by Naomi Danis
Two engaging books of fiction portray nurturing grandfathers helping their grandsons come to terms with losses. In Paula Fox’s Radiance Descending (DK Ink), a boy has to unlearn his practice of ignoring his younger brother with Down’s Syndrome, a brother whose arrival turned the family’s life upside down. In Sun & Spoon (Greenwillow) by Kevin Menkes (famed for Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse), the narrating boy longs for a souvenir of his grandma who recently died. And, finally, one question it is hard not to ask: in 1998 when an ancient Jewish legend is retold—as in the picture book You Never Know: A Legend of the Lamed Vavniks by Francine Prose, illustrated by Mark Powdal—where are the females among the 36 righteous of the world?
by Rachel T. Harris
by Rachel T. Harris
by Rachel T. Harris
by Naomi Danis
by Naomi Danis
by Michele Landsberg
Rereading the classic author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory through a Jewish feminist lens, Landsberg marshalls convincing evidence of misogyny and anti-Semitism.
by Naomi Danis
by Robyn Schmones