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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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    Moses and the Run­away Lamb
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    On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It
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    Where You’ve Got to Be
    Car­o­line Gertler
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    Yehu­di Mercado
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    Salt & Hon­ey: Jew­ish Teens on Fem­i­nism, Cre­ativ­i­ty, and Tradition 
    Elizabeth Mandel, Emmanuelle Sippy, Maya Savin Miller, and Michele Lent Hirsch, eds.; Michelle Shapiro Abraham, contrib.
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    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
    Essay

    Hid­den Hero­ine: Queen Esther in Children’s Books

    Emi­ly Schneider
    March 9, 2020
    Interview

    A Reminder for Empa­thy: A Con­ver­sa­tion with R. J. Palacio 

    Emi­ly Schneider
    February 9, 2020
    Essay

    Hanukkah as History

    Emi­ly Schneider
    December 22, 2019
    Interview

    Mir­rors and Win­dows: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Lesléa New­man on Diver­si­ty in Chil­dren’s Books 

    Emi­ly Schneider
    December 3, 2019
    Essay

    ‘It’s God’s Par­ty and Every­one’s Invited’

    Sukkot, Sim­chat Torah, and Gen­der in Two Clas­sic Children’s Books 

    Emi­ly Schneider
    October 14, 2019
    Essay

    The World is Round: Jew­ish Children’s Books Wel­come the New Year

    Emi­ly Schneider
    September 26, 2019

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