Subject search:Jews AND United States

The World of Our Mothers

by Sydney S. Weinberg
Paperback, 1990
Tags
women, immigration and emigration, Eastern Europe, mothers
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2606
Status
Available
Call number
305.8924 WEI

The Jewish Woman in America

by Charlotte Baum
Hardcover, 1976
Tags
women, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2603
Status
Available
Call number
301.41 BAU

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 Jewish Family Book: A Creative Approach to Raising Kids

by Sharon Strassfeld
Hardcover, 1981
Tags
URJ Library List, family
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2557
Status
Available
Call number
296.74 STR

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

The Jewish Phenomenon: Seven Keys to the Enduring Wealth of a People

by Steven Silbiger
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
United States
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2534
Status
Available
Call number
305.892 SIL

The Intermarriage Handbook: A Guide for Jews and Christians

by Judy Petsonk
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
outreach, intermarriage, Christianity
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2523
Status
Available
Call number
306.843 PET

Choosing Judaism

by Lydia Kukoff
Paperback, 1981
Tags
URJ Library List, family, conversion, intermarriage
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2522
Status
Available
Call number
296.714 KUK

Bridges and Boundaries: African Americans and American Jews

by Jack Salzman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
African American - Jewish relations, race relations, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2511
Status
Available
Call number
305.896 SAL

The Kidnapped and The Ransomed: The Narrative of Peter and Vina Still after Forty Years of Slavery

by Maxwell Whiteman
Hardcover, 1970
Tags
slavery
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2506
Status
Available
Call number
326.973 WHI

A Promise to Keep: A Narrative of the American Encounter with Anti-Semitism

by Nathan C Belth
Hardcover, 1979
Tags
anti-Semitism
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2503
Status
Available
Call number
301.45 BEL

Confronting Anti-Semitism: A Practical Guide

by Leonard P. Zakim
Paperback, 2000
Tags
anti-Semitism
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2497
Status
Available
Call number
305.8924 ZAK

Alternatives to Assimilation: The Response of Reform Judaism to American Culture, 1840-1930

by Alan Silverstein
Paperback, 1994
Tags
United States, Reform Judaism, synagogues, assimilation
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life (1994)
Barcode
2491
Status
Available
Call number
296.83 SIL

A People Divided: Judaism in Contemporary America

by Jack Wertheimer
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Orthodox Judaism
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life (1997)
Barcode
2477
Status
Available
Call number
296.0973 WER

Choosing Judaism

by Lydia Kukoff
Paperback, 1981
Tags
URJ Library List, conversion, intermarriage
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2441
Status
Available
Call number
296.714 KUK

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

World of Our Fathers: The Journey of East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made.

by Irving Howe
Hardcover, 1976
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Yiddish language, Yiddish culture, immigration and emigration, New York
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
1618
Status
Available
Call number
301.451 HOW

The Politics of Rescue: The Roosevelt Administration and the Holocaust, 1938-1945

by Henry L. Feingold
Hardcover, 1970
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, World War II
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
1608
Status
Available
Call number
940.531 FEI

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

To Life

by Ruth Minsky Sender
Paperback, 1990
Tags
Holocaust, AR book - UG, Germany, World War II, Holocaust - refugees, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1441
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 SEN

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

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

Because God loves stories : an anthology of Jewish storytelling

by Steven J. Zeitlin
Paperback, 1997
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 4, Anne Izard Storyteller's Award, Holocaust, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, short stories, folklore - folktales - legends, teshuvah - repentance, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1557
Status
Available
Call number
T 808.8 ZEI

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

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 Jews in America

by David Cohen
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
CHAI Level 4, National Jewish Book Award, photography
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
1733
Status
Available
Call number
973.049 COH Oversize

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

Streets of Gold

by Rosemary Wells
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
ages 9-12, Judaism through Children's Books, ages 6-8, AR book - LG, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, United States, Soviet Union, Belarus
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1829
Status
Available
Call number
E WEL

Dave at Night

by Gail Carson Levine
Paperback, 2001
Tags
ages 9-12, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Notable Children's Book, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, AR book - MG, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, loving one's neighbor, African-Americans, Americanization, artists, historical fiction — 4 more, New York, orphans, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1728
Status
Available
Call number
J F LEV

Tell It to Naomi

by Daniel Ehrenhaft
Paperback, 2004
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, teen - young adult, AR book - MG+, choosing between right and wrong, honesty - emet, adolescence, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, humor, school, teachers — 3 more, New York, sisters, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1840
Status
Available
Call number
T F EHR

Abuelita's Secret Matzahs

by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
grandparents, keeping kosher - kashrut, Shabbat - Sabbath, assimilation, food, United States - West, Passover, prejudice, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1767
Status
Available
Call number
E SAS
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