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Emily Schneider

Emily Schneider is a writer and educator in New York City who blogs about children’s literature at imaginaryelevators.blog.

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    As Literary Award Changes Its Name to Escape Allegations of Racism, Instances of Anti-Semitism Go Unnoticed

    Last year’s recipient of the honor formerly known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award was feted for a book accusing the Jews of murdering Jesus for money

    byEmily Schneider
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    Remembering Philip Roth’s ‘Defender of the Faith’

    Today on Jewcy: The early short story exploded every sacred stereotype about Jewish life.

    byEmily Schneider
  • Jorge Luis Borges
    Jorge Luis Borges
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    In Borges, Jewish Lessons for the #Resistance

    Celebrating the 75th of an eerily prescient short story

    byEmily Schneider
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    Dinah and Batsheva Say #MeToo

    Today on Jewcy: Two original poems

    byEmily Schneider
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    What is a Chanukah Scented Candle?

    Today on Jewcy: What does “Mazel tov” even smell like?

    byEmily Schneider
  • Brooklyn's 'When Women Pursue Justice ' mural in Brooklyn. It was created in 2005 by Artmakers Inc. and spanned 3,300 square feet.(Garrett Zeigler/Flickr)
    Brooklyn's 'When Women Pursue Justice ' mural in Brooklyn. It was created in 2005 by Artmakers Inc. and spanned 3,300 square feet.(Garrett Zeigler/Flickr)
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    Clara Lemlich’s Legacy Continues To Be an Inspiration for Change

    In She Persisted, a new picture book by Chelsea Clinton about remarkable women in history, Lemlich is the lone Jewish representative

    byEmily Schneider
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    What a Dystopian Sinclair Lewis Novel Can Teach Us About the Specter of a Trump Presidency

    Depictions of Jews in Lewis’s 1936 novel ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ are central to the book’s fascist premise. But these parallels extend well beyond one partiular group of people.

    byEmily Schneider
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