|
Bubbe & Zaide |
Asner, Ann-Marie Baila |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship |
22 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Buba Leah and Her Paper Children |
Ross, Lillian Hammer, Morgan, Mary |
2003 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, SHTETL |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Brundibar |
Kushner, Tony, Sendak, Maurice |
2010 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
ANIMALS, BROTHERS, FANTASY, FOLKLORE, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, JEWS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHOSLOVAKIA), MOTHERS, Music, NAZISM, SISTERS |
56 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH |
|
Brothers: A Hebrew Legend |
Freedman, Florence B., Parker, Robert Andrew |
2005 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BROTHERS |
40 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
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Brothers' Promise, The |
Harber, Frances, Wickstrom, Thor |
1998 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BROTHERS, FOLKLORE, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, SHTETL, EVIL SPIRITS |
29 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
Brothers In Valor: A Story of Resistance |
Tunnell, Michael O. |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CHRISTIANITY, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, NAZISM, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
0 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Brooklyn Bridge |
Hesse, Karen |
2008 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOMELESS PEOPLE, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
231 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Broken Strings |
Walters, Eric, Kacer, Kathy |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FAMILY, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Holocaust |
282 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Broken Song |
Lasky, Kathryn |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, EASTERN EUROPE-SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS, FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, MUSICIANS, RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS, RESPONSIBILITY, SHTETL |
154 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Bridge to America |
Glaser, Linda |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - MIDWEST, SHTETL |
208 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Brave Women Who Saved Moses, The |
Greengard, Alison, Racklin-Siegel, Carol |
2010 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, HEBREW LANGUAGE, MOSES (PROPHET), WOMEN IN THE BIBLE |
28 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Brave girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 |
Markel, Michelle |
|
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, LABOR UNIONS |
32 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Brave Deeds: How One Family Saved Many from the Nazis |
Alma, Ann |
2010 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
94 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM |
|
Bras and Broomsticks |
Mlynowski, Sarah |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
#N/A |
320 p. |
|
|
Braid the Challah |
Paluch, Beily, Argoff, Patti |
2004 |
Preschool |
SABBATH |
12 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Bracha Do You Know? |
Stern, Ariella, Argoff, Patti |
2014 |
Preschool |
MITZVOT |
28 p. |
BLESSINGS OF PRAISE RECITED UPON PERFORMING MITZVOT/BIRCHOT HA-MITZVOT, BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN |
|
Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman |
Nobleman, Marc Tyler, McDonald, Ross |
2009 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ARTISTS, AUTHORS |
0 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Boy Who Stuck Out His Tongue, The |
Tarbescu, Edith, Mills, Judith Christine |
2000 |
Preschool |
FOLKLORE, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
32 p. |
REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Boy Who Loved Words, The |
Schotter, Roni, Potter, Giselle |
2006 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
IMAGINATION |
36 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Boy Who Dared, The: A Novel Based on the True Story of a Hitler Youth |
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell |
2010 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
CIVIL RIGHTS, HISTORICAL FICTION, HITLER YOUTH, Holocaust, NAZISM, RESPONSIBILITY |
202 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, VIRTUOUS PEOPLE/BAL MIDDOT |
|
Boy of Old Prague, A |
Ish-Kishor, Sulamith, Shahn, Ben |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, GHETTOS, JEWS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) |
92 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SLANDER/REKHILUT |
|
Box of Candles, A |
Jacobs, Laurie, Koz, Paula Goodman |
2005 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
DATING, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, Holidays |
38 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Bottle in the Gaza Sea, A |
Zenatti, Valerie |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB |
176 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes, The |
Glaser, Linda, Cote, Nancy |
2001 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, Holidays, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH |
|
Book Thief, The |
Zusak, Markus |
2006 |
High School - Adult |
BOOKS AND READING, DEATH, HITLER YOUTH, Holocaust, JEWS IN GERMANY, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
553 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Book Rescuer (the): How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come |
Macy, Sue, Innerst, Stacy |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
BOOKS AND READING, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, YIDDISH LANGUAGE, YIDDISH LITERATURE |
48 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Book of Secrets, The |
Tonti, Mat |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BOOKS AND READING, FOLKLORE, MIDRASH, SIBLINGS |
208 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Book about God, A |
Fitch, Florence Mary, Sorensen, Henry |
2013 |
Preschool |
GOD |
0 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM |
|
Bone Button Borscht |
Davis, Aubrey, Petricic, Dusan |
1997 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, FOOD, SHTETL, VALUES |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Bold and Brave : A Fun-to-Read Book |
Peysin, Shainy, McFarland, Michael |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Hanukkah, HISTORICAL FICTION, MACCABEES |
127 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
