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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 |
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Hooray for Hanukkah! |
Manushkin, Fran, Croll, Carolyn |
2000 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
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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 |
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Children of Israel |
Grossman, Laurie |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Israel, ISRAEL - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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History of the Holocaust, A, Revised Edition |
Bauer, Yehuda, Diskind, Leah Malka |
2000 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ANTI-SEMITISM, GENOCIDE, Holocaust, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, JEWS IN WESTERN EUROPE |
432 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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George Gershwin, American Composer |
Reef, Catherine |
2000 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Music, MUSICIANS, Biography |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
