|
Inquistor's Apprentice, The |
Moriarty, Chris |
|
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 |
|
Monsieur Marceau: Actor Without Words |
Schubert, Leda, Christy, Jana |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1948 |
Matas, Carol |
|
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 |
|
Hen for Izzy Pippik, A |
Davis, Aubrey, Lafrance, Marie |
|
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 |
|
Now |
Gleitzman, Morris |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
192 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Longest Night, The |
Snyder, Laurel, Alpern, Eliyahu |
|
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 |
|
Dancing in the Dark |
Bavati, Robyn |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
IDENTITY, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
336 p. |
FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
War Within These Walls, The |
Sax, Aline |
|
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 |
|
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster |
Auxier, Jonathan |
|
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 |
|
Sam & Charlie (and Sam too!) |
Kimmelman, Leslie, Tambellini, Stefano |
|
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP |
48 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT |
|
Pieces of the past The Holocaust diary of Rose Rabinowitz |
Matas, Carol |
|
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 |
|
Sweet Passover, A |
Newman, Leslea, Slonim, David |
|
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
GRANDPARENTS, Passover, SEDER |
40 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Small medium at large |
Levy, Joanne |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DEATH |
197 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Sami’s Sleepaway Summer |
Meyerhoff, Jenny |
|
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 |
|
The Littlest Levine |
Lanton, Sandy, Kawa, Cosei |
|
Preschool |
FAMILY, Passover |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM |
|
Yitzi and the Giant Menorah |
Ungar, Richard |
|
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Chelm & Story Collections, Hanukkah |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
Beyond courage: the untold story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. |
Rappaport, Doreen |
|
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 |
|
Ziggy's Big Idea |
Long, Ilana, Joni, Rasa |
|
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOOD, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, SHTETL |
0 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Jean Laffite: The Pirate Who Saved America. |
Rubin, Susan Goldman |
|
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, SEPHARDIM, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - CIVIL WAR |
48 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
Hereville: How Mirka met a meteorite |
Deutsch, Barry |
|
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 |
|
The whole story of half a girl |
Hiranandani, Veera |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, FATHERS, INTERMARRIAGE |
211 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Stumbling on History: An Art Project Compels a Small German Town to Face Its Past |
Chapman, Fern Schumer |
|
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HOLOCAUST - GERMANY |
56 p. |
HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
The Wooden Sword |
Stampler, Ann Redisch, Slonim, David |
|
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 |
|
His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg: Courage, Rescue, and Mystery During World War II |
Borden, Louise |
|
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 |
|
Effy's Twin Brothers |
Kugel, Bruriah, Gerstein, Yoni |
|
Preschool |
FAMILY, MIDDOT, SIBLINGS |
27 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein |
Delano, Marfe Ferguson |
|
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography, EINSTEIN, ALBERT, SCIENCE |
64 p. |
WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis |
Kacer, Kathy |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S |
204 p. |
SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
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 |
|
B.U.G. : (Big Ugly Guy) |
Yolen, Jane, Stemple, Adam |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FRIENDSHIP, GOLEM, IDENTITY, KLEZMER MUSIC |
344 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Code Name Verity |
Wein, Elizabeth |
|
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 |
|
Hannah’s Way |
Glaser, Linda, Wolff, Jason |
|
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
IDENTITY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST, SABBATH, SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS |
32 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
The Schmutzy Family |
Rosenberg, Madelyn, Meisel, Paul |
|
Preschool |
FAMILY, SABBATH |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi |
Bascomb, Neal |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, HOLOCAUST - WAR CRIMES - TRIALS |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE/SHOFTIM, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
In God's Hands |
Kushner, Lawrence, Baek, Matthew J. |
|
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, FOOD, MIRACLES |
32 p. |
DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Stones for Grandpa |
Londner, Renee, Aviles, Martha |
|
Preschool |
DEATH, GRANDPARENTS, HONOR, MOURNING |
24 p. |
COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Creation Colors |
Koffsky, Ann D. |
|
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
CREATION |
24 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Resistance |
Jablonski, Carla, Purvis, Leland |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN FRANCE |
0 p. |
AFFIXING A MEZUZAH/LIKBOA MEZUZAH, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Rifka Takes a Bow |
Perlov, Betty Rosenberg, Kawa, Cosei |
|
Preschool |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, KLEZMER MUSIC |
32 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Willy and Max: A Holocaust Story |
Littlesugar, Amy, Low, William |
1935 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ART, FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust |
40 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret |
Blume, Judy |
1951 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, GOD, IDENTITY, MENSTRUATION, SCHOOL STORIES |
149 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Bit By Bit |
Sanfield, Steve, Gaber, Susan |
1954 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, FOLK SONGS, FOLKLORE |
0 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Tell It to Naomi |
Ehrenhaft, Daniel |
1963 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HUMOR, IDENTITY, SCHOOL STORIES, TEACHERS |
200 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH, TRUTHFULNESS/DIBUR EMET |
|
Family Secret, A |
Heuvel, Eric |
1968 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
62 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
My Life with the Lincolns |
Brandeis, Gayle |
1968 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CIVIL RIGHTS, FAMILY |
246 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM |
|
Memories of Survival |
Steinhardt, Bernice |
1970 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
ARTS, DECORATIVE, Holocaust |
64 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Pini the Pitcher: A Story for Hanukkah |
Sharf, Y., Mark, E. |
1970 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, TRAVEL |
32 p. |
LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Weight of the Sky, The |
Sandell, Lisa Ann |
1972 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, Israel, ISRAEL-KIBBUTZIM |
304 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Middle East, The |
Dudley, William |
1973 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ARABS, INTIFADA, ISLAM, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB, JEWISH - MOSLEM RELATIONS, MIDDLE EAST, PALESTINIANS |
203 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH |
|
Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, The |
Zehavi, Lena, Krenina, Katya |
1973 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ARCHEOLOGY, BEDOUINS, DEAD SEA SCROLLS, Israel, MUSEUMS, MYSTERY STORIES |
60 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
More Wise Men of Helm and Their Merry Tales |
Simon, Solomon, Kraft, Stephen |
1974 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FOLKLORE, SHTETL |
119 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, IGNORANT PERSON/AM HAARETZ, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
|
Something From Nothing |
Gilman, Phoebe |
1974 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, FOLK SONGS, FOLKLORE, GRANDPARENTS, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, SHTETL |
0 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
War in the Middle East: A Reporter's Story: Black September and the Yom Kippur War |
Hampton, Wilborn |
1976 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Israel, ISRAEL - YOM KIPPUR WAR, MIDDLE EAST, PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO), WAR |
112 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
What Do I Say? |
Goldberg, Malky, Argoff, Patti |
1976 |
Preschool |
ETIQUETTE, Prayer |
20 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Adolf Hitler: Evil Mastermind of the Holocaust |
Altman, Linda Jacobs |
1977 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, Holocaust, NAZISM |
160 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
|
Tale of Meshka the Kvetch, The |
Chapman, Carol, Lobel, Arnold |
1980 |
Preschool |
FOLKLORE |
32 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO |
|
Bedtime Stories of Jewish Values |
Blitz, Shumuel, Ariel, Liat Binyamini |
1980 |
Preschool |
LEGENDS, MACCABEES |
0 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT SPEECH/LASHON TOV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schinlder's List Survivor |
Hillman, Laura |
1981 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, JEWS IN GERMANY, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
256 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Only the Best |
Zola, Meguido [nid:15435] , Littlewood, Valerie |
1981 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
gifts, parent and child relationships, SUKKOT |
30 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
Miracle of the Rock and Other Stories,The: Timeless Tales From the Lives of Our Sages |
Krohn, Genendel, Pelleg, Tirtsa |
1981 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
MESSIAH, MEZUZOT, MIRACLES, RABBIS |
53 p. |
CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON, RETURNING LOST PROPERTY/HASHAVAT AVAYDAH, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK, SCHOLAR/TALMID CHACHAM, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH, VIRTUOUS PEOPLE/BAL MIDDOT |
|
Religion In America |
Williams, Mary E. |
1981 |
High School |
RELIGION |
224 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH |
|
Harry Houdini: A Magical Life |
MacLeod, Elizabeth |
1982 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Biography, MAGIC |
32 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
In the Promised Land: Lives of Jewish Americans |
Rappaport, Doreen, Wright, Cornelius Van |
1982 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIOGRAPHY-COLLECTIONS |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH |
|
Love Me Later |
Baer, Julie |
1985 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, NATURE STUDY |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Hannah's Sabbath Dress |
Schweiger-Dmi'el, Itzhak, Eitan, Ora |
1985 |
Preschool |
FOLKLORE, SABBATH, ELIJAH (PROPHET) |
0 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
Hanukkah |
Fishman, Cathy Goldberg, Eitan, Ora |
1985 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
48 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, WORSHIPPING IDOLS/AVODAH ZARAH |
|
Kingfisher Treasury of Jewish Stories, The |
Geras, Adele, Cope, Jane |
