Creator Bio
Esther Streit-Wurzel
1932–2013
Esther Streit-Wurzel was born in Petaḥ Tikva. She wrote for children and teenagers, often drawing upon themes from Jewish history, particularly the Holocaust and the founding of the State of Israel. In 2001, she published her autobiography. Streit-Wurzel won the Zeev Award for children’s literature in 1981 and the Prime Minister’s Prize in 1993.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Uri
Now we resemble a city under siege, one whose enemies swarm toward it from all directions.
And if, in the meantime, we are forced to confront the tanks armed only with Molotov bottles, then we must…