|
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone |
Solomon, Rachel Lynn |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DISEASE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, MOTHERS, SISTERS |
2 018 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECT/KAVOD, TRUTH / EMET |
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Queen of Secrets |
Meyerhoff, Jenny |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ESTHER (BIBLICAL FIGURE), IDENTITY, MEGILLOT ESTHER, SCHOOL STORIES |
2 010 p. |
HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
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Life, After |
Littman, Sarah Darer |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DISEASE, FATHERS, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
2 010 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
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Silver Cup, The |
Leeds, Constance |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ARTISTS, CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION |
2 007 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Hello America |
Bitton-Jackson, Livia |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
AMERICANIZATION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
2 005 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Not the End of the World |
McCaughrean, Geraldine |
2006 |
High School |
ANIMALS, BIBLE STORIES, FAMILY, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
2 004 p. |
FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Jewish Holidays All Year Round: A Family Treasury |
Cooper, Ilene, Savadier, Elivia |
2002 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Holidays |
2 002 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944; Expanded 2nd Ed. |
Volavkova, Hana |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ART, ARTISTS, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, POETRY |
1 993 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
Summer of My German Soldier |
Greene, Bette |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ABUSE, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH, PARENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
1 973 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Book Thief, The |
Zusak, Markus |
2006 |
High School - Adult |
BOOKS AND READING, DEATH, HITLER YOUTH, Holocaust, JEWS IN GERMANY, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
553 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
I Lived on Butterfly Hill |
Agosin, Marjorie, White, Lee, O'Connor, E. M. |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION |
464 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Starglass |
North, Phoebe |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, SCIENCE FICTION |
464 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
One Is Not a Lonely Number |
Krieger, Evelyn |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, ORTHODOX JUDAISM, SCHOOL STORIES |
449 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
History of the Holocaust, A, Revised Edition |
Bauer, Yehuda, Diskind, Leah Malka |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ANTI-SEMITISM, GENOCIDE, Holocaust, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, JEWS IN WESTERN EUROPE |
432 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Librarian of Auschwitz, the |
Iturbe, Antonio, Thwaites, Lilit |
2017 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
432 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, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Family for Frayda, A |
Levin, Menucha Chana |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
COMMUNITY LIFE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP |
430 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Tamar |
Peet, Mal |
2008 |
High School |
FATHERS, GRANDPARENTS, MYSTERY STORIES, SECRET AGENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
424 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT COVETING/LO TACHMOD, NOT MURDERING/LO TIRTZACH, RETSICHAH |
|
The Berlin Boxing Club |
Sharenow, Robert |
2013 |
High School |
ATHLETES, Holocaust, JEWS IN GERMANY, NAZISM |
416 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
Anya and the Dragon |
Pasternack, Sofiya |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Anti Semitism, FANTASY, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
416 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, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH, WARDING OFF EVIL |
|
Prisoner of Night and Fog |
Blankman, Anne |
2014 |
High School - Adult |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HOLOCAUST - GERMANY |
401 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Resistance |
Nielson, Jennifer |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO |
400 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, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
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 |
|
Ceiling Made of Eggshells |
Levine, Gail Carson |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Spanish Inquisition |
400 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
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 |
|
Hired Girl, the |
Schlitz, Laura Amy |
2015 |
High School |
IDENTITY, JUDAISM |
400 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary |
Salkin, Rabbi Jeffrey K. |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, PROPHETS, TORAH |
398 p. |
STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
AbarakaPOW |
Campbell, Isaiah, Perillo, Dave |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - TEXAS, MAGIC |
391 p. |
INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Something Remains |
Barth-Grozinger, Inge |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, JEWS IN GERMANY, NAZISM |
390 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Audacity |
Crowder, Melanie |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Immigration, LABOR UNIONS |
390 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog, The |
Gidwitz, Adam , Aly, Hatem |
2016 |
|
HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, INQUISITION, JEWS IN FRANCE |
384 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
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 |
|
Sisterland |
Newbery, Linda |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOPTION, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ASSIMILIATION, DATING, DISEASE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, HOMOSEXUALITY, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS, JEWS IN ENGLAND, MOTHERS, NEO-NAZISM, OLD AGE, PARENTS, PREJUDICE, SISTERS |
384 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECT/KAVOD, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Our Year of Maybe |
Solomon, Rachel Lynn |
2019 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, HOMOSEXUALITY, IDENTITY, SEXUALITY |
370 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, RESILIENCE |
|
12 Before 13 |
Greenwald, Lisa |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BAT MITZVAH, CAMPS AND CAMPING, FRIENDSHIP |
368 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM |
|
Serendipity's Footsteps |
Nelson, Suzanne |
2015 |
High School |
CHILDREN - DISABLED, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, ORPHANS |
368 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster |
Auxier, Jonathan |
|
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ABUSE, ANTI-SEMITISM, FRIENDSHIP, GOLEM, ORPHANS |
368 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, RESILIENCE |
|
In the Shadow of the Ark |
Provoost, Anne |
1995 |
High School |
BIBLE STORIES, HISTORICAL FICTION, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
368 p. |
HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Nowhere Boy |
Marsh, Katherine |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CHILDREN - MORAL DEVELOPMENT, FRIENDSHIP |
362 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Never Mind the Goldbergs |
Roth, Matthue |
2005 |
High School |
ACTORS, IDENTITY, ORTHODOX JUDAISM, PARENTS |
360 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT |
|
Rose Under Fire |
Wein, Elizabeth |
2013 |
High School - Adult |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
360 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
One Hundred and One Jewish Read Aloud Stories |
|
2002 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, Biography, FOLKLORE, Holidays, LEGENDS, SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS |
360 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Way Back, The |
Savit, Gavriel |
2020 |
High School |
FANTASY, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
360 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Inquistor's Apprentice, The |
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 |
|
Someday we will fly |
DeWoskin, Rachel |
2019 |
High School - Adult |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, Jews in China, JEWS IN POLAND |
353 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Like no other |
LaMarche, Una |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HASIDISM, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, INTERFAITH RELATIONS |
352 p. |
LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Blackbird Girls, The |
Blankman, Anne |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Anti Semitism, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
352 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in WWII Denmark |
Hopkinson, Deborah |
2015 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, Holocaust-Denmark |
352 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children's Literature |
Udel, Miriam |
2020 |
|
YIDDISH LITERATURE |
352 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR |
|
Splendor |
Arnold, Elana K. |
2013 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, KABBALAH |
352 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Refugee |
Gratz, Alan |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
HOLOCAUST - GERMANY, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S |
352 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 |
|
Goy Crazy |
Schorr, Melissa |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DATING, INTERFAITH RELATIONS |
352 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
|
Storm |
Napoli, Donna Jo |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
350 p. |
SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Uprising |
Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
HISTORICAL FICTION, LABOR UNIONS, Women |
346 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Finding the Worm |
Goldblatt, Mark |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAR MITZVAH, SCHOOL |
345 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PURSUING PEACE/RODEF SHALOM, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
B.U.G.(BIG UGLY GUY) |
Yolen, Jane, Stemple, Adam |
2013 |
High School |
BAR MITZVAH, GOLEM, Music |
344 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
B.U.G. : (Big Ugly Guy) |
Yolen, Jane, Stemple, Adam |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FRIENDSHIP, GOLEM, IDENTITY, KLEZMER MUSIC |
344 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Hush |
Chayil, Eshes |
2010 |
High School - Adult |
ABUSE, CRIME AND CRIMINALS, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
343 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, NOT PLACING A STUMBLING BLOCK/LO TITEYN MICHSHOL |
|
Code Name Verity |
Wein, Elizabeth |
|
High School - Adult |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS |
343 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Paper Hearts |
Wiviott, Meg |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BIRTHDAYS, FRIENDSHIP, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
342 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH |
|
Life and Opinions of Amy Finawitz, The |
Toffler-Corrie, Laura |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, HUMOR, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
339 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Place at the Table, A |
Faruqi, Saadia, Shovan, Laura |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
AMERICANIZATION, Cooking, families, FRIENDSHIP, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, PREJUDICE |
