Pomegranate seeds : Latin American Jewish tales / Nadia Grosser Nagarajan ; introduction by Ilan Stán Stavans.

I only did that which my god required -- A dream come true -- Seeking wisdom -- The lost one -- In between the snowflakes -- The hatter of Cuenca -- Icarus the frog -- Patches from the past -- The diver -- A girl with rosy cheeks -- The artist -- Esther Solymosy -- A different kind of shtetl -- Neckties, anyone? -- Albertito -- The rabbi's tomb -- The boat ride -- Evita -- Sea monsters -- The survivor -- The mortician -- A dog's loyalty -- Clara and the gypsies -- Ode to a dead son -- The cup and the mug -- The portrait -- Virgin Mary -- An orange on board the Lusitania -- Where the navel is buried -- The encounter -- The house on Back Street -- The coffee party -- The medic -- The shunned toadstool.