson. All the other children had their eyes downcast, copying…