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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 Miriam and the Sasquatch: A Rosh Hashanah Story Eric Kimmel; Tamara Anegon, illus. Children’s Alte Zachen / Old Things Ziggy Hanaor; Benjamin Phillips, illus. Children’s Sally Opened Doors: The Story of the First Woman Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso; Margeaux Lucas, illus. Nonfiction The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner Marissa Moss Children’s The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs Chana Stiefel; Susan Gal, illus. Children’s The Lost Ryū Emi Watanabe Cohen Fiction The Teacher of Warsaw Mario Escobar; Gretchen Abernathy, trans. Fiction The Ghosts of Rose Hill R. M. Romero Children’s My Hands Make the World Amalia Hoffman Children’s Until the Blueberries Grow Jennifer Wolf Kam; Sally Walker, illus. Children’s Mrs. Noah’s Doves Jane Yolen; Alida Massari, illus. Children’s Yossel’s Journey Kathryn Lasky; Johnson Yazzie, illus. Children’s José and the Pirate Captain Toledano Arnon Z. Shorr Joshua M. Edelglass Children’s Bedtime for Maziks Yael Levy, Nabila Adani (Illustrator) Fiction The Jewish Brigade Marvano, Montana Kane (Translator) Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 11 Next page ›› Interview Resistance, Resilience, and Rome: A Conversation with Jordyn Taylor Emily Schneider February 11, 2026 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 Pagination Page 1 Next page ››
Children’s Miriam and the Sasquatch: A Rosh Hashanah Story Eric Kimmel; Tamara Anegon, illus.
Children’s Sally Opened Doors: The Story of the First Woman Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso; Margeaux Lucas, illus.
Children’s The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs Chana Stiefel; Susan Gal, illus.
Interview Resistance, Resilience, and Rome: A Conversation with Jordyn Taylor Emily Schneider February 11, 2026
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
