Yona Zeldis McDonough
Anita Abriel, the author of novels set during World War II, on why she endows her young protagonists with such courage and grit.
A Girl During the War: A Story of Courage and Grit
Author: Yona Zeldis McDonough
Remembering Lori Zabar
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Nora Ephron called Zabar’s, “The most rambunctious and chaotic of all delicatessens, with one foot in the Old World and the other in the vanguard of every fast-breaking food move in the city.” Lori Zabar had a keen appreciation for both the old and the new and as such, she was the perfect chronicler for this story.
An Octogenarian’s Memoir of Wild Midlife Reinvention
Yona Zeldis McDonough
“Naked at the Helm” takes on the second half of life.
Novelist Lauren Belfer Examines the Past
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Novelist and winner of the National Jewish Book Award Lauren Belfer chats with Fiction Editor Yona Zeldis McDonough about the many ways looking at the past can shape and inform our view of the present.
The Art of Writing (Jewish) Books for Kids
Yona Zeldis McDonough
“My hope is that my books help young kids to be excited about being Jewish and to celebrate the richness of the Jewish tradition.”
Continuing the Story of Ivanhoe’s Rebecca
Yona Zeldis McDonough
A Novel About a Jewish female doctor. In the Middle Ages.
When Josephine Baker Spied Against the Nazis
Yona Zeldis McDonough
As Karen Gray Ruelle ably proves in Surprising Spies: Unexpected Heroes of World War II, there was no one-size-fits all template for the individuals who risked their lives thwart the… Read more »
A New Book for Young Readers Explores Jewish and Muslim Joy and Friendship
Yona Zeldis McDonough
The Button Box isn’t a proselytizing tool; it’s an adventure story with Jewish and Muslim kids doing a few ordinary Jewish and Muslim things, while they travel through time learning how to own and defend their cultural identities.
Food for Thought: A New Anthology Digs In
Yona Zeldis McDonough
“When I eat a knish, when I drink a chocolate egg cream, when I butter a board of matzoh, I feel connected to my heritage and generations of my family.”
Daughters of the Occupation
Yona Zeldis McDonough
“Silence has underscored my life, with my grandmother hiding her Russian Jewish past from her daughters and, in turn, my mother hiding it from me until I was eighteen years old.”