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Author/Editor | Title | Place of Publication | Year | Series | ISBN | Issue | P |
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Zohar, Gil | Americans in the Holy Land | 2015 | Voices from Israel | S/O 2016 | 36-37 | Quay, Alex | ||||
Wallace, Sandra Neil, Wallace, Rich, Nowicka, Agata | First Generation: 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 5-6 | Quay, Alex | Book | Juvenile | |||
Zohar, Gil | Israel: Holy Land to Many | 2015 | Voices from Israel | S/O 2016 | 36-37 | Quay, Alex | ||||
Stein, Rachel, Katz, Tova | A Whale of a Time and More Stories for Thinking Kids! | 2015 | F/M 16 | 37-38 | Quay, Alex | |||||
Zohar, Gil | Israel: Stories of Conflict and Resolution, Love and Death | 2015 | Voices from Israel | S/O 2016 | 36-37 | Quay, Alex | ||||
Schnur, Susan, Schnur-Fishman, Anna, Steele-Morgan, Alex | Potatoes at Turtle Rock. | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Quay, Alex | |||||
Engle, Margarita | Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 5 | Quay, Alex | |||||
Brown, Monica | Lola Levine is Not Mean! | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 6 | Quay, Alex | |||||
Perl, Erica | All Three Stooges | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 12 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Chapman, Fern Schumer, Greensfelder, Tom | Like Finding My Twin: How an Eighth-Grade Class Reunited Two Holocaust Refugees | 2015 | F/M 16 | 32 | Colodny, Debbie | |||||
Glaser, Linda, Balaguer, Nuria | On One Foot | 2015 | F/M 16 | 32-33 | Colodny, Debbie | |||||
Busheri, Devora, Kelner, Noa | In the Jerusalem Forest | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 17 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Micklos, John Jr. | Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Get to Know the Justice Who Speaks Her Mind | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 12 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Glick, Shifra | Bentzi and the Magic Potion | 2017 | Bentzi | M/J 2018 | 10 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | ||
Berneger, Marcia, Castro, Beatriz | A Dreidel in Time: A New Spin on an Old Tale | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 20 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Membrino, Anna, Burke, Fatti | I Look Up to... Ruth Bader Ginsberg | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 6 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Newman, Leslea, Husband, Amy | Hanukkah Delight!. | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Colodny, Debbie | |||||
Balsley, Tilda | Shalom, Everybodeee! Grover's Adventures in Israel | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 11-12 | Colodny, Debbie | |||||
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker | War I Finally Won, The | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 10 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Rubabshi, Leah, Wummer, Amy | My Sometimes Feelings | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 19-20 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Levy, Debbie, Gardner, Whitney | Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 41-42 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Mittleman, Alan L. | Human Nature in Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case for Why Persons Matter | 2015 | F/M 16 | 16 | Finkelman, Yoel | |||||
Davidman, Lynn | Becoming Un-Orthodox: Stories of Ex-Hasidic Jews | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 16 | Finkelman, Yoel | |||||
Scult, Mel | Radical American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan, The | 2014 | S/O 2015 | 19 | Finkelman, Yoel | |||||
Boyarin, Daniel | Traveling Homeland: The Babylonian Talmud as Diaspora | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 2 | Finkelman, Yoel | |||||
Simkovitch, Malka Z. | Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 34-35 | Finkelman, Yoel | Book | Adult | |||
Mittleman, Alan L. | Human Nature in Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case for Why Persons Matter | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 16 | Finkelman, Yoel | |||||
Wayland, April Halprin, Kath, Katie | More than Enough: A Passover Story | 2016 | F/M 16 | 47 | Eskin, Marcie | |||||
Hopkinson, Deborah | Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark | 2015 | N/D 2016 | 6 | Eskin, Marcie | |||||
Korngold, Jamie | Sadie and Ori and the Blue Blanket | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 8-9 | Eskin, Marcie | |||||
Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Davis, Gail | Wailing Wall | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 18 | Eskin, Marcie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Levine, Anna | Jodie’s Shabbat Surprise | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 35 | Eskin, Marcie | |||||
Goren, Michal | Mitzvah Kids: Learning and Laughing Throughout the Jewish Year | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 12-13 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Rosen, Suri | Playing with Matches | 2014 | F/M 16 | 39 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Sabato, Haim | Rest for the Dove: Reading for Shabbat | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 34 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Friedman, Avraham Peretz | Setting a Table for Two: Enhancing Relationships, Achieving Intimacy | 2018 | S/O 2019 | 15-16 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | Adult | |||
