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Emily Schneider Emily Schneider writes about literature, feminism, and culture for Tablet, The Forward, The Horn Book, and other publications, and writes about children’s books on her blog. She has a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures. Website Reviews Articles Children’s Rising Sidura Ludwig; Sophia Vincent Guy, illus. Children’s Tree. Table. Book. Lois Lowry Fiction The Judgment of YoYo Gold Isaac Blum Nonfiction An American Girl Anthology: Finding Ourselves in the Pleasant Company Universe KC Hysmith Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler Children’s The Keeper of Stories Caroline Kusin Pritchard; Selina Alko, illus. Children’s Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II Adam Gidwitz Children’s Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Rescued a Generation of Children and Founded the World’s Largest Children’s Library Katherine Paterson; Sally Deng, illus. Children’s Roadside Seder Anna Levine; Naama Lahav, illus. Children’s Workitu’s Passover Maayan Ben Hagai and Zahava Goshen; Eden Spivak, illus. Children’s Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama’s First Presidential Seder Richard Michelson; E. B. Lewis, illus. Children’s Ellis Island Passover Marissa Moss Children’s One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe Dara Horn Theo Ellsworth Children’s Interrupted Lives: Nine Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust Amanda Friedeman Kelley Szany Children’s Mendel the Mess-Up Terry LaBan Children’s The Girl with the Secret Name: The Incredible Life of Doña Gracia Mendes Nasi Yael Zoldan Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ›› Interview Portal to Passover: A Conversation with Dara Horn Emily Schneider March 17, 2025 Interview Roots and Branches: A Conversation with Elisa Boxer and Alianna Rozentsveig Emily Schneider February 12, 2025 Essay Bette Greene’s ‘Summer of My German Soldier’: Bad Family and an Unlikely Savior Emily Schneider August 19, 2024 Essay—From the Journal A Seder with Babar the Elephant Emily Schneider April 22, 2024 Interview How to Tell an Essential Story: A Conversation with Steve Sheinkin Emily Schneider February 8, 2024 Essay Still Beni: The Life of Jane Breskin Zalben’s Iconic Bear Emily Schneider October 23, 2023 Interview Gender and Jewish Identity as Part of the Recipe: A Conversation with Jennieke Cohen Emily Schneider February 9, 2023 Interview Rebuilding a Jewish Past: A Conversation with Chana Stiefel and Susan Gal Emily Schneider November 4, 2022 Interview Breaking Down Walls: A Conversation with Nancy Churnin Emily Schneider May 2, 2022 Essay Searching for Jewish Identity in Two Judy Blume Novels Emily Schneider February 11, 2022 Essay Jewish Identity in Three Novels by E.L. Konigsburg Emily Schneider June 7, 2021 Interview ‘It’s a Story First’: A Conversation with Amy Hest Emily Schneider April 12, 2021 Pagination Page 1 Next page ››
Nonfiction An American Girl Anthology: Finding Ourselves in the Pleasant Company Universe KC Hysmith Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler
Children’s Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Rescued a Generation of Children and Founded the World’s Largest Children’s Library Katherine Paterson; Sally Deng, illus.
Children’s Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama’s First Presidential Seder Richard Michelson; E. B. Lewis, illus.
Children’s Interrupted Lives: Nine Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust Amanda Friedeman Kelley Szany
Children’s The Girl with the Secret Name: The Incredible Life of Doña Gracia Mendes Nasi Yael Zoldan
Interview Roots and Branches: A Conversation with Elisa Boxer and Alianna Rozentsveig Emily Schneider February 12, 2025
Essay Bette Greene’s ‘Summer of My German Soldier’: Bad Family and an Unlikely Savior Emily Schneider August 19, 2024
Interview How to Tell an Essential Story: A Conversation with Steve Sheinkin Emily Schneider February 8, 2024
Interview Gender and Jewish Identity as Part of the Recipe: A Conversation with Jennieke Cohen Emily Schneider February 9, 2023
Interview Rebuilding a Jewish Past: A Conversation with Chana Stiefel and Susan Gal Emily Schneider November 4, 2022