|
Brave girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 |
Markel, Michelle |
|
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, LABOR UNIONS |
32 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Brave Women Who Saved Moses, The |
Greengard, Alison, Racklin-Siegel, Carol |
2010 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, HEBREW LANGUAGE, MOSES (PROPHET), WOMEN IN THE BIBLE |
28 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Brothers In Valor: A Story of Resistance |
Tunnell, Michael O. |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CHRISTIANITY, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, NAZISM, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
0 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
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Brothers' Promise, The |
Harber, Frances, Wickstrom, Thor |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BROTHERS, FOLKLORE, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, SHTETL, EVIL SPIRITS |
29 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
Brothers: A Hebrew Legend |
Freedman, Florence B., Parker, Robert Andrew |
2005 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BROTHERS |
40 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
Brundibar |
Kushner, Tony, Sendak, Maurice |
2010 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
ANIMALS, BROTHERS, FANTASY, FOLKLORE, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, JEWS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHOSLOVAKIA), MOTHERS, Music, NAZISM, SISTERS |
56 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH |
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Buba Leah and Her Paper Children |
Ross, Lillian Hammer, Morgan, Mary |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, SHTETL |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Bubbe & Zaide |
Asner, Ann-Marie Baila |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship |
22 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Bubbe's Belated Bat Mitzvah |
Pinson, Isabel, Cis, Valeria |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BAT MITZVAH, GRANDPARENTS |
32 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Bubbe's Got the Beat |
Press, Judy, Hall, Mary |
2018 |
Preschool |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Shabbat |
12 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Bubbie and Zadie Come to My House: A Story for Hannukah |
Bloom, Daniel Halevi, Bichman, David |
2006 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Bubby Karp, Senior Detective—Book One |
Walfish, Miriam., Ognarov, Evgeniy |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Grandmothers, MYSTERY STORIES |
212 p. |
FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT |
|
Buen Shabat, Shabbat Shalom |
Aroeste, Sarah, Rubio, Ayesha |
2020 |
Preschool |
SEPHARDIM, Shabbat |
12 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Building |
Wachsler, Leah, Lohmann, Renate |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, MITZVOT |
20 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
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 |
|
Butterfly Seeds, The |
Watson, Mary |
1996 |
Preschool |
COMMUNITY LIFE, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - EAST, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Butterfly, The |
Polacco, Patricia |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP, PETS, CAIN AND ABEL (BIBLICAL FIGURES), HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN FRANCE |
42 p. |
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 |
|
By the Hanukkah Light |
Oberman, Sheldon, Waldman, Neil |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Hanukkah, Holidays, Holocaust |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Cage Without Bars, A |
Dublin, Anne |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Spanish Inquisition |
129 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Cain and Abel: Finding the Fruits of Peace |
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg, Rothenberg, Joani Keller |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, BROTHERS, PEACE, RESPONSIBILITY, CAIN AND ABEL (BIBLICAL FIGURES) |
32 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, NOT MURDERING/LO TIRTZACH, RETSICHAH, PEACE/SHALOM |
|
Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale |
Goldin, Barbara Diamond, Zollars, Jaime |
2011 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ARTISTS, BLINDNESS, Holidays, MOTHERS, Purim |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Caleb's Ride on Noah's Ark |
Bruna, Dick |
2005 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS IN THE BIBLE, BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
0 p. |
OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
|
Camp |
Wolf, Elaine |
2012 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CAMPS AND CAMPING, FAMILY, Holocaust |
238 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Can You Hear a Coo Coo? |
Kiffel-Alcheh, Jamie, Lumer, Marc |
2018 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES |
10 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Candlewick |
Rosner, Jennifer, Swarner, Kristina |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
DEAFNESS, FRIENDSHIP, kindness |
|
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM |
|
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 |
