|
Atlas of Jewish Communities, The: A Voyage Through History |
Leiman, Sondra |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CIVILIZATION, JEWISH, DIASPORA, HISTORY - ANCIENT, HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, HISTORY-MODERN, JEWISH CULTURE |
218 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Daniel in the Lions' Den |
Marzollo, Jean |
2003 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS IN THE BIBLE, BIBLE STORIES, BIBLE.WRITINGS |
32 p. |
CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
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Selman Waksman and the Discovery of Streptomycin |
Gordon, Karen |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, DISEASE, SCIENCE |
48 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Elisabeth |
Nivola, Claire |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S |
0 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Why the Moon Only Glows |
Rosenfeld, Dina H., Holtzman, Yehudit |
2003 |
Preschool |
FATHERS, MIDRASH |
32 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, NOT COVETING/LO TACHMOD |
|
Hanukkah Fun: Great Things to Make and Do |
Ward, Catherine |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, Hanukkah, Holidays |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
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Forgotten Victims of the Holocaust, The |
Altman, Linda Jacobs |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
GENOCIDE, Holocaust, NAZISM |
104 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Thirty-One Cakes: A Hashavas Aveidah Story |
Hodes, Loren, Klineman, Harvey |
2003 |
Preschool |
MITZVOT |
32 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, RETURNING LOST PROPERTY/HASHAVAT AVAYDAH |
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Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius |
MacLeod, Elizabeth |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
EINSTEIN, ALBERT, Biography, SCIENCE |
32 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Elie Wiesel: A Holocaust Survivor Cries Out for Peace |
Houghton, Sarah |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, WIESEL, ELIE |
48 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Hooray! It's Passover! |
Kimmelman, Leslie, Himmelman, John |
2003 |
Preschool |
Holidays, Passover, SEDER |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
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Ten Good Rules |
Topek, Susan Remick, Schanzer, Roz |
2003 |
Preschool |
BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, COMMANDMENTS |
0 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Jason's Miracle |
Benderly, Beryl Lieff |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Hanukkah, Holidays, MACCABEES, FANTASY |
120 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
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Jewish Victims of the Holocaust, The |
Altman, Linda Jacobs |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, GENOCIDE, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, NAZISM |
104 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Long Johns for a Small Chicken |
Eagle, Godeane, Dixon, Tennessee |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
MOTHERS, ANIMALS, FARMS AND FARMING, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST |
26 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Messes of Dresses |
Pertzig, F., Leff, Tova |
2003 |
Preschool |
FRIENDSHIP |
32 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, MODESTY/TZENIUT |
|
I Am a Holocaust Torah: The Story of the Saving of 1,564 Torahs... |
Goldman, Alex J. |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holocaust, TORAH SCROLLS |
0 p. |
DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, LOVE FOR TORAH, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Parashah Plays |
Allen, Richard |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Bible, DRAMA, PORTION OF THE WEEK, TORAH |
0 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, LOVE FOR TORAH |
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While the Candles Burn: Eight Stories for Hanukkah |
Goldin, Barbara Diamond, Greenstein, Elaine |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Hanukkah, Holidays, Short Stories |
60 p. |
FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, PEACE/SHALOM |
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Pearl Plants a Tree |
Zalben, Jane Breskin |
2003 |
Preschool |
ECOLOGY, GRANDPARENTS, TREES, TU BI'SHEVAT, ANIMALS |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
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Rosie in Chicago: Play Ball! |
Matas, Carol |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ATHLETES, BROTHERS, FAMILY, IDENTITY, sports, HISTORICAL FICTION, BASEBALL |
128 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Shabbat Shalom! |
Abraham, Michelle Shapiro, Dixon, Tennessee |
2003 |
Preschool |
BERAKHOT, CANDLE LIGHTING, SABBATH |
28 p. |
BLESSING GOD AFTER MEALS/BIRKAT HA-MAZON, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Ilan Ramon, Israel's First Astronaut |
Stone, Tanya Lee |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography, HEROES, Israel, SCIENCE |
48 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Stone Lamp, The |
Hesse, Karen, Pinkney, Brian |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Adult |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Hanukkah, HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, HISTORY-MODERN, Holidays, Holocaust, MESSIAH, FALSE |
36 p. |
CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