336 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Dancing in the Dark |
Bavati, Robyn |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
IDENTITY, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
336 p. |
FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Chance: Escape from the Holocaust |
Shulevitz, Uri |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ART, Biography, FAMILY, Holocaust, JEWS IN POLAND, JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
336 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV |
|
If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say |
Sales, Leila |
2018 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, SCHOOL |
336 p. |
DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Dollmaker of Krakow |
Romero, R. M. |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN POLAND, MAGIC |
336 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
|
Annexed |
Dogar, Sharon |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
333 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Nest |
Ehrlich, Esther |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, MENTAL HEALTH |
330 p. |
COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Crying Laughing |
Rubin, Lance |
2019 |
High School |
BAT MITZVAH, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HUMOR |
328 p. |
DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Assignment, The |
Wiemer, Liza |
2020 |
High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Holocaust Education, SCHOOL |
322 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Bras and Broomsticks |
Mlynowski, Sarah |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
#N/A |
320 p. |
|
|
Skating with the Statue of Liberty |
Meyer, Susan Lynn |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
320 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
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 |
|
Becoming Brianna |
Libenson, Terri |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAT MITZVAH, FRIENDSHIP, Graphic Novel, INTERMARRIAGE |
320 p. |
GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, RESILIENCE |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Esther |
McKay, Sharon E. |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, IDENTITY, JEWS IN CANADA, JEWS IN FRANCE |
320 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Ghost in Apartment 2R |
Markell, Denis |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, LEGENDS |
320 p. |
RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Stars Will Guide You, The |
Walfish, Miriam |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWISH BRIGADE, JEWS IN ITALY |
320 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, MODESTY/TZENIUT, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories |
Locke, Katherine, Silverman, Laura |
2019 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, HOMOSEXUALITY, IDENTITY, SEXUALITY |
320 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Prince William, Maximilian Mirsky, and Me |
Rahlens, Holly-Jane |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAT MITZVAH, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, JEWS IN GERMANY |
320 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Dreidels on the Brain |
Ben Izzy, Joel |
2016 |
|
Hanukkah, FAMILY, MAGIC |
318 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Celebrating with Jewish Crafts |
Ruzansky, Rebeca Edid |
2008 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
CRAFTS, Holidays |
316 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Beloved by All: Rav Avraham Pam - A Life of Kiddush Hashem |
Finkelman, Shimon |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography, RABBIS |
315 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, RIGHTEOUSNESS/ TZEDEK, TZEDEKIM, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM |
|
This Is NOT the Abby Show |
Fisher, Debbie Reed |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
SCHOOL, SPECIAL EDUCATION |
314 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Apprentice's Masterpiece, The |
Little, Melanie |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
INQUISITION, ISLAM, JEWS IN SPAIN |
310 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Inconvenient |
Gelbwasser, Margie |
2010 |
High School |
ALCOHOLISM, DATING, FAMILY, MOTHERS |
305 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM |
|
Threads and Flames |
Friesner, Esther |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, LABOR UNIONS, SISTERS |
304 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y) |
|
Text Messages: A Torah Commentary for Teens |
Salkin, Jeffrey K. |
2012 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, Parshah, TORAH |
304 p. |
DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Skating with the Statue of Liberty |
Meyer, Susan Lynn |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
AFRICAN AMERICANS, Immigration |
304 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Weight of the Sky, The |
Sandell, Lisa Ann |
1972 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, Israel, ISRAEL-KIBBUTZIM |
304 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Girl in the Torch , the |
Sharenow, Robert |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Anti Semitism, Immigration, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
304 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Village of Scoundrels |
Preus, Margi |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN FRANCE, RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
304 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Armstrong & Charlie |
Frank, Stephen B. |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP, RACE RELATIONS |
304 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Under a Red Sky |
Molnar, Haya Leah |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
COMMUNISM, FAMILY, IDENTITY |
302 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Esperanza |
Feldbrand, Sarah |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Spanish Inquisition |
301 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH |
|
Sick kids in love |
Moskowitz, Hannah. |
2019 |
High School - Adult |
ADOLESCENCE, DATING, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS |
300 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Daniel, Half Human, and the Good Nazi |
Chotjewitz, David |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FAMILY, Holocaust, IDENTITY, JEWS IN GERMANY, SCHOOL STORIES, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
298 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DISILLUSIONMENT/AGMAT NEFESH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM |
|
Gideon's People |
Meyer, Carolyn |
2013 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, FARMS AND FARMING, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, INTERFAITH RELATIONS |
297 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Puzzle Pieces |
Altein, Chani |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRIENDSHIP, ORTHODOX JUDAISM, SCHOOL STORIES |
296 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH |
|
Auslander, The |
Dowswell, Paul |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Holocaust |
292 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Dave At Night |
Levine, Gail Carson |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
AFRICAN AMERICANS, AMERICANIZATION, ARTISTS, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, ORPHANS |
288 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Stories of Heaven and Earth: Bible Heroes in Contemporary Children's Literature |
Person, Diane G. |
2005 |
Adult |
BIBLE STORIES, Bible, FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, MIDRASH |
288 p. |
|
|
Unexpected Detour and Other Stories, An |
Weinfeld, Chaya Baila |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holidays, SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS |
288 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Almost Autumn |
Kaurin, Marianne, Hedger, Rosie |
2017 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, Jews in Norway |
288 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Devora Doresh Mysteries, The |
Hubner, Carol Korb |
2007 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
MYSTERY STORIES |
288 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Fleabrain Loves Franny |
Rocklin, Joanne |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION |
288 p. |
COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Rachel's Hope |
Sanders, Shelly |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Immigration, UNITED STATES - HISTORY |
288 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Y. A. D. Investigators 2 |
Wisemon, Tamar, Katz, Tova |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP, Holidays, MYSTERY STORIES |
288 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Twerp |
Goldblatt, Mark |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, SCHOOL |
288 p. |
FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, NOT PLACING A STUMBLING BLOCK/LO TITEYN MICHSHOL, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Subject to Change |
Nesbitt, Karen |
2017 |
High School |
FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, HOMOSEXUALITY |
288 p. |
LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Fighter, The |
Greif, Jean-Jacques |
2007 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, JEWS IN FRANCE |
288 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Malka |
Pressler, Mirjam |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, MOTHERS |
286 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
River |
Nayman, Shira |
2020 |
High School |
FAMILY, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS, persecutions, time travel |
285 p. |
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Chosen, The |
Potok, Chaim |
2006 |
High School - Adult |
FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, HASIDISM |
284 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK |
|
Spy with the Red Balloon, The |
Locke, Katherine |
2018 |
High School |
MAGIC, time travel, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - WORLD WAR II |
284 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Facing the Music |
Vogiel, Eva |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRIENDSHIP, Music, MUSICIANS, SCHOOL STORIES, SISTERS |
284 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING TEACHERS/KIBBUD MORIM, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Room In the Heart |
Levitan, Sonia |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CHRISTIAN X ( KING OF DENMARK), FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, JEWS IN DENMARK, PARENTS |
283 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Broken Strings |
Walters, Eric, Kacer, Kathy |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FAMILY, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Holocaust |
282 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Shanghai Shadows |
Ruby, Lois |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, BROTHERS, JEWS IN THE FAR EAST, REFUGEES, JEWISH, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
282 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Jewish Experience, The: 2,000 Years: A Collection of Significant Events |
Zakon, Nachman |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CIVILIZATION, JEWISH, HISTORY - ANCIENT, HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, HISTORY-MODERN |
281 p. |
CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
How to Ruin My Teenage Life |
Elkeles, Simone |
2007 |
High School |
DATING, FATHERS, PARENTS |
281 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
New Boy |
Houston, Julian |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CIVIL RIGHTS, PREJUDICE, SCHOOL STORIES |
281 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Beni's War |
Stein, Tammar |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - YOM KIPPUR WAR, WAR |
280 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, RESILIENCE, RESORTING TO WAR AS A LAST RESULT/MILCHEMET CHOVAH |
|
Walk the Dark Streets |
Baer, Edith |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - KRISTALLNACHT, JEWS IN GERMANY, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
280 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
