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Rabbi Harvey
Rabbi Harvey Rides Again: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Folktales Let Loose in the Wild West
Rabbi Harvey is Back with Ten Hilarious New Adventures In this follow-up to the popular The Adventures of Rabbi A Graphic Novel of Jewish Wisdom and Wit in the Wild West , the Rabbi returns to the streets of Elk Spring, Colorado. Part Wild West sheriff, part old world rabbi, Harvey protects his town and delivers justice, wielding only the weapons of wisdom, wit, and a bit of trickery. These adventures combine Jewish and American folklore by creatively retelling comic Jewish folktales and setting them loose on the western frontier of the 1870s. As his fame grows throughout the Rocky Mountains, Rabbi Harvey meets new characters―including the luckless gold miner Abigail―and faces a slew of new challenges. He encounters the return of “Big Milt” and Wolfie Wasserman (the most feared father-and-son outlaw team east of Nevada), and investigates another bold crime by the sweet-faced Bad Bubbe . And, as ever, the Rabbi is the quickest draw in the West―when it comes to pulling out bits of Talmudic insight to fit any occasion, that is. Like any great collection of Jewish folktales, these stories contain layers of humor and timeless wisdom that will entertain, teach and, especially, make you laugh.
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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About the author
Steve Sheinkin
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I was born in Brooklyn, NY, and my family lived in Mississippi and Colorado before moving back to New York and settling in the suburbs north of New York City. As a kid my favorite books were action stories and outdoor adventures: sea stories, searches for buried treasure, sharks eating people… that kind of thing. Probably my all-time favorite was a book called Mutiny on the Bounty, a novel based on the true story of a famous mutiny aboard a British ship in the late 1700s.
I went to Syracuse University and studied communications and international relations. The highlight of those years was a summer I spent in Central America, where I worked on a documentary on the streets of Nicaragua.
After college I moved to Washington, D.C., and worked for an environmental group called the National Audubon Society. Then, when my brother Ari graduated from college a few years later, we decided to move to Austin, Texas, and make movies together. We lived like paupers in a house with a hole in the floor where bugs crawled in. We wrote some screenplays, and in 1995 made our own feature film, a comedy called A More Perfect Union (filing pictured below), about four young guys who decide to secede from the Union and declare their rented house to be an independent nation. We were sure it was going to be a huge hit; actually we ended up deep in debt.
After that I moved to Brooklyn and decided to find some way to make a living as a writer. I wrote short stories, screenplays, and worked on a comic called The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey. In 2006, after literally hundreds of rejections, my first Rabbi Harvey graphic novel was finally published.
Meanwhile, I started working for an educational publishing company, just for the money. We’d hire people to write history textbooks, and they’d send in their writing, and it was my job to check facts and make little edits to clarify the text. Once in a while I was given the chance to write little pieces of textbooks, like one-page biographies or skills lessons. “Understanding Bar Graphs” was one of my early works. The editors noticed that my writing was pretty good. They started giving me less editing to do, and more writing. Gradually, I began writing chapters for textbooks, and that turned into my full-time job. All the while, I kept working on my own writing projects.
In 2008 I wrote my last textbook. I walked away, and shall never return. My first non-textbook history book was King George: What Was His Problem? – full of all the stories about the American Revolution that I was never allowed to put into textbooks. But looking back, I actually feel pretty lucky to have spent all those years writing textbooks. It forced me to write every day, which is great practice. And I collected hundreds of stories that I can’t wait to tell.
These days, I live with my wife, Rachel, and our two young kids in Saratoga Springs, New York. We’re right down the road from the Saratoga National Historical Park, the site of Benedict Arnold’s greatest – and last – victory in an American uniform. But that’s not why I moved here. Honestly.
I was born in Brooklyn, NY, and my family lived in Mississippi and Colorado before moving back to New York and settling in the suburbs north of New York City. As a kid my favorite books were action stories and outdoor adventures: sea stories, searches for buried treasure, sharks eating people… that kind of thing. Probably my all-time favorite was a book called Mutiny on the Bounty, a novel based on the true story of a famous mutiny aboard a British ship in the late 1700s.
