|
Seeking Refuge: A Graphic Novel |
Watts, Irene N., Shoemaker, Kathryn E. |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT |
128 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Trapped - Youth in the Nazi Ghettos |
Byers, Anne |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
GHETTOS, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO |
128 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
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Leonard Bernstein: In Love with Music |
Lazo, Caroline Evensen |
2002 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, Music, MUSICIANS |
128 p. |
LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
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Lise Meitner: Pioneer of Nuclear Fission |
Hamilton, Janet |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography, SCIENCE |
128 p. |
WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
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Zayda Was a Cowboy |
Nislick, June Levitt |
2005 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - TEXAS |
128 p. |
REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
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Youth Destroyed - The Nazi Camps |
Byers, Anne |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
128 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Sami’s Sleepaway Summer |
Meyerhoff, Jenny |
|
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
CAMPS AND CAMPING, FRIENDSHIP, SABBATH |
128 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
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Steven Spielberg: Director of Blockbuster Films |
Edge, Laura B. |
2009 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, Holocaust |
128 p. |
PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
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Memories of Babi |
Siegal, Aranka |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FARMS AND FARMING, GRANDPARENTS, Holocaust, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
128 p. |
DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Rosie in Chicago: Play Ball! |
Matas, Carol |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ATHLETES, BROTHERS, FAMILY, IDENTITY, sports, HISTORICAL FICTION, BASEBALL |
128 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Israel in the News: Past, Present, and Future |
Aretha, David |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT |
128 p. |
PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
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Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust |
Berkovits, Elly Gross |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, Holocaust, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, POETRY |
128 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Niels Bohr: Physicist and Humanitarian |
Pasachoff, Naomi E. |
2002 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN DENMARK, SCIENCE, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
128 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
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Dog of Knots |
Kaplan, Kathy Walden |
2009 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, ISRAEL - YOM KIPPUR WAR |
128 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
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Whirlwind, The |
Matas, Carol |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRIENDSHIP, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST |
128 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
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Enjoying Exodus: The Bible in Rhyme |
Goldlist, Marcia |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BIBLE STORIES |
128 p. |
STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
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After the War |
Matas, Carol |
1997 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
128 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
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Hitler's Daughter |
French, Jackie |
1997 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DISABILITY AWARENESS, FATHERS, Holocaust, HUMAN RIGHTS, NAZISM, PREJUDICE, RESPONSIBILITY, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
128 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, RESPECTING THE DISABLED, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
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Jewish Holidays Cookbook: Festive Meals for Celebrating the Year |
Bloomfield, Jill Colella, Coppola, Angela |
2009 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Adult |
COOKBOOKS, FOOD, Holidays |
128 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
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Sami's Sleepaway Summer |
Meyerhoff, Jenny |
2012 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
CAMPS AND CAMPING, FRIENDSHIP, Shabbat |
128 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
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Cage Without Bars, A |
Dublin, Anne |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Spanish Inquisition |
129 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Witnesses to War |
Leapman, Michael |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, NAZISM |
129 p. |
GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
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Dynamic Women Dancers |
Dublin, Anne |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BIOGRAPHY-COLLECTIONS, DANCING |
129 p. |
REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
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Moses In Egypt |
Banks, Lynne Reid |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BIBLE STORIES, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, BROTHERS, JEWS IN EGYPT, MOSES (PROPHET) |
129 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
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Violin Players, The |
Sherman, Eileen Bluestone |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST, Music, SCHOOL STORIES |
130 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
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Gravity |
Lieberman, Leanne |
2010 |
High School |
FAMILY, HOMOSEXUALITY, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
130 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
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Old Country, The |
Gerstein, Mordicai |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FANTASY, PREJUDICE, WAR |
130 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT MURDERING/LO TIRTZACH, RETSICHAH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, NOT STEALING/LO TIGNOV |
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All for the Boss: Stories from the Life of R'Yaakov Yosef Herman, a Torah Pioneer in America |
Shain, Ruchoma, Geffen, Bethia |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
Biography, Israel, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, ORTHODOX JUDAISM, PARENTS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, RABBIS |
131 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVE FOR TORAH, PIETY |
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YaYa and YoYo Sliding Into the New Year |
Weinstein, Dori |
2011 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HIGH HOLY DAYS, Holidays |
132 p. |
HEARING THE SHOFAR/LISHMOA KOL SHOFAR, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
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Daughter of Light |
Attema, Martha |
2001 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
CHILDBIRTH, HISTORICAL FICTION, MOTHERS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
133 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
