Subject search:Jews AND Biography

Mischling, second degree : My childhood in Nazi Germany

by Ilse Koehn
Paperback, 1990
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Boston Globe - Horn Book Award, Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, Germany, World War II
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1017
Status
Available
Call number
T 943.004 KOE

Sholom's treasure : how Sholom Aleichem became a writer

by Erica Silverman
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, ages 6-8, Linda Silver "Future Classic?", shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG, cheerfulness, biography, family, shtetl, Yiddish literature — 3 more, Sholem Aleichem, Ukraine, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
1561
Status
Available
Call number
E B ALE

Scattered Among the Peoples: THE JEWISH DIASPORA IN TWELVE PORTRAITS

by Allan Levine
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
URJ Significant Jewish Books, Betty's 100 Books
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4506
Status
Available
Call number
909.04924 LEV

Great Jews in Sports

by Robert Slater
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
athletes, biography, sports
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2905
Status
Available
Call number
796.089 SLA

Jews in American Life

by Tina Levitan
Hardcover, 1969
Tags
United States, biography, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1030
Status
Available
Call number
T 920.073 LEV

Shanghai Refuge: A Memoir of the World War II Jewish Ghetto

by Ernest G. Heppner
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Holocaust, China, World War II, Germany, ghettos, Holocaust - refugees, Shanghai
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3052
Status
Available
Call number
951.1304 HEP

The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite

by Stephen Birmingham
Hardcover, 1971
Tags
Sephardim
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3084
Status
Available
Call number
920.073 BIR

Judah who always said, "No!"

by Harriet K. Feder
Paperback, 1990
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Hanukkah, Maccabees, ages 6-8, ages 3-5
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
261
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E 933 FED

Legends of Judah the Maccabee

by S. Skulsky
Paper Book, 1957
Tags
Maccabees, Palestine
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
746
Status
Available
Call number
J 933.04 SKU

Honi's Circle of Trees

by Phillis Gershator
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
from AJL Bibliography, ages 6-8, Tu b'Shevat, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", caring for the environment, Israel - ancient, Israel, folklore - folktales - legends, Talmud, trees — 1 more, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1634
Status
Available
Call number
H TB E 296.12 GER

Matzo Balls for Breakfast and Other Memories of Growing Up Jewish

by Alan King
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
biography, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6376
Status
Available
Call number
305.892 KIN

Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir

by Shalom Auslander
Paperback, 2008
Tags
circumcision
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
3327
Status
Available
Call number
B AUS

The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World

by Kati Marton
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
Holocaust, Hungary, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6936
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 MAR

Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler's War and Stalin's Peace

by Masha Gessen
Paperback, 2005
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust - Poland, Soviet Union, Betty's 100 Books, grandparents
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4483
Status
Available
Call number
947.084 GES

Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish

by Abigail Pogrebin
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 7, television, movies, biography, anthology
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4416
Status
Available
Call number
920.009 POG

Burnt Bread and Chutney: Growing Up Between Cultures-A Memoir of an Indian Jewish Girl

by Carmit Delman
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, India, Israel
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3688
Status
Available
Call number
973.0492 DEL

Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish

by Abigail Pogrebin
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 7, television, movies, biography, anthology, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1387
Status
Available
Call number
T 920.009 POG

In the Shade of the Chestnut Tree

by Benjamin Tene
Paper Book, 1981
Tags
Poland, trees
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
862
Status
Available
Call number
J 892.4 TEN

Anne Frank : Life in Hiding

by Johanna Hurwitz
Paper Book, 1988
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, biography, Anne Frank, Netherlands, Holocaust, Holocaust - hidden children
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
644
Status
Available
Call number
J B FRA

Hannah Szenes : A Song of Light

by Maxine Schur
Paper Book, 1986
Tags
Holocaust, Linda Silver "Classic", Judaism through Children's Books further reading, teen - young adult, World War II, Hungary, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Palestine
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1111
Status
Available
Call number
J B SZE

Munbaz II and Other Mitzvah Heroes

by Danny Siegel
Paperback, 1988
Tags
tikkun olam - repairing the world, tzedakah - charity, teen - young adult, biography, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility
Collections
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12), Federation Collection
Barcode
4942
Status
Available
Call number
T 909.04924 SIE

Haym Salomon, Liberty's Son

by Shirley Gorson Milgrim
Paper Book, 1975
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, biography, Revolutionary War, United States - history, Haym Salomon
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1135
Status
Available
Call number
J B SAL

Prophets without honour: A background to Freud, Kafka, Einstein, and their world

by Frederic V Grunfeld
Hardcover, 1979
Tags
Germany, Austria
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2927
Status
Available
Call number
943.004 GRU

The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family

by Ron Chernow
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Germany, family history - genealogy
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2932
Status
Available
Call number
943.0049 CHE

Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

by Jacobo Timerman
Hardcover, 1981
Tags
Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Argentina
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2566
Status
Available
Call number
365.45 TIM

The Times of My Life and My Life with The Times

by Max Frankel
Paperback, 2000
Tags
newspapers and media, biography, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collections
Adult Biography, Federation Collection
Barcode
5330
Status
Available
Call number
B FRA

In the Mouth of the Wolf

by Rose Zar
Hardcover, 1983
Tags
Holocaust, Sydney Taylor Award, Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1063
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 ZAR

In the Mouth of the Wolf

by Rose Zar
Hardcover, 1983
Tags
Holocaust, teen - young adult, Sydney Taylor Award, Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1092
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 ZAR

Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America

by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
People of the Book author, women, feminism
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2573
Status
Available
Call number
973.0492 POG

The Passover Plot

by Hugh J. Schonfield
Hardcover, 1978
Tags
Christianity, Jesus
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2228
Status
Available
Call number
232.901 SCH

Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America

by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
People of the Book author, women, feminism
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5054
Status
Available
Call number
973.0492 POG

My Bridges of Hope

by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Holocaust - survivors, Slovakia, teens - teenagers, women, teen - young adult, AR book - UG
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6083
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.5318 BIT

My Bridges of Hope: Searching for Life and Love After Auschwitz

by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Holocaust - survivors, Slovakia, teens - teenagers, women, teen - young adult, AR book - UG
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6008
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.5318 BIT

Anne Frank, Beyond the Diary : A Photographic Remembrance

by Ruud van der Rol
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, AR book - UG, biography, Anne Frank, Netherlands
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1044
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRA

Brothers for Resistance and Rescue: The Underground Zionist Youth Movement in Hungary during World War II

by David Gur
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Holocaust, World War II, Zionism, Hungary, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Israel
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2977
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 GUR

A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw

by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Paper Book, 1969
Tags
autobiography, short stories, National Book Award, AR book - UG, Poland, Yiddish literature, Warsaw
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1152
Status
Available
Call number
J B SIN

The Holocaust Lady

by Ruth Minsky Sender
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, World War II, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
812
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.53 SEN

Photo Odyssey: Solomon Carvalho's Remarkable Western Adventure 1853-54

by Arlene B. Hirschfelder
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
ages 9-12, teen - young adult, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, keeping kosher - kashrut, biography, explorers, United States - West, photography, travel, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1881
Status
Available
Call number
J 917.8 HIR

Shalom, Haver: Goodbye, friend

by Barbara Sofer
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, CHAI Lit List Level 5, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, courage - ometz lev, biography, Israel, Israel - government and politics, Yitzhak Rabin, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
42
Status
Available
Call number
E B RAB

Generation Exodus : The Fate of Young Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany

by Walter Laqueur
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Holocaust - refugees, Germany, immigration and emigration, Israel - immigration and emigration
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4968
Status
Available
Call number
943.004 LAQ

Anna & Solomon

by Elaine Snyder
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
immigration and emigration, AR book - LG, historical fiction, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, Belarus, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3883
Status
Available
Call number
E SNY

The Jewish Americans : A History in their Own Words, 1650-1950

by Milton Meltzer
Hardcover, 1982
Tags
Jefferson Cup Award, United States - history
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1029
Status
Available
Call number
T 973.049 MEL

The Hidden Life of Otto Frank

by Carol Ann Lee
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
biography, Holocaust - survivors, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
6937
Status
Available
Call number
B FRA

Fear No Evil

by Natan Sharansky
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Soviet Union
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2102
Status
Available
Call number
323.092 SHA

Wedding Song: Memoirs of an Iranian Jewish Woman (HBI Series on Jewish Women)

by Farideh Goldin
Paperback, 2004
Tags
URJ High School and Young Adult list, women, Betty's 100 Books, Iran
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
Brandeis Series on Jewish Women (2003), HBI Series on Jewish Women (2003)
Barcode
4413
Status
Available
Call number
955.72 GOL

The Martyr: The Story of a Secret Jew and the Mexican Inquisition in the Sixteenth Century

by Martin A Cohen
Hardcover, 1973
Tags
Mexico, Inquisition
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2934
Status
Available
Call number
272.2 COH

A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry

by Mark Kurlansky
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2999
Status
Available
Call number
305.892 KUR

Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust

by Gay Block
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, World War II, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, courage - ometz lev, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2964
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 BLO

The Children of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II (Young Readers Edition)

by Mona Golabek
Paperback, 2017
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, Holocaust - refugees, England, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, AR book - MG, music, piano
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
5504
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.5318 GOL

The Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival

by Mona Golabek
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
Holocaust - refugees, England, music, piano, AR book - UG
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5514
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 GOL
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