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Maurice Sendak’s Jewish legacy lives on along with the ‘Wild Things’

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It's a measure of Maurice Sendak's imagination that his stories -- so infused with a very particular Jewishness -- are absent evidence of Judaism or anything else besides a good read to his most important readers.

Topics: Culture, Arts & Media
Beliefs: Judaism
Tags: judaism, legacy, maurice sendak, stories

Aaron Marshall

Aaron is the Ratio Christi Chapter Director at the University of North Carolina Wilmington as well as the Regional Director for North Carolina and will write about Christian Apologetics for Wilmington Faith & Values. 
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