Ultimate Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebration Book, The: A Guide to Inspiring Ceremonies and Joyous Festivals |
Weinrott, Lori |
2004 |
Adult |
BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH, LIFE CYCLE |
280 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Without Tess |
Pixley, Marcella |
2011 |
High School |
DEATH, FAMILY, MOURNING |
280 p. |
COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Noah Green Saves the World |
Toffler-Corrie, Laura, Pamintuan, Macky |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAR MITZVAH, CAMPS AND CAMPING, FRIENDSHIP, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, HUMOR |
280 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Invisible Chains |
Vogiel, Eva |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CHILDREN - DISABLED, DISABILITY AWARENESS, FRIENDSHIP, SCHOOL STORIES, SISTERS, TEACHERS |
280 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, NOT PLACING A STUMBLING BLOCK/LO TITEYN MICHSHOL, RESPECTING THE DISABLED, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
I Promise You |
Mermelstein, Yael |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
279 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Kid's Catalog of Israel, A, Revised Edition |
Burstein, Chaya |
2006 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Israel, ZIONISM |
279 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
|
Glixman in a Fix |
Klempner, Rebecca |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
MENTAL HEALTH, Mystery |
278 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Winter Horses, the |
Kerr, Philip |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANIMALS, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
278 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
War Against God and His People, The: A Guide to the Holocaust for Young People |
Burstein, Shmuel |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
278 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Rachel's Promise |
Sanders, Shelly |
2013 |
High School |
FRIENDSHIP, Immigration, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
278 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Hidden on the Mountain: Stories of Children Sheltered from the Nazis in Le Chambon |
Ruelle, Karen Gray |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, JEWS IN FRANCE |
275 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, RIGHTEOUSNESS/ TZEDEK, TZEDEKIM, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Jewish Family Fun Book, The: Holiday Projects, Everyday Activities, and Travel Ideas with Jewish Themes |
Sarig, Roni, Katz, Avi |
2003 |
Preschool - Adult |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, COOKBOOKS, CRAFTS, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, DANCING, FAMILY, GAMES, Holidays, IDENTITY, MUSEUMS, TRAVEL |
274 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH |
|
Leap |
Zalben, Jane Breskin |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DISEASE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP |
272 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Abby Tried and True |
Gephart, Donna |
2021 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, MENTAL HEALTH |
272 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Recommended for You |
Silverman, Laura |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY |
272 p. |
OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Death by toilet paper |
Gephart, Donna |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, MOURNING |
272 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
Key Is Lost, The |
Vos, Ida, Edelstein, Terese |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, IMAGINATION, SISTERS |
272 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Letters from Cuba |
Behar, Ruth |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, FAMILY, IDENTITY |
272 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Intentions |
Heiligman, Deborah |
2012 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, DATING, FAMILY, IDENTITY, IMMORTALITY, RESPONSIBILITY |
272 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONESTY/EMET, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, NOT STEALING/LO TIGNOV |
|
Tell Me Another Morning |
Berger, Zdena |
2007 |
High School |
FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
272 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Long Summer Nights |
Appelfeld, Aharon, Mintzi, Vali, Green, Jeffrey |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Anti Semitism, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
272 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Masters of silence |
Kacer, Kathy |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - GERMANY, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN GERMANY, RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS |
272 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, 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, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Irena's Children: Younger Readers Edition; A Story of Courage |
Mazzeo, Tilar J., Farrell, Mary Cronk |
2016 |
|
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
272 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
What the Night Sings |
Stamper, Vesper |
2018 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, MUSICIANS |
271 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Invisible Me |
Caton, Tzipi |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DISEASE, FAMILY, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
271 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Making the Bible Modern: Children's Bibles and Jewish Education in Twentieth Century America |
Gold, Penny Schine |
2006 |
Adult |
BIBLE STORIES, Bible, Education |
269 p. |
|
|
Jewish Story Finder, The: A Guide to 363 Tales Listing Subjects and Sources |
Elswit, Sharon Barcan |
2006 |
Adult |
FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, STORY TELLING |
268 p. |
|
|
Cats of J-Town: A Clash of Colonies, The |
Karp, Raphael N. |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANIMALS, Israel |
267 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONORING TEACHERS/KIBBUD MORIM, LEADERSHIP / MANHIGUT, RESORTING TO WAR AS A LAST RESULT/MILCHEMET CHOVAH |
|
Simon Says |
Griffis, Molly Levite |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, IDENTITY, MYSTERY STORIES, PREJUDICE |
264 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Becoming Holmes: The Boy Sherlock Holmes: His Final Case |
Peacock, Shane |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CRIME AND CRIMINALS, HEROES, JEWS IN ENGLAND |
264 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Light Years |
Stein, Tammar |
2005 |
High School |
DATING, DEATH, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, Israel, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB |
263 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Into the Fire |
Walfish, Miriam |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, WORLD WAR I, 1914-19 |
262 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Singing Mountain, The |
Levitan, Sonia |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BAAL TESHUVAH, FAMILY, IDENTITY, Israel |
261 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Feast of Fools |
Crowley, Bridget |
1994 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CATHOLIC CHURCH, CRIME AND CRIMINALS, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN ENGLAND, MYSTERY STORIES |
261 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT BEARING FALSE WITNESS/AYD SHAHKEYR, NOT COVETING/LO TACHMOD, NOT MURDERING/LO TIRTZACH, RETSICHAH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Secret Fiend, The: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 4th Case |
Peacock, Shane |
1986 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, JEWS IN ENGLAND, MYSTERY STORIES |
260 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO |
|
Hoopla Under the Huppah |
Weinstein, Dori |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, HUMOR, WEDDINGS |
259 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Katarina |
Winter, Kathryn |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CHRISTIANITY, Holocaust, IDENTITY, IMAGINATION, JEWS IN SLOVAKIA |
257 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Other Half of Life, The |
Whitney, Kim Ablon |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, NAZISM |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Gottika |
Becker, Helaine, Griggs-Burr, Alexander |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FANTASY, GOLEM, SCIENCE FICTION |
256 p. |
HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schinlder's List Survivor |
Hillman, Laura |
1981 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, JEWS IN GERMANY, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
256 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Playing for the Commandant |
Zail, Suzy |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
256 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Rachel's Secret |
Sanders, Shelly |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, EASTERN EUROPE-SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS, JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONESTY/EMET, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Other Half of Life, The |
Norton, James |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, GENOCIDE, Holocaust, JEWS IN GERMANY |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
|
The Sound of Freedom |
Kacer, Kathy |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, Israel, MUSICIANS |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust |
Lee, Carol Ann |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust, NAZISM |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Things a Brother Knows, The |
Reinhardt, Dana |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BROTHERS, FAMILY, WAR |
256 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
|
This Is Just a Test |
Rosenberg, Madelyn, Shang, Wendy Wan-Long |
2017 |
|
BAR MITZVAH, Grandmothers, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, INTERMARRIAGE |
256 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival |
Prins, Marcel, Steenhuis, Peter Henk, Watkinson, Laura |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
256 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
|
Cures for Heartbreak |
Rabb, Margo |
2007 |
High School |
DEATH, DISEASE, MOURNING, PARENTS |
256 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Six-Day Hero, the |
Stein, Tammar |
2017 |
|
ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, WAR, FAMILY |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, RESILIENCE, RESORTING TO WAR AS A LAST RESULT/MILCHEMET CHOVAH |
|
Sam I Am |
Cooper, Ilene |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
DATING, FAMILY, GOD, INTERMARRIAGE, SCHOOL |
256 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
|
My Basmati Bat Mitzvah |
Freedman, Paula J. |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAT MITZVAH, FRIENDSHIP, INTERFAITH RELATIONS |
256 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
To Look a Nazi in the Eye: A Teen's Account of a War Criminal Trial |
Kacer, Kathy, Lebowitz, Jordana |
2017 |
High School - Adult |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, HOLOCAUST - WAR CRIMES - TRIALS |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Be Not Far From Me: The Oldest Love Story: Legends From the Bible |
Kimmel, Eric A., Diaz, David |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BIBLE STORIES, LEGENDS, MIDRASH |
256 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON |
|
Smoke and Ashes, Revised and Expanded |
Rogasky, Barbara |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, GENOCIDE, Holocaust, NEO-NAZISM, PREJUDICE |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, NOT MURDERING/LO TIRTZACH, RETSICHAH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Freefall |
Levine, Anna |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Israel, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB, WAR |
256 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Girl with the Red Balloon, the |
Locke, Katherine |
2017 |
|
COMMUNISM, JEWS IN GERMANY, MAGIC, time travel |
