Joanne OppenheimOct 10, 20171 minAt the New York Historical SocietyOn Saturday I had the fun of reading The Knish War on Rivington Street for a family program that included parents, grandparents, and...
Joanne OppenheimOct 5, 20171 minA Short Review: Spoiler Alert!"Benny’s family opens a knishery and another opens across the street. The competition heats up. How will the Knish War end? Deliciously."...
Joanne OppenheimOct 3, 20171 minA Bookmark for Knishes!Hot off the press! Bookmarks with recipes for making knishes. I made these for the family story time at the New York Historical...
Joanne OppenheimSep 24, 20171 minHugs & Knishes on WLIW tonight!Looking forward to watching WLIW at 7:30 tonight to see Hugs and Knishes. I just might have to make some knishes to snack on while I...
Joanne OppenheimSep 23, 20171 minKnishes Found at the Tenement Museum!It's true! We stopped at the Tenement Museum Bookstore on Orchard Street yesterday and had a happy surprise! Smack dab center on the long...
Joanne OppenheimSep 20, 20171 minMeet Solly and Benny!Budsies.com created dolls that look just like Solly and Benny, two boys in my new storybook, The Knish War on Rivington Street. They'll...
Joanne OppenheimSep 20, 20171 minBenny and Solly, my special Budsies!Today, my two worlds collided in a delightful way. Weeks ago, wearing my toy reviewer hat for toyportfolio.com, I received a doll in the...
Joanne OppenheimSep 18, 20171 minMiles & his BaBa Enjoy KnishesMiles asked his Grandpa James (aka as "BaBa") to read his G-G's* The Knish War on Rivington Street. Miles must be my youngest fan and I...
Joanne OppenheimSep 15, 20171 minA teacher's guide to using the Knish War in your classroom.My good friend, Jean Marzollo, the author of many wonderful books, including the well loved series of I Spy books, recently read The...
Joanne OppenheimAug 31, 20172 minWho Invented the “Toothsome Dainty” — the Knish?In 1916 the Literary Digest, a popular magazine, reported that on the Lower East Side the newest “most popular viand” of the day was none...
Joanne OppenheimAug 20, 20172 minWhen Knishes Were 5 Cents or When a Penny was Worth Something!In 1916 when the knish war heated up, when Benny and Solly’s fathers were cutting the knish prices one cent at a time, the penny was...
Joanne OppenheimAug 15, 20171 minWhat's a knish? Part III thought I had exhausted all the stories about the historic knish war until yesterday, when I turned up yet another publication, the...
Joanne OppenheimAug 12, 20172 minWhat’s the Plural of Knish?Back in the day, when the New York Times wrote about the Knish War down on Rivington Street (Jan. 1916) the writer (not identified by...
Joanne OppenheimAug 12, 20171 minSo, What Exactly is a Knish?Every once in a while I run into someone who has yet to taste a knish...sad, but true. "What is a knish?" they ask. Are there really...
Joanne OppenheimAug 7, 20171 minSay it isn't so...Molly had not heard yet about The Knish War on Rivington Street
Joanne OppenheimAug 4, 20171 min"A Joyful Story...a fundamental truth: there's no such thing as too many knishes." —HoI'm happy to share this joyful review. Horn Book's reviewer came up with a rhyme that I missed...a perfect description of the story: "A...
Joanne OppenheimAug 3, 20175 minInterview with Jon Davis, illustrator of The Knish War on Rivington StreetI had the pleasure of interviewing Jon Davis, the illustrator of The Knish War on Rivington Street. That's his self-portrait to the left....
Joanne OppenheimAug 2, 20171 minThe Boy Mayor of New YorkI searched everywhere for facts on how the knish war of 1916 ended, but I found no answer. But a picture book needs an ending...enter...
Joanne OppenheimJul 27, 20171 minBooklist's Scrumptious Review"Oy vey! Benny’s family has been selling scrumptious knishes—baked round dumplings filled with onions, cheese, and potatoes—since the...
