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.
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