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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 Fiction Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust Neal Shusterman; Andrés Vera Martínez, illus. Children’s The Miracle of Matzah Pizza: A Biblical Tall Tale Ann D. Koffsky Children’s With a Needle and Thread: A Jewish Folktale from Cuba Jennifer Stempel; Libi Axelrod, illus. Children’s War Games Alan Gratz Children’s The Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Story Tova Friedman Children’s Refugee: The Graphic Novel Alan Gratz; Syd Fini, illus. Children’s What Louis Brandeis Knows: A Crusader for Social Justice Becomes a Supreme Court Justice Richard Michelson; Stacy Innerst, illus. Children’s The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story Daniel Nayeri Fiction Like Wafers in Honey Leah Eskin; Jeska Verstegen, illus. Children’s Beinoni Mari Lowe Children’s Trouble Finds Evie Lefkowitz Diana Harmon Asher Fiction Song of a Blackbird Maria van Lieshout Children’s The Bagel Who Wanted Everything Alan Silberberg Visual Arts Megillat Esther: The Graphic Tale JT Waldman Children’s The World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue Elizabeth Brown Melissa Castrillón Pagination Page 1 Next page ›› Interview “Something Amazing Will Eventually Happen”: A Conversation with Yevgenia Nayberg Emily Schneider June 22, 2026 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 Pagination Page 1 Next page ››
Fiction Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust Neal Shusterman; Andrés Vera Martínez, illus.
Children’s With a Needle and Thread: A Jewish Folktale from Cuba Jennifer Stempel; Libi Axelrod, illus.
Children’s What Louis Brandeis Knows: A Crusader for Social Justice Becomes a Supreme Court Justice Richard Michelson; Stacy Innerst, illus.
Children’s The World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue Elizabeth Brown Melissa Castrillón
Interview “Something Amazing Will Eventually Happen”: A Conversation with Yevgenia Nayberg Emily Schneider June 22, 2026
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