I went to Syracuse University and studied communications and international relations. The highlight of those years was a summer I spent in Central America, where I worked on a documentary on the streets of Nicaragua.
After college I moved to Washington, D.C., and worked for an environmental group called the National Audubon Society. Then, when my brother Ari graduated from college a few years later, we decided to move to Austin, Texas, and make movies together. We lived like paupers in a house with a hole in the floor where bugs crawled in. We wrote some screenplays, and in 1995 made our own feature film, a comedy called A More Perfect Union (filing pictured below), about four young guys who decide to secede from the Union and declare their rented house to be an independent nation. We were sure it was going to be a huge hit; actually we ended up deep in debt.
After that I moved to Brooklyn and decided to find some way to make a living as a writer. I wrote short stories, screenplays, and worked on a comic called The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey. In 2006, after literally hundreds of rejections, my first Rabbi Harvey graphic novel was finally published.
Meanwhile, I started working for an educational publishing company, just for the money. We’d hire people to write history textbooks, and they’d send in their writing, and it was my job to check facts and make little edits to clarify the text. Once in a while I was given the chance to write little pieces of textbooks, like one-page biographies or skills lessons. “Understanding Bar Graphs” was one of my early works. The editors noticed that my writing was pretty good. They started giving me less editing to do, and more writing. Gradually, I began writing chapters for textbooks, and that turned into my full-time job. All the while, I kept working on my own writing projects.
In 2008 I wrote my last textbook. I walked away, and shall never return. My first non-textbook history book was King George: What Was His Problem? – full of all the stories about the American Revolution that I was never allowed to put into textbooks. But looking back, I actually feel pretty lucky to have spent all those years writing textbooks. It forced me to write every day, which is great practice. And I collected hundreds of stories that I can’t wait to tell.
These days, I live with my wife, Rachel, and our two young kids in Saratoga Springs, New York. We’re right down the road from the Saratoga National Historical Park, the site of Benedict Arnold’s greatest – and last – victory in an American uniform. But that’s not why I moved here. Honestly.
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March 18, 2016
AWW THE END WAS SO CUTE
CUUUUUUUUUTE
CUUUUUUUUUTE
June 26, 2023
I thought this book adapted various Jewish folktales well to the old west, but the writing was pretty basic and the illustrations were really bad. I also just generally don’t like stories that romanticize the old west and pay no attention at all to the genocide that it really was. Idk.
April 3, 2019
Amazing
Incredible hilarious super great read hole book and series can’t stop reading best book ever so good spechlees to remarcable.
Incredible hilarious super great read hole book and series can’t stop reading best book ever so good spechlees to remarcable.
February 25, 2018
This is the first time I've read a graphic novel and although it may have been geared toward a younger office I truly enjoyed it. I am hoping to read more from this author.
January 16, 2024
fun and cute
Rabbi Harvey was funny
did wish he added green to the illustrations inside of the book however
Rabbi Harvey was funny
did wish he added green to the illustrations inside of the book however
August 5, 2025
The illustrations were something to warm up to as you read the stories. Turns out it’s a true gem of the Wild West with a twist. Brings up memories of Frisco Kid for some reason lol.
December 28, 2009
Rabbi Harvey, rabbin-shérif d'Elk Spring, est réputé pour sa sagesse et son astuce.
Tout le Colorado vient le consulter, pour solliciter son arbitrage ou démêler des intrigues. Dans ce deuxième tome, la sagesse de Rabbi Harvey est encore mise à l'épreuve : il trouve un moyen de mettre définitivement hors d'état de nuire les bandits de la ville, il déjoue la ruse d'une mamie peu scrupuleuse, fait un bref passage dans la police, décode des énigmes, ramène les égarés, réconcilie les couples, dénonce l'égoïsme des nantis, le tout avec une désarmante simplicité et un humour irrésistible.
