Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah ride

By Deborah Bodin Cohen

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Juvenile Fiction, Palestine in fiction, Rosh ha-Shanah, Railroads, fiction, Rosh ha-Shanah in fiction, Railroad trains, Railroads, Fiction, Children's fiction, Picture books for children, Rosh ha-shanah, fiction, Railroad trains in fiction, Jews in fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, Jews

Description: A Rosh Hashanah story based on the first historic train ride from Jaffa to Jerusalem in 1892, shortening the journey between the two cities from 3 days to 3 hours. Engineer Ari's train is coming to Jerusalem collecting goodies along the way to celebrate the Jewish new year, and he learns an important lesson along the way.