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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Mr. Belinsky's Bagels |
Schwartz, Ellen, Czernecki, Stefan |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOOD |
29 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO |
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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 |
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Israel: the Land |
Smith, Debbie |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Israel |
32 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
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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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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 |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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When Mindy Saved Hanukkah |
Kimmel, Eric A., McClintock, Barbara |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
GRANDPARENTS, Hanukkah, SYNAGOGUES |
29 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
