Dorothy K. Kripke

Dorothy K. Kripke (born 1912 in New York City; died September 2000 in Omaha, Nebraska) was an author of Jewish educational books.

Biography

Daughter of Max Samuel Karp ( a rabbi ) and Goldie Mereminsky. Dorothy Kripke, a Jewish Theological Seminary graduate, rebbetzin and children's book author, is the mother of noted philosopher Saul A. Kripke. In 1937 she married Rabbi Myer Kripke at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. They had three children, Saul, Madeline, and Netta.

Some of her books were illustrated by Vladimir Bobri.

Selected Publications

(1953), Let's Talk About God, by Dorothy K. Kripke. Reprinted in 2003 with illustrations by Christine Tripp
(1955), Let's Talk About Right and Wrong, by Dorothy K. Kripke
(1957), Let's Talk About Judaism, by Dorothy K. Kripke
Let's Talk About Being Jewish, by Dorothy K. Kripke
Let's Talk About Jewish Holidays, by Dorothy K. Kripke
(1962), God and the Story of Judaism, by Dorothy K. Kripke and Meyer Levin
Let's Talk About Loving: About Love, Sex, Marriage, and Family, by Dorothy K. Kripke, Myer S. Kripke, and Laszlo Matulay
(1997), Let's Talk About the Sabbath, by Dorothy K. Kripke

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Name	Kripke, Dorothy K.
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Date of birth	1912
Place of birth	New York City
Date of death	2000
Place of death	Omaha, Nebraska