|
I Go to the Doctor |
Benenfeld, Rikki |
1997 |
Preschool |
DISEASE |
0 p. |
LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
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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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When the World Was Quiet |
Nutkis, Phyllis, Argoff, Patti |
1997 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS, GOD, MIDRASH, TORAH |
0 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, LOVE FOR TORAH |
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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 |
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Hitler's Daughter |
French, Jackie |
1997 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DISABILITY AWARENESS, FATHERS, Holocaust, HUMAN RIGHTS, NAZISM, PREJUDICE, RESPONSIBILITY, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
128 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, RESPECTING THE DISABLED, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
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Nine Spoons: A Chanukah Story |
Stillerman, Marci, Gerber, Pesach |
1997 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, MITZVOT, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
30 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, SELF SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF MITZVAH/MESIRAS NEFESH |
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Moses: The Long Road to Freedom |
Beneduce, Ann Keay, Argoff, Patti |
1997 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, Holidays, MOSES (PROPHET), Passover |
0 p. |
REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
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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 |
|
Life of Moses, The |
Morris, Neil |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ART, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, MOSES (PROPHET) |
32 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
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 |
|
Agnon's Alef Bet |
Agnon, S. Y., Avishai, Susan |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
HEBREW LITERATURE |
72 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Creation of Israel, The |
Altman, Linda Jacobs |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, DIASPORA, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - INDEPENDENCE, ZIONISM |
0 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Queen Esther Saves Her People |
Gelman, Rita Golden, Lessac, Frane |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, GENOCIDE, Holidays, Purim, ESTHER (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
38 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
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 |
|
Beni's First Wedding |
Zalben, Jane Breskin |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
MARRIAGE, WEDDINGS |
27 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
Great Hanukkah Party, The |
Tanner, Suzy-Jane |
1998 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah |
18 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
On the Wings of Eagles: An Ethiopian Boy's Story |
Schrier, Jeffrey |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ETHIOPIAN JEWS, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REDEEMING THE HOSTAGE/PIDYYON SH'VUYYIM |
|
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 |
|
Celebrate! Stories of the Jewish Holidays |
Berger, Gilda, Catalanotto, Peter |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays |
114 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Importance of Golda Meir, The |
Hitzeroth, Deborah |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - YOM KIPPUR WAR, MEIR, GOLDA, ZIONISM |
111 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Magic of Kol Nidre, The |
Siegel, Bruce H., Haas, Shelly O. |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, Prayer, SYNAGOGUE MUSIC, YOM KIPPUR, TRADITION |
28 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM, HEARING THE SHOFAR/LISHMOA KOL SHOFAR, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Clouds of Glory |
Chaikin, Miriam, Frampton, David |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANGELS, BIBLE STORIES, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, MIDRASH, MIDRASH, MODERN |
118 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, HOLINESS/KEDUSHA, OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
|
Perfect Prayer, The |
Rossoff, Donald, Keiser, Tammy |
1998 |
Preschool |
MIDRASH, MODERN, Prayer |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
For Kids - Putting God On Your Guest List |
Salkin, Jeffrey |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH |
100 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Prince of Egypt, The |
Yolen, Jane, Navarro, Larry |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, BROTHERS, JEWS IN EGYPT, MOSES (PROPHET) |
80 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Journey to Ellis Island: How My Father Came to America |
Hehner, Barbara, McGaw, Laurie |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, MOTHERS |
48 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT |
|
To Bigotry No Sanction: The Story of the Oldest Synagogue In America |
Fisher, Leonard Everett |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ARCHITECTURE, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - EAST, RELIGION, SEPHARDIM, SYNAGOGUES |
64 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
How I Saved Hanukkah |
Koss, Amy, de Groat, Diane |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP, Hanukkah, IDENTITY, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, WORKING PARENTS, SCHOOL STORIES |
88 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Violin Players, The |
Sherman, Eileen Bluestone |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST, Music, SCHOOL STORIES |
130 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Israel: the Land |
Smith, Debbie |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Israel |
32 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