Blacher, Ariel Augenbraun, Koppel, Shana | Gila Makes Aliyah | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 14-15 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | Juvenile | |||
Lode, Britt, Naki, Yitschak | Mountains of Israel: A Taste of Heaven, The | 2015 | F/M 16 | 16 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Levine, Herbert | Words for Blessing the World: Poems in Hebrew and English | 2017 | Jewish Poetry Project | M/J 2018 | 36 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | Adult | ||
Brown, Judy | This Is Not a Love Story: A Memoir | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 15 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Ehrlich-Klein, Tzvia | I Live with My Mommy | 2014 | S/O 2015 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Weber, Elka, Bousidan, Inbal Gigi [nid:52277], illustrator | Shimri's Big Idea: A Story of Ancient Jerusalem | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 15 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | Juvenile | |||
Davidoff, Oded | Clean Sweep | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 44 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Horowitz, Shayna R. | Penina Pinkowitz and the Summer Situation | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 12 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | Juvenile | |||
Lode, Britt | Mountains of Israel: A Taste of Heaven | 2015 | F/M 16 | 16 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Goldwasser, Jacob | Big Shots | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 45 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Arato, Rona | Ship to Nowhere: On Board the Exodus, The | 2016 | Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers - Book 15 | N/D 2016 | 4-5 | Pinchuck, Chava | ||||
Zoldan, Yael | Shimmy Shambone Will Not Take a Bath | 2014 | F/M 16 | 41 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Rosenberg, Avigail | Healing from the Break: Stories, Inspiration and Guidance for Anyone Touched by Divorce | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 14 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Goldwasser, Jacob | Max & Morris: Everyone’s After the Loot | 2015 | n | 45 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Zoldan, Yael, Salanitro, Robert | Shimmy Shambone Will Not Go to Bed! | 2016 | F/M 16 | 41 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Simhaee, Rebeka Rahmani | Avi's Choice | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 36 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Goldwasser, Jacob | She’s Got It | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 45 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
The Koren Children’s Siddur | 2014 | The Magerman Edition | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
undefined | The Boy at the Top of the Mountain | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Rosen, Alan | Literature of the Holocaust | 2013 | N/D 2015 | 29 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Diamand, Jack | When Memory Comes: A Film about Saul Friedländer | 2012 | N/D 2015 | 45 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Rozen, Abigail, Hammerman, Lisa Cain | The Sparkling Gift: the Story of the Miraculous Mon | 2016 | F/M 16 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
The Koren Youth Siddur | 2015 | The Magerman Edition | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Cohen, Eli | Hora 79 (DVD) | 2013 | N/D 2016 | 26 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Koval, Ruchi | Conversations with God: Prayers for Jewish Women. | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 8 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
The Koren Ani Tefilla Siddur: A Summer Camp Siddur and Humash for Reflection, Connection, and Learning | 2014 | The Magerman Edition | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Abraham-Klein, Dahlia | Spiritual Kneading Through the Jewish Months: Building the Sacred through Challah | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 11 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Deutsch, Barry | Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish | 2015 | Hereville | F/M 16 | 36 | Pinchuck, Chava | ||||
