The Apple Tree's Discovery

Rachayl Eckstein Davis is a storyteller, creative dramatist and educator. She received her BA in Education from Stern College where she was Peninnah Schram’s first student in a Storytelling program conducted at the 92nd Street Y. She received her MA in Educational Theater from New York University. Rachayl taught pre-school, ran a Hebrew Library program, directed dramatic productions in a Yeshiva high school, and for many years was a mainstay on the educational staff at Camp Morasha. She and her husband Hillel are planning to make aliya to live in Jerusalem in Fall, 2011.

Peninnah Schram is a storyteller, teacher, author, a recording artist, and a professor at Stern College of Yeshiva University. She is the author of many books of Jewish folktales and has recorded a CD of folktales, The Minstrel and the Storyteller. She has received many awards for her work including the Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator, The Circle of Excellence Award, and the National Storytellers Network Lifetime Achievement Award.

Wendy Lee is a freelance illustrator based in Queens, New York. She has a B.F.A from Fashion Institute of Technology. She creates her cute and whimsical illustrations in watercolor.