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Island of Hope: The Story of Ellis Island and the Journey to America |
Sandler, Martin W. |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AMERICANIZATION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
144 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Three Times Chai: 54 Rabbis Tell Their Favorite Stories |
Becker, Laney Katz |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Adult |
FOLKLORE, RABBIS, STORY TELLING |
144 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
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Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak |
Ellis, Deborah |
2005 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - CHILDREN, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB, PALESTINIANS |
144 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
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Ship to Nowhere: On Board the Exodus, The |
Arato, Rona |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
144 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, Love for Israel |
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Women's Work: the Story of Betty Friedan |
Bohannon, Lisa Frederiksen |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, FEMINISM, Women |
144 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM |
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His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg: Courage, Rescue, and Mystery During World War II |
Borden, Louise |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
144 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
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Women's Work: the Story of Betty Friedan |
Codell, Esme Raji |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, SCHOOL STORIES |
144 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
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Yossi's Goal |
Schwartz, Ellen, Silvana Bevilacqua |
2006 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN CANADA, sports |
144 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Out of the Shadows: An Artist's Journey |
Waldman, Neil |
2006 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
ART, ARTISTS, FAMILY, PARENTS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
144 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
Hero |
Attema, Martha |
1997 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANIMALS, FARMS AND FARMING, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, JEWS IN HOLLAND, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
144 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
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Searching for Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa |
Rubin, Susan Goldman |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FARMS AND FARMING, FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust, SISTERS |
144 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
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Playing Dad's Song |
Friedman, D. Dina |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DEATH, FAMILY, FATHERS, Music |
144 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
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Treasure In the Tiny Blue Tin, The |
Ducharme, Dede Fox |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - TEXAS |
144 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword |
Deutsch, Barry |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FANTASY, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
144 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
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Streets Are Paved with Gold, The |
Weissenberg, Frances |
1993 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AMERICANIZATION, BROTHERS, DISEASE, Education, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, INTERMARRIAGE, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, MOTHERS, PARENTS |
145 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
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Zoe's Extraordinary Holiday Adventures |
Minaki, Christina |
2008 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
DISABILITY AWARENESS, Holidays, SCHOOL STORIES |
145 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
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Stolen Words |
Koss, Amy |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DEATH, FAMILY, FUNERAL RITES AND CUSTOMS, MOTHERS, MOURNING, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, TRAVEL |
145 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
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Surviving Hitler: A Boy In the Nazi Death Camps |
Warren, Andrea |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
146 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
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After the Holocaust |
Greenfeld, Howard |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
146 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
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Princess Dolls, The |
Schwartz, Ellen, Ando, Mariko |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
148 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH |
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Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian who could do everything |
Dublin, Anne |
1996 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ATHLETES, Biography, JEWS IN CANADA |
148 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
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Back of Beyond: A Bar Mitzvah Journey |
Waysman, Dvora |
1996 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAR MITZVAH, COMPARATIVE RELIGION, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS |
148 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, KOSHER/KASHRUT, LOVE FOR TORAH |
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Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret |
Blume, Judy |
1951 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, GOD, IDENTITY, MENSTRUATION, SCHOOL STORIES |
149 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
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Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret |
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Zemach, Margot |
1995 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, FAMILY, FOLKLORE, JEWS IN POLAND |
149 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
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Unresolved, The |
Welsh, T. S. |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, DEATH, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY |
149 p. |
GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, NOT BEARING FALSE WITNESS/AYD SHAHKEYR, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
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Viktor Frankl: A Life Worth Living |
Redsand, Anna S. |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, MENTAL HEALTH, SCIENCE |
150 p. |
STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
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Power of Song and Other Sephardic Tales, The |
Roth, Rita, Ginsburg, Alexa |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Adult |
FOLKLORE, SEPHARDIM |
150 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Dear Emma |
Hurwitz, Johanna, Garrison, Barbara |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, SISTERS, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
150 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Journey to America |
Levitan, Sonia |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, JEWS IN GERMANY, MOTHERS, NAZISM, REFUGEES, JEWISH, SISTERS |
150 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Notorious Izzy Fink, The |
Brown, Don |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CRIME AND CRIMINALS, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY |
150 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO |
