Chana Stiefel

May 9, 2024 | oomscholasticblog.com | Chana Stiefel |Susan Gal |Meira Drazin

Jewish Heritage Month is a time to reflect and celebrate the historic achievements and contributions that Jewish-Americans have made through the decades.

Feb 21, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Chana Stiefel |Susan Gal

The Bet­sy Hotel and Jew­ish Book Coun­cil are thrilled to announce Liz Klein­rock as the inau­gur­al win­ner of our Jew­ish Book Month writer’s res­i­den­cy contest. The Writer’s Room at The Bet­sy is a work­ing stu­dio space for vis­it­ing writ­ers and artists to cre­ate, devel­op their craft and share their work through com­mu­ni­ty pro­grams, The Writer’s Room pays homage to the many ​“writ­ing rooms” that exist­ed in pre-war hotels where guests record­ed mem­o­ries and linked to home.

Jan 26, 2024 | taralazar.com | Chana Stiefel |Tara Lazar

by Chana StiefelHello, Storystormers! This post is about YOU and I. I know, grammarians, you want to say YOU and ME. But please bear with me. Today’s challenge is to play with Point of View (POV). As Mary Kole writes in her craft book WRITING IRRESISTIBLE KIDLIT, “POV is the lens through which a story is told….If you think of the story’s narrator as a camera, where is the camera?”Our POV options are first, second, or third person: I, You, or He/She/They/It/. (See?

Jan 19, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Helen Weiss Pincus |Ruth Thomson |Chana Stiefel |Susan Gal

Review By – January 22, 2024 This del­i­cate­ly told, beau­ti­ful­ly illus­trat­ed true sto­ry is rec­om­mend­ed by the pub­lish­er for ages five to nine — but, in real­i­ty, it’s suit­able and use­ful for chil­dren of all ages. It cen­ters on a spe­cial maple tree whose descen­dants are plant­ed in many loca­tions, includ­ing the Muse­um of Jew­ish Her­itage in New York City.