Joanne OppenheimJul 27, 20171 minSave the Date!Join author Joanne Oppenheim for a reading and Q&A session on her new book, The Knish War on Rivington Street at the New York Historical...
Joanne OppenheimJul 25, 20171 minDateline: The Knish War of 1916When I write a book, I like to think about what was happening in the bigger world outside of the story. Working on the Knish War on...
Joanne OppenheimJul 21, 20171 minMusic and the Knish WarDuring the knish war in 1916 the two knisheries featured music as attraction...this is from The Mediator, a newspaper of the day,...
Joanne OppenheimJul 20, 20171 minAnother poster...for the movie versionOrder your copy before they run out of knishes at amazon
Joanne OppenheimJul 19, 20171 minOuttakes of the DayIf you haven't been following my blog, let me explain. I'm posting ideas for posters that didn't make it into THE KNISH WAR ON RIVINGTON...
Joanne OppenheimJul 17, 20171 minExtra! Extra! Outtakes To Go!When you write a picture book, you only have 32 pages, so there's never room for all the golden words and great images in your head. ...
Joanne OppenheimJul 16, 20172 minPJ Edition Arrived!PJ Library just sent me a copy of their paperback edition of The Knish War on Rivington Street. I’m thrilled and honored that my work...
Joanne OppenheimJul 15, 20171 minOuttakes from The Knish War On Rivington StreetThought you'd enjoy some of the signage that didn't make it onto the billboards in my new book. Testimonial ads were big at the turn of...
Joanne OppenheimJul 10, 20172 minDigging in at 150 Rivington Street ...Site of the 1916 Knish WarThis weekend, I decided to go down to the Lower East Side to take photos of the buildings at 150 and 155 Rivington Street—the sites of...
Joanne OppenheimJun 28, 20171 minKnish War Off To A Tasty Good Start!“It's war to the last crumb of potato, cheese, and kasha on New York City's Lower East Side. The first knishery has opened in the early...
Joanne OppenheimJun 27, 20172 minEllis Island MemoriesRecently I enjoyed a brilliant performance of Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures, starring George Takei and I was reminded of a very...
Joanne OppenheimJun 27, 20172 minExciting Update: On the Other Side of the River reissued in JapanOn the Other Side of the River, illustrated by Aliki, was recently reissued in Japan by Tuttle. Originally published in the US by...
Joanne OppenheimJun 27, 20172 minMemorial Day: Remembering Stanley HayamiI’m thinking this week-end of Stanley Hayami, a young man I never met but spent four years of my life getting to know in order to write a...
