Subject search:Jews AND United States AND Fiction

Night Lights: A Sukkot Story

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
Sukkot, courage - ometz lev, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, humiliation, sisters, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3722
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E GOL

When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street

by Elsa Okon Rael
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Simchat Torah, Sydney Taylor Award, CHAI Lit List Level 4, Judaism through Children's Books, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG — 6 more, reverence and awe - yirah, honoring elders, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, love for Torah - Ahavat Torah, family, New York
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3716
Status
Available
Call number
H SM E RAE

Arthur Yorinks's The flying latke

by Arthur Yorinks
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
Hanukkah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, family
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3718
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E YOR

All-of-a-Kind Family

by Sydney Taylor
Paperback, 1984
Tags
Charles W. Follett Award, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - MG, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction — 3 more, honoring parents, family, New York
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
All-of-a-Kind Family (1), All-of-a-Kind Family: chronological by story (1)
Barcode
3691
Status
Available
Call number
J F TAY

Rivka's First Thanksgiving

by Elsa Okon Rael
Paperback, 2001
Tags
AR book - LG, Thanksgiving, Sukkot, pogroms, immigration and emigration, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov, historical fiction, honoring elders, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, taking initiative, wisdom - study - learning — 7 more, Americanization, family, New York, rabbis, ages 9-12, ages 6-8, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3664
Status
Available
Call number
E RAE

Hanukkah moon

by Deborah da Costa
Paper Book, 2007
Tags
Hanukkah, kindness to animals, AR book - LG, women, animals, photography, Rosh Hodesh, Sephardim
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3659
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E DAC

When Pirates Came to Brooklyn

by Phyllis Shalant
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
derekh eretz - doing the right thing, Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth About Religion, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, choosing between right and wrong, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, honoring parents, keeping one's word, respecting differences, tolerance, anti-Semitism — 10 more, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, interfaith relations, Jewish-Christian relations, New York, mothers, prejudice, race relations, school, Brooklyn
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3699
Status
Available
Call number
J F SHA

Legend of Freedom Hill

by Linda Jacobs Altman
Paperback, 2003
Tags
acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, AJL Notable Children's Book, ages 6-8, Storytelling World Honor Book, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, generosity, historical fiction, honoring parents — 11 more, multi-cultural, respecting differences, aiding those in distress, perseverance, African American - Jewish relations, African-Americans, United States - West, slavery, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3319
Status
Available
Call number
E ALT

The Shabbat Box

by Lesley Simpson
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Shabbat - Sabbath, PJ Library, AJL Notable Book, taking initiative, perseverance, achrayut - responsibility, school, ages 3-5, ages 6-8, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3316
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E SIM

Across the Alley

by Richard Michelson
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
AJL Notable Book, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, prejudice, race relations, ages 6-8, AR book - LG, historical fiction, multi-cultural, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, African American - Jewish relations, baseball — 7 more, music, African-Americans, violin, Holocaust - survivors, ages 3-5, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3977
Status
Available
Call number
E MIC

Summer Of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Notable Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, AR book - MG, choosing between right and wrong, family, fathers, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, parents — 4 more, World War II, Arkansas, prejudice, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Summer of My German Soldier (1)
Barcode
3256
Status
Available
Call number
T F GRE

Bagelhead to the Rescue

by Michael A Farber
Paperback, 1995
Tags
forgiveness - selichot, honesty - emet, sharing, Shabbat - Sabbath, Hanukkah, Sukkot, Yom Kippur, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, short stories
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3206
Status
Available
Call number
E FAR

First Fast

by Barbara Cohen
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Yom Kippur
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Leah & Harry Katz (2)
Barcode
3205
Status
Available
Call number
H HH J F COH

When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street

by Elsa Okon Rael
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Simchat Torah, Sydney Taylor Award, CHAI Lit List Level 4, Judaism through Children's Books, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG — 6 more, reverence and awe - yirah, honoring elders, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, love for Torah - Ahavat Torah, family, New York
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3203
Status
Available
Call number
H SM E RAE