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Noah's Ark |
Caviezel, G., Boldorini, M. G. |
2003 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
0 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
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Kids' Catalog of Passover, The: A Worldwide Celebration of Stories, Songs, Customs, Crafts, Food, and Fun |
Schwartz, Cherie Karo |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - High School |
Holidays, Passover, SEDER |
244 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Home Free, Margit: Book One: Our Canadian Girl Series |
Kacer, Kathy, Koffsky, Ann D. |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, Holocaust, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, JEWS IN CANADA, PARENTS |
87 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
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Listen to the Trees: Jews and the Earth |
Cone, Molly |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ECOLOGY, TREES, TU BI'SHEVAT |
0 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Lots of Latkes: A Hanukkah Story |
Lanton, Sandy, Redenbaugh, Vickie Jo |
2003 |
Preschool |
FRIENDSHIP, Hanukkah, Holidays, IMAGINATION |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
|
Five Alive! My Yom Tov Five Senses |
Rosenfeld, Dina H., Leff, Tova |
2003 |
Preschool |
Holidays |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Jewish Year, The: Celebrating the Holidays |
Rush, Barbara |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
Holidays |
176 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM |
|
Story of Mimmy and Simmy, The |
Ganz, Yaffa, Ariel, Liat Binyamini |
2003 |
Preschool |
FRIENDSHIP |
0 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1 |
|
Josh and Alisha Celebrate Chanukah |
Greenberg, Kay, Correll, Cory |
2003 |
Preschool |
BLINDNESS, Hanukkah, Holidays |
33 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Home Free, Margit: Book One: Our Canadian Girl Series |
Webster, Matt |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Israel, SECRET AGENTS |
87 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF |
|
Pearl Moskowitz's Last Stand |
Levine, Arthur, Roth, Robert |
2003 |
Preschool |
COMMUNITY LIFE, ECOLOGY, FRIENDSHIP, TREES, TU BI'SHEVAT |
32 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
This is the Dreidel |
Levine, Abby, Bin-Frye, Paige |
2003 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, Hanukkah, Holidays |
30 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Hidden Child |
Millman, Isaac |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, JEWS IN FRANCE |
80 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, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
When Zayde Danced On Eldridge Street |
Rael, Elsa Okon, Priceman, Marjorie |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, GRANDPARENTS, Holidays, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, SIMHAT TORAH, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
Two Brothers, The: A Legend of Jerusalem |
Waldman, Neil |
2003 |
Preschool |
BROTHERS, JERUSALEM, LEGENDS, SOLOMON (KING OF ISRAEL), TEMPLE |
0 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
Because Nothing Looks Like God |
Kushner, Karen, Correll, Cory |
2003 |
Preschool |
GOD |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM |
|
Home Free, Margit: Book One: Our Canadian Girl Series |
Cohen, Santiago |
2003 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
87 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Go-Between, The |
Hest, Amy, Di Salvo-Ryan, DyAnne |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, OLD AGE, BASEBALL |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
Sweet New Year, A: A Taste of the Jewish Holidays |
Podwal, Mark |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOOD, Holidays |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Behind the Bedroom Wall |
Williams, Laura E., Goldstein, Nancy A. |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HITLER YOUTH, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, NAZISM, PARENTS |
196 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, 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, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Bible Heroes I Can Be |
Eisenberg, Ann, Schanzer, Roz |
2003 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, BIOGRAPHY-COLLECTIONS |
0 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Shalom, Salaam, Peace |
Bogot, Howard I., Gorbaty, Norman |
2003 |
Preschool |
PEACE |
32 p. |
PRESERVING PEACE/DARCHEI SHALOM, PURSUING PEACE/RODEF SHALOM |
|
Buba Leah and Her Paper Children |
Ross, Lillian Hammer, Morgan, Mary |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, SHTETL |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Demons' Mistake, The: A Story from Chelm |
Prose, Francine, Podwal, Mark |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
EVIL SPIRITS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, SUPERNATURAL STORIES, FANTASY |
32 p. |
DISILLUSIONMENT/AGMAT NEFESH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Home Free, Margit: Book One: Our Canadian Girl Series |
Randall, Ron |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FANTASY, HEROES, SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM |
87 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
|
Marven of the Great North Woods |
Lasky, Kathryn, Hawkes, Kevin |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST |
48 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Too Much of a Good Thing |
Wasserman, Mira, Carolan, Christine |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
