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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 There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale Suzanne Wolfe, Jeffrey Ebbeler (illus.) Fiction Letters from Cuba Ruth Behar Children’s A Sweet Meeting on Mimouna Night Allison Ofanansky, Rotem Teplow (illus.) Fiction The Children’s Block Otto Kraus Fiction Fing’s War Benny Lindelauf, John Nieuwenhuizen (trans.) Children’s Worse and Worse on Noah’s Ark Leslie Kimmelman, Vivian Mineker (illus.) Fiction They Went Left Monica Hesse Children’s My Sister Is Sleeping Devora Busheri, Michel Kichka, (illus.), Shira Atik (trans.) Children’s Sweet Tamales for Purim Barbara Bietz, John Kanzler (illus.) Children’s A Ceiling Made of Eggshells Gail Carson Levine Children’s No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto (illus.) Children’s A Boy Is Not a Bird Edeet Ravel, Pam Comeau (illus.) Children’s Miriam at the River Jane Yolen; Khoa Le, illus. Children’s Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous Audrey Ades, Vivien Mildenberger (illus.) Children’s Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doreen Rappaport, Eric Velasquez (illus.) Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 19 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 No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto (illus.)
Children’s Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doreen Rappaport, Eric Velasquez (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
