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Bel Kaufman

Bel Kaufman, author of Up the Down Staircase, as a child on the knee of her grandfather, Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem.
Courtesy of a private collection.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Bel Kaufman." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/kaufman-bel-1-still-image>.