|
Survivors: True Stories of Children of the Holocaust |
Zullo, Allan |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
196 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Surviving Hitler: A Boy In the Nazi Death Camps |
Warren, Andrea |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
146 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
|
Sunrise, Sunset |
Harnick, Sheldon, Schoenherr, Ian |
2005 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, LIFE CYCLE, SHTETL, SONGS |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Summer of My German Soldier |
Greene, Bette |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ABUSE, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH, PARENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
1 973 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Sukkah That I Built, The |
Vorst, Rochel Groner, Cohen, Ted |
2002 |
Preschool |
BROTHERS, FAMILY, Holidays, SISTERS, SUKKOT |
24 p. |
DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Suitcase of Dreams, A: Immigration Stories from the Skirball Cultural Center |
Kale, Shelly |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AMERICANIZATION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, MUSEUMS |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Such a Prince |
Bar-El, Dan, Manders, John |
2008 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BROTHERS, FOLKLORE, HUMOR |
32 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Strudel Stories |
Rocklin, Joanne |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AMERICANIZATION, ASSIMILIATION, BASEBALL, FAMILY, FOOD, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Streets of Gold |
Wells, Rosemary, Andreasen, Dan |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, HISTORICAL FICTION |
0 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Streets Are Paved with Gold, The |
Weissenberg, Frances |
1993 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AMERICANIZATION, BROTHERS, DISEASE, Education, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, INTERMARRIAGE, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, MOTHERS, PARENTS |
145 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Stranger in the Woods |
Fried, Leah |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
DISEASE, FRIENDSHIP, MYSTERY STORIES |
202 p. |
LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Strange Relations |
Levitan, Sonia |
2007 |
High School |
FAMILY, HASIDISM |
0 p. |
CARING FOR THE DEAD/CHESED SHEL EMET, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, IMMERSING IN A RITUAL BATH/MIKVAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, PEACE IN THE HOME/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 |
|
Story of the Holocaust, The |
Lawton, Clive A. |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, GENOCIDE, Holocaust, NAZISM |
0 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Story of Shabbat, The |
Cone, Molly, Lisker, Emily |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
SABBATH |
29 p. |
|
|
Story of Ruth, The |
Schur, Maxine Rose, Connelly, Gwen |
2006 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, LEAVING GLEANINGS FOR THE POOR/AM HAARETZ |
|
Story of Passover |
Adler, David A., Weber, J. [nid:15004], illustrator |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Passover, MOSES (PROPHET) |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Story of Mimmy and Simmy, The |
Ganz, Yaffa, Ariel, Liat Binyamini |
2003 |
Preschool |
FRIENDSHIP |
0 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1 |
|
Story of Israel, The: From Theodor Herzl to the Roadmap for Peace |
Gilbert, Martin |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
Israel, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ZIONISM |
64 p. |
PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Story of Giraffe, The |
Pigni, Guido |
2008 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
32 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Story of Esther, The: A Purim Tale |
Kimmel, Eric A., Weber, Jill |
2012 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, BIBLE STORIES, ESTHER (BIBLICAL FIGURE), Holidays, MEGILLOT ESTHER, Purim |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF |
|
Storm |
Napoli, Donna Jo |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
350 p. |
SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl |
Garfinkle, D. L. |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOLESCENCE, DATING, DIVORCE, FAMILY, FATHERS, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, MOTHERS, OLD AGE, OLD AGE HOMES, PARENTS, SCHOOL STORIES, SELF-RESPECT, SEXUALITY, SINGLE PARENTS |
184 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DISILLUSIONMENT/AGMAT NEFESH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, KEEPING ONE'S WORD/NEDARIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Stork's Landing |
Lehman-Wilzig, Tami, Shuttlewood, Anna, Illustrator |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ISRAEL-KIBBUTZIM, ANIMALS, ECOLOGY |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Stories Straight From Avi's Heart |
Walder, Chaim, Pelleg, Tirtsa |
2005 |
Preschool |
CHILD CARE, CHILDREN - MORAL DEVELOPMENT |
76 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Stories of Heaven and Earth: Bible Heroes in Contemporary Children's Literature |
Person, Diane G. |
2005 |
Adult |
BIBLE STORIES, Bible, FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, MIDRASH |
288 p. |
|
|
Stories of Heaven and Earth: Bible Heroes in Contemporary Children's Literature |
Person, Hara E. |
2005 |
Adult |
BIBLE STORIES, Bible, FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, MIDRASH |
288 p. |
|
|
Stories from Adam and Eve to Ezekiel |
Lottridge, Celia Barker, Clements, Gary |
2005 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES |
192 p. |
|
|
Stones on a Grave |
Kacer, Kathy |
2015 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - GERMANY, ORPHANS |
240 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Stones In Water |
Napoli, Donna Jo |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRIENDSHIP, HOLOCAUST - SLAVE LABOR, JEWS IN ITALY, WAR, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
209 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Stones for Grandpa |
Londner, Renee, Aviles, Martha |
|
Preschool |
DEATH, GRANDPARENTS, HONOR, MOURNING |
24 p. |
COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Stone Soup with Matzoh Balls |
Glaser, Linda, Tabatabaei, Maryam |
2014 |
Preschool |
Passover, Chelm & Story Collections |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Stone Lamp, The |
Hesse, Karen, Pinkney, Brian |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Adult |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Hanukkah, HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, HISTORY-MODERN, Holidays, Holocaust, MESSIAH, FALSE |
36 p. |
CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Stolen Words |
Koss, Amy |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DEATH, FAMILY, FUNERAL RITES AND CUSTOMS, MOTHERS, MOURNING, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, TRAVEL |
145 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Stingy Buzi and King Solomon |
Sigal, Goldie |
2010 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
SOLOMON (KING OF ISRAEL), YIDDISH LITERATURE |
80 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Steven Spielberg: Director of Blockbuster Films |
Edge, Laura B. |
2009 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, Holocaust |
128 p. |
PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Stealing Home |
Schwartz, Ellen |
2006 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOPTION, ANTI-SEMITISM, ATHLETES, BASEBALL, FAMILY, GRANDPARENTS, ORPHANS, RACE RELATIONS, sports |
217 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Stars Will Guide You, The |
Walfish, Miriam |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWISH BRIGADE, JEWS IN ITALY |
320 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, MODESTY/TZENIUT, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Starlights and Candles |
Manushkin, Fran, Chwast, Jacqueline |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, SABBATH |
33 p. |
|
|
Starglass |
North, Phoebe |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, SCIENCE FICTION |
464 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Star of Luis |
Talbert, Marc |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, FAMILY, IDENTITY |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Star of Fear, Star of Hope |
Hoestlandt, Jo, Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2004 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, JEWS IN FRANCE |
32 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Spotlight for Harry, A |
Kimmel, Eric A., Madsen, Jim |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, BROTHERS, MAGIC |
112 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Spin the Dreidel! |
Cooper, Alexandra, Gevry, Claudine |
2004 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, Holidays |
14 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Spider's Web, The |
Williams, Laura E. |
1999 |
High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, NEO-NAZISM, PREJUDICE |
0 p. |
REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini |
Lalicki, Tom |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography |
0 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Speed of Light |
Rosen, Sybil |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CIVIL RIGHTS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH, PREJUDICE |
0 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Special Fate, A: Chiune Sugihara, Hero of the Holocaust |
Gold, Alison Leslie |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, SUGIHARA, CHIUNE |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Speak up, Tommy! |
Greene, Jacqueline D., Melmon, Deborah |
|
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
HEBREW LANGUAGE, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
32 p. |
HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Sparks Fly Upward |
Matas, Carol |
2002 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, JEWS IN CANADA |
192 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Sparkle and Shine Noah's Ark |
Pinnington, Andrea, Gowen, Fiona |
2009 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
18 p. |
OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
|
Sounds of My Jewish Year, The |
Gold-Vukson, Marji E. |
2003 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, HIGH HOLY DAYS, Holidays, TU BI'SHEVAT |
10 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
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 |
|
Sophie and the Shofar: A New Year's Story |
Manushkin, Fran, Racklin-Siegel, Carol |
2000 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, Holidays, ROSH HASHANAH, SHOFAR |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, HEARING THE SHOFAR/LISHMOA KOL SHOFAR, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Songs from the Garden of Eden |
Soussana, Nathalie, Alemagna, Beatrice |
2011 |
Preschool |
Music, SONGS |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, PEACE/SHALOM |
|
Song of the Whales, The |
Orlev, Uri |
2012 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FANTASY, GRANDPARENTS, IMAGINATION, Israel |
108 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Sondra's Search |
Silvers, Ester Katz |
2009 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ASSIMILIATION, BAAL TESHUVAH, IDENTITY, INTERDATING, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST, JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