1985 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FOLKLORE, Holidays, RACE RELATIONS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945, PETS, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
158 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Secret Fiend, The: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 4th Case |
Peacock, Shane |
1986 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, JEWS IN ENGLAND, MYSTERY STORIES |
260 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO |
|
Reach for the Stars: A Little Torah's Journey |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
1986 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BAR MITZVAH, Biography, HEROES, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, Israel, SCIENCE, TORAH SCROLLS |
40 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Elsie's War: A Story of Courage in Nazi Germany |
Smith, Frank Dabba |
1987 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, NAZISM |
32 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Even Higher |
Cohen, Barbara, Ivanov, Anatoly, Peretz, I. L. |
1987 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
HIGH HOLY DAYS, RABBIS, ROSH HASHANAH |
30 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, HEARING THE SHOFAR/LISHMOA KOL SHOFAR |
|
The return |
Levitin, Sonia |
1987 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ETHIOPIAN JEWS; antisemitism; prejudices; |
180 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, making aliyah, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Israel |
Mitten, Christopher |
1987 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Israel |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
The gift that grew |
Ganz, Yaffa [nid:10097] , Klineman, Harvey |
1987 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Environment, TREES |
31 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Secret Seder, The |
Rappaport, Doreen, Swarner, Kristina |
1987 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, Holocaust, JEWS IN FRANCE, Passover, SEDER |
40 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Ilan Ramon: Jewish Star |
Speregen-Newberger, Devra |
1988 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography, HEROES, Israel, SCIENCE |
111 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Yossi and Laibel Learn to Share |
Rosenfeld, Dina H., Nodel, Norman |
1988 |
Preschool |
BROTHERS, FAMILY |
16 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Elijah the Slave |
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Frasconi, Anthony |
1988 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANGELS, BIBLE STORIES, ELIJAH (PROPHET), MIDRASH, MIRACLES, SCRIBES, SLAVERY |
32 p. |
DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK |
|
Miriam's Journey: Discovering a New World |
Levinson, Robin K., Kehl, Drusilla |
1988 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
63 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONESTY/EMET, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins |
Kimmel, Eric A., Hyman, Trina Schart |
1989 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
EVIL SPIRITS, Hanukkah, HEROES, Holidays, SYNAGOGUES |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, WARDING OFF EVIL |
|
Murder at the 1972 Olympics in Munich |
Sonneborn, Liz |
1989 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ATHLETES, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB, PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO), PALESTINIANS, sports |
64 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Celebrating Hanukkah |
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane, Migdale, Lawrence |
1989 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, Hanukkah, Holidays |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Defying the Tide: An Account of Authentic Compassion During the Holocaust |
Sokolow, Reha |
1989 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN GERMANY |
179 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM |
|
Eight Lights for Eight Nights |
Herman, Debbie, Koffsky, Ann D. |
1989 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, Hanukkah, Holidays |
48 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
The three riddles : a Jewish folktale |
Jaffe, Nina [nid:11116] , Waldman, Bryna |
1989 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Jews--Folklore |
24 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, WISDOM/CHOCHMA |
|
Grandma's Soup |
Karkowsky, Nancy, Haas, Shelly O. |
1989 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, Grandmothers, Grandparent-grandchild relationship |
29 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, respect for the elderly; V'hadarta p'nei zaken, RESPECTING THE DISABLED |
|
Most Magnificent Mosque, The |
Jungman, Ann, Fowles, Shelley |
1989 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, JEWISH - MOSLEM RELATIONS, JEWS IN SPAIN |
25 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Israel |
Slavicek, Louise Chipley |
1990 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ARABS, Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - INDEPENDENCE, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB, JEWISH - MOSLEM RELATIONS, PALESTINE, PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO), PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA), PALESTINIANS |
126 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Search, The |
Heuvel, Eric |
1990 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
62 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine |
Bankston, John |
1990 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, DISEASE, SCIENCE |
48 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Chanukkah Guest, The |
Kimmel, Eric A., Carmi, Giora |
1990 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS, BLINDNESS, DEAFNESS, FOOD, Hanukkah, Holidays, OLD AGE |
32 p. |
FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Matzo Ball Boy, The |
Shulman, Lisa, Desmoinaux, Christel |
1991 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, Passover |
32 p. |
REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Masada: Sieges That Changed the World |
McNeese, Tim |
1991 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY - ANCIENT, ISRAEL - MASADA, MASADA |
110 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM |
|
It's Purim Time! |
Kropf, Latifa Berry, Cohen, Ted |
1991 |
Preschool |
Holidays, NURSERY SCHOOLS, Purim |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
My First Jewish Holidays Library |
Lister, Claire |
1991 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, Holidays, Passover, SABBATH |
108 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Hoppy Hanukkah |
Glaser, Linda, Howarth, Daniel |
1991 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
With All Your Heart: A Shabbat and Festival Companion |
Gordon, Julie K. |
1991 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, PRAYER BOOKS, SABBATH |
96 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Robert A. Weinberg and the Search for the Cause of Cancer |
Whiting, Jim |
1991 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, DISEASE, SCIENCE |
48 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Julietta |
Saturen, Myra |
1991 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN FRANCE, SCIENCE |
174 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Elie Wiesel: Surviving the Holocaust, Speaking Out Against Genocide |
Moore, Lisa |
1991 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, NAZISM |
160 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Bim and Bom |
Swartz, Daniel J., Ephraim, Shelly Schonebaum |
1992 |
Preschool |
BROTHERS, SABBATH, SISTERS, SONGS |
0 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
On Noah's Ark |
Brett, Jan |
1992 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS IN THE BIBLE, BIBLE STORIES, GRANDPARENTS, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Gittel's Hands |
Silverman, Erica, Lattimore, Deborah Noure |
1992 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FATHERS, FOLKLORE, ELIJAH (PROPHET) |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, IGNORANT PERSON/AM HAARETZ, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM |
|
The Sabbath lion : a Jewish folktale from Algeria |
Schwartz, Howard [nid:13891] , Rush, Barbara , Fieser, Stephen |
1992 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Algeria, FOLKLORE, Shabbat |
28 p. |
FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Esther's Story |
Wolkstein, Diane, Wijngaard, Juan |
1992 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ESTHER (BIBLICAL FIGURE), Holidays, Purim |
0 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Joshua's Dream: A Journey to the Land of Israel |
Segal, Sheila F. |
1992 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Israel |
26 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, Love for Israel |
|
Miriam and Her Brother Moses |
Marzollo, Jean |
1992 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, MIRIAM (BIBLICAL FIGURE), MOSES (PROPHET) |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Golem, The |
Rogasky, Barbara, Hyman, Trina Schart |
1992 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FOLKLORE, GHETTOS, LEGENDS, RABBIS |
96 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT BEARING FALSE WITNESS/AYD SHAHKEYR, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK |
|
Magician's Visit, The |
Goldin, Barbara Diamond, Parker, Robert Andrew, Peretz, I. L. |
1993 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, MAGIC, Passover, SEDER |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Marc Chagall |
Welton, Jude |
1993 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ART, ARTISTS, Biography |
48 p. |
|
|
Colors of Israel, The |
Grossman, Laurie, Byers, Helen |
1993 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CHRISTIANITY, COLOR, ISLAM, Israel, JUDAISM |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Vive la Paris! |
Codell, Esme Raji |
1993 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, Holocaust, SCHOOL STORIES |
209 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein |
Brown, Don |
1993 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Biography, EINSTEIN, ALBERT, SCIENCE |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Dybbuk |
Prose, Francine, Podwal, Mark |
1993 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANGELS, FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, MARRIAGE, EVIL SPIRITS |
0 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, NOT PLACING A STUMBLING BLOCK/LO TITEYN MICHSHOL, SOUL/NESHAMA |
|
Yossel April 19, 1943: A Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising |
Kubert, Joe |
1993 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO |
121 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Streets Are Paved with Gold, The |
Weissenberg, Frances |
1993 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AMERICANIZATION, BROTHERS, DISEASE, Education, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, INTERMARRIAGE, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, MOTHERS, PARENTS |
145 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Play to the Angels |
Dahlberg, Maurine F. |
1993 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN AUSTRIA, Music, NAZISM, TEACHERS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING TEACHERS/KIBBUD MORIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Bible from Alef to Tav, The |
Adelman, Penina, Cope, Jane |
1993 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, HEBREW LANGUAGE |
0 p. |
STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
The tree of here |
Potok, Chaim [nid:13104] , Auth, Tony |
1993 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
moving households, TREES |
38 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
No Rules for Michael |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Simon, Susan |
1993 |
Preschool |
SCHOOL STORIES, TEN COMMANDMENTS |
24 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM |
|
Moses Basket, The |
Koralek, Jenny, Baynes, Pauline |
1993 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, MOSES (PROPHET), MIRIAM (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON |
|
Daniel's Story |
Matas, Carol |
