We always knew mischievous wolf-boy Max had to be Jewish, but it turns out author Maurice Sendak was inspired by his own crazy family for the childhood classic Where The Wild Things Are:
Every Sunday night in the late 1930s, Maurice Sendak
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From the edge of the Diaspora rises a new generation of Jewish mother
I loved this book growing up as a kid! So exciting! Now what??
jewish immigrants in brooklyn inspired those monsters. who woulda thunk?