Subject search:United States AND History

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

Hammerin' Hank the Life of Hank Greenberg

by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Paperback, 2006
Tags
baseball, AR book - LG, work ethic, athletes, biography, sports
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
6869
Status
Available
Call number
E B GRE

Conservative Judaism: The New Century

by Neil Gillman
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Conservative Judaism
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6641
Status
Available
Call number
296.8 GIL

An Introduction to Judaism

by Jacob Neusner
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Judaism
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6627
Status
Available
Call number
296 NEU

The Jews in America: The Roots and Destiny of American Jews

by Max Dimont
Hardcover, 1979
Tags
history - 18th century, history - 19th century, history - 20th century, United States - history
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6162
Status
Available
Call number
973.049 DIM

Ellis Island

by R. Conrad Stein
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Ellis Island, immigration and emigration, AR book - MG
Collections
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5), B'nai Jacob Collection
Series
Cornerstones of Freedom (1979)
Barcode
5957
Status
Available
Call number
J 325.1 STE

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
5809
Status
Available
Call number
H PS J F OLS

Hammerin' Hank: The Life of Hank Greenberg

by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
baseball, AR book - LG, work ethic, athletes, biography, sports
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
5728
Status
Available
Call number
E B GRE

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
5551
Status
Available
Call number
J F TAY

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

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

Hanukkah at Valley Forge

by Stephen Krensky
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, historical fiction, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, Hanukkah, United States, Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania, ages 9-12, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5290
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E KRE

Across the Alley

by Richard Michelson
Paperback, 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
5281
Status
Available
Call number
E MIC

Hammerin' Hank: The Life of Hank Greenberg

by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Paperback, 2006
Tags
baseball, AR book - LG, work ethic, athletes, biography, sports
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
5187
Status
Available
Call number
E B GRE

Arguing the World

by Joseph Dorman Director
DVD, 2005
Tags
New York, philosophy, wisdom - study - learning, history - 20th century, biography
Collections
DVDs, Federation Collection
Barcode
5153
Status
Available
Call number
DVD 974.71 DOR

Across the Alley

by Richard Michelson
Paperback, 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
5134
Status
Available
Call number
E MIC

Why We Watched: Europe, America, and the Holocaust

by Theodore S. Hamerow
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
anti-Semitism, Holocaust
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5095
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 HAM

A History of the Jews in America

by Howard M. Sachar
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5009
Status
Available
Call number
973.04924 SAC

Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Jewish Community

by Marc Schneier
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
African American - Jewish relations, African-Americans, civil rights, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4951
Status
Available
Call number
323.092 SCH

A Race Against Death: Peter Bergson, America, and the Holocaust

by David S. Wyman
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
Holocaust, Holocaust - refugees, United States, immigration and emigration
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Series
America and the Holocaust
Barcode
4928
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 WYM

American heritage haggadah : the Passover experience

by David Geffen
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Passover, Seder, Haggadah, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4871
Status
Available
Call number
H PS 296.437 GEF

The Golden Land: The Story of Jewish Immigration to America: An Interactive History With Removable Documents and Artifacts

by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
immigration and emigration, United States - history
Collections
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12), Federation Collection
Barcode
4731
Status
Available
Call number
T 305.892 TEL

Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum

by Edward T. Linenthal
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Holocaust, United States, history - 20th century
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4628
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 LIN

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

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

And you shall know us by the trail of our vinyl : the Jewish past as told by the records we have loved and lost

by Roger Bennett
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
music, history, humor
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3501
Status
Available
Call number
780.89 BEN

American Judaism: A History

by Jonathan D. Sarna
Paperback, 2005
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, URJ Significant Jewish Books, Betty's 100 Books, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4466
Status
Available
Call number
296.0973 SAR

American Reform Judaism: An Introduction

by Dana Evan Kaplan
Paperback, 2003
Tags
URJ Significant Jewish Books, Reform Judaism, United States - history, Jews - identity
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4330
Status
Available
Call number
296.8341 KAP

The Dynamics of American Jewish History: Jacob Rader Marcus's Essays on American Jewry (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)

by Gary Phillip Zola
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
history, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life (2003)
Barcode
3374
Status
Available
Call number
973.0492 ZOL

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

Hank Greenberg: Hall-Of-Fame Slugger

by Ira Berkow
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
baseball, sports
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
3197
Status
Available
Call number
J B GRE

American Jewry and the Civil War

by Bertram Wallace Korn
Hardcover, 1957
Tags
United States - Civil War
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3104
Status
Available
Call number
973.715 KOR

Israel on Broadway; America: Off-Broadway, Jews in the New Millennium

by David J. Forman
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Israel, Israel - history, United States, Jews - identity
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3073
Status
Available
Call number
909.0492 FOR

Zion in America: The Jewish Experience from Colonial Times to the Present

by Henry L Feingold
Hardcover, 1974
Tags
United States
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3070
Status
Available
Call number
973.0492 FEI

Denying the Holocaust

by Deborah E. Lipstadt
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
URJ Significant Jewish Books, Holocaust, World War II, Holocaust denial
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3008
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 LIP

Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory

by Deborah E. Lipstadt
Paperback, 1994
Tags
URJ Significant Jewish Books, Holocaust, World War II, Holocaust denial
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3007
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 LIP

Territory of Lies: The Exclusive Story of Jonathan Jay Pollard

by Wolf Blitzer
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
history - 20th century, Israel, United States
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2931
Status
Available
Call number
B POL

An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood

by Neal Gabler
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
California, movies, Hollywood
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2913
Status
Available
Call number
384.8 GAB

Power Privilege and The Post: The Katharine Graham Story

by Carol Felsenthal
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
newspapers and media
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2911
Status
Available
Call number
B GRA

The Will To Live On: This is Our Heritage

by Herman Wouk
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
history - 20th century, Holocaust
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2869
Status
Available
Call number
296.09 WOU

Judah P. Benjamin - The Jewish Confederate

by Eli N. Evans
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
Louisiana Literary Award, Judah Benjamin, United States - Civil War
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2861
Status
Available
Call number
B BEN

Synagogue Song in America

by Joseph A. Levine
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
music, songs
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2681
Status
Available
Call number
782.36 LEV

Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience

by Peter Levine
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
sports, United States
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2673
Status
Available
Call number
796.089 LEV

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

Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North

by Thomas J. Sugrue
Paperback, 2008
Tags
civil rights, United States - history, African-Americans, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2542
Status
Available
Call number
323.1196 SUG

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

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

Profiles in American Judaism: Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and Reconstructionist Traditions in Historical Perspective

by Marc Lee Raphael
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
Orthodox Judaism, Reform Judaism, Conservative Judaism, history, Reconstructionist Judaism
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2486
Status
Available
Call number
296.83 RAP

Why I Am a Reform Jew

by Daniel B. Syme
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
rabbis, Reform Judaism
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2475
Status
Available
Call number
296.8346 SYM
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