256 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, RESILIENCE |
|
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 |
|
JPS Illustrated Children's Bible |
Frankel, Ellen, Katz, Avi |
2010 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES |
256 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
Death in the Air: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 2nd Case |
Peacock, Shane |
2009 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CRIME AND CRIMINALS, MYSTERY STORIES |
254 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Ashes of Roses |
Auch, Mary Jane |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ETHICS, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, LABOR UNIONS |
250 p. |
FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, NOT PLACING A STUMBLING BLOCK/LO TITEYN MICHSHOL, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
When I Was a Soldier |
Zenatti, Valerie |
2003 |
High School |
FRIENDSHIP, Israel |
250 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM |
|
Eye of the Crow, The: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case |
Peacock, Shane |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CRIME AND CRIMINALS, MYSTERY STORIES |
250 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Beyond Lucky |
Aronson, Sarah |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ADOLESCENCE, BAR MITZVAH, FRIENDSHIP, SCHOOL STORIES, sports |
250 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT |
|
Blood Secret |
Lasky, Kathryn |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ASSIMILIATION, CATHOLIC CHURCH, CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, FANTASY, HISTORICAL FICTION, IDENTITY, INQUISITION, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS, JEWS IN SPAIN, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, MARRANOS |
249 p. |
GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
When the War Is Over |
Attema, Martha |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN HOLLAND, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
247 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 |
|
Cursing Columbus |
Tal, Eve |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CRIME AND CRIMINALS, FAMILY, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
246 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
My Life with the Lincolns |
Brandeis, Gayle |
1968 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CIVIL RIGHTS, FAMILY |
246 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM |
|
Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, The |
Giblin, James Cross |
2002 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, GENOCIDE, Holocaust, TOTALITARIANSIM, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
246 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
|
Love From Your Friend, Hannah |
Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - EAST, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - DEPRESSION |
246 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Thanks to My Mother |
Rabinovici, Schoschana |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, MOTHERS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
246 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
King of Mulberry Street, The |
Napoli, Donna Jo |
2005 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AMERICANIZATION, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN ITALY, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, ORPHANS |
245 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Along the Tracks |
Bergman, Tamar |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Holocaust, HOMELESS PEOPLE, JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION |
245 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
Becoming a Bat Mitzvah: A Treasury of Stories |
Weiss, Arnine Cumsky |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BAT MITZVAH |
244 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, RESPECTING THE DISABLED |
|
Burglar and Other Stories, The |
Lazewnik, Libby |
2005 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS |
244 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Kids' Catalog of Passover, The: A Worldwide Celebration of Stories, Songs, Customs, Crafts, Food, and Fun |
Schwartz, Cherie Karo |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - High School |
Holidays, Passover, SEDER |
244 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Lucky Broken Girl |
Behar, Ruth |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, FAMILY, Immigration |
243 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, STRENGTH/KOACH, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Endless Steppe, The: Growing Up in Siberia |
Hautzig, Esther |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, COMMUNISM, FAMILY, Holocaust, JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION |
243 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
Bat Mitzvah Club, The: Debbie's Story |
Meiseles, Shayna |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAT MITZVAH, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, SCHOOL STORIES, sports, TEACHERS |
243 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, MODESTY/TZENIUT |
|
Not Your All-American Girl |
Shang, Wendy Wan-Long, Rosenberg, Madelyn |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS |
243 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR |
|
Lost |
Davies, Jacqueline |
2009 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, MYSTERY STORIES |
242 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List |
Leyson, Leon |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
240 p. |
AFFIXING A MEZUZAH/LIKBOA MEZUZAH, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Viva, Rose! |
Krawitz, Susan |
2017 |
|
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST |
240 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO |
|
Stones on a Grave |
Kacer, Kathy |
2015 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - GERMANY, ORPHANS |
240 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Lauren Yanofsky Hates the Holocaust |
Lieberman, Leanne |
2013 |
High School |
FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, SCHOOL |
240 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah: A Personal Approach to Creating a Meaningful Rite of Passage |
Milgram, Goldie |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH, LIFE CYCLE |
240 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Genevieve's War |
Giff, Patricia Reilly, Stadtlander, Becca |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
240 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT |
|
All Three Stooges |
Perl, Erica S. |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAT MITZVAH, Comedy, DEATH, FRIENDSHIP |
240 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Pickpocket's Tale, A |
Schwabach, Karen |
2006 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CRIME AND CRIMINALS, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, ORPHANS |
240 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REDEEMING THE HOSTAGE/PIDYYON SH'VUYYIM |
|
Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany |
Maraniss, Andrew |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
JEWS IN GERMANY, Jews in Sports |
240 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, RESILIENCE, RESPECT/KAVOD, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, STRENGTH/KOACH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Shining Star |
Altein, Chani |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
DISEASE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY |
240 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World, The |
Konigsberg, E. L. |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ART, FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS, MYSTERY STORIES, NAZISM |
240 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH |
|
Deep Sea |
Thor, Annika |
2015 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN AUSTRIA |
240 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Next Year in Israel |
Bridgeton, Sarah |
2012 |
High School |
Israel, SCHOOL |
240 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Deep Sea |
Thor, Annika, Schenk, Linda [nid:50835] translator |
2015 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN AUSTRIA |
240 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Most Dangerous Thing, The |
Lieberman, Leanne |
2017 |
High School |
FEMINISM, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, SEXUALITY |
240 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Jewish Dog, The |
Kravitz, Asher, Kessler, Michal |
2015 |
High School |
ANIMALS, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
239 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Jailbait |
Newman, Leslea |
2006 |
High School - Adult |
ABUSE, SEXUALITY, YOUTH |
239 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Camp |
Wolf, Elaine |
2012 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CAMPS AND CAMPING, FAMILY, Holocaust |
238 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Torah for Teens: Growing Up Spiritually with the Weekly Sidrah |
Cohen, Jeffrey M. |
2009 |
High School |
PORTION OF THE WEEK, TORAH |
238 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
Sondra's Search |
Silvers, Ester Katz |
2009 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ASSIMILIATION, BAAL TESHUVAH, IDENTITY, INTERDATING, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST, JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
238 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
|
Saying Goodbye: A Handbook for Teens Dealing with Loss and Mourning |
Liebermann, Miriam |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DEATH, MOURNING |
237 p. |
CARING FOR THE DEAD/CHESED SHEL EMET, COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Judaism |
Taitz, Emily |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
JUDAISM |
236 p. |
PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Five Books of Moses For Young People, The |
Cassway, Esta |
2006 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH |
235 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
How to Ruin a Summer Vacation |
Elkeles, Simone |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, FATHERS, Israel |
234 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Yellow Star |
Roy, Jennifer Rozines |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
GHETTOS, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
234 p. |
COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Arab-Israeli Conflict, The |
Rackers, Mark |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ARABS, INTIFADA, Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT |
234 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, RESORTING TO WAR AS A LAST RESULT/MILCHEMET CHOVAH |
|
Louder Than Words |
Kacer, Kathy |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
233 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Long Trail Home, The |
Burkhart, Kiersi, Keyser, Amber |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANIMALS, ANTI-SEMITISM, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST |
233 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
My Canary Yellow Star |
Wiseman, Eva |
2002 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Holocaust, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
233 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Year of Jewish Stories, A: 52 Tales for Children and Their Families |
Shubert, Samantha, Keiser, Tammy L. |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, Holidays, VALUES |
232 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH |
|
The Last Song |
Wiseman, Eva |
2012 |
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 |
|
Anna and the Swallow Man |
Savit, Gavriel |
2016 |
|
Holocaust-Poland, FRIENDSHIP |
232 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM |
|
Tutti's Promise |
Fishman, K. Heidi |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
232 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Brooklyn Bridge |
Hesse, Karen |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOMELESS PEOPLE, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
231 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Oldest Bedtime Story Ever, The |
