Gershon Kranzler

The title story takes place in the Warsaw ghetto and bears witness to the courage and defiance of a very young hero. Other tales take place in diverse locales, as menacing as the streets of Prague and as awesome as the splendid majesty of King Solomon's p...

"It is not we that count, we with our weaknesses and capabilities. It is our will to do a job that we realize is important"

"Stop them! Stop them!" yelled the huge crowd, ready to overwhelm the soldiers by the sheer weight of their large numbers. But the Baal Shem Tov signaled them to allow the soldiers to pass through.

Only Big Jim, trying to maintain his defiance, stepped forward. He blurted, "The Jews poisoned one of their field hands to use his blood for their ritual celebration tonight!"

Only two nights before Passover, the call came to him to leave the security and peace of his home and go forth on a mission...