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Interview “Sometimes, All It Takes Is Claiming that Identity”: A Conversation with Amelia Possanza Julie R. Enszer September 18, 2023
Children’s Nothing Could Stop Her: The Courageous Life of Ruth Gruber Rona Arato; Isabel Muñoz, illus.
Nonfiction The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Famous Dynasty Natalie Livingstone
Nonfiction The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America Christopher C. Gorham
Children’s Rose Spoke Out: The Story of Rose Schneiderman Emma Carlson Berne; Giovanni Abeille, illus.
Interview—From the Journal ‘Vessels for Personal History’: A Conversation with Michael W. Twitty, Shaunna J. Edwards, and Alyson Richman Laura Arnold Leibman February 24, 2023
Nonfiction In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust Richard Hurowitz
Interview Poetry, Experiments with Yiddish, Grief, and New Facts: A Conversation with Irena Klepfisz Julie R. Enszer January 2, 2023
Jewish Text Salt & Honey: Jewish Teens on Feminism, Creativity, and Tradition Elizabeth Mandel, Emmanuelle Sippy, Maya Savin Miller, and Michele Lent Hirsch, eds.; Michelle Shapiro Abraham, contrib.