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    Bar­bara Bietz

    Bar­bara Bietz is a free­lance writer and children’s book review­er. She is cur­rent­ly a mem­ber of the Syd­ney Tay­lor Book Award Com­mit­tee. Bar­bara is the author of the mid­dle grade book, Like a Mac­cabee. She has a blog ded­i­cat­ed to Jew­ish books for chil­dren at www​.Bar​baraB​Book​Blog​.Blogspot​.com.
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    As Good As Any­body: Mar­tin Luther King Jr. and Abra­ham Joshua Hes­chel’s Amaz­ing March Toward Freedom
    Richard Michel­son
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    Day Is Done
    Peter Yarrow; Melissa Sweet, illus.
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    Sav­ing the Jews: Franklin D. Roo­sevelt and the Holocaust
    Robert N. Rosen
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    Whis­pers from the Ghettos
    Kathy Kacer and Sharon MacKay
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    Screen­ing a Lynch­ing: The Leo Frank Case on Film and Television
    Matthew H. Bernstein
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    Dri­ven to Dark­ness: Jew­ish Emi­gre Direc­tors and the Rise of Film Noir
    Vincent Brook
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    Chal­lah, Chal­lah, for You and Me
    Barbara Bietz and June Sobel; Ruth Waters, illus.
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    Apples, Apples, All Year Round: A Cel­e­bra­tion of Jew­ish Holidays
    Barbara Bietz and June Sobel; Ruth Waters, illus.
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    DIJ — Do It Jew­ish: Use Your Jew­ish Creativity!
    Barbara Bietz, Daria Grinevich (Illustrator)
    Interview

    Inter­view: Sylvia Rouss

    by Bar­bara BietzWhen I heard my friend Sylvia Rouss had pub­lished a col­lec­tion of short sto­ries, A World of Bless­ings, I want­ed to learn more…
    Bar­bara Bietz
    November 18, 2013
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    Inter­view: Michelle Markel

    by Bar­bara BietzMy friend, Michelle Markel, has been inter­viewed by me before so for her new release we decid­ed to try some­thing new. To many authors, new books feel…
    Bar­bara Bietz
    October 17, 2013
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    Inter­view: Les­ley Simpson

    by Bar­bara BietzLes­ley Simp­son is the author of A Song for My Sis­ter (Ran­dom House), a love­ly pic­ture book about sim­chat bat, the Jew­ish baby nam­ing…
    Bar­bara Bietz
    June 13, 2013
    Interview

    Inter­view: Bar­bara Bietz

    with Michal Hoschan­der MalenBar­bara Bietz, author of The Sun­down Kid, talks to Michal Hoschan­der Malen about the pio­neer Jews of the Amer­i­can West, their recep­tion…
    Michal Hoschan­der Malen
    May 22, 2017

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