Bio Peninnah Schram

Peninnah Schram, Professor Emerita at Yeshiva University, is a Jewish Storyteller. Author of 14 folktale books: including Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage: Folktales, Legends & Letters (with Sandy Eisenberg Sasso). Her biography is Peninnah’s World: A Jewish Life in Stories, authored by Caren Schnur Neile, Hamilton Books, 2021.

Recipient of Awards include: Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator; and NSN’s Lifetime Achievement Award.