The secret shofar of Barcelona

Description:

In the late 1500s, while the conductor of the Royal Orchestra of Barcelona prepares for a concert to celebrate Spain's colonies in the New World, his son secretly practices playing the Shofar to help Jews, who must hide their faith from the Inquisition, to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Includes historical facts and glossary.

subjects: Jews,  Rosh ha-Shanah,  Juvenile fiction,  Fiction,  Marranos,  Shofar,  Concerts,  History,  Children's fiction,  Jews, history, fiction,  Spain, history, fiction,  Jews, fiction,  Rosh ha-shanah, fiction,  Spain, fiction

Places: Spain

Times: Philip II, 1556-1598,  16th century