Enfin, il vient en aide à la charmante Abigaïl qui avait de bonnes raisons de se plaindre du vent des Rocheuses. Chaque histoire recèle de véritables pépites sorties du Talmud ou de contes populaires juifs.
Tout le Colorado vient le consulter, pour solliciter son arbitrage ou démêler des intrigues. Dans ce deuxième tome, la sagesse de Rabbi Harvey est encore mise à l'épreuve : il trouve un moyen de mettre définitivement hors d'état de nuire les bandits de la ville, il déjoue la ruse d'une mamie peu scrupuleuse, fait un bref passage dans la police, décode des énigmes, ramène les égarés, réconcilie les couples, dénonce l'égoïsme des nantis, le tout avec une désarmante simplicité et un humour irrésistible.
Enfin, il vient en aide à la charmante Abigaïl qui avait de bonnes raisons de se plaindre du vent des Rocheuses. Chaque histoire recèle de véritables pépites sorties du Talmud ou de contes populaires juifs.
February 5, 2010
not quite as engaging as the first volume, but still a good read. the combination of Jewish folktales and Westerns, is a brilliant idea. the illustrations are pleasing and are a great way to transmit the folk tradition. the stories, as well as being entertaining, slyly question your own thought process and smarts. recommended for all ages.
October 13, 2011
I adore you, Rabbi Harvey. Such bite-sized pieces of Yiddish-style wisdom! So sweet but sobering! I'm officially won over for good. I sort of want to live in your world! When does the next one come out please?
March 1, 2012
Significantly better, in my opinion, tan the first one in the series. Each of the episodes could be read separately but do also flow when read in order. A fun way for kids to learn traditional Jewish folktales, set in the old Wild West.
December 26, 2024
Reread this book and another of the Rabbi Harvey graphic novels to prepare for an upcoming visit.
It's a series of short stories all under the banner of Rabbi Harvey sharing wisdom and wit of the Jewish faith through a series of folktales.
It's a series of short stories all under the banner of Rabbi Harvey sharing wisdom and wit of the Jewish faith through a series of folktales.
March 3, 2025
My only regret is that the book wasn't longer. If you want dry humor, wisdom, and clever tales, Rabbi Harvey is No. 1.
Re-read with Eric and finished on 3/2/25. Great Jewish stories set in the Wild Wild West.
Re-read with Eric and finished on 3/2/25. Great Jewish stories set in the Wild Wild West.
September 13, 2009
Delightful graphic novel, with quirky illustrations, finds Jewish rabbinical wisdom at home on the range.
October 25, 2010
This book made me want to learn more about the sources Sheinkin took the stories from. It's good stuff.
January 31, 2011
Rabbi Harvey, San Francisco Police was my favorite vignette.
July 22, 2011
My uncle is a Hassidic Jew in Denver. I wonder if he knows Rabbi Harvey. These belong on every good Jew's bookshelf, right next to the stories of Chelm.
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August 3, 2011Clever
August 9, 2011
a rich man, a poor man and a rabbi walk into a bar...
September 6, 2011
there's nothing like rabbi harvey to calm one's frazzled nerves when hiding from bats in the house!
November 27, 2011
Funny, funny Jewish humor.
December 16, 2012
Delightful as always. I think the 3rd one is my favorite so far, but they're all good.
May 2, 2014
This graphic novel series is getting me to explore wisdom stories again.
October 13, 2015
Oy gewalt! Will Harvey's talmudic wisdom enable him to face down desperadoes like Miltie Wolfowitz and Bad Bubbeh? More important, will it get him a date with Teacher Abigail?
October 30, 2015
Simple, cute, wise. Each story is only a few pages. Summary of story origin in Jewish culture in the back.
June 25, 2025
Jewish themed graphic novel. In case you were searching for such.
January 6, 2015
I enjoyed it
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September 5, 2018I had not noticed in the first Rabbi Harvey book a "Story Sources" section, history and context are good.
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