Rose, Daniel | A Guide to the Koren Children’s Siddur: An Educator’s Companion | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Holzman, Lori | Chaim Ephraim and the Shabbos Guests | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 15-16 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Borowitz, Mark | Finding Recovery and Yourself in Torah | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 2 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Gold, Betty, Hodermarsky, Mark | Beyond Trochenbrod: The Betty Gold Story | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 18 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Rose, Daniel | A Guide to the Koren Youth Siddur: An Educator’s Companion | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Spitz, Elie Kaplan | Increasing Wholeness: Jewish Wisdom &Guided Meditations to Strengthen & Calm Body, Heart, Mind & Spirit . | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 23 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Shapiro, Rami M. | Embracing the Divine Feminine: Finding God through the Ecstasy of Physical Love—The Song of Songs. Annotated and Explained | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 31 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Meyer, Henye | Starlight | 2015 | F/M 16 | 37 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Adler, David A., Ackerman, Dena | Me and My Dog and the Homework Mystery | 2018 | Me and my dog | M/J 2018 | 9 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | Juvenile | ||
Friedman, Avraham Peretz | Setting A Table for Two: Enhancing Relationships, Achieving Intimacy | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 26 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | ||||
Havana Curveball | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 10 | Pinchuck, Chava | ||||||
Skolnick, Vivian B. | Biblical Path to Psychological Maturity: Psychological Insights into the Weekly Torah Readings | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 32 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Brandes, Yochi | Orchard, The | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | Adult | |||
Hajaj, Claire | Ishmael’s Oranges | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 42 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Hermelin, Aviva | The Grizzbears Discover the Golan | 2016 | Animals Build Character Series: Listen and Learn from the Animals | S/O 2016 | 31-32 | Pinchuck, Chava | ||||
Bentzi and the Magic Potion | 2017 | Bentzi | M/J 2018 | 10 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | Juvenile | |||
Avner, Yehuda, Rees, Matt | Ambassador, The | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 39 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Chait, Baruch, Pollack, Gadi | Don’t Let Small Problems Ruin Great Simchas | 2015 | F/M 16 | 6 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Smiles, Shira | Torah Tapestries: Words of Wisdom Woven from the Weekly Parashah —Bamidbar | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 32 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Mernick, Moe | Gift of Stuttering: Confronting Life’s Challenges: A Personal Journey | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 11 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Zvuloon Dub | Anbessa Dub | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 48 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Hermelin, Aviva | The Grizzbears Make New Friends | 2016 | Animals Build Character Series: Listen and Learn from the Animals | S/O 2016 | 31-32 | Pinchuck, Chava | ||||
Wiesel, Elie, Heffner, Richard D. | Dialogues with Elie Wiesel and Richard D. Heffner: The Moral Responsibility of the Individual in a Changing World | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 29-30 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Lamstein, Sarah | Breathless | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 43 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Hermelin, Aviva | Momo Fox Learns How to Be a Good Neighbor | 2016 | Animals Build Character Series: Listen and Learn from the Animals | S/O 2016 | 31-32 | Pinchuck, Chava | ||||
Grunstein, Rabbi Yehoshua C. | Beyond Routine: Turning Ritual into Meaningful Jewish Practice | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 28-29 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | ||||
Lode, Britt, Naki, Yitschak, Undheim, Kristoffer | e Mountains of Israel: A Taste of Heaven, The | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 16 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Hermelin, Aviva | Excitement in the Air for All! | 2016 | Animals Build Character Series: Listen and Learn from the Animals | S/O 2016 | 31-32 | Pinchuck, Chava | ||||
Polak, Joseph | After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 12 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Koffsky, Ann D. | Kayla and Kugel | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 6 | McMahon, Martha | |||||
Peet, Amanda | Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 14 | McMahon, Martha | |||||
Glickman, Jeffrey., Krackow, Eric | Have You Heard?: a Child’s Introduction to the Ten Commandments | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 7 | McMahon, Martha | Book | Juvenile | |||
Barash, Chris | Is It Hanukkah Yet? | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 15 | McMahon, Martha | |||||
Leigh, Anna | Aly Raisman: Athlete and Activist | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 4-5 | McMahon, Martha | Book | Juvenile | |||
Kimmelman, Leslie | Sam and Charlie (and Sam Too) aT Camp! | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 28 | McMahon, Martha | |||||
Newman, Tracy, Garofoli, Viviana | Simchat Torah is Coming! | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 6-7 | McMahon, Martha | Book | Juvenile |