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    Essay

    Hid­den Hero­ine: Queen Esther in Children’s Books

    Emi­ly Schneider
    March 9, 2020
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    Chil­dren’s
    A Per­sian Princess
    Barbara Diamond Goldin, Steliyana Doneva (illus.)
    Excerpt

    Excerpt: Eat Something

    March 2, 2020
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    Chil­dren’s
    Who Will Ask the Four Questions
    Naomi Ben-Gur, Carmel Ben-Ami (illus.), Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann (trans.)  
    News

    2019 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Auction

    February 19, 2020
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    Cook­book
    Saba­ba: Fresh, Sun­ny Fla­vors From My Israeli Kitchen
    Adeena Suss­man
    Recommended Reading

    New Year for the Trees: A Chil­dren’s Read­ing List for Tu Bishvat 

    Anna Caplan
    February 3, 2020
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    Cook­book
    The Jew­ish Cookbook
    Leah Koenig, Julia Turshen (fwd.)
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Passover Mouse
    Joy Nelkin Wieder (auth.), Shahar Kober (illus.)  
    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

    How to Keep Kosher Internationally

    Nealy Fis­ch­er
    November 25, 2019
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    Non­fic­tion
    The 100 Most Jew­ish Foods: A High­ly Debat­able List
    Alana New­house
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    Poet­ry
    Some Unimag­in­able Animal
    David Eben­bach
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Ele­phant in the Sukkah
    Sherri Mandel; Ivana Kaufman, illus.
    Excerpt

    Excerpt: The Jew­ish Food Hero Cookbook

    Kenden Alfond
    October 7, 2019
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