Morse, Benjamin |
2012 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BIBLE STORIES, HISTORY - ANCIENT |
231 p. |
STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Daughters of the Ark |
Morgan, Anna |
2005 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ETHIOPIAN JEWS, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, ISRAEL - ANCIENT, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
230 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
|
Your Eyes in Stars |
Kerr, M. E. |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION |
229 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Klipfish Code, The |
Casanova, Mary |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
228 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Beyond courage: the untold story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. |
Rappaport, Doreen |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
228 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, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Black Radishes |
Meyer, Susan Lynn |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Holocaust, JEWS IN FRANCE, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
228 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Friend Or Foe? |
Vogiel, Eva |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, MYSTERY STORIES, SCHOOL STORIES |
228 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT BEARING FALSE WITNESS/AYD SHAHKEYR |
|
Dreams Come True Club, The |
Bloom, Tzivia |
2005 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FRIENDSHIP, Israel, VALUES |
227 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank |
Schloss, Eva |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, MOTHERS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
226 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Guardian Angel House |
Clark, Kathy |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, SISTERS |
225 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
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 |
|
Going Rogue (at Hebrew School) |
Breton, Casey |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, SCHOOL |
224 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Holocaust, The: Death Camps |
Roleff, Tamara L. |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
224 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Milkweed |
Spinelli, Jerry |
2004 |
High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO, HOMELESS PEOPLE, JEWS IN POLAND, ORPHANS |
224 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
The Blood Lie |
Vernick, Shirley Reva |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, INTERFAITH RELATIONS |
224 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, IGNORANT PERSON/AM HAARETZ |
|
The Burksfield Bike Club 2: Lost and Found. |
Finkelstein, Chaim |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP, MITZVOT |
224 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine |
Barakat, Ibtisam |
2017 |
High School |
PALESTINIANS |
224 p. |
STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Religion In America |
Williams, Mary E. |
1981 |
High School |
RELIGION |
224 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH |
|
Kids Speak 10 |
Walder, Chaim, Benedict, Devorah |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
MIDDOT, MITZVOT |
224 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Shadow Life: A Portrait of Anne Frank and Her Family |
Denenberg, Barry |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FAMILY, FRANK, ANNE, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, JEWS IN GERMANY, JEWS IN HOLLAND, SISTERS |
224 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
With a Mighty Hand: The Story in the Torah |
Ehrlich, Amy, Nevins, Daniel |
2013 |
Preschool - Adult |
BIBLE STORIES |
224 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Watch Out for Flying Kids!: How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community |
Levinson, Cynthia |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS |
224 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust |
Bitton-Jackson, Livia |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
224 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Juggling Act |
Millman, M. C. |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, FATHERS, HOMEMAKING, HUMOR, MOTHERS, WORKING PARENTS |
223 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, SCHOLAR/TALMID CHACHAM, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Wide Awake |
Levitan, David |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRIENDSHIP, HOMOSEXUALITY, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT |
221 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure |
Dublin, Anne |
2021 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Canadian-Jewish books, Music, ORPHANS |
220 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
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 |
|
Gifts to Treasure |
Greenberger, Tehilla, Cohen, Tod |
2007 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, FARMS AND FARMING, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST, MITZVOT |
220 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM |
|
Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden, The |
Avrech, Robert J. |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FAMILY, FATHERS, HISTORICAL FICTION, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, NATIVE AMERICANS |
220 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH |
|
No Vacancy |
Cohen, Tziporah |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, FAMILY |
220 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Atlas of Jewish Communities, The: A Voyage Through History |
Leiman, Sondra |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CIVILIZATION, JEWISH, DIASPORA, HISTORY - ANCIENT, HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, HISTORY-MODERN, JEWISH CULTURE |
218 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Kids' Catalog of Hanukkah, The |
Adler, David A. |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
218 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Stealing Home |
Schwartz, Ellen |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOPTION, ANTI-SEMITISM, ATHLETES, BASEBALL, FAMILY, GRANDPARENTS, ORPHANS, RACE RELATIONS, sports |
217 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
It's My Party and I Don't Want to Go |
Panitch, Amanda |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAT MITZVAH, MENTAL HEALTH |
216 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Double Crossing |
Tal, Eve |
2009 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FATHERS, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
216 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
|
Lily Pond, The |
Thor, Annika |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
216 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures |
Thor, Annika |
2009 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Holocaust, SISTERS |
215 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures |
Tepper, Yona, Curiel, Gil-Ly Alon |
2009 |
Preschool |
Israel |
215 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Nothing Here But Stones |
Oswald, Nancy |
1994 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANIMALS, FARMS AND FARMING, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST |
215 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, NOT PLACING A STUMBLING BLOCK/LO TITEYN MICHSHOL, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
What World Is Left |
Polak, Monique |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FATHERS, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
215 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures |
Van Der Rol, Ruud |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
215 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures |
Rene, Alice |
2010 |
High School |
FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
215 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures |
Robson, David |
2009 |
High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
215 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
|
Chaverim Boys Choir Live!, The |
Rosen, Chaya |
1997 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
MITZVOT, MUSIC,VOCAL |
214 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Moxie Kid, The |
Ruby, Lois |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP, OLD AGE HOMES, OLD AGE, IMAGINATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - TEXAS |
214 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, TRUTHFULNESS/DIBUR EMET |
|
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 |
|
Bubby Karp, Senior Detective—Book One |
Walfish, Miriam., Ognarov, Evgeniy |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Grandmothers, MYSTERY STORIES |
212 p. |
FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT |
|
Jewish Lights Book of Fun Classroom Activities |
Sarig, Roni, Katz, Avi |
2004 |
Preschool - High School |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, DANCING, GAMES, Music, SONGS |
211 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
The whole story of half a girl |
Hiranandani, Veera |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, FATHERS, INTERMARRIAGE |
211 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini |
Fleischman, Sid |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, MAGIC |
210 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Night of the Burning, The |
Wulf, Linda Press |
2006 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, ORPHANS, SISTERS |
210 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Stones In Water |
Napoli, Donna Jo |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRIENDSHIP, HOLOCAUST - SLAVE LABOR, JEWS IN ITALY, WAR, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
209 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Vive la Paris! |
Codell, Esme Raji |
1993 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, Holocaust, SCHOOL STORIES |
209 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Then |
Gleitzman, Morris |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
208 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba |
Engle, Margarita |
2009 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust |
208 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
|
My So-Called Family |
Sheinmel, Courtney |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, FATHERS |
208 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONESTY/EMET |
|
Bicycle Spy, The |
McDonough, Yona Zeldis |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN FRANCE, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
208 p. |
PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Hero Two Doors Down: A Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend, The |
Robinson, Sharon |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, BASEBALL, FRIENDSHIP |
208 p. |
LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, SEEKING PEACE/REDIFAT SHALOM |
|
Frost in the Night, A |
Baer, Edith |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FAMILY, Holocaust, JEWS IN GERMANY |
208 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
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 |
|
No One Must Know |
Wiseman, Eva |
2005 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CATHOLIC CHURCH, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, JEWS IN CANADA |
208 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONESTY/EMET, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Benny Feldman's All-Star Klezmer Band |
Marks, Allison, Marks, Wayne |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
KLEZMER MUSIC, SCHOOL, YIDDISH LANGUAGE |
208 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Family with Two Front Doors, The |
Ciddor, Anna |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, MARRIAGE, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
208 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Middle East, The |
Ojeda, Auriana |
1995 |
High School - Adult |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, MIDDLE EAST, PALESTINE, TERRORISM |
208 p. |
|
|
Bridge to America |
Glaser, Linda |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST, SHTETL |
