Born in New York City, Nina Jaffe is an author, folklorist, and storyteller. She teaches in the graduate faculty at the Bank Street College of Education in New York. Jaffe’s writing introduces children to folklore from around the world, particularly traditional Jewish stories. Among her many honors and citations are two Sydney Taylor Awards and a Smithsonian Notable Award.
As soon as [Opotowski] came, he and the others were told that their chances of securing employment in a region where there are few Jews will be much better if they do not have such long beards. He and…
Every now and then a different door in the long corridor of the IsPolKom [Executive Committee] would yawn open, partly exposing the profiles of the office workers, emit a hum of muffled chatter and…
At last you admit that Israel, caught up in the wave of technical progress, is becoming an industrial society “like the others.” You find it acceptable that the Jews, transformed in the…