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 |
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 |
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 |
Hanukkah Treasury, A |
Kimmel, Eric A., Lisker, Emily |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah |
99 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
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 |