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The inquistor's apprentice |
Moriarty, Chris |
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Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FANTASY, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, SCIENCE FICTION, SUPERNATURAL STORIES |
356 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
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Never Mind the Goldbergs |
Roth, Matthue |
2005 |
High School |
ACTORS, IDENTITY, ORTHODOX JUDAISM, PARENTS |
360 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT |
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Rose Under Fire |
Wein, Elizabeth |
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High School - Adult |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
360 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
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One Hundred and One Jewish Read Aloud Stories |
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2002 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, Biography, FOLKLORE, Holidays, LEGENDS, SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS |
360 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
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Nowhere Boy |
Marsh, Katherine |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CHILDREN - MORAL DEVELOPMENT, FRIENDSHIP |
362 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
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Serendipity's Footsteps |
Nelson, Suzanne |
2015 |
High School |
CHILDREN - DISABLED, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, ORPHANS |
368 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
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12 Before 13 |
Greenwald, Lisa |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BAT MITZVAH, CAMPS AND CAMPING, FRIENDSHIP |
368 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM |
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In the Shadow of the Ark |
Provoost, Anne |
1995 |
High School |
BIBLE STORIES, HISTORICAL FICTION, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
368 p. |
HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
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Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster |
Auxier, Jonathan |
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Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ABUSE, ANTI-SEMITISM, FRIENDSHIP, GOLEM, ORPHANS |
368 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, RESILIENCE |
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Sisterland |
Newbery, Linda |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOPTION, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ASSIMILIATION, DATING, DISEASE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, HOMOSEXUALITY, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS, JEWS IN ENGLAND, MOTHERS, NEO-NAZISM, OLD AGE, PARENTS, PREJUDICE, SISTERS |
384 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECT/KAVOD, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
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The Length of a String |
Weissman, Elissa Brent |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOPTION, BAT MITZVAH, FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
384 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, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, TRUTH / EMET |
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Best Seller The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog |
Gidwitz, Adam , Aly, Hatem |
2016 |
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HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, INQUISITION, JEWS IN FRANCE |
384 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
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Something Remains |
Barth-Grozinger, Inge |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, JEWS IN GERMANY, NAZISM |
390 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Hired Girl, the |
Schlitz, Laura Amy |
2015 |
High School |
IDENTITY, JUDAISM |
400 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
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Resistance |
Nielson, Jennifer |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO |
400 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, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
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A light in the darkness : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust |
Marrin, Albert |
2019 |
High School - Adult |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO, Holocaust Biography, JEWS IN POLAND |
400 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, RESILIENCE, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM, SELF SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF MITZVAH/MESIRAS NEFESH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, STRENGTH/KOACH |
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Prisoner of Night and Fog |
Blankman, Anne |
2014 |
High School - Adult |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HOLOCAUST - GERMANY |
401 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
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Anya and the Dragon |
Pasternack, Sofiya |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Anti Semitism, FANTASY, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
416 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, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH, WARDING OFF EVIL |
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The Berlin Boxing Club |
Sharenow, Robert |
2013 |
High School |
ATHLETES, Holocaust, JEWS IN GERMANY, NAZISM |
416 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, STRENGTH/KOACH |
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Tamar |
Peet, Mal |
2008 |
High School |
FATHERS, GRANDPARENTS, MYSTERY STORIES, SECRET AGENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
424 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT COVETING/LO TACHMOD, NOT MURDERING/LO TIRTZACH, RETSICHAH |
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History of the Holocaust, A, Revised Edition |
Bauer, Yehuda, Diskind, Leah Malka |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ANTI-SEMITISM, GENOCIDE, Holocaust, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, JEWS IN WESTERN EUROPE |
432 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Librarian of Auschwitz, the |
Iturbe, Antonio, Thwaites, Lilit |
2017 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
432 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, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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One Is Not a Lonely Number |
Krieger, Evelyn |
2012 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, ORTHODOX JUDAISM, SCHOOL STORIES |
449 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
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Starglass |
North, Phoebe |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, SCIENCE FICTION |
464 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
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Book Thief, The |
Zusak, Markus |
2006 |
High School - Adult |
BOOKS AND READING, DEATH, HITLER YOUTH, Holocaust, JEWS IN GERMANY, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
553 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
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Summer of My German Soldier |
Greene, Bette |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ABUSE, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH, PARENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
1 973 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
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I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944; Expanded 2nd Ed. |
Volavkova, Hana |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ART, ARTISTS, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, POETRY |
1 993 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
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Jewish Holidays All Year Round: A Family Treasury |
Cooper, Ilene, Savadier, Elivia |
2002 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Holidays |
2 002 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
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Not the End of the World |
McCaughrean, Geraldine |
2006 |
High School |
ANIMALS, BIBLE STORIES, FAMILY, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
2 004 p. |
FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Hello America |
Bitton-Jackson, Livia |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
AMERICANIZATION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
2 005 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
