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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 The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman Kathy Stinson, Marie Lafrance (illus.) Children’s The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine Linda Elovitz Marshall, Lisa Anchin (illus.) Fiction Not Your All-American Girl Wendy Wan-Long Shang Madelyn Rosenberg Fiction The Way Back Gavriel Savit Children’s The Ninth Night of Hanukkah Erica S. Perl Children’s Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights Bonnie Bader; Joanie Stone, illus. Fiction Anya and the Nightingale Sofiya Pasternack Children’s Becoming Brianna Terri Libenson Nonfiction A Delayed Life: The True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz Dita Kraus Fiction The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York Daniela Weil Children’s Village of Scoundrels Margi Preus Children’s Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place Barbara Lowell, Valentina Toro (illus.) Children’s Maurice and His Dictionary Cary Fagan, Enzo Lord Mariano (illus.) Nonfiction Chance: Escape from the Holocaust Uri Shulevitz Fiction Recommended for You Laura Silverman Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 17 Next page ›› 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 Interview ‘It’s a Story First’: A Conversation with Amy Hest Emily Schneider April 12, 2021 Pagination Page 1 Next page ››
Children’s The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman Kathy Stinson, Marie Lafrance (illus.)
Children’s The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine Linda Elovitz Marshall, Lisa Anchin (illus.)
Children’s Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place Barbara Lowell, Valentina Toro (illus.)
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