1993 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
BROTHERS, Holocaust, JEWS IN CANADA, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
|
Nothing Here But Stones |
Oswald, Nancy |
1994 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANIMALS, FARMS AND FARMING, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST |
215 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, NOT PLACING A STUMBLING BLOCK/LO TITEYN MICHSHOL, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Sammy Spider's Israel Fun Book |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
1994 |
Preschool |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, Israel |
32 p. |
LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
|
Feast of Fools |
Crowley, Bridget |
1994 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CATHOLIC CHURCH, CRIME AND CRIMINALS, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN ENGLAND, MYSTERY STORIES |
261 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT BEARING FALSE WITNESS/AYD SHAHKEYR, NOT COVETING/LO TACHMOD, NOT MURDERING/LO TIRTZACH, RETSICHAH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
I'll Tell You a Story |
Ouaknin, Marc-Alain, Rotnemer, Dory |
1994 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Jews--Folklore |
39 p. |
Belief in God, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HOLINESS/KEDUSHA, WISDOM/CHOCHMA |
|
Prayer For the Earth, A |
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg, Nodel, Norman |
1994 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ECOLOGY, Women |
0 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity |
Bankston, John |
1994 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, EINSTEIN, ALBERT, SCIENCE |
56 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Israel in Pictures, Revised and Expanded |
Goldstein, Margaret J. |
1994 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - INDEPENDENCE, ISRAEL - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS |
80 p. |
PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Shalom, Haver: Goodbye, Friend |
Sofer, Barbara |
1994 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Biography, ISRAEL - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, Israel |
48 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, NOT MURDERING/LO TIRTZACH, RETSICHAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
My Grandmother's Stories: A Collection of Jewish Folktales, Rev. Ed. |
Geras, Adele, Lobel, Anita |
1994 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, GRANDPARENTS, Israel |
88 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO |
|
Mrs. Katz and Tush |
Polacco, Patricia |
1994 |
Preschool |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, ANIMALS |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CARING FOR THE DEAD/CHESED SHEL EMET, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret |
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Zemach, Margot |
1995 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, FAMILY, FOLKLORE, JEWS IN POLAND |
149 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
Elie Wiesel: A Voice for Humanity |
Stern, Ellen |
1995 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, WIESEL, ELIE |
0 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Rescuing Einstein's Compass |
Oppenheim, Shulamith Levy, Juhasz, George |
1995 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
EINSTEIN, ALBERT, FRIENDSHIP |
32 p. |
DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Paradise |
French, Fiona |
1995 |
Preschool |
ADAM AND EVE, BIBLE STORIES, CREATION |
32 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
|
It Could Always Be Worse |
Zemach, Margot |
1995 |
Preschool |
FOLKLORE, RABBIS, SHTETL |
32 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Raoul Wallenberg: Swedish Diplomat and Humanitarian |
Streissguth, Thomas |
1995 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, HEROES, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
0 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Ilan Ramon: Israel's Space Hero |
Sofer, Barbara |
1995 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography, HEROES, Israel, SCIENCE |
64 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
|
Marika |
Cheng, Andrea |
1995 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ASSIMILIATION, CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
163 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Glory |
Carlstrom, Nancy White, Jenkins, Debra Reid |
1995 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CREATION, Prayer, ANIMALS |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM |
|
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 |
|
Praying to A.L. |
Caseley, Judith |
1995 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DEATH, FAMILY, FATHERS, INTERMARRIAGE, MOTHERS, MOURNING, Prayer |
0 p. |
COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Keeping the Promise: A Torah's Journey |
Lehman-Wilzig, Tami, Kahn, Katherine Janus |
1995 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BAR MITZVAH, Biography, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, TORAH SCROLLS |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Lisa Meitner, Discoverer of Nuclear Fission |
Barron, Rachel Stiffler |
1995 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, NAZISM, SCIENCE |
0 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Hanukkah Ghosts, The |
Penn, Malka |
1995 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FANTASY, Hanukkah, Holidays, SUPERNATURAL STORIES |
80 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
"Uh, Uh, Not Now," Said the Cow |
Gottlieb, Yaffa Leba, Nodel, Norman |
1995 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
MIDRASH, SABBATH, ANIMALS |
0 p. |
CONVERT TO JUDAISM/GER TZEDEK, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Seven Animals Wag Their Tales |
Bogot, Howard I., Marvin, Fred |
1995 |
Preschool |
ETHICS, ANIMALS, VALUES |
0 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Toby Belfer Never Had a Christmas Tree |
Pushker, Gloria Teles, Hierstein, Judith |
1995 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, Holidays, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Israel |
Corona, Laurel |
1995 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
Israel |
112 p. |
PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Israel |
Garfinkle, Adam |
1995 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - INDEPENDENCE, ISRAEL - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS |
136 p. |
PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Middle East, The |
Ojeda, Auriana |
1995 |
High School - Adult |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, MIDDLE EAST, PALESTINE, TERRORISM |
208 p. |
|
|
Hero and the Holocaust, A: The Story of Janusz Korczak and His Children |
Adler, David A., Cohen, Ted |
1995 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO, Holocaust, ORPHANS |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SELF SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF MITZVAH/MESIRAS NEFESH |
|
Children's Bible Stories From Genesis to Daniel |
Chaikin, Miriam, Gilbert, Yvonne |
1995 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES |
92 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
Tie Man's Miracle: A Chanukah Tale, The |
Schnur, Steven, Johnson, Stephen T. |
1995 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CANDLE LIGHTING, Hanukkah, Holidays, Holocaust, OLD AGE |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, PRESERVING PEACE/DARCHEI SHALOM, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Joseph, Master of Dreams |
Waldron, Kathleen Cook |
1995 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, BROTHERS, JEWS IN EGYPT |
0 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Tastes of Jewish Tradition: Recipes, Activities and Stories for the Whole Family |
Hirsh, Jody, Cooper, Cindy |
1996 |
Preschool - Adult |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, FAMILY, FOOD, GAMES |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Noah's Bed |
Coplestone, Lis |
1996 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS IN THE BIBLE, BIBLE STORIES, GRANDPARENTS, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
28 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Hanukkah! |
Schotter, Roni, Hafner, Marilyn |
1996 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, Hanukkah, Holidays |
22 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
I Only Like What I Like |
Baer, Julie |
1996 |
Preschool |
CHILDREN, FAMILY |
32 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
It's a Miracle! A Hanukkah Storybook |
Spinner, Stephanie, McElmurry, Jill |
1996 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CANDLE LIGHTING, FAMILY, GRANDPARENTS, Hanukkah |
44 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
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 |
|
Money in the Honey, The |
Backman, Aidel |
1996 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BUSINESS ETHICS, DAVID (KING OF ISRAEL), MIDRASH, ISRAEL - ANCIENT |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONESTY/EMET, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM, NOT STEALING/LO TIGNOV, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT, TRUTHFULNESS/DIBUR EMET, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Sammy Spider's First Shabbat |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
1996 |
Preschool |
Holidays, SABBATH |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Tasty Bible Stories: a Menu of Tales and Matching Recipes |
Lehman-Wilzig, Tami, Kahn, Katherine Janus |
1996 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, COOKBOOKS, FOOD |
64 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Tamar's Sukkah |
Gellman, Ellie, Kawasaki, Shauna Mooney |
1996 |
Preschool |
FRIENDSHIP, Holidays, SUKKOT |
10 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Passover |
Schuh, Mari C. |
1996 |
Preschool |
Holidays, Passover, SEDER |
24 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Swindletop |
Ruby, Lois |
1996 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
AFRICAN AMERICANS, AMERICANIZATION, COMMUNITY LIFE, DISEASE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - TEXAS, PREJUDICE |
0 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, SLANDER/REKHILUT, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
The Eentzy Weentzy Hider |
Gottlieb, Yaffa Leba, Nodel, Norman |
1996 |
Preschool |
DAVID (KING OF ISRAEL), MIDRASH, ANIMALS |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
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 |
|
Israel |
Seshan, Priya |
1996 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Israel |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Dolls' Journey to Eretz-Israel, The |
Regelson, Abraham |
1996 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FANTASY, Israel |
118 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT |
|
Kingdom of Singing Birds, The |
Aroner, Miriam, Nodel, Norman |
1996 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS, RABBIS |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Mitzvah the Mutt |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Rast, Martha |
1996 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, Holidays |
96 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian who could do everything |
Dublin, Anne |
1996 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ATHLETES, Biography, JEWS IN CANADA |
148 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Runaway Latkes, The |
Kimmelman, Leslie, Yalowitz, Paul |
1996 |
Preschool |
FOOD, Hanukkah |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Sammy Spider's First Purim |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
1996 |
Preschool |
Holidays, Purim |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
This is My Faith: Judaism |
Wallace, Holly |
1996 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, JUDAISM, SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
Crimes and Criminals of the Holocaust |
Altman, Linda Jacobs |
1996 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, CRIME AND CRIMINALS, GENOCIDE, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - WAR CRIMES - TRIALS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
104 p. |
ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE/SHOFTIM |
|
Impact of the Holocaust |
Altman, Linda Jacobs |
1996 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, Israel, MUSEUMS, NAZISM, UNITED NATIONS, YOM HASHOAH |
104 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE/SHOFTIM, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Jeremy's Dreidel |
Gellman, Ellie, Kahn, Katherine Janus |
1996 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BLINDNESS, DISABILITY AWARENESS, FATHERS, Hanukkah, Holidays |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, RESPECTING THE DISABLED, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Passover |
Sanders, Nancy I. |
1996 |
Preschool |
Holidays, Passover, SEDER |
48 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Hanukkah Lights |
Smith, Dian, Kitchel, JoAnn |
1996 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Cooking the Israeli Way |
Bacon, Josephine |
1996 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
COOKBOOKS, FOOD, Israel |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, KOSHER/KASHRUT |
|
Handbook of the Middle East |
Kort, Michael G. |
1996 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Israel, MIDDLE EAST |
0 p. |
PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Walking the Bible |
Feiler, Bruce, Meret, Sasha |
1996 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
ABRAHAM (PATRIARCH), ARCHEOLOGY, Bible, CREATION, Israel, JERUSALEM, MOSES (PROPHET), NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE), SARAH (MATRIARCH) |
108 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH |
|
Back of Beyond: A Bar Mitzvah Journey |
Waysman, Dvora |
1996 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAR MITZVAH, COMPARATIVE RELIGION, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS |
148 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, KOSHER/KASHRUT, LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
It's Sukkah Time! |
Kropf, Latifa Berry, Lobel, Anita |
1996 |
Preschool |
Holidays, SUKKOT |
24 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH |
|
Key to My Heart, The |
Harel, Nira, Abulafia, Yossi |
1996 |
Preschool |
COMMUNITY LIFE, FATHERS |
24 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Rebecca |
Greengard, Alison, Racklin-Siegel, Carol |
1996 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, HEBREW LANGUAGE, REBECCA (MATRIARCH) |
0 p. |
HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Child's Book of Midrash, A: 52 Jewish Stories From the Sages |
Goldin, Barbara Diamond |
1996 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANIMALS, LEGENDS, MIDRASH, TALMUD |
110 p. |
CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Enemy Has a Face, The |
Miklowitz, Gloria D. |
1997 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ARABS, BROTHERS, CRIME AND CRIMINALS, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, MYSTERY STORIES, PALESTINIANS, SCHOOL STORIES |
139 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF |
|
Mimmy and Sophie All Around the Town |
Cohen, Miriam, Argoff, Patti |
1997 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CHILDREN, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, SISTERS |
0 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Old Testament Women |
Ward, Elaine |
1997 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ART, ARTISTS, Bible, WOMEN IN THE BIBLE |
0 p. |
HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM |
|
Til the Cows Come Home |
Icenoggle, Jodi, Chartier, Normand |
1997 |
Preschool |
FOLKLORE |
32 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Anya's Echoes |
Schachter, Esty |
1997 |
|
FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, SCHOOL STORIES |
0 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Who Knows Ten?: Children's Tales of the Ten Commandments, Rev. Ed. |
Cone, Molly, Brickman, Robin |
1997 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
COMMANDMENTS, LEGENDS, TEN COMMANDMENTS |
109 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Seven Species, The: Stories and Recipes Inspired By the Foods of the Bible |
Biers-Ariel, Matt, Chartier, Normand |
1997 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Bible, COOKBOOKS, ECOLOGY, FOLKLORE, FOOD, TU BI'SHEVAT |
48 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Chaverim Boys Choir Live!, The |
Rosen, Chaya |
1997 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
MITZVOT, MUSIC,VOCAL |
214 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Bone Button Borscht |
Davis, Aubrey, Petricic, Dusan |
1997 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, FOOD, SHTETL, VALUES |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
David and Goliath |
Marzollo, Jean |
1997 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, DAVID (KING OF ISRAEL), ISRAEL - ANCIENT |
32 p. |
CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Haym Salomon: Patriot Banker of the American Revolution |
Amler, Jane Frances |
1997 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, UNITED STATES - HISTORY |
112 p. |
DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, INTEREST-FREE LOAN/HALVA'AT CHEN |
|
Matzah Meals: A Passover Cookbook for Kids, Rev. Ed. |
Steinberg, Judy, Hauser, Bill |
1997 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
COOKBOOKS, FOOD, Passover, SEDER |
63 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Matzah Meals: A Passover Cookbook for Kids, Rev. Ed. |
Tabs, Barbara, Hauser, Bill |
1997 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
COOKBOOKS, FOOD, Passover, SEDER |
63 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Naamah, Noah's Wife |
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg |
1997 |
Preschool |
ECOLOGY, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
20 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Sammy Spider's First Tu B'Shevat |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
1997 |
Preschool |
Holidays, TREES, TU BI'SHEVAT |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Edward Teller and the Development of the Hydrogen Bomb |
Bankston, John |
1997 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, SCIENCE |
56 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Answered Prayer and Other Yemenite Folktales, The |
Gold, Sharlya, Wunsch, Marjory |
1997 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ELIJAH (PROPHET), FOLKLORE, JEWS IN ARAB COUNTRIES, MARRIAGE, MIRACLES, Prayer, RABBIS, RIDDLES |
65 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, HONESTY/EMET, MERCY, NOT COVETING/LO TACHMOD, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RIGHTEOUSNESS/ TZEDEK, TZEDEKIM |
|
It's Seder Time! |
Kropf, Latifa Berry |
1997 |
Preschool |
Holidays, Passover, SEDER |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
After the War |
Matas, Carol |
1997 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
128 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
When the World Was Quiet |
Nutkis, Phyllis, Argoff, Patti |
1997 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS, GOD, MIDRASH, TORAH |
0 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Way Meat Loves Salt, The |
Jaffe, Nina, August, Louise |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, RIDDLES, ELIJAH (PROPHET) |
28 p. |
FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONESTY/EMET, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM |
|
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 |
|
Matzo Ball Moon |
Newman, Leslea, Greenstein, Elaine |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOOD, GRANDPARENTS, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS, Passover, SEDER |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Time Like a River |
Perrin, Randy |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, MOTHERS, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, FANTASY, DISEASE |
139 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Adventure in Latkaland, An: A Hanukkah Story |
Fisman, Karen, McAteer, Thomas |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
64 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO |
|
Littlest Candlesticks, The |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Hannon, Holly |
1998 |
Preschool |
CANDLE LIGHTING, FAMILY, SABBATH |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Noah's Ark |
Janisch, Heinz, Zwerger, Lisbeth |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
26 p. |
FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, VIRTUOUS PEOPLE/BAL MIDDOT |
|
Be Not Far From Me: The Oldest Love Story: Legends From the Bible |
Kimmel, Eric A., Diaz, David |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BIBLE STORIES, LEGENDS, MIDRASH |
256 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON |
|
Mr. Belinsky's Bagels |
Schwartz, Ellen, Czernecki, Stefan |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOOD |
29 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO |
|
Golem |
Wisniewski, David |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FOLKLORE, GOLEM, RABBIS, JEWS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) |
0 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, IGNORANT PERSON/AM HAARETZ, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
Unjust Cause |
Peterseil, Tehila |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
DYSGRAPHIA, FAMILY, FATHERS, LEARNING DISABILITIES, SCHOOL STORIES, SPECIAL EDUCATION, TEACHERS |
142 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING THE DISABLED |
|
Facing the Music |
Vogiel, Eva |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRIENDSHIP, Music, MUSICIANS, SCHOOL STORIES, SISTERS |
284 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING TEACHERS/KIBBUD MORIM, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
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Four Thousand Years of Jewish History: Then and Now |
Lefcourt, Jack |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HISTORY - ANCIENT, HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, HISTORY-MODERN |
108 p. |
PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Once Upon a Shabbos |
Jules, Jacqueline, Kahn, Katherine Janus |
1998 |
Preschool |
GRANDPARENTS, SABBATH, ANIMALS |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
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Hanukkah Treasury, A |
Kimmel, Eric A., Lisker, Emily |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah |
99 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
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Robert A. Weinberg and the Search for the Cause of Cancer |
Gaines, Ann |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, DISEASE, SCIENCE |
48 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Nazi War Criminals |
Rice, Jr., Earle |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CRIME AND CRIMINALS, HOLOCAUST - WAR CRIMES - TRIALS, NAZISM |
111 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE/SHOFTIM, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Witnesses to War |
Leapman, Michael |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, NAZISM |
129 p. |
GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
One More Border |
Tanaka, Shelley, Taylor, Stephen |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, SUGIHARA, CHIUNE |
60 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
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 |
|
Noah's Wife |
Figley, Marty Rhodes, Riggio, Anita |
1998 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, WOMEN IN THE BIBLE, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
31 p. |
DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Yossi and Laibel On the Ball |
Rosenfeld, Dina H., Nodel, Norman |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BROTHERS, CHILDREN - DISABLED, DISABILITY AWARENESS, sports, BASEBALL |
32 p. |
GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, RESPECTING THE DISABLED, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
When Mindy Saved Hanukkah |
Kimmel, Eric A., McClintock, Barbara |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
GRANDPARENTS, Hanukkah, SYNAGOGUES |
29 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, A Jewish Immigrant Girl |
Lasky, Kathryn |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AMERICANIZATION, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES |
188 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
|
Pearl's Eight Days of Chanukah |
Zalben, Jane Breskin |
1998 |
Preschool |
COOKBOOKS, CRAFTS, FAMILY, FOOD, GAMES, Hanukkah, SONGS |
40 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Miriam's Cup |
Manushkin, Fran, Dacey, Bob |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, Passover, SEDER, MIRIAM (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
29 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BLESSINGS OF PRAISE RECITED UPON PERFORMING MITZVOT/BIRCHOT HA-MITZVOT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Greater Than Angels |
Matas, Carol |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
133 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Sefer Ha-Aggadah: Volume Two |
Rossel, Seymour, Dick, Judy |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
LEGENDS, MIDRASH, RABBIS, TALMUD, TEACHERS, WOMEN IN JUDAISM |
96 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, CONVERT TO JUDAISM/GER TZEDEK, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, PIETY, RIGHTEOUSNESS/ TZEDEK, TZEDEKIM, SCHOLAR/TALMID CHACHAM, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH, VIRTUOUS PEOPLE/BAL MIDDOT, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Masada: The Last Fortress |
Miklowitz, Gloria D. |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, ISRAEL - ANCIENT, ISRAEL - MASADA, ZEALOTS |
188 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM |
|
Shabbat |
Nerlove, Miriam |
1998 |
Preschool |
HAVDALAH, SABBATH |
24 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BLESSINGS OF PRAISE RECITED UPON PERFORMING MITZVOT/BIRCHOT HA-MITZVOT, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Kugel Valley Klezmer Band, The |
Stuchner, Joan Betty, Row, Richard |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
JEWS IN CANADA, KLEZMER MUSIC, MUSICIANS |
30 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Thanks to My Mother |
Rabinovici, Schoschana |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, MOTHERS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
246 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Sound the Shofar |
Kimmelman, Leslie, Himmelman, John |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
DAYS OF AWE, HIGH HOLY DAYS, ROSH HASHANAH, SHOFAR, YOM KIPPUR |
32 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM |
|
In Our Image: God's First Creatures |
Swartz, Nancy Sohn, Hall, Melanie |
1998 |
Preschool |
ADAM AND EVE, BIBLE STORIES, CREATION, ANIMALS |
32 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Israel: The Founding of a Modern Nation |
Silverman, Maida, Avishai, Susan |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ISRAEL - HISTORY, ZIONISM |
102 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Ten Classic Jewish Children's Stories |
Schram, Peninnah, Allon, Jeffrey |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, MIDRASH |
45 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM |
|
Remember Me: A Search For Refuge In Wartime Britain |
Watts, Irene N. |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, JEWS IN ENGLAND, JEWS IN WALES |
174 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Annushka's Voyage |
Tarbescu, Edith, Dabcovich, Lydia |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, SISTERS |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Masada |
Waldman, Neil |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ISRAEL - MASADA, ZEALOTS |
64 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
Terrible, Terrible |
Bernstein, Robin, Kawasaki, Shauna Mooney |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, RABBIS, REMARRIAGE |
32 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Way Meat Loves Salt, The |
Jaffe, Nina, August, Louise |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, Holidays, RABBIS |
32 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, LEAVING GLEANINGS FOR THE POOR/AM HAARETZ, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
|
Grandpa's Gamble |
Michelson, Richard, Moser, Barry |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
GRANDPARENTS, Prayer |
0 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Treasure In the Tiny Blue Tin, The |
Ducharme, Dede Fox |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - TEXAS |
144 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Katarina |
Winter, Kathryn |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CHRISTIANITY, Holocaust, IDENTITY, IMAGINATION, JEWS IN SLOVAKIA |
257 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
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 |
|
Menorah Story, The |
Podwal, Mark |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, MENORAH, SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM |
21 p. |
|
|
Chocolate Chip Challah |
Rauchwerger, Lisa |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
COOKBOOKS, FOOD, Holidays |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BLESSING GOD AFTER MEALS/BIRKAT HA-MAZON, BLESSINGS OF PRAISE RECITED UPON PERFORMING MITZVOT/BIRCHOT HA-MITZVOT |
|
Great Potato Plan, The |
Weider, Joy Nelkin |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, WORLD WAR I, 1914-19, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN POLAND |
0 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Matzah Ball Soup |
Rothenberg, Joan |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, FOOD, Passover, SEDER, TRADITION |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Secret of the Mezuzah, The |
Reeves, Mary Bell |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
MYSTERY STORIES, NAZISM, SECRET AGENTS |
0 p. |
LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Coat For the Moon and Other Jewish Tales, A |
Rush, Barbara, Iofin, Michael |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, EVIL SPIRITS, SUPERNATURAL STORIES |
0 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON, RIGHTEOUSNESS/ TZEDEK, TZEDEKIM, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
How Yussel Caught the Gefilte Fish |
Herman, Charlotte, Krenina, Katya |
1999 |
Preschool |
SABBATH |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Memory Coat, The |
Woodruff, Elvira, Dooling, Michael |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, HISTORICAL FICTION |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Speed of Light |
Rosen, Sybil |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CIVIL RIGHTS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH, PREJUDICE |
0 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Cure, The |
Levitan, Sonia |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, JEWS IN GERMANY, SCIENCE FICTION |
0 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM |
|
Importance of Anne Frank, The |
Wukovits, John F. |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Mimmy and Sophie |
Cohen, Miriam, Dooling, Michael |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, SISTERS |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Spider's Web, The |
Williams, Laura E. |
1999 |
High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, NEO-NAZISM, PREJUDICE |
0 p. |
REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
David and the Trash-Talkin' Giant |
Anderson, Joel, Goolsby, Abe |
1999 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, DAVID (KING OF ISRAEL) |
0 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
In My Enemy's House |
Matas, Carol |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, IDENTITY, NAZISM |
0 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DISILLUSIONMENT/AGMAT NEFESH, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
|
Miriam |
Gormley, Beatrice |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, JEWS IN EGYPT, MIRIAM (BIBLICAL FIGURE), MOSES (PROPHET) |
0 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Star of Luis |
Talbert, Marc |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, FAMILY, IDENTITY |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Albert Einstein: Visionary Scientist |
Severance, John B. |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, EINSTEIN, ALBERT, SCIENCE |
0 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
In My Hands: Memoirs of a Holocaust Rescuer |
Opdyke, Irene Gut |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN POLAND, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Missing Girls |
Metzger, Lois |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DEATH, FRIENDSHIP |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Escape: Teens Who Escaped the Holocaust to Freedom |
Giddens, Sandra |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Harpist of Granada, The |
Kranzler, Gershon, Rubin, Chedvah |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, JEWS IN SPAIN |
53 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM |
|
Jonah's Trash, God's Treasure |
Anderson, Joel, Krenina, Katya |
1999 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, JONAH (PROPHET) |
0 p. |
FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
My Bridges of Hope: Searching for Life and Love After Auschwitz |
Bitton-Jackson, Livia |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
0 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Strudel Stories |
Rocklin, Joanne |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AMERICANIZATION, ASSIMILIATION, BASEBALL, FAMILY, FOOD, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Exodus |
Wildsmith, Brian |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, JEWS IN EGYPT, MOSES (PROPHET) |
0 p. |
REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat |
Taback, Simms |
1999 |
Preschool |
FOLKLORE, YIDDISH LANGUAGE |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Frank O. Gehry: Outside In |
Jordan, Sandra |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ARCHITECTURE, Biography |
0 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Ten Commandments for Jewish Children, The |
Nerlove, Miriam |
1999 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, COMMANDMENTS |
0 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Run, Boy, Run |
Orlev, Uri |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO, IDENTITY |
192 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Family Haggadah, The |
Schecter, Ellen, Waldman, Neil |
1999 |
Preschool |
HAGGADAH, Passover, SEDER |
0 p. |
REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Journeys With Elijah: Eight Tales of the Prophet |
Goldin, Barbara Diamond, Pinkney, Jerry |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, ELIJAH (PROPHET) |
0 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM |
|
Noah's Ark |
Cousins, Lucy |
1999 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
0 p. |
FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
|
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 |
|
Theo |
Harrison, Barbara |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BROTHERS, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, ORPHANS, PUPPETRY |
0 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Flying Latke, The |
Yorinks, Arthur, Waldman, Neil |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, Hanukkah |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Just Right: The Story of a Jewish Home |
Emerman, Ellen, Krantz, Sarah |
1999 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, HOMES, SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM |
0 p. |
AFFIXING A MEZUZAH/LIKBOA MEZUZAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Noah's Trees |
LeTord, Bijou |
1999 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE), TREES, TU BI'SHEVAT |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
|
This Is Our Seder |
Hildebrandt, Ziporah, Roraback, Robin |
1999 |
Preschool |
Passover, SEDER |
0 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
For Heaven's Sake |
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg, Finney, Kathryn Kunz |
1999 |
Preschool |
DEATH, GRANDPARENTS |
0 p. |
HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Kids' Catalog of Bible Treasures, The |
Burstein, Chaya |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Bible, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - ANCIENT, HISTORY - ANCIENT |
0 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Peddler's Gift, The |
Schur, Maxine Rose, Root, Kimberly Bulcken |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
LEGENDS, SHTETL |
0 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONESTY/EMET, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK |
|
Two Suns In the Sky |
Bat-Ami, Miriam |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, INTERDATING, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - WORLD WAR II |
0 p. |
HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
You Never Know: A Legend of the Lamed-Vavniks |
Prose, Francine, Podwal, Mark |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
LEGENDS, SHTETL |
21 p. |
CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, HUMILITY/ANAVAH, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, RIGHTEOUS PERSON (ONE OF THE 36)/LAMED VAV, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK |
|
Gabriel's Ark |
Curtis, Sandra R., Spark, |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BAR MITZVAH, CHILDREN - DISABLED |
0 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING THE DISABLED |
|
King Solomon and His Magic Ring |
Wiesel, Elie, Podwal, Mark |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
LEGENDS, SOLOMON (KING OF ISRAEL) |
0 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Queen Esther, the Morning Star |
Gerstein, Mordicai |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, Purim, ESTHER (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
0 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Uncle Eli's Special-For-Kids, Most Fun Ever, Under-The-Table Passover Haggadah |
Segal, Eliezer Lorne, Gordon-Lucas, Bonnie |
1999 |
Preschool |
HAGGADAH, Passover, SEDER |
0 p. |
REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Jewish Americans |
Rosenberg, Pam |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
AMERICANIZATION, ANTI-SEMITISM, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
If You Come Softly |
Woodson, Jacqueline |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, INTERDATING |
181 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
God Around Us, The: A Child's Garden of Prayer |
Brichto, Mira, Alko, Selina |
1999 |
Preschool |
GOD, Prayer |
0 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM |
|
My Secret Camera: Life In the Lodz Ghetto |
Grossman, Mendel |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
GHETTOS, Holocaust, JEWS IN POLAND |
37 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
When the War Is Over |
Attema, Martha |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN HOLLAND, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
247 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat |
Howland, Naomi |
1999 |
Preschool |
FOOD, Hanukkah |
0 p. |
DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
Raisel's Riddle |
Silverman, Erica, Gaber, Susan |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
LEARNING, Purim, RIDDLES |
0 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Why Noah Chose the Dove |
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Carle, Eric |
1999 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS IN THE BIBLE, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
29 p. |
MODESTY/TZENIUT, OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
|
Until the Messiah Comes |
Roseman, Kenneth |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ASSIMILIATION, COMMUNISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
0 p. |
FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Love From Your Friend, Hannah |
Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - EAST, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - DEPRESSION |
246 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Good Liar, The |
Maguire, Gregory |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BROTHERS, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, MOTHERS |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Deniers of the Holocaust |
Gottfried, Ted, Alcorn, Stephen |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Holocaust, NEO-NAZISM |
0 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA |
|
Let's Talk About the Sabbath |
Kripke, Dorothy K., Weider, Joy Nelkin |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
SABBATH |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Rosie and the Mole: The Story of a Bris |
Silverman, Judy, Kahn, Katherine Janus |
1999 |
Preschool |
BRIT MILAH |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Very Best Hanukkah Gift, The |
Rocklin, Joanne, O'Neil, Catherine |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BROTHERS, FAMILY, Hanukkah, SISTERS, ANIMALS |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Moses In Egypt |
Banks, Lynne Reid |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BIBLE STORIES, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, BROTHERS, JEWS IN EGYPT, MOSES (PROPHET) |
129 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Good Night, Maman |
Mazer, Norma Fox |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - WORLD WAR II |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Lights Along the Path: Jewish Folklore Through the Grades for Children Ages Four to Twelve |
Schacht, Rebecca, Morgan, Jacqui |
1999 |
Preschool - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, FOLKLORE, LEGENDS |
195 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Running On Eggs |
Levine, Anna |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP, Israel, ISRAEL-KIBBUTZIM, SCHOOL STORIES, sports |
0 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Walker's Crossing |
Naylor, Phyllis R. |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, BROTHERS, NEO-NAZISM, PREJUDICE |
0 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONESTY/EMET, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Ancient Hebrews, The |
Mann, Kenny |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CHOSEN PEOPLE, CIVILIZATION, JEWISH, CULTURE, JEWISH, DIASPORA, ISRAEL - HISTORY |
0 p. |
ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE/SHOFTIM, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Baby's Bris |
Wilkowski, Susan, Friedman, Judith |
1999 |
Preschool |
BRIT MILAH, CONTINUITY, SISTERS |
32 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Good-Bye, Marianne: A Story of Growing Up in Nazi Germany |
Watts, Irene N. |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, JEWS IN GERMANY |
0 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Lion and the Unicorn, The |
Hughes, Shirley |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945, HISTORICAL FICTION, FANTASY |
0 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM |
|
Saturday Secret, The |
Rinn, Miriam, Spark, |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BASEBALL, FATHERS, SABBATH |
0 p. |
HONESTY/EMET, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Blessed Is the Daughter |
Hessel, Carolyn S. |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BIOGRAPHY-COLLECTIONS, Women |
0 p. |
HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM |
|
Lost and Found |
Hartman, Thomas, Tilley, Debbie |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
COMPARATIVE RELIGION, DEATH, VALUES |
0 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, DISILLUSIONMENT/AGMAT NEFESH, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON |
|
Secret of Gabi's Dresser, The |
Kacer, Kathy |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Holocaust |
0 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Streets of Gold |
Wells, Rosemary, Andreasen, Dan |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, HISTORICAL FICTION |
0 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Noah and the Great Flood |
Gerstein, Mordicai |
1999 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
0 p. |
OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
|
Photo Odyssey: Solomon Carvalho's Remarkable Western Adventure, 1853-54 |
Hirschfelder, Arlene B. |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, CARVALHO, SOLOMON, EXPLORERS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, PHOTOGRAPHY |
118 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT |
|
Sophie and the Shofar: A New Year's Story |
Manushkin, Fran, Racklin-Siegel, Carol |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, Holidays, ROSH HASHANAH, SHOFAR |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, HEARING THE SHOFAR/LISHMOA KOL SHOFAR, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Bad Stuff in the News: A Guide to Handling the Headlines |
Gellman, Marc, Hartman, Thomas |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ABUSE, ANTI-SEMITISM, DEATH, DISEASE, JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY, PREJUDICE, TERMINALLY ILL, TERRORISM |
116 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Mystery of the Missing Pitom, The |
Geller, Beverly Mach, Perel, Lisa |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FATHERS, Holidays, SUKKOT |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM, KOSHER/KASHRUT, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Holocaust, The: Death Camps |
Roleff, Tamara L. |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
224 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Let's Go to Shul |
Benenfeld, Rikki |
2000 |
Preschool |
Prayer, SYNAGOGUES |
24 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, WEARING TALLIT AND TEFILLIN/TALLIT U'TEFILLIN |
|
Torn Thread |
Isaacs, Ann |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - SLAVE LABOR, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, SISTERS |
188 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Hooray for Hanukkah! |
Manushkin, Fran, Croll, Carolyn |
2000 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Sammy Spider's Hanukkah Fun Book |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2000 |
Preschool |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, GAMES, Hanukkah, Holidays |
24 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Once Upon a Time in Chicago: The Story of Benny Goodman |
Winter, Jonah, Winter, Jeanette |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Music, MUSICIANS, Biography, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Littlest Pair, The |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Hannon, Holly |
2000 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS IN THE BIBLE, BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
26 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Tales For the Seventh Day |
Jaffe, Nina, Sutherland, Kelly Stribling |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, SABBATH |
73 p. |
|
|
Hanukkah: A Counting Book in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish |
Sper, Emily |
2000 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, HEBREW LANGUAGE, Holidays, YIDDISH LANGUAGE |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Sammy Spider's Passover Fun Book |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2000 |
Preschool |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, GAMES, Holidays, Passover |
24 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Children of Israel |
Grossman, Laurie |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Israel, ISRAEL - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Jar of Fools, The: Eight Hanukkah Stories From Chelm |
Kimmel, Eric A., Gerstein, Mordicai |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FOLKLORE, Hanukkah, HUMOR |
56 p. |
IGNORANT PERSON/AM HAARETZ, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
|
Is It Shabbos Yet? |
Emerman, Ellen, Leff, Tova |
2000 |
Preschool |
SABBATH |
30 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Through the Flames of Aleppo |
Shalom, A., Katz, Tova |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, CHILDBIRTH, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN ARAB COUNTRIES, MOTHERS |
