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May - August 2002

Adult
Call # Author Title
BIOG
NASI		 Brooks The woman who defied kings : the life and times of Dooa Gracia Nasi--a Jewish leader during the Renaissance
Fiction Calisher Sunday Jews
REF
940.4		 Spector & Wigoder The Encyclopedia of Jewish life before and during the Holocaust
233 Goldberg Heads and tales : stories of the sages to enlighten our minds
240 Cardin The tapestry of Jewish time : a spiritual guide to holidays and life-cycle events
240 Dardashti The Jewish family fun book : holiday projects, home activities, and travel ideas with Jewish themes
241 Shapiro Gates of Shabbat = [Sha`are Shabat] : a guide for observing Shabbat
250.09 Kling Embracing Judaism
300.45 Stern-LaRosa The Anti-defamation League's hate hurts : how children learn and unlearn prejudice
323   Tikvah : children's book creators reflect on human rights
480 Weinstein Yiddish : a nation of words
641.5 Bar-David Jewish cooking for pleasure
641.5 Leonard The Jewish holiday cook book
641.5 Schulman Let my people eat! : Passover seders made simple
920 Lynn The Jewish baseball hall of fame : a who's who of baseball stars
940.4 Spiegelman Maus : a survivor's tale or The Complete Maus (v.I and II)
940.43 Wilkomirski Fragments : memories of a wartime childhood
953.23 Bard Myths and facts : a guide to the Arab-Israeli conflict
   See also : http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/myths/mftoc.html
953.23 Tessler A History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
959 Friedman From Beirut to Jerusalem : updated with a new chapter
973.5 Rosenthal Irreconcilable differences : the waning of the American Jewish love affair with Israel
Juvenile
Call # Author Title
BIOG
KORCZAK		 Adler A hero and the holocaust : the story of Janusz Korczak and his children
Fiction Epstein How the Rosh Hashanah challah became round
Fiction Howland The matzah man : a Passover story
Fiction Le Tord Noah's trees
Fiction Michelson Too young for Yiddish
Fiction Rouss My baby brother : what a miracle!
Fiction Sandman Perfect porridge : a story about kindness
Fiction Shollar A thread of kindness : a tzedakah story
Fiction Zalben The magic menorah : a modern Chanukah tale
Fiction Zalben Pearl's marigolds for grandpa
220.95 Wildsmith Exodus
220.95 Zeldis God sent a rainbow : and other Bible stories
243.2 Adler A picture book of Passover
361 Gellman Bad stuff in the news : a guide to handling the headlines
398 Rosenfeld Why the moon only glows : a midrash
398 Weber Mendel Rosenbusch : tales for Jewish children
940.44 Axelrod Hans and Sophie Scholl : German resisters of the White Rose

A hero and the holocaust : the story of Janusz Korczak and his children / David A. Adler
A brief biography of the Polish doctor, author, founder of orphanages, and promoter of children's rights, who lost his life trying to protect his orphans from the Nazis.

The matzah man : a Passover story / Naomi Howland
Just before the Passover seder, a man baked from scraps of matzo dough escapes from the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets clever Mendel Fox.

Noah's trees / Bijou Le Tord.
Noah nurtures his trees, planning to give them to his sons, but God has another use for them in mind.

Too young for Yiddish / Richard Michelson
When Aaron was a boy his Grandpa, or Zayde, would not teach him Yiddish, but as an adult, Aaron longs to learn the language and history of the old country from Zayde and his many books.

My baby brother : what a miracle! / by Sylvia Rouss
Sarah does not understand why everyone says that her new baby brother is a miracle, but then, on the day of his bris (circumcision), she takes another look at him.

Perfect porridge : a story about kindness / by Rochel Sandman
When Bubbe Hinda and Zayde Mendel are forced to become refugees in the Soviet Union, they take holy books and generosity with them to their new home.

The magic menorah : a modern Chanukah tale / by Jane Breskin
Stanley does not look forward to spending another Chanukah with all his relatives, but when an old man comes out of a tarnished menorah in the attic and grants Stanley three wishes, he changes his mind.

Pearl's marigolds for grandpa / story and pictures by Jane Breskin Zalben.
A young girl copes with the death of her grandfather by remembering all the things she loved about him. Includes information about funeral customs of various religions.

Exodus / Brian Wildsmith
Describes how God sent Moses to lead his people out of slavery in Egypt and into the promised land of Canaan.

God sent a rainbow : and other Bible stories / paintings by Malcah Zeldis
Presents a series of stories from the Old Testament, including God's creation of the world, Noah and the ark, the sacrifice of Isaac, Joseph and his brothers, and the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.

A picture book of Passover / by David A. Adler
Describes the events which led to the liberation of the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt, and explains some of the Passover traditions and customs.

Bad stuff in the news : a guide to handling the headlines / Marc Gellman and Thomas Hartman
Discusses how such problems as terrorism, child abuse, natural disasters, violence in sports, and hate crimes are reported in the media and some things that individuals can do to address these problems.

Mendel Rosenbusch : tales for Jewish children / Ilse Weber
Eleven stories about Mendel Rosenbusch, a poor but wise man who lives behind the synagogue in a small Czech town and who is visited one night by the angel Rafael.

 

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