238 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
|
Something Remains |
Barth-Grozinger, Inge |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, JEWS IN GERMANY, NAZISM |
390 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Something From Nothing |
Gilman, Phoebe |
1974 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, FOLK SONGS, FOLKLORE, GRANDPARENTS, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, SHTETL |
0 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Something For Nothing |
Stampler, Ann Redisch, Cohen, Jacqueline M. |
2002 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FOLKLORE, ANIMALS, SHTETL |
32 p. |
GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, SCHOLAR/TALMID CHACHAM, SEEKING PEACE/REDIFAT SHALOM |
|
Someone Named Eva |
Wolf, Joan |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust, IDENTITY |
208 p. |
PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Someone for Mr. Sussman |
Polacco, Patricia |
2010 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
GRANDPARENTS, MARRIAGE |
0 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Solomon and the Trees |
Biers-Ariel, Matt, Kiss-Silverberg, Esti |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ECOLOGY, LEGENDS, SOLOMON (KING OF ISRAEL), TREES, TU BI'SHEVAT |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Snow In Jerusalem |
Da Costa, Deborah, Hanks-Henn, Judy |
2001 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP, ISRAEL - CHILDREN, Israel, JERUSALEM |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
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 |
|
Small medium at large |
Levy, Joanne |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DEATH |
197 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Skating with the Statue of Liberty |
Meyer, Susan Lynn |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
320 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
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Six-Day Hero, the |
Stein, Tammar |
2017 |
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ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, WAR, FAMILY |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, RESILIENCE, RESORTING TO WAR AS A LAST RESULT/MILCHEMET CHOVAH |
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Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of a Children's Holocaust Memorial |
Schroeder-Hildebrand, Dagmar |
2003 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Holocaust |
64 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Sisterland |
Newbery, Linda |
2004 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOPTION, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ASSIMILIATION, DATING, DISEASE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, HOMOSEXUALITY, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS, JEWS IN ENGLAND, MOTHERS, NEO-NAZISM, OLD AGE, PARENTS, PREJUDICE, SISTERS |
384 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECT/KAVOD, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
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Singing Mountain, The |
Levitan, Sonia |
1998 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BAAL TESHUVAH, FAMILY, IDENTITY, Israel |
261 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
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Sing Praise |
Greene, Rhonda Gowler, Argoff, Patti |
2006 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS, BIBLE STORIES, CREATION, GOD |
32 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
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Simon's Escape: A Story of the Holocaust |
Pryor, Bonnie |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO |
0 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
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Simon Says |
Griffis, Molly Levite |
2004 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, IDENTITY, MYSTERY STORIES, PREJUDICE |
264 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Simon and the bear: a Hanukkah story |
Kimmel, Eric A., Trueman, Matthew [nid:14789], illustrator |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah |
40 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
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Silver Days |
Levitan, Sonia |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, WORKING PARENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
185 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
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Silver Cup, The |
Leeds, Constance |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ARTISTS, CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION |
2 007 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
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Silent As a Stone: Mother Maria of Paris and the Trash Can Rescue |
Forest, Jim, Pancheshnaya, Dasha |
2007 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CHRISTIANITY, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, Holocaust |
0 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
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Sigmund Freud: Pioneer of the Mind |
Reef, Catherine |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Biography, FREUD, SIGMUND, JEWS IN AUSTRIA, SCIENCE |
152 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
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Sid Fleischman |
Parker-Rock, Michelle |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
AUTHORS, Biography, MAGIC |
48 p. |
REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Shylock's Daughter |
Pressler, Mirjam |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, FATHERS, GHETTOS, JEWS IN ITALY |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1, DISILLUSIONMENT/AGMAT NEFESH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, LOSING FACE; HUMILIATION/HALBANAT PANIM, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH, NOT PLACING A STUMBLING BLOCK/LO TITEYN MICHSHOL, NOT TAKING REVENGE/LO TIKOM |
