ORONO – Is there a Jewish mother in Jewish folklore? Dan Ben-Amos, a professor of folklore and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss his recent publication “Folktales of the Jews” from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, in the Bangor Room of Memorial Union at the University of Maine. The first two volumes, “Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion” and “Tales from Eastern Europe,” are available now. Both won National Jewish Book Awards on Sephardic Culture. This program, offered by the Maine FolkLife Center as part of Women’s History Month, is sponsored by the College of liberal Arts and Sciences, the departments of English and Anthropology, and the Anthropology Club at the University of Maine.