Emily Schneider

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

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
Remembering Philip Roth’s ‘Defender of the Faith’
Today on Jewcy: The early short story exploded every sacred stereotype about Jewish life.
byEmily Schneider
In Borges, Jewish Lessons for the #Resistance
Celebrating the 75th of an eerily prescient short story
byEmily Schneider
Dinah and Batsheva Say #MeToo
Today on Jewcy: Two original poems
byEmily Schneider
What is a Chanukah Scented Candle?
Today on Jewcy: What does “Mazel tov” even smell like?
byEmily Schneider
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
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