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Identity/Crisis

No. 49: PJ Library: Children’s Books, Grown-up Opinions

David Zvi Kalman and Meredith Lewis discuss the impact of PJ Library and it's role as the largest distributor of Jewish children's books.
DZ Kalman, Meredith Lewis

DZ Kalman

Dr. David Zvi Kalman is a research fellow in the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Kogod Research Center. David Zvi works on issues of technology, religion, and art. He holds a position as Senior Advisor for Sinai and Synapses and is the host of the Belief in the Future podcast. He is the owner of Print-O-Craft Press, an independent publishing house that has released books including Jessica Deutsch’s The Illustrated Pirkei Avot and Noam Sienna’s A Rainbow Thread:

Meredith Lewis

Guest host David Zvi Kalman asks guest Meredith Lewis (PJ Library) about how PJ Library understands its role as the largest distributor of Jewish children’s books in the world, its process for choosing books, and what the future of Jewish children’s literature might look like.

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