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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 People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art Cynthia Levinson, Evan Turk (Illustrator) Children’s An Egg for Shabbat Mirik Snir, Eleyor Snir (Illustrator) Fiction Benny Feldman’s All-Star Klezmer Band Allison Marks, Wayne Marks Nonfiction We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance Deborah Hopkinson Nonfiction Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America Ruth Gruener Children’s Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued Peter Sís Children’s The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer Marcie Wessels, Beatriz Castro (illustrator) Fiction The Summer We Found the Baby Amy Hest Children’s Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World’s First Female Rabbi Sigal Samuel; Vali Mintzi, illus. Children’s Catherine’s War Julia Billet, Claire Fauvel (illustrator), Ivanka Hahnenberger (translator) Children’s The Magician’s Visit Barbara Diamond Goldin, adapted from a story by I. L. Peretz, Eva Sánchez Gómez(illus.) Children’s The Passover Guest Susan Kusel, Sean Rubin (illus.) Children’s Matzah Craze Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, Lauren Gallegos (illus.) Children’s Meet the Matzah Alan Silberberg Children’s Benjy’s Blanket Miguel Gouveia, Raquel Catalina (illus.) Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 17 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 ››
Children’s The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art Cynthia Levinson, Evan Turk (Illustrator)
Nonfiction We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance Deborah Hopkinson
Children’s The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer Marcie Wessels, Beatriz Castro (illustrator)
Children’s Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World’s First Female Rabbi Sigal Samuel; Vali Mintzi, illus.
Children’s Catherine’s War Julia Billet, Claire Fauvel (illustrator), Ivanka Hahnenberger (translator)
Children’s The Magician’s Visit Barbara Diamond Goldin, adapted from a story by I. L. Peretz, Eva Sánchez Gómez(illus.)
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
