A visit to the Lower East Side’s Tenement Museum inspires a new picture book Set during the flu pandemic of 1918, “Rivka’s Presents” took 18 years from conception to publication. By Leah Breakstone July 18, 2023 4:59 pm
A one-of-a-kind biography of the woman behind the ‘All-of-a-Kind Family’ stories Sydney Taylor broke ground with children’s books set in the Lower East Side, depicting Judaism as natural and relevant. July 7, 2021 10:42 am
Ideas Telling the forgotten story of Osnat Barzani, the first female rabbi who lived 400 years ago, is a win for Mizrahi representation As a Mizrahi Jew whose family hails from Baghdad, Sigal Samuel had never seen a female rabbi who looked like her. Then she discovered Osnat Barzani. February 10, 2021 2:35 pm from Kveller This link opens in a new window
Top children’s books feature a Passover tale and 2 coming-of-age debut novels By Penny Schwartz January 25, 2021 5:05 pm
In new Passover children’s books, meet a googly eyed gator and spend a seder in outer space By Penny Schwartz April 3, 2020 12:07 pm
Trailblazing book by Jewish author Ezra Jack Keats is most checked-out book ever at New York Public Library By Penny Schwartz January 15, 2020 2:38 pm
‘Goodnight Bubbala’ and other Hanukkah-themed children’s books for the holiday season By Penny Schwartz December 16, 2019 4:57 pm
A ‘Sesame Street’ seder and 4 other new children’s books for Passover By Penny Schwartz March 22, 2019 10:51 am
30 years later, the author of ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ has a new young adult Holocaust novel By Penny Schwartz March 14, 2018 1:17 pm