208 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Someone Named Eva |
Wolf, Joan |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, IDENTITY |
208 p. |
PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
The Bicycle Spy |
McDonough, Yona Zeldis |
2016 |
|
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN FRANCE |
208 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice. |
Levy, Debbie, Gardner, Whitney |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, FEMINISM, HUMAN RIGHTS |
208 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE/SHOFTIM, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, LEADERSHIP / MANHIGUT |
|
Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle |
Finkelstein, Norman H. |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, CIVIL RIGHTS |
208 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Birdland |
Mack, Tracy |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BROTHERS, COMMUNITY LIFE, CONSOLATION, DEATH, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, HOMELESS PEOPLE, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, MOTHERS, MOURNING, Music, PARENTS, POETRY |
208 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Book of Secrets, The |
Tonti, Mat |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BOOKS AND READING, FOLKLORE, MIDRASH, SIBLINGS |
208 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie |
Pressler, Mirjam |
2008 |
High School |
FAMILY, FATHERS, GRANDPARENTS, Holocaust, NAZISM |
207 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Jewel and the Journey, The |
Walfish, Miriam |
2009 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, IDENTITY, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, MYSTERY STORIES |
205 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
I Believe in...Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Young People Speak About Their Faith |
Gaskins, Pearl |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CHRISTIANITY, COMPARATIVE RELIGION, ISLAM, JUDAISM |
205 p. |
FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH |
|
Jeremiah's Promise: An Adventure in Modern Israel |
Roseman, Kenneth |
2002 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ARCHEOLOGY, ASHKENAZIM, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, ISRAEL - INDEPENDENCE, ISRAEL - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS, ISRAEL-KIBBUTZIM, REFORM JUDAISM, SEPHARDIM, Women, YOUTH ALIYAH, ZIONISM |
205 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Are You Alone On Purpose? |
Werlin, Nancy |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BAR MITZVAH, CHILDREN - DISABLED, DATING, DEATH, DISEASE, FATHERS, RABBIS, SISTERS |
204 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING THE DISABLED, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Ice Cream Town |
Arato, Rona |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
204 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis |
Kacer, Kathy |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S |
204 p. |
SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
ScaVentures Jerusalem: The Experiential Guidebook. |
Tarlow, Tali Kaplinski |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
Israel |
204 p. |
Love for Israel, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Adventures of Jeremy and Heddy Levi, The |
Ganz, Yaffa, Young, Mary O. |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH, BROTHERS, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HUMOR, IDENTITY, SISTERS |
204 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, MINIMIZING SMALL TALK/MIYUT SICHAH, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Israel |
Woodward, John |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ARABS, Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, PALESTINIANS |
203 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH |
|
Middle East, The |
Dudley, William |
1973 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ARABS, INTIFADA, ISLAM, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB, JEWISH - MOSLEM RELATIONS, MIDDLE EAST, PALESTINIANS |
203 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH |
|
Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir |
Feder, Tyler |
2020 |
High School - Adult |
DEATH, Graphic Novel, HUMOR, MOURNING, parent and child relationships |
202 p. |
COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Boy Who Dared, The: A Novel Based on the True Story of a Hitler Youth |
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CIVIL RIGHTS, HISTORICAL FICTION, HITLER YOUTH, Holocaust, NAZISM, RESPONSIBILITY |
202 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, VIRTUOUS PEOPLE/BAL MIDDOT |
|
Diary of Laura's Twin, The |
Kacer, Kathy |
2009 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAT MITZVAH, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO, IDENTITY |
202 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Stranger in the Woods |
Fried, Leah |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
DISEASE, FRIENDSHIP, MYSTERY STORIES |
202 p. |
LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Kids Speak 6: Through Fire and Water |
Walder, Chaim, Rappaport, Aviva |
2011 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
MIDDOT, MITZVOT |
201 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
Waiting for Eugene |
Lowenstein, Sallie |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ART, ARTISTS, FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, MENTAL HEALTH |
201 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Man's Search for Meaning: Young Adult Edition |
Frankl, Victor, Foreword by John Boyne |
2017 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
200 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook |
Yolen, Jane, Stemple, Heidi E. Y., Shefrin, Sima Elizabeth |
2013 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
COOKBOOKS, FOLKLORE |
200 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
Tell It to Naomi |
Ehrenhaft, Daniel |
1963 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HUMOR, IDENTITY, SCHOOL STORIES, TEACHERS |
200 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH, TRUTHFULNESS/DIBUR EMET |
|
When We Were Shadows |
Wees, Janet |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
families, Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
200 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, RESILIENCE |
|
Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa |
Ostow, Micol |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, MOTHERS |
200 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Last Night at the Circle Cinema |
Franklin, Emily |
2015 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, DATING, FRIENDSHIP |
200 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM |
|
Rashi's Daughter: Secret Scholar |
Anton, Maggie |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN FRANCE, LEARNING, RABBIS, SISTERS |
199 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, SCHOLAR/TALMID CHACHAM, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH, WEARING TALLIT AND TEFILLIN/TALLIT U'TEFILLIN, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
On Blackberry Hill |
Mann, Rachel |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CAMPS AND CAMPING, community ; shomar shabbat ; friendship ; moving households. otherness, MOTHERS |
198 p. |
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
When Life Gives You O.J. |
Perl, Erica S. |
2011 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, IDENTITY |
198 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Touched by Fire |
Watts, Irene N. |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
IMAGINATION, JEWS IN GERMANY, JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
197 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Night Spies, The |
Kacer, Kathy |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
197 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH |
|
Small medium at large |
Levy, Joanne |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DEATH |
197 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Surviving Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah: The Ultimate Insider's Guide |
Axelrod, Matt |
2012 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH |
197 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry |
McClafferty, Carla Killough |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
196 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Clara's War |
Kacer, Kathy |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DICKER-BRANDEIS, FRIEDL, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
196 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
Upstairs Room, The |
Reiss, Johanna |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FARMS AND FARMING, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, JEWS IN HOLLAND, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, SISTERS |
196 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AVOIDING TEMPTATION, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Survivors: True Stories of Children of the Holocaust |
Bovson, Mara |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
196 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Survivors: True Stories of Children of the Holocaust |
Zullo, Allan |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
196 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Behind the Bedroom Wall |
Williams, Laura E., Goldstein, Nancy A. |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HITLER YOUTH, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, NAZISM, PARENTS |
196 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Lights Along the Path: Jewish Folklore Through the Grades for Children Ages Four to Twelve |
Schacht, Rebecca, Morgan, Jacqui |
1999 |
Preschool - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, FOLKLORE, LEGENDS |
195 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Emil and Karl |
Glatshteyn, Yankev |
2006 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, JEWS IN AUSTRIA |
194 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM |
|
Matchless Six, The: The Story of Canada's First Women's Olympic Team |
Hotchkiss, Ron |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ATHLETES, BIOGRAPHY-COLLECTIONS, sports |
194 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Shaking in the Shack |
Weinstein, Dori |
2013 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
SUKKOT |
194 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War |
Lobel, Anita |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BROTHERS, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, JEWS IN POLAND, PARENTS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
193 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Missing Persons: The Chocolate Lover |
Rabb, M. C. |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, HUMOR, IDENTITY, MYSTERY STORIES, SISTERS |
193 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF |
|
Confessions of a Closet Catholic |
Littman, Sarah Darer |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CATHOLIC CHURCH, FAMILY, GOD, GRANDPARENTS, IDENTITY, JUDAISM, JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY, OLD AGE, Prayer, SIN, SPIRITUALITY |
193 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
|
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 |
|
Now |
Gleitzman, Morris |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
192 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Real Time |
Kass, Pnina Moed |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, INTIFADA, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - HOSPITALS, ISRAEL-KIBBUTZIM, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB, PALESTINIANS |
192 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
|
Run, Boy, Run |
Orlev, Uri |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO, IDENTITY |
192 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Stories from Adam and Eve to Ezekiel |
Lottridge, Celia Barker, Clements, Gary |
2005 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES |
192 p. |
|
|
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 |
|
Forged In Freedom: Shaping the Jewish-American Experience |
Finkelstein, Norman H. |
2002 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
