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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 Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of Helaine Becker, Kari Rust (illus.) Children’s Esther Didn’t Dream of Being Queen Allison Ofanansky, Valentina Belloni (illus.) Children’s Queen Vashti’s Comfy Pants Leah Rachel Berkowitz, Ruth Bennett (illus.) Fiction It’s My Party and I Don’t Want to Go Amanda Panitch Nonfiction Dancing at the Pity Party Tyler Feder Fiction 28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto David Safier, Helen MacCormac (trans.) Children’s Calling Cobber Sheri Sinykin Fiction The Blackbird Girls Anne Blankman Fiction Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature Miriam Udel Children’s Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin Tracy Newman, Abigail Halpin (illus.) Fiction Going Rogue (at Hebrew School) Casey Breton Fiction The Paper Girl of Paris Jordyn Taylor 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 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 18 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 Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of Helaine Becker, Kari Rust (illus.)
Fiction 28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto David Safier, Helen MacCormac (trans.)
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.)
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
