|
The Purim Superhero |
Kushner, Lawrence, Byrne, Mike |
|
Preschool |
HOMOSEXUALITY, IDENTITY, Purim |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
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The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung Cart Knight |
Morris, Gerald |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FANTASY, HEROES, LEGENDS |
320 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, MERCY, NOT TAKING REVENGE/LO TIKOM |
|
The Princess of Borscht |
Schubert, Leda |
|
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CULTURE, JEWISH |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
The Passover Parrot (Revised Edition) |
Zusman, Evelyn, Brooker, Kyrsten |
2018 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
FAMILY, Passover, PETS |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
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The Parakeet Named Dreidel |
Singer, Isaac Bashevis |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, Hanukkah, YIDDISH LANGUAGE |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
The Other 1492: Jewish Settlement in the New World |
Finkelstein, Norman H. |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, INQUISITION, JEWS IN SPAIN, MARRANOS, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi |
Bascomb, Neal |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, HOLOCAUST - WAR CRIMES - TRIALS |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE/SHOFTIM, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
The Lost Childhood: A World War II Memoir |
Nir, Yehuda |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, JEWS IN POLAND, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
0 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
The longest night |
Snyder, Laurel, Alpern, Eliyahu |
|
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, JEWS IN EGYPT, MOSES (PROPHET), SLAVERY |
40 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, REDEEMING THE FIRSTBORN/PIDDYON HA-BEN, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
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The Locket: Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire |
Lieurance, Suzanne |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, LABOR UNIONS, SISTERS |
160 p. |
STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
The littlest Levine |
Lanton, Sandy, Kawa, Cosei |
|
Preschool |
FAMILY, Passover |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM |
|
The Lily Pond |
Thor, Annika |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
216 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
The Length of a String |
Weissman, Elissa Brent |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOPTION, BAT MITZVAH, FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
384 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, TRUTH / EMET |
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The legend of freedom hill |
Altman, Linda Jacobs, Wright, Cornelius Van, Hu, Ying-Hwa |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
slavery; freedom; inter-racial friendships |
32 p. |
STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
The Last Song |
Wiseman, Eva |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CATHOLIC CHURCH, CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, INQUISITION, JEWS IN SPAIN, MARRANOS |
232 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
The King’s Secret Mission: The Story of Modeh Ani |
Sher, Shiri, Vardi, Geula |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
GRATITUDE, Prayer |
35 p. |
Belief in God, BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN |
|
The key from Spain : Flory Jagoda and her music |
Levy, Debbie, Wimmer, Sonja [nid:52770], illustrator |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Holocaust, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN SPAIN, Music, MUSICIANS, SEPHARDIM, Spanish Inquisition |
32 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
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The Keeping Quilt |
Polacco, Patricia |
|
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, FAMILY, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
0 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
The inquistor's apprentice |
Moriarty, Chris |
|
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FANTASY, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, SCIENCE FICTION, SUPERNATURAL STORIES |
356 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
The Illustrated Haggadah |
Scherman, Nosson, Scherman, Yitzchak Zev, Stern, Hannah |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Passover, Haggadahs, Cookbooks |
64 p. |
DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR |
|
The gift that grew |
Ganz, Yaffa [nid:10097] , Klineman, Harvey |
1987 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Environment, TREES |
31 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
The Elephant in the Sukkah |
Mandell, Sherri, Kuman, Ivana |
2019 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
SUKKOT |
32 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
The Eentzy Weentzy Hider |
Gottlieb, Yaffa Leba, Nodel, Norman |
1996 |
Preschool |
DAVID (KING OF ISRAEL), MIDRASH, ANIMALS |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
The dreidel that wouldn't spin: a toyshop tale of Hanukkah |
Simpson, Martha Seif, Bernhard, Durga Yael |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah |
32 p. |
CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1 |
|
The Discovery of Flight |
Glickman, Susan |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
AUTHORS, CHILDREN - CHRONIC DISEASE, FAMILY |
188 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
The Devil's arithmetic |
Yolen, Jane |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CONCENTRATION CAMPS, Holocaust, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, persecutions, time travel |
170 p. |
from generation to generation / L'DOR V'DOR, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
The Cure for Cold Feet |
Ain, Beth |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ADOLESCENCE, SCHOOL STORIES |
212 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
The Conspiracy. The Plot to Kill Hitler, Book One |
Marino, Andy. |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
192 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, WARDING OFF EVIL |
|
The Children of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II (Young Readers Edition) |
Golabek, Mona, Sher, Emil, Cohen, Lee |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
224 p. |
RESILIENCE, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO |
|
The cats on Ben Yehuda Street |
Stampler, Ann Redisch, Alpern, Eliyahu |
|
Preschool |
#N/A |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
