Awards search:National Jewish Book Award

The Littlest Pair

by Sylvia Rouss
Paperback, 2005
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, PJ Library, kindness to animals, Noah (Biblical figure), Torah portions - Noach, Bible stories, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, respecting differences, tolerance, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
The Littlest Series
Barcode
1971
Status
Available
Call number
E ROU

The littlest pair

by Sylvia A. Rouss
Paperback, 2001
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, PJ Library, kindness to animals, Noah (Biblical figure), Torah portions - Noach, Bible stories, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, respecting differences, tolerance, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
The Littlest Series
Barcode
3776
Status
Available
Call number
E ROU

Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle

by Norman H. Finkelstein
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, teen - young adult, CHAI Lit List Level 6, tikkun olam - repairing the world, social activism, loving one's neighbor, seeking justice, African American - Jewish relations, civil rights, United States - history, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image — 2 more, diversity and inclusion, achrayut - responsibility
Barcode
1798
Status
Available
Call number
T 323.173 FIN

Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle

by Norman H. Finkelstein
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, teen - young adult, CHAI Lit List Level 6, tikkun olam - repairing the world, social activism, loving one's neighbor, seeking justice, African American - Jewish relations, civil rights, United States - history, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image — 2 more, diversity and inclusion, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2540
Status
Available
Call number
323.173 FIN

Rifka Grows Up

by Chaya M. Burstein
Paper Book, 1976
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Russia
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
920
Status
Available
Call number
J F BUR

Martin Buber: Wisdom in our Time

by Charlie May Hogue Simon
Paper Book, 1969
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Martin Buber
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1003
Status
Available
Call number
J B BUB

The Torah: A Women's Commentary

by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi Editor
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
women, Torah, Bible - criticism and commentary
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
7087
Status
Available
Call number
222.1077 ESK

The Dreyfus Affair : A National Scandal

by Betty Schechter
Hardcover, 1964
Tags
Alfred Dreyfus, National Jewish Book Award, France
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1098
Status
Available
Call number
T 944.081 SCH

Meet at the Ark at Eight

by Ulrich Hub
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Noah (Biblical figure), AR book - MG
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3272
Status
Available
Call number
J F HUB

Radiance: Ten Stories

by John J. Clayton
Paperback, 1998
Tags
short stories
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2774
Status
Available
Call number
F CLA

Jacob, Menahem, and Mimoun: A Family Epic

by Marcel Benabou
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2897
Status
Available
Call number
848.914 BEN

As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom

by Richard Michelson
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, civil rights, African-Americans, Jews, AR book - LG, social activism, loving one's neighbor, African American - Jewish relations, rabbis, race relations, diversity and inclusion — 2 more, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
2066
Status
Available
Call number
J 323.092 MIC

From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books

by Arie Kaplan
Paperback, 2008
Tags
cartoonists
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
5518
Status
Available
Call number
T 741.5973 KAP

To the End of the Land (Vintage International)

by David Grossman
Paperback, 2011
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Israel, Betty's 100 Books, Israeli writer
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
4482
Status
Available
Call number
F GRO

Memories of Babi : stories

by Aranka Siegal
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
AR book - MG, Ukraine, mensch - decent person, tzedakah - charity, faith in God, farms and farming, grandparents, Eastern Europe, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, Hungary
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3840
Status
Available
Call number
J 947.79 SIE

The Mysterious Guests: A Sukkot Story

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, tzedakah - charity, Sukkot, AR book - LG, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, feeding the hungry, Abraham (patriarch), Isaac (patriarch), Jacob (patriarch)
Collections
Easy Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5922
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E KIM

The Mysterious Guests: A Sukkot Story

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, tzedakah - charity, Sukkot, AR book - LG, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, feeding the hungry, Abraham (patriarch), Isaac (patriarch), Jacob (patriarch)
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1883
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E KIM

The Mysterious Guests: A Sukkot Story

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, tzedakah - charity, Sukkot, AR book - LG, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, feeding the hungry, Abraham (patriarch), Isaac (patriarch), Jacob (patriarch)
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5267
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E KIM

The Mysterious Guests: A Sukkot Story

by Eric A. Kimmel
Paperback, 2008
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, tzedakah - charity, Sukkot, AR book - LG, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, feeding the hungry, Abraham (patriarch), Isaac (patriarch), Jacob (patriarch)
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6536
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E KIM

Hanukkah Haiku

by Harriet Ziefert
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Hanukkah, poetry
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1670
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E 296.43 ZIE

A Shout in the Sunshine

by Mara W. Cohen Ioannides
Paperback, 2007
Tags
aiding those in distress, Sephardim, Greece, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, bringing peace between people, community - kehillah, forgiveness - selichot, gossip or bad speech, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, tolerance, historical fiction — 9 more, immigration and emigration, prejudice, Marranos, merchants, ages 9-12, weddings, life cycle events, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words, peace - shalom
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4218
Status
Available
Call number
J F IOA

Border Hawk: August Bondi

by Lloyd Alexander
Paper Book, 1958
Tags
United States - Civil War, biography, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Covenant books
Barcode
873
Status
Available
Call number
J B BON

Lost

by Jacqueline Davies
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - UG, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, New York, mystery
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1505
Status
Available
Call number
T F DAV

False Papers: DECEPTION AND SURVIVAL IN THE HOLOCAUST

by Robert Melson
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5025
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 MEL

Torn Thread

by Anne Isaacs
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Holocaust, ghettos, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - UG, historical fiction, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - Poland, sisters, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
780
Status
Available
Call number
T F ISA

Torn Thread

by Anne Isaacs
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Holocaust, ghettos, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - UG, aiding those in distress, historical fiction, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - Poland, sisters — 1 more, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3480
Status
Available
Call number
T F ISA

Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim: A Passover Story

by Deborah Bodin Cohen
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Egypt, Pharaoh, Torah portions - Beshalach, courage - ometz lev, AR book - LG, Bible stories, taking initiative, Passover, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1340
Status
Available
Call number
H PS E COH

Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim: A Passover Story

by Deborah Bodin Cohen
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Egypt, Pharaoh, Torah portions - Beshalach, courage - ometz lev, AR book - LG, Bible stories, taking initiative, Passover, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5605
Status
Available
Call number
H PS E COH

Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim: A Passover Story

by Deborah Bodin Cohen
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Egypt, Pharaoh, Torah portions - Beshalach, courage - ometz lev, AR book - LG, Bible stories, taking initiative, Passover, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5767
Status
Available
Call number
H PS E COH

Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim: A Passover Story

by Deborah Bodin Cohen
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Egypt, Pharaoh, Torah portions - Beshalach, courage - ometz lev, AR book - LG, Bible stories, taking initiative, Passover, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6614
Status
Available
Call number
H PS E COH

Marie Syrkin: Values Beyond the Self (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life & HBI Series on Jewish Women)

by Carole S. Kessner
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, women, Zionism, New York, authors, poetry, Betty's 100 Books, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Biography
Series
Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life (2008), HBI Series on Jewish Women (2008)
Barcode
4589
Status
Available
Call number
B SYR

The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews

by Father Patrick Desbois
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Ukraine, Holocaust, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, anti-Semitism
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4891
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 DES

Genesis-The Book With Seventy Faces: A Guide for the Family

by Esther Takac
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Genesis
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1786
Status
Available
Call number
J 222.11 TAK

Monday in Odessa

by Eileen Bluestone Sherman
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, ages 9-12, Soviet Union
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1737
Status
Available
Call number
J F SHE

Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater

by Susan Tumarkin Goodman
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Soviet Union, theatre - theater, Marc Chagall, art, artists, Yiddish theater
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4418
Status
Available
Call number
792.089 GOO

Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End

by Daniel Gordis
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Israel, Betty's 100 Books, Israel - government and politics
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4198
Status
Available
Call number
956.054 GOR

The Diary of Laura's Twin

by Kathy Kacer
Paperback, 2008
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, teen - young adult, Bat Mitzvah, Canadian Jewish Book Award, Poland, Warsaw, AR book - MG, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Holocaust - Warsaw Ghetto, Holocaust - Poland
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Holocaust Remembrance
Barcode
1797
Status
Available
Call number
J F KAC

The Other Half of Life: A Novel Based on the True Story of the MS St. Louis

by Kim Ablon Whitney
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
teen - young adult, National Jewish Book Award, AR book - MG+, anti-Semitism, historical fiction, Holocaust - refugees, MS St. Louis
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1768
Status
Available
Call number
T F WHI

The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious

by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Bible - Old Testament, psychology
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5006
Status
Available
Call number
221.6019 ZOR

Why the Snake Crawls on Its Belly

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
folklore - folktales - legends, Genesis, Adam and Eve, Midrash, ages 6-8, animals
Collections
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5862
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 KIM

JPS Illustrated Children's Bible

by Ellen Frankel
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, mitzvah - mitzvot, love for Torah - Ahavat Torah, Bible stories, Bible - Old Testament
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1429
Status
Available
Call number
J 221.9505 FRA

Louis D. Brandeis: A Life

by Melvin Urofsky
Paperback, 2012
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Louis Brandeis, Betty's 100 Books, biography, judges and lawyers
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4412
Status
Available
Call number
B BRA

The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership

by Yehuda Avner
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Israel, Israel - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5509
Status
Available
Call number
945.94 AVN

Cursing Columbus

by Eve Tal
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
AR book - MG+, immigration and emigration, crime and criminals, family, wisdom - study - learning, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, New York, teen - young adult, ages 9-12
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4052
Status
Available
Call number
T F TAL

Clay Man: The Golem of Prague

by Irene N. Watts Adapter
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
AR book - MG, Golem, Prague, supernatural, ages 9-12
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4357
Status
Available
Call number
J 398.2 WAT

Subversive Sequels in the Bible

by Judy Klitsner
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, women in the Bible, Torah
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4309
Status
Available
Call number
222.106 KLI

Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave-Labor Camp

by Christopher R. Browning
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, World War II, Betty's 100 Books, Holocaust - concentration camps, Poland
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4569
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 BRO

Feivel's flying horses

by Heidi Smith Hyde
Paperback, 2010
Tags
AR book - LG, immigration and emigration, work ethic, cheerfulness, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, fathers, Coney Island, New York, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
79
Status
Available
Call number
E HYD

Feivel's Flying Horses

by Heidi Smith Hyde
Paperback, 2010
Tags
AR book - LG, immigration and emigration, work ethic, cheerfulness, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, fathers, Coney Island, New York, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
4370
Status
Available
Call number
E HYD

Rabbi Harvey vs. The Wisdom Kid : A Graphic Novel of Dueling Jewish Folktales in the Wild West

by Steve Sheinkin
Paper Book, 2010
Tags
graphic novel, United States - West, rabbis, folklore - folktales - legends, humor
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Rabbi Harvey (3)
Barcode
1216
Status
Available
Call number
J F SHE
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