When Judy Blume’s young adult novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” appeared in 1970, intermarried families were a small segment of the American Jewish population. Perhaps 17% of Jews were married to someone who wasn’t Jewish; today, 42% of married Jews have a spouse who is not Jewish, and in the past decade, 61% […]
Emily Schneider
Emily Schneider lives in New York City and writes for the Jewish Book Council, The Horn Book and other publications. She holds a doctorate in Romance Languages and Literatures and blogs about children’s books at imaginaryelevators.blog.