103 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF |
|
Daughters of Eve: Strong Women of the Bible |
Ross, Lillian Hammer, Teis, Kyra |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BIBLE STORIES, WOMEN IN THE BIBLE |
0 p. |
HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM |
|
Gershon's Monster: A Story For the Jewish New Year |
Kimmel, Eric A., Diamond, Donna |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ATONEMENT, BAAL SHEM TOV, FATHERS, FOLKLORE, Holidays, ROSH HASHANAH, SIN, YOM KIPPUR |
32 p. |
REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Kids' Cartoon Bible, The |
Burstein, Chaya |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BIBLE STORIES |
128 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Pharaoh's Daughter |
Lester, Julius |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ASSIMILIATION, BIBLE STORIES, BROTHERS, FAMILY, IDENTITY, JEWS IN EGYPT, MOSES (PROPHET), MOTHERS, SISTERS |
182 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, WORSHIPPING IDOLS/AVODAH ZARAH |
|
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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Good Night, Lilah Tov |
Abraham, Michelle Shapiro, Katz, Tova |
2000 |
Preschool |
MITZVOT, SOCIAL ACTION |
16 p. |
DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Escape to the Forest: Based on a True Story of the Holocaust |
Radin, Ruth Yaffe, Hamlin, Janet |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN POLAND |
0 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
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Key Is Lost, The |
Vos, Ida, Edelstein, Terese |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, IMAGINATION, SISTERS |
272 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, 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, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
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Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews |
Levine, Ellen |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CAIN AND ABEL (BIBLICAL FIGURES), HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN DENMARK |
164 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, 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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Anne Frank: A Hidden Life |
Pressler, Mirjam |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust |
176 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
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Good Morning, Boker Tov |
Abraham, Michelle Shapiro, Alko, Selina |
2000 |
Preschool |
Prayer |
16 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH |
|
First He Made the Sun |
Ziefert, Harriet, McKie, Todd |
2000 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, CREATION |
32 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM |
|
Big, Quiet House, A |
Forest, Heather, Greenstein, Susan |
2000 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, FOLKLORE, ANIMALS |
0 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
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Market Wedding, The |
Fagan, Cary, Ricci, Regolo |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, FRIENDSHIP, JEWS IN CANADA, WEDDINGS, IMAGINATION |
32 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Smoke and Ashes, Revised and Expanded |
Rogasky, Barbara |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, GENOCIDE, Holocaust, NEO-NAZISM, PREJUDICE |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, NOT MURDERING/LO TIRTZACH, RETSICHAH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Hannah's Journal |
Moss, Marissa |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, HISTORICAL FICTION |
50 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Clap and Count: Action Rhymes for the Jewish Year |
Jules, Jacqueline, Springer, Sally |
2000 |
Preschool |
GAMES, Holidays, POETRY |
56 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
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Aunt Claire's Yellow Beehive Hair |
Blumenthal, Deborah, GrandPre, Mary |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS |
32 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
George Gershwin, American Composer |
Reef, Catherine |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Music, MUSICIANS, Biography |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Wisdom Bird: A Tale of Solomon and Sheba, The |
Oberman, Sheldon, Waldman, Neil |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, SOLOMON (KING OF ISRAEL) |
32 p. |
HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, NOT DESTROYING, WISDOM/CHOCHMA |
|
Why On This Night? A Passover Haggadah for Family Celebration |
Musleah, Rahel, August, Louise |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Adult |
HAGGADAH, Passover, SEDER |
110 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
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Company's Coming: A Passover Lift-the-Flap Book |
Holub, Joan, Andriani, Renee |
2000 |
Preschool |
Holidays, Passover, SEDER |
16 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Legend of Freedom Hill, The |
Altman, Linda Jacobs, Waldman, Neil |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, SLAVERY |
30 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, REDEEMING THE HOSTAGE/PIDYYON SH'VUYYIM |
|
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 |
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Get Ready for Shabbos with Mendel |
Cisner, Naftali |
2000 |
Preschool |
SABBATH |
10 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
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Dance, Sing, Remember |
Kimmelman, Leslie, Eitan, Ora |
2000 |
Preschool |
Holidays |
36 p. |
DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
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Escaping to America: A True Story |
Schanzer, Rosalyn |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, FATHERS, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN POLAND |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Passage to Freedom: the Sugihara Story |
Mochizuki, Ken, Lee, Dom |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FATHERS, Biography, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, SUGIHARA, CHIUNE |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Malka |
Pressler, Mirjam |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, MOTHERS |
286 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
Come, Let Us Be Joyful: The Story of Hava Nagila |
Manushkin, Fran, Kaye, Rosalind Charney |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
DANCING, MUSIC, ISRAELI, SONGS, ZIONISM, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - INDEPENDENCE, ISRAEL - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS, YOM HAATZMAUT |
30 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
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Moishe's Miracle |
Melmed, Laura Krauss, Slonim, David |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOOD, Hanukkah, SHTETL, EVIL SPIRITS, SUPERNATURAL STORIES |
31 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT COVETING/LO TACHMOD, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Day the Rabbi Disappeared, The: Jewish Holiday Tales of Magic |
Schwartz, Howard, Passicot, Monique |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, RABBIS, SUPERNATURAL STORIES |
80 p. |
AFFIXING A MEZUZAH/LIKBOA MEZUZAH, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON, RIGHTEOUSNESS/ TZEDEK, TZEDEKIM, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK |
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Animals of the Bible, The |
Hoffman, Mary, Morris, Jackie |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS IN THE BIBLE, BIBLE STORIES, ANIMALS |
0 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
|
Trees of the Dancing Goats, The |
Polacco, Patricia |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, Hanukkah, Holidays, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, FARMS AND FARMING, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST, DISEASE |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Rosie in New York: Gotcha! |
Matas, Carol |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, LABOR UNIONS, SOCIAL ACTION |
124 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
A Ticket to Israel |
Gresko, Marcia S. |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Israel |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Tali's Jerusalem Scrapbook |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Oppenheimer, Nancy |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, BIRTHDAYS, INTIFADA, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - CHILDREN, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT |
32 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Thread of Kindness: A Tzedaka Story |
Shollar, Leah, Mekibel, Shoshana |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, MITZVOT, ELIJAH (PROPHET) |
30 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, LEAVING GLEANINGS FOR THE POOR/AM HAARETZ, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH |
|
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 |
|
P Is For Passover: A Holiday Alphabet Book |
Stone, Tanya Lee, Lucas, Margeaux |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, Passover, SEDER |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Israel |
Gresko, Marcia S. |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Israel |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Love You, Soldier |
Hest, Amy, Lamut, Sonja |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
DEATH, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, MOTHERS, MOURNING, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - WORLD WAR II |
80 p. |
COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
Faraway Home |
Taylor, Marilyn |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BROTHERS, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, JEWS IN IRELAND, SISTERS |
48 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Welcome to Israel |
Rivlin, Lilly |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Israel, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - INDEPENDENCE, ISRAEL - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS |
127 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Boy Who Stuck Out His Tongue, The |
Tarbescu, Edith, Mills, Judith Christine |
2000 |
Preschool |
FOLKLORE, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
32 p. |
REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Journey to Paradise and Other Jewish Tales, A |
Schwartz, Howard, Carmi, Giora |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FOLKLORE, MYSTICISM |
0 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Fireflies In the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin |
Rubin, Susan Goldman |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ART, ARTISTS, Biography, DICKER-BRANDEIS, FRIEDL, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, IMAGINATION |
47 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Invisible Chains |
Vogiel, Eva |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CHILDREN - DISABLED, DISABILITY AWARENESS, FRIENDSHIP, SCHOOL STORIES, SISTERS, TEACHERS |
280 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, NOT PLACING A STUMBLING BLOCK/LO TITEYN MICHSHOL, RESPECTING THE DISABLED, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
After I Said No |
Johnson, Sheila Golburgh |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, LABOR UNIONS, Women |
0 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Who Was the Woman Who Wore the Hat? |
Patz, Nancy |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND, MUSEUMS, POETRY |
40 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Samir and Yonatan |
Lotan, Yael |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, BROTHERS, CHILDREN - CHRONIC DISEASE, COMPUTERS, CONSOLATION, DEATH, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, IMAGINATION, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - CHILDREN, ISRAEL - HOSPITALS, PALESTINIANS |
185 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Blessing of the Animals, The |