HAVDALAH, Holidays, LEGENDS, MIDRASH, RABBIS, SABBATH, ISRAEL - ANCIENT |
32 p. |
CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
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Legend of Jonah and the Two Great Fish, The |
Gerstein, Mordicai |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, JONAH (PROPHET) |
32 p. |
FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Special Fate, A: Chiune Sugihara, Hero of the Holocaust |
Gold, Alison Leslie |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, SUGIHARA, CHIUNE |
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, 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 |
|
Pearl's Marigolds for Grandpa |
Zalben, Jane Breskin |
2003 |
Preschool |
DEATH, GRANDPARENTS |
19 p. |
COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Perfect Porridge |
Sandman, Rochel, Zakashansky-Sverev, Chana |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOOD, MITZVOT |
30 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH |
|
Judaism |
Charing, Douglas |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CULTURE, JEWISH, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, Holidays, JUDAISM, LIFE CYCLE, SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM |
64 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
What Zeesie Saw On Delancey Street |
Rael, Elsa Okon, Priceman, Marjorie |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, FUNDRAISING, MITZVOT, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
40 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Sounds of My Jewish Year, The |
Gold-Vukson, Marji E. |
2003 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, HIGH HOLY DAYS, Holidays, TU BI'SHEVAT |
10 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Starlights and Candles |
Manushkin, Fran, Chwast, Jacqueline |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, SABBATH |
33 p. |
|
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Story of Shabbat, The |
Cone, Molly, Lisker, Emily |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
SABBATH |
29 p. |
|
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Perfect Purple Feather, The |
Piven, Hanoch |
2003 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS, IMAGINATION, FANTASY |
32 p. |
|
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It's Challah Time! |
Kropf, Latifa Berry, Cohen, Ted |
2003 |
Preschool |
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, FOOD, Holidays, NURSERY SCHOOLS, SABBATH |
32 p. |
|
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Tali's Jerusalem Scrapbook |
Seeger, Pete, Halperin, Wendy Anderson |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Bible, SONGS |
32 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Chanukah Bugs: A Pop-Up Celebration |
Carter, David A. |
2003 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
14 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Sisterland |
Newbery, Linda |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOPTION, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ASSIMILIATION, DATING, DISEASE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, HOMOSEXUALITY, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS, JEWS IN ENGLAND, MOTHERS, NEO-NAZISM, OLD AGE, PARENTS, PREJUDICE, SISTERS |
384 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECT/KAVOD, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
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Dreaming in Black and White |
Jung, Reinhardt |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DISABILITY AWARENESS, EUTHANASIA, Holocaust, NAZISM |
112 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, RESPECTING THE DISABLED |
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Opposites of My Jewish Year, The |
Dion, L. N., Olson, Julie |
2004 |
Preschool |
Holidays |
12 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Make a Wish, Molly |
Cohen, Barbara, Jones, Jan N. |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIRTHDAYS, FRIENDSHIP, Holidays, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, MOTHERS, Passover, SCHOOL STORIES |
0 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Mystery Bear, The: A Purim Story |
Adelson, Leone, Muth, Jon J |
2004 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS, Holidays, Purim |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, SLOWNESS TO ANGER/ERECH APAYIM |
|
Braid the Challah |
Paluch, Beily, Argoff, Patti |
2004 |
Preschool |
SABBATH |
12 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
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I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust |
Bitton-Jackson, Livia |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
224 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Arab-Israeli Conflict, The |
Rackers, Mark |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ARABS, INTIFADA, Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT |
234 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, RESORTING TO WAR AS A LAST RESULT/MILCHEMET CHOVAH |
|
Juggling Act |
Millman, M. C. |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, FATHERS, HOMEMAKING, HUMOR, MOTHERS, WORKING PARENTS |
223 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, SCHOLAR/TALMID CHACHAM, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
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Toby Belfer Visits Ellis Island |
Pushker, Gloria Teles, Hierstein, Judith |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN POLAND, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
I Wish I Were King |