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Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924 |
Hopkinson, Deborah |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
AMERICANIZATION, HOMES, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
144 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
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Shuli and Me, From Slavery to Freedom: A Storybook Omer Calendar |
Benjamin-Farren, Joan |
2007 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, Holidays, LAG BA-OMER, Passover, Shavuot |
116 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
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Shout in the Sunshine, A |
Ioannides, Mara W. Cohen |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS |
157 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, TOLERANCE/sovlanut, TRANSGRESSION/AVERAH |
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Sholom's Treasure |
Silverman, Erica, Papp, Robert |
2005 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Biography, FAMILY, SHTETL |
40 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
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Shoes For Amelie |
Steiner, Connie Colker, Rodier, Denis |
2001 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN |
48 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, 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, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
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Shmuel Ha Nagid: A Tale of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 |
Mahr, Aryeh, Polls, Esteve |
2007 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, Biography, HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, JEWS IN SPAIN |
56 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, SCHOLAR/TALMID CHACHAM, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
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Shmuel Ha Nagid: A Tale of the Golden Age |
Mahr, Aryeh, Polls, Esteve |
2006 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, Biography, HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, JEWS IN SPAIN |
55 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, SCHOLAR/TALMID CHACHAM, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
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Shlomo's Little Joke |
Citron, Sterna, Rosen, Elizabeth |
2009 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BAAL SHEM TOV, ETHICS, LEGENDS |
22 p. |
HONESTY/EMET, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK, TRUTHFULNESS/DIBUR EMET |
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Shlemiel Crooks |
Olswanger, Anna, Koz, Paula Goodman |
2005 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, COMMUNITY LIFE, CRIME AND CRIMINALS, ELIJAH (PROPHET), HUMOR, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST, Passover, YIDDISH CULTURE |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, NOT STEALING/LO TIGNOV, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
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Shining Star |
Altein, Chani |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
DISEASE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY |
240 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
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Shavua Tov! A Good Week |
Abraham, Michelle Shapiro, Koffsky, Ann D. |
2008 |
Preschool |
HAVDALAH, SABBATH, Hanukkah, Holidays, SCIENCE FICTION |
16 p. |
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Shavua Tov! A Good Week |
Hoberman, Mary Ann, Halperin, Wendy Anderson |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP, SCHOOL |
16 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
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Shavua Tov! A Good Week |
McKay, Sharon E. |
2008 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
HAVDALAH, Shabbat |
16 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
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Shavua Tov! A Good Week |
Ofanansky, Allison, Alpern, Eliyahu |
2008 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, Israel, SUKKOT |
16 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH |
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Shavua Tov! A Good Week |
Kimmel, Eric A., Weber, Jill |
2008 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
HIGH HOLY DAYS, Holidays, RABBIS, ROSH HASHANAH |
16 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK |
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Shattered Youth in Nazi Germany: Primary Sources from the Holocaust |
Altman, Linda Jacobs |
2012 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HITLER YOUTH, Holocaust, JEWS IN GERMANY |
128 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
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Sharing Our Homeland: Palestinian and Jewish Children at Summer Peace Camp |
Marx, Trish, Karp, Cindy |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CAMPS AND CAMPING, ISRAEL - CHILDREN, PALESTINIANS |
48 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM |
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Shapes of My Jewish Year, The |
Gold-Vukson, Marji E. |
2014 |
Preschool |
CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, Holidays, SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM |
10 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
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Shanghai Sukkah |
Hyde, Heidi Smith [nid:11019], , Tsong, Jing Jing [nid:50802], illustrator |
2015 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, Jews in China, SUKKOT |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