AMERICANIZATION, ASSIMILIATION, COMMUNITY LIFE, COMPARATIVE JUDAISM, FRATERNAL ORDERS, HISTORY-MODERN, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, LABOR UNIONS |
192 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Safest Lie, the |
Cerrito, Angela |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO |
192 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Sparks Fly Upward |
Matas, Carol |
2002 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, JEWS IN CANADA |
192 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Ashes |
Lasky, Kathryn |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, EINSTEIN, ALBERT, HISTORICAL FICTION, NAZISM |
192 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
Is It Night or Day? |
Chapman, Fern Schumer |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN GERMANY |
192 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Mrs. Kaputnik's Pool Hall and Matzo Ball Emporium |
Arato, Rona |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, MYSTERY STORIES |
192 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Capturing the Moon: Classic and Modern Jewish Tales |
Feinstein, Edward |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Adult |
FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, VALUES |
192 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Children's Illustrated Jewish Bible, The. Revised Edition |
Hort, Lenny, Thomas, Eric |
2008 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, Bible |
192 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Holocaust: The Events and Their Impact on Real People |
Wood, Angela Gluck |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, NAZISM, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
192 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Death On Sacred Ground |
|
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ABUSE, INTERDATING, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, MYSTERY STORIES, NATIVE AMERICANS, RABBIS, RACE RELATIONS |
191 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit |
Kerr, Judith |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, JEWS IN FRANCE, JEWS IN GERMANY, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
191 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Hitler's Canary |
Toksvig, Sandi |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN DENMARK, THEATRE |
191 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Mitzvah Project Book, The |
Suneby, Liz |
2011 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH |
190 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind |
Shyfrin, Eduard, Tomic, Tomislav |
2019 |
High School - Adult |
FANTASY, MIDDOT, time travel, TORAH |
190 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
King of the Seventh Grade |
Cohen, Barbara |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAR MITZVAH, CONVERSION, DIVORCE, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, RABBIS |
190 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CONVERT TO JUDAISM/GER TZEDEK, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, HONESTY/EMET, IMMERSING IN A RITUAL BATH/MIKVAH, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, NOT STEALING/LO TIGNOV, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
|
All-of-a-Kind Family |
Taylor, Sydney |
2006 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, Holidays, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
189 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
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 |
|
Torn Thread |
Isaacs, Ann |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - SLAVE LABOR, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, SISTERS |
188 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Anya's War |
Alban, Andrea |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
REFUGEES, JEWISH, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
188 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
New World Waiting |
Faigen, Anne G. |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
AUTHORS, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES |
188 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, A Jewish Immigrant Girl |
Lasky, Kathryn |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AMERICANIZATION, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES |
188 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
|
Masada: The Last Fortress |
Miklowitz, Gloria D. |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, ISRAEL - ANCIENT, ISRAEL - MASADA, ZEALOTS |
188 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM |
|
Imagining Katherine |
Solomon, Carol |
2015 |
High School |
CIVIL RIGHTS, RACE RELATIONS |
188 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
JGuy's Guide: The GPS for Jewish Teen Guys, The |
Meszler, Joseph B., Reinharz, Shulamit, Suneby, Liz, Heiman, Diane |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY |
186 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Anne Frank: Young Diarist |
Ashby, Ruth |
2005 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust |
186 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Missing Persons: The Rose Queen |
Rabb, M. C. |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, HUMOR, IDENTITY, MYSTERY STORIES, ORPHANS, SISTERS |
186 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF |
|
JGirls' Guide, The: The Young Jewish Woman's Handbook for Coming of Age |
Adelman, Penina |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOLESCENCE, CLOTHING AND DRESS, DATING, EATING DISORDERS, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, PARENTS, RESPONSIBILITY, SEXUALITY |
186 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, MODESTY/TZENIUT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Annie's Promise |
Levitan, Sonia |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANIMALS, ANTI-SEMITISM, CAMPS AND CAMPING, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, MOTHERS, PREJUDICE, SISTERS |
186 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH, NOT TAKING REVENGE/LO TIKOM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Silver Days |
Levitan, Sonia |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, WORKING PARENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
185 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
David and Max |
Stockwell, Gail Provost |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DEATH, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
185 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
Samir and Yonatan |
Lotan, Yael |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, BROTHERS, CHILDREN - CHRONIC DISEASE, COMPUTERS, CONSOLATION, DEATH, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, IMAGINATION, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - CHILDREN, ISRAEL - HOSPITALS, PALESTINIANS |
185 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Ten and a Kid, Revised Edition |
Weilerstein, Sadie Rose |
2010 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, FAMILY, Holidays, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, SHTETL |
184 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl |
Garfinkle, D. L. |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOLESCENCE, DATING, DIVORCE, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, MOTHERS, OLD AGE, OLD AGE HOMES, PARENTS, SCHOOL STORIES, SELF-RESPECT, SEXUALITY, SINGLE PARENTS |
184 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DISILLUSIONMENT/AGMAT NEFESH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Dancing On the Bridge at Avignon |
Vos, Ida |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
183 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
|
Our Eddie |
Ish-Kishor, Sulamith |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ABUSE, BROTHERS, DISEASE, FAMILY, FATHERS, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN ENGLAND, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, PARENTS, PHYSICALLY DISABLED, SISTERS, TEACHERS |
183 p. |
GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING TEACHERS/KIBBUD MORIM, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Chernowitz |
Arrick, Fran |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, PREJUDICE, SCHOOL STORIES |
183 p. |
GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, NOT BEARING FALSE WITNESS/AYD SHAHKEYR, NOT TAKING REVENGE/LO TIKOM |
|
Pharaoh's Daughter |
Lester, Julius |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ASSIMILIATION, BIBLE STORIES, BROTHERS, FAMILY, IDENTITY, JEWS IN EGYPT, MOSES (PROPHET), MOTHERS, SISTERS |
182 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, WORSHIPPING IDOLS/AVODAH ZARAH |
|
If You Come Softly |
Woodson, Jacqueline |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, INTERDATING |
181 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
Entertainer and the Dybbuk, The |
Fleischman, Sid |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FANTASY, Holocaust, MAGIC, SUPERNATURAL STORIES |
180 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
The return |
Levitin, Sonia |
1987 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ETHIOPIAN JEWS; antisemitism; prejudices; |
180 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, making aliyah, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
God's Story: How God Made Mankind |
Mark, Jan, Parkin, David |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, CREATION |
179 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM |
|
Defying the Tide: An Account of Authentic Compassion During the Holocaust |
Sokolow, Reha |
1989 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN GERMANY |
179 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM |
|
Music was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein |
Rubin, Susan Goldman |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, Music, MUSICIANS |
178 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Echo Still: Is There More to Life than Making the Team? |
Tibbits, Tim |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAR MITZVAH, FAMILY, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, sports |
178 p. |
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Penina Levine is a Hard-boiled Egg |
O'Connell, Rebecca, Sue, Majella Lue |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
GRANDPARENTS, SCHOOL STORIES, SISTERS |
176 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Once |
Gleitzman, Morris |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BOOKS AND READING, Holocaust |
176 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
War Within These Walls, The |
Sax, Aline |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
176 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Anne Frank: A Hidden Life |
Pressler, Mirjam |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust |
176 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Missing Persons: The Venetian Policeman |
Rabb, M. C. |
2002 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANIMALS, FATHERS, HUMOR, IDENTITY, MYSTERY STORIES |
176 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Bottle in the Gaza Sea, A |
Zenatti, Valerie |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB |
176 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
I'm Not Going Back: Wartime Memoir of a Child Evacuee |
Wintrob, Kitty |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, JEWS IN ENGLAND, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
176 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Jewish Year, The: Celebrating the Holidays |
Rush, Barbara |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
Holidays |
176 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM |
|
Friend Called Anne, A |
Van Maarsen, Jacqueline |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FRANK, ANNE, FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
176 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
I'm Not Going Back: Wartime Memoir of a Child Evacuee |
Elkeles, Simone |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DATING, Israel |
176 p. |
GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH |
|
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow |
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HITLER YOUTH, NAZISM |
176 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
