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Mar­cia Weiss Posner

Mar­cia W. Pos­ner, Ph.D., of the Holo­caust Memo­r­i­al and Tol­er­ance Cen­ter of Nas­sau Coun­ty, is the library and pro­gram direc­tor. An author and play­wright her­self, she loves review­ing for JBW and read­ing all the oth­er reviews and arti­cles in this mar­velous periodical.
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Essay

Why Do We Pub­lish Pic­ture Books About the Holo­caust for Young Children?

by Mar­cia Weiss PosnerEditor’s Note: We are fre­quent­ly asked by par­ents, teach­ers, and oth­ers a per­plex­ing ques­tion: At which age and at which stage it is…
Mar­cia Weiss Posner
March 25, 2015
Interview

Inter­view: Mar­cia Weiss Posner

by Car­ol KaufmanRecord­ing her life jour­ney sent Mar­cia Weiss Pos­ner time trav­el­ing; one set of mem­o­ries led to the next. Mar­cia is a found­ing librar­i­an of the…
Car­ol Kaufman
March 6, 2014

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