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    children's literature

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    Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Three Nov­els by E.L. Konigsburg

    Emi­ly Schneider
    June 7, 2021
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    Chil­dren’s
    Aster­oid Gold­berg: Passover in Out­er Space
    Bri­an­na Caplan Sayres
    Cover of The Upside-Down Boy and the Israeli Prime Minister
    Chil­dren’s
    The Upside-Down Boy and the Israeli Prime Minister
    Sherri Mandell, Robert Dunn (Illustrator)
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    Fic­tion
    Sadie’s Shab­bat Stories
    Melis­sa Stoller
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    Fic­tion
    The Maps of Mem­o­ry: Return to But­ter­fly Hill
    Marjorie Agosín, Lee White (Illustrator)
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Sur­prise in the Desk
    Carol Ungar, Mira Simon (illustrator)
    Interview

    ‘It’s a Sto­ry First’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Amy Hest

    Emi­ly Schneider
    April 12, 2021
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    Chil­dren’s
    Nicky & Vera: A Qui­et Hero of the Holo­caust and the Chil­dren He Rescued
    Peter Sís
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    The Boy Who Thought Out­side the Box: The Sto­ry of Video Game Inven­tor Ralph Baer
    Marcie Wessels, Beatriz Castro (illustrator)
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    Osnat and Her Dove: The True Sto­ry of the World’s First Female Rabbi
    Sigal Samuel; Vali Mintzi, illus.
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    Wild Vision­ary: Mau­rice Sendak in Queer Jew­ish Context
    Golan Y. Moskowitz
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Passover Guest
    Susan Kusel, Sean Rubin (illus.)
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Magi­cian’s Visit
    Barbara Diamond Goldin, adapted from a story by I. L. Peretz, Eva Sánchez Gómez(illus.)
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    Chil­dren’s
    Lenny and Benny
    Naa­ma Benziman
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    Matzah Craze
    Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, Lauren Gallegos (illus.)
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    Chil­dren’s
    Meet the Matzah
    Alan Sil­ber­berg
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