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Penny Schwartz

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Jane Yolen and book
Posted inObituaries

Jane Yolen, children’s book author whose ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ became a Holocaust classic, dies at 87

by Penny Schwartz June 15, 2026June 15, 2026

(JTA) — Jane Yolen was already an award-winning author and illustrator of more than 100 titles for young readers when her editor suggested she write a Jewish children’s book. At […]

“Neshama,” by Marcella Pixley
Posted inBooks

Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature

by Penny Schwartz January 27, 2026January 27, 2026
(Random House)
Posted inBooks

From golems to Horton to banana menorahs: This year’s Hanukkah kids’ books light up the imagination

by Penny Schwartz December 5, 2025December 5, 2025
Katherine Janus Kahn and Sammy Spider books
Posted inObituaries

Illustrator of ‘Sammy Spider’ Jewish children’s books dies at 83

by Penny Schwartz October 27, 2025October 27, 2025
Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, in Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the Ode to Joy, on August 28, 2022. It was Tilson Thomas's last concert with the BSO, where he began his career in 1969, as its assistant conductor and pianist. (Hilary Scott/Courtesy Boston Symphony Orchestra).
Posted inMusic

Battling cancer, Michael Tilson Thomas prepares for his last concert

by Penny Schwartz April 21, 2025April 21, 2025
Cover art for the five books listed in the article
Posted inBooks

New High Holiday kid’s books celebrate diversity

by Penny Schwartz September 16, 2024September 16, 2024
Brandeis University students weighed in on their school's first-ever Passover menu at a seder taste test provided by a local kosher caterer in March 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Brandeis Hillel)
Posted inReligion

What makes this Passover different from all others? Brandeis University is celebrating.

by Penny Schwartz and JTA March 25, 2021
a smiling rabbi in a black hat and beard
Posted inU.S.

This rabbi spent 4 long months on a ventilator for Covid-19. Now he’s recovering.

by Penny Schwartz and JTA August 25, 2020
black and white painting of a woman in period clothing
Posted inCulture

How did German Jews cope with a 17th-century plague? This woman’s 350-year-old memoir offers a glimpse.

by Penny Schwartz and JTA July 27, 2020July 27, 2020
Elias Rosenfeld, a student a Brandeis University, speaking at a rally at Boston’s Faneuil Hall hours after President Trump announced he was rescinding DACA protections for hundreds of thousands of young people, Sept. 5, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Jeremy Burton-JCRC of Greater Boston)
Posted inU.S.

A Jewish ‘Dreamer’ breathes a sigh of relief after US Supreme Court preserves DACA

by Penny Schwartz and JTA June 19, 2020

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