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No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan |
Gottesfeld, Jeff., Witanto, Sheila |
2020 |
Juvenile |
CIVIL RIGHTS, FEMINISM, HUMAN RIGHTS |
44 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, LEADERSHIP / MANHIGUT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
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Turtle Boy |
Wolkenstein, M. Evan |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, GRATITUDE, PHYSICALLY DISABLED |
400 p. |
BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
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Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin |
Newman, Tracy, Halpin, Abigail |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, MUSICIANS, PHYSICALLY DISABLED |
40 p. |
INDUSTRIOUSNESS, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE |
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Worse and Worse on Noah’s Ark |
Kimmelman, Leslie. |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CONFLICT RESOLUTION, Noah's Ark |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
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Light the Menorah: A Playful Action Rhyme |
Broide, Tova Gitty, Agroff, Patti |
2019 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah |
12 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
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A Boy Is not a Bird |
Ravel, Edeet |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN CANADA, JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
192 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
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Miep and the Most Famous Diary: The Woman Who Rescued Anne Frank's Diary |
Pincus, Meeg, Solano, Jordi |
2019 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Biography, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT |
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Once Upon an Apple Cake |
Rubenstein, Elana, Naalchigar, Jennifer |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Mystery, Rosh Hashanah Cooking Holidays |
108 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR |
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Oops! I’m Sorry. |
Blau, Sara, Taylor, Erin |
2019 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Jewish Values |
28 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, HUMILITY/ANAVAH, REDEMPTION/GEULA |
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Rachel's roses |
Lucas, Margeaux, Wolff, Ferida |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CLOTHING AND DRESS, FAMILY, Grandmothers, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, ROSH HASHANAH |
112 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, respect for the elderly; V'hadarta p'nei zaken, RESPECT/KAVOD |
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Noah and the Eight Trucks of Hanukkah |
Rips, Nancy, Saumell, Marina |
2019 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Hanukkah, MACCABEES |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
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Feeling Better A to Z: A Book About Bikur Cholim |
Chomer, Malka Nussbaum, Bolton, Bill |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
visiting a sick friend; caring for others. |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
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No Day Without Torah: The Story of Meir Shapiro and the Daf Yomi |
Sokol, Leah, Ackerman, Dena |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Biography, Education, TALMUD |
32 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
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A Hoopoe Says Oop! Animals of Israel |
Kiffel-Alcheh, Jamie, Kuman, Ivana |
2019 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS, Israel |
10 p. |
LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
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In the Neighborhood of True |
Carlton, Susan Kaplan |
2019 |
High School - Adult |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH |
320 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
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Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines |
Aronson, Sarah, Neubecker, Robert |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Biography, Comics |
48 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Yossi & Nussi’s Trip to the Zoo: Learning Good Middos from Animals through Pirkei Avos |
Farkas, Rachel, Nadell, Yocheved |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, MIDDOT, parent and child relationships |
36 p. |
DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
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Bar Mitzvah Boys, The |
Uhlberg, Myron, Arcabascio, Carolyn |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
BAR MITZVAH, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
32 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
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A Light in the Darkness : Janusz Korczak, his Orphans, and the Holocaust |
Marrin, Albert |
2019 |
High School - Adult |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO, Holocaust Biography, JEWS IN POLAND |
400 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, RESILIENCE, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM, SELF SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF MITZVAH/MESIRAS NEFESH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, STRENGTH/KOACH |
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The Hanukkah Fable of Little Dreidel and Silver Menorah |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Derby, T.L. |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, parent and child relationships |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV |
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Spiller, Sara, Bane, Jeff |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Biography, CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, Jewish Women |
24 p. |
FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
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Here Comes the Mitzvah Team! A Story about Zrizus |
Lieberman, Naomi, Leff, Tova |
2019 |
|
FAMILY, MITZVOT |
26 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
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Book Rescuer (the): How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come |
Macy, Sue, Innerst, Stacy |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
BOOKS AND READING, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, YIDDISH LANGUAGE, YIDDISH LITERATURE |
48 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
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All of Me |
Baron, Chris |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ADOLESCENCE, BAR MITZVAH, EATING DISORDERS |
320 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
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Shimri's Big Idea: A Story of Ancient Jerusalem |
Weber, Elka, Bousidan, Inbal Gigi |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
ISRAEL - ANCIENT, JERUSALEM, SIBLINGS |
32 p. |
INDUSTRIOUSNESS, WISDOM/CHOCHMA |
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Bold and Brave : A Fun-to-Read Book |
Peysin, Shainy, McFarland, Michael |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Hanukkah, HISTORICAL FICTION, MACCABEES |
127 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
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Golden Bell, The |
Sachs, Tamar, Abolafia, Yossi |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
CHILDREN - MORAL DEVELOPMENT, HONOR |
24 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, HONESTY/EMET, VIRTUOUS PERSON |
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White Bird: A Wonder Story |
Palacio, RJ |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
Grandmothers, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, JEWS IN FRANCE |
220 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
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Walk Till You Disappear |
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar, Sawyer, Odessa |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION |
208 p. |
DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
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Bubby Karp, Senior Detective—Book One |
Walfish, Miriam., Ognarov, Evgeniy |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Grandmothers, MYSTERY STORIES |
212 p. |
FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT |
