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Children’s The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine Linda Elovitz Marshall, Lisa Anchin (illus.)
Recommended Reading ‘A Thread of Anxiety’: Six Middle Grade Books to Read in 2020 Amanda Panitch November 9, 2020
Essay Epidemic in the City: Illness and Disability in Sydney Taylor’s More All-of-a-Kind Family Emily Schneider November 2, 2020
Nonfiction Matthew, Mark, Luke, John…and Me: Growing Up Jewish in a Christian World Arthur Ullian
Nonfiction Hello Darkness, My Old Friend Sanford D. Greenberg, Art Garfunkel (Introduction), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Forward), Margaret Atwood (Final Word)posts
Nonfiction Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800 – 1939 Natan M. Meir
Essay A Letter in a Drawer Earlier this week, Charles S. Sherman wrote about a miraculous baseball team and a life-altering event and how he’s handled the challenge. His book,The Broken… Charles S. Sherman February 28, 2014
Essay A Miraculous Baseball Team Earlier this week, Charles S. Sherman wrote about a life-altering event and how he’s handled the challenge. His book, The Broken and the Whole: Discovering Joy… Charles S. Sherman February 26, 2014
Essay The Ellipsis Charles S. Sherman is the Senior Rabbi of Temple Adath Yeshurun, the largest synagogue in Central New York. His book, The Broken and the Whole: Discovering Joy after… Charles S. Sherman February 24, 2014