Rosen, Michael |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, IDENTITY, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, MOTHERS, ANIMALS, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS |
0 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Behind the Secret Window: A Memoir of a Hidden Childhood During World War Two |
Toll, Nelly |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, IMAGINATION, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
161 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Yellow Star, The: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark |
Deedy, Carmen Agra, Sorensen, Henry |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HEROES, LEGENDS, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN DENMARK, CHRISTIAN X ( KING OF DENMARK) |
30 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Little Girl Named Miriam, A |
Rosenfeld, Dina H., Winn-Lederer, Ilene |
2000 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, WOMEN IN THE BIBLE, Biography, MIRIAM (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
0 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Queen of Persia, The |
Moscowitz, Moshe, Sokoloff, David |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, BIBLE STORIES, ESTHER (BIBLICAL FIGURE), Holidays, Purim |
107 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Celebrating Passover |
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane, Migdale, Lawrence |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, Holidays, Passover, SEDER |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
On Purim |
Fishman, Cathy Goldberg, Carmi, Giora |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, Purim |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Count with Mendel |
Cisner, Naftali |
2000 |
Preschool |
SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM |
10 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Two By Two |
Araten, Harry |
2000 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES |
0 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
Anne Frank - Voice of Hope |
Senker, Cath |
2001 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Holocaust, Biography, FRANK, ANNE |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Rivka's First Thanksgiving |
Rael, Elsa Okon, Kovalski, Maryann |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
AMERICANIZATION, FAMILY, Holidays, RABBIS, THANKSGIVING, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
32 p. |
CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH |
|
Lemuel, the Fool |
Uhlberg, Myron, Lamut, Sonja |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, TRAVEL |
32 p. |
IGNORANT PERSON/AM HAARETZ |
|
Surviving Hitler: A Boy In the Nazi Death Camps |
Warren, Andrea |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
146 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
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Why the Snake Crawls On Its Belly |
Kimmel, Eric A., Davis, Allen |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ADAM AND EVE, ANIMALS IN THE BIBLE, BIBLE STORIES |
32 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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Rachel Captures the Moon |
Ungar, Richard |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, SHTETL |
32 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Mendel Rosenbusch: Tales For Jewish Children |
Weber, Ilse |
2001 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
MITZVOT, SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS, JEWS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHOSLOVAKIA), SUPERNATURAL STORIES |
113 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Ashes of Roses |
Auch, Mary Jane |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ETHICS, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, LABOR UNIONS |
250 p. |
FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, NOT PLACING A STUMBLING BLOCK/LO TITEYN MICHSHOL, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Chanukah Lights Everywhere |
Rosen, Michael, Iwai, Melissa |
2001 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Cloak for the Moon, A |
Kimmel, Eric A., Kovalski, Maryann |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, MYSTICISM, NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV, RABBI |
32 p. |
KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Daughter of Light |
Attema, Martha |
2001 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
CHILDBIRTH, HISTORICAL FICTION, MOTHERS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
133 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Magic Menorah: A Modern Chanukah Tale, The |
Zalben, Jane Breskin, Diamond, Donna |
2001 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, Hanukkah, RIDDLES, YIDDISH LANGUAGE, SUPERNATURAL STORIES, TRADITION |
56 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Marc Chagall: What Colour Is Paradise? |
Thomas, David |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ART, ARTISTS, Biography |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Daughter of the Great Zandini |
Fagan, Cary, Young, Cybele |
2001 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BROTHERS, MAGIC, SISTERS, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN FRANCE |
64 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO |
|
Behold the Trees |
Alexander, Sue, Kovalski, Maryann |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ECOLOGY, ISRAEL - AFFORESTATION, Israel, TREES, ZIONISM |
48 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Hans and Sophie Scholl |
Axelrod, Toby |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS, SCHOLL, HANS, SCHOLL, SOPHIE, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
0 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Our Eight Nights of Hanukkah |
Rosen, Michael, Di Salvo-Ryan, DyAnne |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, Holidays, INTERFAITH RELATIONS |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Big Like Me! A New Baby Story |
Finkelstein, Ruth, Touson, Esther |
2001 |
Preschool |
BROTHERS, FAMILY, Prayer, SISTERS |
30 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Solomon and the Trees |
Biers-Ariel, Matt, Kiss-Silverberg, Esti |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ECOLOGY, LEGENDS, SOLOMON (KING OF ISRAEL), TREES, TU BI'SHEVAT |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Death On Sacred Ground |
|
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ABUSE, INTERDATING, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, MYSTERY STORIES, NATIVE AMERICANS, RABBIS, RACE RELATIONS |
191 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Night Spies, The |
Kacer, Kathy |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
197 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH |
|
Jewish Experience, The: 2,000 Years: A Collection of Significant Events |
Zakon, Nachman |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CIVILIZATION, JEWISH, HISTORY - ANCIENT, HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, HISTORY-MODERN |
281 p. |
CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Sammy Spider's First Trip to Israel |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Brooker, Kyrsten |
2001 |
Preschool |
Israel |
32 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
God Around Us, Vol.2: The Valley of Blessings, The |
Brichto, Mira, Alko, Selina |
2001 |
Preschool |
CHILDREN, GOD, Prayer |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BLESSINGS OF PRAISE RECITED UPON PERFORMING MITZVOT/BIRCHOT HA-MITZVOT, BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
After the Holocaust |
Greenfeld, Howard |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
146 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Mr. and Mrs. Noah |
Lenski, Lois |
2001 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
0 p. |
LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
|
Unexpected Detour and Other Stories, An |
Weinfeld, Chaya Baila |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holidays, SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS |
288 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Sefer Ha-Aggadah: Volume One |
Rossel, Seymour, Dick, Judy |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - High School |
BIBLE STORIES, LEGENDS, MIDRASH, RABBIS, TALMUD |
67 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AVOIDING TEMPTATION, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, RELYING ON GOD/BITAHON, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH, WISDOM/CHOCHMA, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Hanukkah Cat, Rev. Ed. |
Burstein, Chaya, Hanks-Henn, Judy |
2001 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, MACCABEES, PETS, ANIMALS |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Clara's War |
Kacer, Kathy |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DICKER-BRANDEIS, FRIEDL, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
196 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
Beautiful World That God Made, The |
Greene, Rhonda Gowler, Wilson, Anne |
2001 |
Preschool |
ADAM AND EVE, BIBLE STORIES, CREATION |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM |
|
The Lost Childhood: A World War II Memoir |
Nir, Yehuda |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, JEWS IN POLAND, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
0 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH |
|
Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes, The |
Glaser, Linda, Cote, Nancy |
2001 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, Holidays, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH |
|
This Is the Earth That God Made |
Downey, Lynn, Huang, Benrei |
2001 |
Preschool |
ECOLOGY, Prayer |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, NOT DESTROYING |
|
When the Chickens Went On Strike: A Rosh Hashanah Tale |
Silverman, Erica, Trueman, Matthew |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, ROSH HASHANAH, ANIMALS, SHTETL |
32 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Snow In Jerusalem |
Da Costa, Deborah, Hanks-Henn, Judy |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP, ISRAEL - CHILDREN, Israel, JERUSALEM |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Rivka's Way |
Kanefield, Teri |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
GHETTOS, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, JEWS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) |
137 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM |
|
In the Beginning: Bereishit |
Greengard, Alison, Racklin-Siegel, Carol |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, CREATION, HEBREW LANGUAGE |
25 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM |
|
Christmas Menorahs, The: How a Town Fought Hate |
Cohn, Janice, Farnsworth, Bill |
2001 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, COMMUNITY LIFE, Hanukkah, Holidays, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, NEO-NAZISM, PREJUDICE |
40 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, 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, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Too Many Cooks: A Passover Parable |
Zolkower, Edie Stoltz, Kawasaki, Shauna Mooney |
2001 |
Preschool |
FOOD, Passover, SEDER |
22 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
God's Garden: Children's Stories Grown from the Bible |
Fisher, Adam |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, TORAH, VALUES |
166 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Rabbi Who Flew, The |
Dollinger, Renate |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, RABBIS, SHTETL |
20 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK |
|
Understanding Buddy |
Kornblatt, Marc |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DEATH, FRIENDSHIP, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, MOTHERS, MOURNING, SCHOOL STORIES, sports |
115 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH |
|
The Tower of Babel: Migdal Bavel |
Greengard, Alison, Racklin-Siegel, Carol |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
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