|
Looking for Me |
Rosenthal, Betsy R. |
2012 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, SCHOOL, SIBLINGS |
176 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
L'Chaim!: To Jewish Life in America |
Rubin, Susan Goldman |
2005 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Adult |
HISTORY-MODERN, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES |
176 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Hana's Suitcase on Stage |
Sher, Emil |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
Holocaust, HUMOR, MUSEUMS |
175 p. |
PRESERVING PEACE/DARCHEI SHALOM, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Friends Indeed: The Special Relationship of Israel and the United States |
Finkelstein, Norman H. |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES, ZIONISM |
175 p. |
LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Thought of High Windows, The |
Kositsky, Lynne |
1997 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, IDENTITY, JEWS IN FRANCE |
175 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Daughter of Venice |
Napoli, Donna Jo |
2002 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
GHETTOS, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, JEWS IN ITALY, LEARNING |
174 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL |
|
Julietta |
Saturen, Myra |
1991 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN FRANCE, SCIENCE |
174 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Whale of a Time and More Stories for Thinking Kids!, A |
Stein, Rachel, Katz, Tova |
2015 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, SIBLINGS |
174 p. |
KOSHER/KASHRUT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Remember Me: A Search For Refuge In Wartime Britain |
Watts, Irene N. |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, JEWS IN ENGLAND, JEWS IN WALES |
174 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Hana's Suitcase: Anniversary Album |
Levine, Karen |
2012 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
Holocaust, MUSEUMS |
174 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Story of Rebbetzin Henny Machlis: Her Amazing Home and Family, The |
Zakon, Rabbi Nachman, Zakon, Miriam Stark |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, MITZVOT |
172 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, RIGHTEOUSNESS/ TZEDEK, TZEDEKIM |
|
Hitler and the Nazis: A History in Documents |
Crew, David F. |
2006 |
High School |
HISTORY-MODERN, Holocaust, NAZISM |
171 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Wordwatch: A Shemiras Haloshon Lesson-a-Day for Teens |
Goldin, Aliza, Margolis, Sara |
2012 |
High School |
MITZVOT |
170 p. |
GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, MINIMIZING SMALL TALK/MIYUT SICHAH, NOT BEARING FALSE WITNESS/AYD SHAHKEYR |
|
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 |
|
Bear Makers, The |
Cheng, Andrea |
2012 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
COMMUNISM, FAMILY, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
170 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON |
|
Wordwings |
Pearl, Sydelle |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO |
170 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, RESILIENCE |
|
Home on the Hill, A |
Sternfeld, Nathan, Bichman, David |
2006 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
170 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO |
|
Missing Persons: The Unsuspecting Gourmet |
Rabb, M. C. |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, FOOD, FRIENDSHIP, HUMOR, IDENTITY, MYSTERY STORIES, SISTERS |
169 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF |
|
Mort Ziff Is Not Dead |
Fagan, Cary |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, MITZVOT, SIBLINGS |
169 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
Crystal Ball (the): A Rebecca Mystery |
Greene, Jacqueline D. |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, MAGIC, MYSTERY STORIES |
168 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Tough Times |
Meltzer, Milton |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - DEPRESSION |
168 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM |
|
Scarlett and Sam: Escape from Egypt |
Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Passover, SEDER |
168 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
God's Garden: Children's Stories Grown from the Bible |
Fisher, Adam |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, TORAH, VALUES |
166 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909 |
Dash, Joan |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, LABOR UNIONS |
165 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Growing Suspicion: A Rebecca Mystery, A |
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar, Giovine, Sergio |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
165 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM |
|
Under the Domim Tree |
Almagor, Gila |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, Israel, ORPHANS, YOUTH ALIYAH |
164 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews |
Levine, Ellen |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CAIN AND ABEL (BIBLICAL FIGURES), HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN DENMARK |
164 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
City of Grit and Gold |
Powell, Maud Macrory |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, LABOR UNIONS |
164 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Pieces of the past The Holocaust diary of Rose Rabinowitz |
Matas, Carol |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S |
163 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Marika |
Cheng, Andrea |
1995 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ASSIMILIATION, CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
163 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
My Chocolate Year |
Herman, Charlotte |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, FOOD, SCHOOL STORIES |
163 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Faces of Courage: Young Heroes of World War II |
Rogow, Sally M. |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
162 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Mrs. Honig's Cakes |
Perkal, Yocheved Leah, Katz, Tova |
2005 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, SCHOOL STORIES, VALUES |
162 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Behind the Secret Window: A Memoir of a Hidden Childhood During World War Two |
Toll, Nelly |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, IMAGINATION, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
161 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Penina's Doll Factory |
Walfish, Miriam, Magnus, Jessica |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN ENGLAND, SABBATH, SISTERS |
160 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Penina's Plan |
Walfish, Miriam, Poulsom, Louise |
2010 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN ENGLAND, SEPHARDIM, SISTERS |
160 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLOTHING THE NATION/HALBASHAT ARUMIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, MODESTY/TZENIUT |
|
Tough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Adult's Guide to Building a Jewish Life |
Feinstein, Edward |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
GOD, JUDAISM |
160 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM |
|
Mysterious Lighthouse of Chelton, The |
Benjamin, Ruth |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, MITZVOT, MYSTERY STORIES |
160 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Lost In America |
Sachs, Marilyn |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - EAST |
160 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Anne Frank: Hope in the Shadow of the Holocaust |
Hermann, Spring |
2005 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
160 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Yael and the Party of the Year |
Lane, Tamsin |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ADOLESCENCE, BAT MITZVAH, FRIENDSHIP |
160 p. |
OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
More All-of-a-Kind Family |
Taylor, Sydney, Stevens, Mary |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
DISEASE, FAMILY, Holidays, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, WEDDINGS |
160 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Ancient Israelites and Their Neighbors, The: An Activity Guide |
Broida, Marian |
2002 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ARCHEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE, ARTS AND CRAFTS, CRAFTS, CULTURE, JEWISH, HISTORY - ANCIENT, ISRAEL - ANCIENT |
160 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, WORSHIPPING IDOLS/AVODAH ZARAH |
|
Adolf Hitler: Evil Mastermind of the Holocaust |
Altman, Linda Jacobs |
1977 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, Holocaust, NAZISM |
160 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
|
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 |
|
Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People |
Boraks-Nemetz, Lillian, Watts, Irene N. |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, Holocaust, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, POETRY |
160 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Elie Wiesel: Surviving the Holocaust, Speaking Out Against Genocide |
Moore, Lisa |
1991 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, NAZISM |
160 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Julia's Kitchen |
Ferber, Brenda A. |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DEATH, FATHERS, FOOD, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, MOTHERS, MOURNING |
160 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Tova Bloom Solves the Riddle |
Walfish, Miriam |
2011 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, ORTHODOX JUDAISM, UNITED STATES - HISTORY |
160 p. |
DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
All-Star Season |
Yavin, T. S. |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BASEBALL, BROTHERS, sports |
160 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Adam & Thomas |
APPELFELD, AHARON, Dumas, Philippe [nid:50783], illustrator |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
160 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation |
Frank, Anne, Folman, Ari [nid:52282], adaotir, Polonsky, David [nid:52283], illustrator |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust |
160 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Gan Shirim: A Garden of Songs |
Leon, Carol Boyd |
2005 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, Holidays, MITZVOT, Music, SONGS |
159 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
To Live and Fight Another Day: The Story of a Jewish Partisan Boy |
Weisbarth, Bracha |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BROTHERS, FAMILY, GHETTOS, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
158 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Kingfisher Treasury of Jewish Stories, The |
Geras, Adele, Cope, Jane |
1985 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FOLKLORE, Holidays, RACE RELATIONS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945, PETS, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
158 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Shout in the Sunshine, A |
Ioannides, Mara W. Cohen |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS |
157 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, TOLERANCE/sovlanut, TRANSGRESSION/AVERAH |
|
Underground Reporters, The |
Kacer, Kathy |
2005 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, JEWS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) |
156 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Tyler's Hill |
Katz, Susan B. |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
CONVERSION, DEATH, MOTHERS, MOURNING |
156 p. |
COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Faraway Summer |
Hurwitz, Johanna, Azarian, Mary |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - EAST, FARMS AND FARMING |
155 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Lilith's Ark: Teenage Tales of Biblical Women |
Cohen, Deborah Bodin |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BIBLE STORIES, BROTHERS, |
