Judith Ish-Kishor

Herbert Lapides

(m. 1949)

ParentsEphraim Ish-Kishor [he]RelativesSulamith Ish-Kishor (sister)

Rebecca Judith Ish-Kishor (25 March 1892 – 1971) was an American writer of Jewish children's historical fiction.^[1]

She was born in Boston in 1892, the daughter of Zionist leader Ephraim Ish-Kishor [he]. She was raised in London before returning to the U.S. to study at Hunter College in New York. She is best known for her works Adventure in Palestine: The Search for Aleezah (1947), Joel is the Youngest (1954), and Tales From the Wise Men of Israel (1962). She also wrote a popular column for Jewish children in the English-language Jewish press, entitled The Sabbath Angel.^[2]

Her sister, Sulamith Ish-Kishor, was also a prominent children's writer.

Publications

Here and There: A Chamisho Osor Playlet. New York: National Jewish Welfare Board. 1923.
The Lady of the House: A Story of a Boy and Girl in Jerusalem. New York: Palestine Penny Luncheon Fund Committee. 1926.
The Slave from Egypt: A Play in One Act. New York: Samuel French. 1930.
To the Land of the Cornflower. New York: National Young Judaea. 1945. Illustrated by Theresa Sherman.
Adventure in Palestine: The Search for Aleezah. New York: J. Messner. 1947. Illustrated by Margaret Ayer.
Joel is the Youngest. New York: J. Messner. 1954. Illustrated by Jules Gotlieb.
Tales from the Wise Men of Israel. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1962. Illustrated by W. T. Mars.

References

Archives at

Location	YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Source	Judith Ish-Kishor, 1920s–ca. 1940

How to use archival material

^ Kessner, Carole S. (2008). Marie Syrkin: Values Beyond the Self. Brandeis University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-58465-451-3.
^ Leiman, Shnayer Z. (Spring 2008). "Judith Ish-Kishor: This Too Shall Pass" (PDF). Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. 41 (1): 71–77. JSTOR 23263507.