|
Greater Than Angels |
Matas, Carol |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
133 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
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Summer Everything Changed, The |
Bornstein, Ruth Lercher |
2012 |
High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, IDENTITY, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
133 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Three Across: The Great Transatlantic Air Race of 1927 |
Finkelstein, Norman H. |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
#N/A |
134 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Truth About My Bat Mitzvah, The |
Baskin, Nora Raleigh, Adams, Sarah |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAT MITZVAH, INTERMARRIAGE |
134 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
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44 Hours or Strike! |
Dublin, Anne |
2015 |
|
LABOR UNIONS, JEWS IN CANADA |
135 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Hammerin’ Hank Greenberg: Baseball Pioneer |
Sommer, Shelley |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ATHLETES, BASEBALL, Biography, HEROES |
135 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
Rabbi Harvey vs. the Wisdom Kid: A Graphic Novel of Dueling Jewish Folktales in the Wild West |
Sheinkin, Steve |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FOLKLORE, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, RABBIS |
135 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH, WISDOM/CHOCHMA |
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Wonders and Miracles: A Passover Companion |
Kimmel, Eric A. |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
HAGGADAH, Holidays, MIRACLES, Passover, SEDER |
136 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Like a Maccabee |
Bietz, Barbara |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
GRANDPARENTS, Hanukkah, Holidays, SCHOOL STORIES, sports |
136 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
Year of Goodbyes, The |
Levy, Debbie |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, JEWS IN GERMANY |
136 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Israel |
Garfinkle, Adam |
1995 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - INDEPENDENCE, ISRAEL - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS |
136 p. |
PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Rivka's Way |
Kanefield, Teri |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
GHETTOS, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, JEWS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) |
137 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM |
|
Be Like God: God's To-Do List for Kids |
Wolfson, Ron |
2012 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
GOD, MITZVOT |
138 p. |
COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
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Enemy Has a Face, The |
Miklowitz, Gloria D. |
1997 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ARABS, BROTHERS, CRIME AND CRIMINALS, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, MYSTERY STORIES, PALESTINIANS, SCHOOL STORIES |
139 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF |
|
Time Like a River |
Perrin, Randy |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, MOTHERS, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, FANTASY, DISEASE |
139 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Cats in the Doll Shop, The |
McDonough, Yona Zeldis, Maione, Heather |
2011 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANIMALS, FAMILY |
140 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Unjust Cause |
Peterseil, Tehila |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
DYSGRAPHIA, FAMILY, FATHERS, LEARNING DISABILITIES, SCHOOL STORIES, SPECIAL EDUCATION, TEACHERS |
142 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING THE DISABLED |
|
A Promise Fulfilled: Theodor Herzl, Chaim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion, and the Creation of the State of Israel |
Greenfeld, Howard |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, Israel, ZIONISM |
143 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Albert Einstein |
Krull, Kathleen, Kulikov, Boris |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, EINSTEIN, ALBERT, SCIENCE |
143 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, PURSUING PEACE/RODEF SHALOM, SCHOLAR/TALMID CHACHAM |
|
Finding Sophie |
Watts, Irene N. |
2002 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN ENGLAND, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
144 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
The Ship to Nowhere |
Arato, Rona |
2016 |
|
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, Israel, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
144 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Runaway, The |
Cahn, Yehuda |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CHILDREN - MORAL DEVELOPMENT, families, FRIENDSHIP, Hospitality, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, parent and child relationships, POVERTY |
144 p. |
DEVOTION/KAVANAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924 |
Hopkinson, Deborah |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
AMERICANIZATION, HOMES, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
144 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Lonek's Journey: The True Story of a Boy's Escape to Freedom |
Whiteman, Dorit Bader |
2006 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Holocaust, JEWS IN POLAND, JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION |
144 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish |
Deutsch, Barry |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HEROES, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
144 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Fish Out of Water |
Levy, Joanne |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAR MITZVAH, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, IDENTITY |
144 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Frontier Merchants: Lionel and Barron Jacobs and the Jewish Pioneers Who Settled the West |
Stanley, Jerry |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography, BROTHERS, FAMILY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, OCCUPATIONS |
144 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Israel, Revised Edition |
Garfinkle, Adam |
2011 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, Israel |
144 p. |
, ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM |
|
Israel, Revised Edition |
Hintz, Martin |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Adult |
Israel |
144 p. |
PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Israel, Second Edition |
Rosh, Mair |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Israel |
144 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
