|
Under the Sabbath Lamp |
Herman, Michael, Massari, Alida |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Immigration, Shabbat |
30 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Underground Reporters, The |
Kacer, Kathy |
2005 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, JEWS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) |
156 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Understanding Buddy |
Kornblatt, Marc |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DEATH, FRIENDSHIP, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, MOTHERS, MOURNING, SCHOOL STORIES, sports |
115 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH |
|
Understanding the Holy Land: Answering Questions about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |
Frank, Mitch |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB, PALESTINIANS |
152 p. |
SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Unexpected Detour and Other Stories, An |
Weinfeld, Chaya Baila |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holidays, SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS |
288 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
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Uninvited Guest and Other Jewish Holiday Tales, The |
Jaffe, Nina, Savadier, Elivia |
2002 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BROTHERS, FOLKLORE, Hanukkah, HIGH HOLY DAYS, Holidays, HUMOR, KABBALAT SHABBAT, MAGIC, MIDRASH, MIRACLES, MITZVOT, Passover, Purim, REWARD AND PUNISHMENT, ROSH HASHANAH, SABBATH, SUKKOT |
72 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FASTING ON YOM KIPPUR/TOM TZOM, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM, TRUTHFULNESS/DIBUR EMET |
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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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Unresolved, The |
Welsh, T. S. |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, DEATH, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY |
149 p. |
GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, NOT BEARING FALSE WITNESS/AYD SHAHKEYR, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Until the Messiah Comes |
Roseman, Kenneth |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ASSIMILIATION, COMMUNISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
0 p. |
FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Uprising |
Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
HISTORICAL FICTION, LABOR UNIONS, Women |
346 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Upstairs Room, The |
Reiss, Johanna |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FARMS AND FARMING, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, JEWS IN HOLLAND, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, SISTERS |
196 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AVOIDING TEMPTATION, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
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Vanishing Girl, The: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 3rd Case |
Peacock, Shane |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
MYSTERY STORIES |
60 p. |
|
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Varian Fry: Hero of the Holocaust |
Price, Sean |
2009 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
32 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
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Very Best Hanukkah Gift, The |
Rocklin, Joanne, O'Neil, Catherine |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BROTHERS, FAMILY, Hanukkah, SISTERS, ANIMALS |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Very Big Problem, A |
Levine, Amy-Jill, Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
CREATION, MIDRASH, MODERN |
40 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Viktor Frankl: A Life Worth Living |
Redsand, Anna S. |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, MENTAL HEALTH, SCIENCE |
150 p. |
STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Village of Scoundrels |
Preus, Margi |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN FRANCE, RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
304 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
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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Visit to Oma, A |
Russo, Marisabina |
2005 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
GRANDPARENTS, IMAGINATION, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS, OLD AGE |
32 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
Visiting a Synagogue |
Nason, Ruth |
2006 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
JUDAISM, SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM, SYNAGOGUES |
24 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Viva, Rose! |
Krawitz, Susan |
2017 |
|
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST |
240 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO |
|
Vive la Paris! |
Codell, Esme Raji |
1993 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, Holocaust, SCHOOL STORIES |
209 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
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 |
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Wait! It's Friday |
Barash, Chris, Grove, Christine |
2019 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, Shabbat |
24 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Waiting for Eugene |
Lowenstein, Sallie |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ART, ARTISTS, FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, MENTAL HEALTH |
201 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Waiting Wall, The |
Braunstein, Leah Levy, Curiel, Gil-Ly Alon |
2009 |
Preschool |
MESSIAH, WESTERN WALL |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH |
|
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 |
|
Walk Till You Disappear |
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar, Sawyer, Odessa |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION |
208 p. |
DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Walker's Crossing |
Naylor, Phyllis R. |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, BROTHERS, NEO-NAZISM, PREJUDICE |
0 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONESTY/EMET, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Walking the Bible |
Feiler, Bruce, Meret, Sasha |
1996 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
ABRAHAM (PATRIARCH), ARCHEOLOGY, Bible, CREATION, Israel, JERUSALEM, MOSES (PROPHET), NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE), SARAH (MATRIARCH) |
108 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH |
