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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.

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Fic­tion
Lemons in the Fog
Chaya Rochel Zimmerman
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Non­fic­tion
Polit­i­cal Pow­er: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Michael Frizell
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Chil­dren’s
Moses and the Run­away Lamb
Jacqueline Jules; Eleanor Rees Howell, illus.
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Ella KVELLe­phant and the Search for Bubbe’s Yid­dish Treasure
Jen Kost­man
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The Blue Glass Heart
Yona Zeldis McDonough; Chiara Fedele, illus.
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Frank W. Baker; Tim Ogline, illus.
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The Librar­i­an of Auschwitz: The Graph­ic Novel
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Passover: A Cel­e­bra­tion of Freedom
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Plan­ning Perfect
Haley Neil
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A Per­fect Fit: How Lena ​“Lane” Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion
Mara Rockliff; Juana Martinez-Neal, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Duct Tape Purim
Jill Col­lela Bloomfield
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On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It
Michael Rosen; Quentin Blake, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Where You’ve Got to Be
Car­o­line Gertler
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Chil­dren’s
Nuri and the Whale
Ronit Chacham; Moran Yogev, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Chunky Goes to Camp
Yehu­di Mercado

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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
Fiction

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
Interview

‘It’s a Sto­ry First’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Amy Hest

Emi­ly Schneider
April 12, 2021
Interview

Sur­vival and Truth: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Anne Blankman

Emi­ly Schneider
February 10, 2021
Essay

Epi­dem­ic in the City: Ill­ness and Dis­abil­i­ty in Syd­ney Taylor’s More All-of-a-Kind Family

Emi­ly Schneider
November 2, 2020
Essay

The Many Voy­ages of Uri Shulevitz

Emi­ly Schneider
October 12, 2020
Essay

Won­der and Mar­vel: Women and the Art of Shavuot

Emi­ly Schneider
May 27, 2020
Essay

Fre­quen­cy Hop­ping: The Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty of Hedy Lamarr in Children’s Books

Emi­ly Schneider
May 25, 2020
Essay

Wait­ing for Eli­jah: Passover In Times of Adver­si­ty in Children’s Pic­ture Books

Emi­ly Schneider
April 8, 2020

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