|
Hiding Edith |
Kacer, Kathy |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
151 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Whispers from the Camps |
McKay, Sharon E. |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
151 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown |
Taylor, Sydney, Stevens, Mary |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY |
151 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Daughters of Fire: Heroines of the Bible |
Manushkin, Fran, Shulevitz, Uri |
2001 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, LEGENDS, WOMEN IN THE BIBLE |
151 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, PIETY, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON, RIGHTEOUSNESS/ TZEDEK, TZEDEKIM, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, VIRTUOUS PEOPLE/BAL MIDDOT |
|
Night Journey, The |
Lasky, Kathryn |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
151 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
|
Adara |
Gormley, Beatrice |
2002 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, DISEASE, HISTORY - ANCIENT, ISRAEL - ANCIENT, PROPHETS |
151 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Freak III, The: Far |
Matas, Carol |
2009 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
SUPERNATURAL STORIES |
152 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Sigmund Freud: Pioneer of the Mind |
Reef, Catherine |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, FREUD, SIGMUND, JEWS IN AUSTRIA, SCIENCE |
152 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Walls of Cartagena, The |
Durango, Julia, Pohrt, Tom |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CATHOLIC CHURCH, DISEASE, HISTORICAL FICTION, INQUISITION, SLAVERY |
152 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Understanding the Holy Land: Answering Questions about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |
Frank, Mitch |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB, PALESTINIANS |
152 p. |
SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
The Baby Experiment |
Dublin, Anne |
2012 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CHILD CARE, DISEASE, JEWS IN GERMANY, ORPHANS, POVERTY, VALUES |
152 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, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, MERCY, 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 |
|
An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank |
Alphin, Elaine Marie |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CRIME AND CRIMINALS |
152 p. |
NOT BEARING FALSE WITNESS/AYD SHAHKEYR |
|
Our Land of Israel |
Burstein, Chaya |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Israel, ISRAEL - CHILDREN, ISRAEL - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, ISRAEL - INDEPENDENCE, ISRAEL - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS, ISRAEL-KIBBUTZIM |
152 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Secrets In the House of Delgado |
Miklowitz, Gloria D. |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CATHOLIC CHURCH, CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, HISTORICAL FICTION, INQUISITION, JEWS IN SPAIN |
152 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, NOT BEARING FALSE WITNESS/AYD SHAHKEYR, REDEEMING THE HOSTAGE/PIDYYON SH'VUYYIM, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM |
|
After the Train |
Whelan, Gloria |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ADOPTION, FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, IDENTITY |
152 p. |
NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Mara's Stories: Glimmers In the Dark |
Schmidt, Gary |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, LEGENDS, SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS |
152 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH |
|
10 Days Anne Frank |
Colbert, David |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust |
152 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Whale of a Tale |
Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
JONAH (PROPHET), time travel |
152 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Scarlett and Sam Search for the Shamir |
Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
JERUSALEM, TEMPLE, time travel |
152 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, WISDOM/CHOCHMA |
|
Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906 |
Karwoski, Gail Langer, Papp, Robert |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, PREJUDICE |
153 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Broken Song |
Lasky, Kathryn |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, EASTERN EUROPE-SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS, FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, MUSICIANS, RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS, RESPONSIBILITY, SHTETL |
154 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
We Just Want to Live Here: a Palestinian Teenager, an Israeli Teenager-an Unlikely Friendship |
Tempel, Sylke |
1996 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP, Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, PALESTINE, PALESTINIANS |
154 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Turning Point, The |
Karp, Naomi J. |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FAMILY, Holocaust, JEWS IN GERMANY |
154 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Storyteller's Beads, The |
Kurtz, Jane |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BLINDNESS, ETHIOPIAN JEWS, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, PREJUDICE, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
154 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, 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, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
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, FAMILY, IDENTITY, JACOB (PATRIARCH), LEAH (MATRIARCH), PARENTS, RACHEL (MATRIARCH), REBECCA (MATRIARCH), SARAH (MATRIARCH), SISTERS, WOMEN IN THE BIBLE |
155 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