Arielle and the Hanukkah Surprise

by Devra Newberger Speregen
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Hanukkah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3193
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E SPE

The Forgotten

by Elie Wiesel
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
URJ High School and Young Adult list, Holocaust, children, fathers, Holocaust - survivors, men
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2864
Status
Available
Call number
F WIE

Jewish-American Stories

by Irving Howe
Paperback, 1977
Tags
short stories
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2833
Status
Available
Call number
813.01 HOW

Rabbi, Rabbi

by Andrew Kane
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
rabbis, family
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2828
Status
Available
Call number
F KAN

Anya

by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
Paperback, 1976
Tags
URJ Library List, Edward Lewis Wallant Award, women, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2803
Status
Available
Call number
F SCH

The Plot Against America: A Novel

by Philip Roth
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
URJ Significant Jewish Books, James Fenimore Cooper Prize, New York Times Best Book of the Year, AR book - UG, family
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2797
Status
Available
Call number
F ROT

The Family Markowitz

by Allegra Goodman
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Salon Book Award, family, parents
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2732
Status
Available
Call number
F GOO

America and I: Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers

by Joyce Antler
Paperback, 1991
Tags
short stories, women
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2721
Status
Available
Call number
813.0108 ANT

The rise of American Jewish literature: An anthology of selections from the major novels

by Charles Angoff
Hardcover, 1970
Tags
United States, authors, anthology
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2720
Status
Available
Call number
813.5 ANG

A Treasury of American Jewish Stories

by Harold U. Ribalow Editor
Hardcover, 1962
Tags
short stories
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2706
Status
Available
Call number
810.8 RIB

Good Night Maman: A Novel

by Norma Mazer
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
URJ Middle School list, Holocaust, teen - young adult, AR book - UG, aiding those in distress, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, courage - ometz lev, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, honoring parents, historical fiction, Holocaust - refugees — 3 more, World War II - United States, Holocaust - survivors, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4247
Status
Available
Call number
T F MAZ

The Enemy Has a Face

by Gloria D. Miklowitz
Paperback, 2003
Tags
URJ Middle School list, teen - young adult, Israel, Palestine, AR book - UG, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, Arab-Jewish relations, brothers, crime and criminals, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim — 4 more, Arab-Israeli conflict, mystery, Palestinians, school
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3268
Status
Available
Call number
T F MIK

Davita's Harp

by Chaim Potok
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
URJ Library List, family
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2134
Status
Available
Call number
F POT

Julia's Kitchen

by Brenda A. Ferber
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, death, fathers, rachamim - compassion and mercy
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
2055
Status
Available
Call number
J F FER

Shlemiel Crooks

by Anna Olswanger
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Passover, Sydney Taylor Honor Book, PJ Library, AR book - LG, community - kehillah, animals, crime and criminals, Elijah (Prophet), humor, United States - Midwest, Yiddish culture — 2 more, St. Louis, Missouri
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
2092
Status
Available
Call number
H PS J F OLS

When Mindy Saved Hanukkah

by Eric A. Kimmel
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Hanukkah, PJ Library, grandparents, courage - ometz lev, AR book - LG, taking initiative, synagogues, ages 6-8, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1788
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E KIM

Sound the Shofar!: A Story for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

by Leslie Kimmelman
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
tikkun olam - repairing the world, mitzvah - mitzvot, tzedakah - charity, social activism, reverence and awe - yirah, High Holidays - High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah, shofar, Yom Kippur, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1740
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E KIM

Goodbye, Columbus

by Philip Roth
Paperback, 1969
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, short stories
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
1588
Status
Available
Call number
F ROT

The House on the Roof: A Sukkot Story

by David A. Adler
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Sukkot, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, rachamim - compassion and mercy
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1587
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E ADL

Sammy Spider's First Purim

by Sylvia Rouss
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Purim
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Sammy Spider
Barcode
1526
Status
Available
Call number
H PR E ROU