Krohn, Genendel, Papp, Robert |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, PIRKE AVOT, VALUES |
49 p. |
CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1 |
|
Return, The |
Levitan, Sonia |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BROTHERS, ETHIOPIAN JEWS, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, SISTERS |
0 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Flag with Fifty-six Stars, The: A Gift from the Survivors of Mauthausen |
Rubin, Susan Goldman, Farnsworth, Bill |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
0 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
It's Hanukkah Time! |
Kropf, Latifa Berry, Cohen, Ted |
2004 |
Preschool |
GRANDPARENTS, Hanukkah, Holidays |
24 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
I Am a Torah |
Paluch, Beily, Argoff, Patti |
2004 |
Preschool |
Holidays, SIMHAT TORAH, TORAH SCROLLS |
12 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle |
Finkelstein, Norman H. |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, CIVIL RIGHTS |
208 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Birdland |
Mack, Tracy |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BROTHERS, COMMUNITY LIFE, CONSOLATION, DEATH, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, HOMELESS PEOPLE, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, MOTHERS, MOURNING, Music, PARENTS, POETRY |
208 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Tali's Jerusalem Scrapbook |
Whiting, Jim |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, Music |
32 p. |
FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
When I Left My Village |
Schur, Maxine Rose, Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ETHIOPIAN JEWS, FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
64 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, 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, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, REDEEMING THE HOSTAGE/PIDYYON SH'VUYYIM |
|
Star of Fear, Star of Hope |
Hoestlandt, Jo, Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, JEWS IN FRANCE |
32 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Voice from the Holocaust, A |
Schulz, Carol D. |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
FAMILY, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
128 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, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Sammy Spider's First Sukkot |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2004 |
Preschool |
Holidays, SUKKOT |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Eve and Her Sisters |
McDonough, Yona A., Zeldis, Malcah |
2004 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, BIOGRAPHY-COLLECTIONS, WOMEN IN THE BIBLE |
32 p. |
HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM |
|
Cats in Krasinski Square, The |
Hesse, Karen, Watson, Wendy |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO, Holocaust, JEWS IN POLAND |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Dad Runs Away With the Circus |
Keret, Etgar, Modan, Rutu |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, FATHERS |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Dancing On the Bridge at Avignon |
Vos, Ida |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
183 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
|
Joseph Who Loved the Sabbath |
Hirsh, Marilyn, Grebu, Devis |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, SABBATH |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Eva's Journey: A Young Girl's True Story |
Ben-Zvi, Hava |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, Israel, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
109 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Coat of Many Colors, The |
Koralek, Jenny, Baynes, Pauline |
2004 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, JEWS IN EGYPT |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, NOT MURDERING/LO TIRTZACH, RETSICHAH, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Dave At Night |
Levine, Gail Carson |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
AFRICAN AMERICANS, AMERICANIZATION, ARTISTS, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, ORPHANS |
288 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Always Prayer Shawl, The |
Oberman, Sheldon, Lewin, Ted |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, GRANDPARENTS, Prayer, TRADITION |
32 p. |
CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, WEARING TALLIT AND TEFILLIN/TALLIT U'TEFILLIN |
|
Wonders and Miracles: A Passover Companion |
Kimmel, Eric A. |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
HAGGADAH, Holidays, MIRACLES, Passover, SEDER |
136 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Rabbi and the Twenty Nine Witches, The |
Hirsh, Marilyn |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, RABBIS |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Only One Club, The |
Naliboff, Jane, Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, Holidays, IDENTITY, SCHOOL STORIES |
32 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Year of Jewish Stories, A: 52 Tales for Children and Their Families |
Shubert, Samantha, Keiser, Tammy L. |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, Holidays, VALUES |
232 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH |
|
Letters from Rivka |
Hesse, Karen |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
DISEASE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HAIR LOSS, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, INTERFAITH RELATIONS |
0 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
