All Things Large and Small: The Child and the (Children's) Story in "The Kerchief" and Other Stories for Children by S.Y. Agnon

Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler is the Sigmund Falk Professor, Modern Jewish Literature and Feminist Studies. This semester at HUC, Dr. Zierler will be teaching a course on Jewish children’s literature, defining the unique characteristics of the genre and exploring the traditional values it seeks to impart on future generations. Her presentation for the Library Series will feature one of the most important and formative authors of Jewish children’s literature in the 20th century, S. Y. Agnon.