Dorothy K. Kripke - Biography

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