Sammy Spider's First Shabbat

by Sylvia A. Rouss
Paperback, 1997
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, Shabbat - Sabbath
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Sammy Spider
Barcode
1525
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E ROU

Grandma's Soup

by Nancy Karkowsky
Paperback, 1989
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 6-8, Sydney Taylor Award, grandparents
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1747
Status
Available
Call number
E KAR

Sophie's Name

by Phyllis Grode
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, ages 6-8, names, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, immigration and emigration
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
4324
Status
Available
Call number
E GRO

Penny And The Four Questions

by Nancy E. Krulik
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, ages 6-8, Passover, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Read with Me [Cartwheel Books]
Barcode
1718
Status
Available
Call number
H PS E KRU

Sarah With an H

by Hadley Irwin
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, teen - young adult, AR book - MG, prejudice
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1908
Status
Available
Call number
T F IRW

The Violin Players

by Eileen Bluestone Sherman
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, teen - young adult, URJ Middle School list, choosing between right and wrong, loving one's neighbor, anti-Semitism, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, interfaith relations, United States - Midwest, music, school — 1 more, prejudice
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1956
Status
Available
Call number
T F SHE

Unfinished Dreams

by Jane Breskin Zalben
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, teen - young adult, prejudice, AIDS, AR book - MG, violin, music, school, death
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1842
Status
Available
Call number
T F ZAL

Confessions of a Closet Catholic

by Sarah Darer Littman
Paperback, 2006
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Future Classic?", shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, AR book - MG, honoring elders, family, God, Judaism, prayer - tefillah, sin — 4 more, spirituality, Catholicism, New York, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1817
Status
Available
Call number
T F LIT

Carp in the Bathtub

by Barbara Cohen
Paperback, 1987
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, ages 9-12, Passover, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, kindness to animals, AR book - LG, loving one's neighbor, family, fathers, food — 3 more, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, New York, mothers
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Leah & Harry Katz (1)
Barcode
1385
Status
Available
Call number
H PS J F COH

Annie's Promise

by Sonia Levitin
Paperback, 1996
Tags
teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kindness to animals, URJ Middle School list, AR book - MG, gossip or bad speech, humiliation, loving one's neighbor, tolerance, animals — 10 more, anti-Semitism, family, fathers, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction, mothers, prejudice, sisters, World War II, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Journey to America Saga (book 3), Platt family - Sonia Levitin (3)
Barcode
1925
Status
Available
Call number
T F LEV

What Happened to Heather Hopkowitz?

by Charlotte Herman
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, mitzvah - mitzvot, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1418
Status
Available
Call number
J F HER

Strange Relations

by Sonia Levitin
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Nili's list, teen - young adult, mitzvah - mitzvot, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - MG+, caring for the dead, choosing between right and wrong, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, mikvah, Shabbat - Sabbath, family — 2 more, Hasidim - Hasidism, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1665
Status
Available
Call number
T F LEV

Never Mind The Goldbergs

by Matthue Roth
Paperback, 2006
Tags
Nili's list, AR book - UG, avoiding temptation, keeping kosher - kashrut, actors - actresses, Orthodox Judaism, parents, television
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1655
Status
Available
Call number
T F ROT

Noah's Swim-a-Thon

by Ann D. Koffsky
Paperback, 2010
Tags
PJ Library, courage - ometz lev, tzedakah - charity, cooperation, achrayut - responsibility, summer camp, work ethic, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1305
Status
Available
Call number
E KOF

The Other Side of the Hudson: A Jewish Immigrant Adventure (The Do It Yourself Jewish Adventure)

by Kenneth Roseman
Paperback, 1993
Tags
ages 9-12, immigration and emigration
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Do-It-Yourself Jewish Adventure (5)
Barcode
1876
Status
Available
Call number
J F ROS

Brooklyn Doesn't Rhyme

by Joan W. Blos
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
immigration and emigration, AR book - MG, Brooklyn, family, New York
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1849
Status
Available
Call number
J F BLO
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