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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 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 Nonfiction The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man’s Journey Across Wartime Europe Uri Shulevitz Children’s The Henna Helper Tami Lehman-Wilzig Yinon Ptahia Nonfiction Judy Blume: A Life Mark Oppenheimer Children’s Kayla and Kugels Super Sweet Rosh Hashanah Ann D. Koffsky Children’s Hallelujah: The Story of Leonard Cohen Alicia Jo Rabins Gene Pendon Children’s A Place Called Galveston Andrea Shapiro Valerya Milovanova Children’s Claudia Said Sí!: The Story of Mexico’s First Woman President Deborah Bodin Cohen Kerry Olitzky Carlos Vélez Aguilera Fiction Scattergood H.M. Bouwman Children’s Rembrandt’s Blessing Tami Lehman-Wilzig Anita Barghigiani Children’s The Peddler and the President Ann D. Koffsky Pedro Rodríguez Nonfiction Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story) Deborah Heiligman Pagination Page 1 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 The World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue Elizabeth Brown Melissa Castrillón
Children’s Claudia Said Sí!: The Story of Mexico’s First Woman President Deborah Bodin Cohen Kerry Olitzky Carlos Vélez Aguilera
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
