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Agnon's Alef Bet |
Agnon, S. Y., Avishai, Susan |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
HEBREW LITERATURE |
72 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Great Hanukkah Party, The |
Tanner, Suzy-Jane |
1998 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah |
18 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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Israel: the Land |
Smith, Debbie |
1998 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Israel |
32 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 |
