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Inquistor's Apprentice, The |
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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Monsieur Marceau: Actor Without Words |
Schubert, Leda, Christy, Jana |
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Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN FRANCE |
49 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, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
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Rachel's Secret |
Sanders, Shelly |
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Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, EASTERN EUROPE-SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS, JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONESTY/EMET, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
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Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1948 |
Matas, Carol |
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Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S |
0 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
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Hen for Izzy Pippik, A |
Davis, Aubrey, Lafrance, Marie |
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Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS IN THE TALMUD, ETHICS |
32 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), HONESTY/EMET, NOT STEALING/LO TIGNOV, RETURNING LOST PROPERTY/HASHAVAT AVAYDAH |
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Now |
Gleitzman, Morris |
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Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
192 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
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Longest Night, The |
Snyder, Laurel, Alpern, Eliyahu |
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Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, JEWS IN EGYPT, MOSES (PROPHET), SLAVERY |
40 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, REDEEMING THE FIRSTBORN/PIDDYON HA-BEN, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
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Dancing in the Dark |
Bavati, Robyn |
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Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
IDENTITY, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
336 p. |
FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
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War Within These Walls, The |
Sax, Aline |
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Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
176 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
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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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Sam & Charlie (and Sam too!) |
Kimmelman, Leslie, Tambellini, Stefano |
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Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP |
48 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT |
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Pieces of the past The Holocaust diary of Rose Rabinowitz |
Matas, Carol |
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Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S |
163 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, 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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Sweet Passover, A |
Newman, Leslea, Slonim, David |
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Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
GRANDPARENTS, Passover, SEDER |
40 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
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Small medium at large |
Levy, Joanne |
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Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DEATH |
197 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
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Sami’s Sleepaway Summer |
Meyerhoff, Jenny |
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Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
CAMPS AND CAMPING, FRIENDSHIP, SABBATH |
128 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
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The Littlest Levine |
Lanton, Sandy, Kawa, Cosei |
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Preschool |
FAMILY, Passover |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM |
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Beyond courage: the untold story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. |
Rappaport, Doreen |
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Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
228 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, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
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Ziggy's Big Idea |
Long, Ilana, Joni, Rasa |
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Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOOD, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, SHTETL |
0 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
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Yitzi and the Giant Menorah |
Ungar, Richard |
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Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Chelm & Story Collections, Hanukkah |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
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Jean Laffite: The Pirate Who Saved America. |
Rubin, Susan Goldman |
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Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, SEPHARDIM, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - CIVIL WAR |
48 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, STRENGTH/KOACH |
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Hereville: How Mirka met a meteorite |
Deutsch, Barry |
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Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HEROES, IDENTITY, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
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The whole story of half a girl |
Hiranandani, Veera |
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Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, FATHERS, INTERMARRIAGE |
211 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
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Stumbling on History: An Art Project Compels a Small German Town to Face Its Past |
Chapman, Fern Schumer |
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Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HOLOCAUST - GERMANY |
56 p. |
HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
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The Wooden Sword |
Stampler, Ann Redisch, Slonim, David |
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Preschool |
FOLKLORE, JEWS IN ARAB COUNTRIES |
0 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, VIRTUOUS PERSON |
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His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg: Courage, Rescue, and Mystery During World War II |
Borden, Louise |
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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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Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein |
Delano, Marfe Ferguson |
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Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography, EINSTEIN, ALBERT, SCIENCE |
64 p. |
WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
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To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis |
Kacer, Kathy |
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Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S |
204 p. |
SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
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Effy's Twin Brothers |
Kugel, Bruriah, Gerstein, Yoni |
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Preschool |
FAMILY, MIDDOT, SIBLINGS |
27 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
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Brave girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 |
Markel, Michelle |
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Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, LABOR UNIONS |
32 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
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Code Name Verity |
Wein, Elizabeth |
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High School - Adult |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS |
343 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
