|
Shaking in the Shack |
Weinstein, Dori |
2013 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
SUKKOT |
194 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Lights Along the Path: Jewish Folklore Through the Grades for Children Ages Four to Twelve |
Schacht, Rebecca, Morgan, Jacqui |
1999 |
Preschool - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BIBLE STORIES, FOLKLORE, LEGENDS |
195 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry |
McClafferty, Carla Killough |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
196 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Clara's War |
Kacer, Kathy |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DICKER-BRANDEIS, FRIEDL, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
196 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
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 |
|
Survivors: True Stories of Children of the Holocaust |
Bovson, Mara |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
196 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
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 |
|
Behind the Bedroom Wall |
Williams, Laura E., Goldstein, Nancy A. |
2003 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HITLER YOUTH, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, NAZISM, PARENTS |
196 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, 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, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Touched by Fire |
Watts, Irene N. |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
IMAGINATION, JEWS IN GERMANY, JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
197 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Night Spies, The |
Kacer, Kathy |
2001 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
197 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, TREATING THE WIDOW WITH KINDNESS/AL MANAH |
|
Small medium at large |
Levy, Joanne |
|
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
DEATH |
197 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Surviving Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah: The Ultimate Insider's Guide |
Axelrod, Matt |
2012 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH |
197 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
On Blackberry Hill |
Mann, Rachel |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CAMPS AND CAMPING, community ; shomar shabbat ; friendship ; moving households. otherness, MOTHERS |
198 p. |
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
When Life Gives You O.J. |
Perl, Erica S. |
2011 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, IDENTITY |
198 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Rashi's Daughter: Secret Scholar |
Anton, Maggie |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN FRANCE, LEARNING, RABBIS, SISTERS |
199 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, SCHOLAR/TALMID CHACHAM, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH, WEARING TALLIT AND TEFILLIN/TALLIT U'TEFILLIN, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Man's Search for Meaning: Young Adult Edition |
Frankl, Victor, Foreword by John Boyne |
2017 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
200 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook |
Yolen, Jane, Stemple, Heidi E. Y., Shefrin, Sima Elizabeth |
2013 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
COOKBOOKS, FOLKLORE |
200 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
Tell It to Naomi |
Ehrenhaft, Daniel |
1963 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HUMOR, IDENTITY, SCHOOL STORIES, TEACHERS |
200 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, NOT EMBARRASSING/LO LEVAYESH, TRUTHFULNESS/DIBUR EMET |
|
When We Were Shadows |
Wees, Janet |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
families, Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
200 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, RESILIENCE |
|
Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa |
Ostow, Micol |
2007 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, MOTHERS |
200 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Last Night at the Circle Cinema |
Franklin, Emily |
2015 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, DATING, FRIENDSHIP |
200 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM |
|
Kids Speak 6: Through Fire and Water |
Walder, Chaim, Rappaport, Aviva |
2011 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
MIDDOT, MITZVOT |
201 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
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 |
|
Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir |
Feder, Tyler |
2020 |
High School - Adult |
DEATH, Graphic Novel, HUMOR, MOURNING, parent and child relationships |
202 p. |
COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
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 |
|
Diary of Laura's Twin, The |
Kacer, Kathy |
2009 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAT MITZVAH, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO, IDENTITY |
202 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
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 |
|
Israel |
Woodward, John |
2005 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ARABS, Israel, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, PALESTINIANS |
203 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH |
|
Middle East, The |
Dudley, William |
1973 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, ARABS, INTIFADA, ISLAM, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL-TERRORISTS, ARAB, JEWISH - MOSLEM RELATIONS, MIDDLE EAST, PALESTINIANS |
203 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH |
|
Are You Alone On Purpose? |
Werlin, Nancy |
2008 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BAR MITZVAH, CHILDREN - DISABLED, DATING, DEATH, DISEASE, FATHERS, RABBIS, SISTERS |
204 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING THE DISABLED, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
