Holocaust kidlit and more
I wrote an essay that ran in the New York [...]
News of the Jews
A personal history of Sesame Street at 50. (I am [...]
Tisha B’Av and TV
Here are some things I wrote: A look at activism [...]
Only talking about positive things in this post!
SWEDEN, of all places, has become a huge source of [...]
How marvelous…
...to appear in the WASPiest publication known to humanity! Here [...]
All the stuff
Look, it's turn-of-the-century swimming champ Rose Pitonof, aka "The Coney Island [...]
Magic, snazzy children’s books, seltzer and comedy
Here's a visit to the New-York Historical Society's "Summer of [...]
E.I. Konigsburg’s deadpan ’90s picture book
Apparently my beat these days is underappreciated-by-the-youth-of-today classic Jewish-y children's [...]
The Talmud of clueless
Clueless is now on Netflix, and replete with Jewishness! I took [...]
The best Jewish children’s (and YA) books of 2016
Ta da! My annual list. SO MUCH LOVE FOR THESE BOOKS. [...]