Tag search:National Jewish Book Award

Lilith's Ark: Teenage Tales of Biblical Women

by Deborah Bodin Cohen
Paperback, 2006
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, teen - young adult, AJL Notable Book, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, women, Bible stories, brothers, family, Jacob (patriarch), Leah (matriarch), parents — 6 more, Rachel (matriarch), Rebecca (matriarch), Sarah (matriarch), sisters, women in the Bible, teens - teenagers
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1417
Status
Available
Call number
T F COH

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 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

Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania

by Haya Leah Molnar
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
teen - young adult, National Jewish Book Award, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - MG+, communism, family, Cybils Award Finalist
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1769
Status
Available
Call number
T 949.803 MOL

Chosen Tales: Stories Told by Jewish Storytellers

by Peninnah Schram
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Tot Shabbat list, National Jewish Book Award, short stories, folklore - folktales - legends, teshuvah - repentance
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1432
Status
Available
Call number
T 808.8 SCH

The Holocaust: A History of Courage and Resistance

by Bea Stadtler
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Holocaust, National Jewish Book Award, World War II, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, courage - ometz lev, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2152
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 STA

In the Image: A Novel

by Dara Horn
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Reform Judaism Prize, family, New York
Barcode
2107
Status
Available
Call number
F HOR

To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis

by Kathy Kacer
Paperback, 2011
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Holocaust, AR book - MG, Holocaust - refugees, MS St. Louis
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Holocaust Remembrance
Barcode
1530
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.53 KAC

Deadly

by Julie Chibbaro
Paperback, 2011
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, teen - young adult, AR book - MG+
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1795
Status
Available
Call number
T F CHI

The Golem's Latkes

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Hanukkah, AR book - LG, Being a Good Listener, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, food, Golem
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1690
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E KIM

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

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

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

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

The Power of Song: And Other Sephardic Tales

by Rita Roth
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, folklore - folktales - legends, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, mitzvah - mitzvot, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, Spain, Sephardim, Portugal, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1424
Status
Available
Call number
J 398.208 ROT

The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry 1933-1945

by Nora Levin
Hardcover, 1973
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, World War II
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
1611
Status
Available
Call number
940.5315 LEV

Letters to an American Jewish friend: A Zionist's polemic

by Hillel Halkin
Hardcover, 1977
Tags
Israel, National Jewish Book Award, Zionism, Israeli writer
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
1613
Status
Available
Call number
956.94 HAL

Good If It Goes

by Gary Provost
Paper Book, 1984
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, grandparents, basketball
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
966
Status
Available
Call number
J F PRO

The Golem : A Version

by Barbara Rogasky
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, community - kehillah, AR book - MG, anti-Semitism, folklore - folktales - legends, ghettos, Golem, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia, rabbis — 1 more, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
965
Status
Available
Call number
J F ROG

Linked

by Gordon Korman
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
achrayut - responsibility, AR book - MG, anti-Semitism, ages 9-12, Sydney Taylor Honor Book, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
6762
Status
Available
Call number
J F KOR

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

by Judy Batalion
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Holocaust - resistance and rescue, women, Holocaust - Poland, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6723
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 BAT

You Never Know: A Legend of the Lamed-vavniks

by Francine Prose
Paperback, 1998
Tags
Anne Izard Storyteller's Award, National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 2, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, tikkun olam - repairing the world, tzedakah - charity, humility, AR book - LG — 8 more, prayer - tefillah, respecting differences, watching one's speech, folklore - folktales - legends, shtetl, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6862
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 PRO

You never know : a legend of the Lamed-Vavniks

by Francine Prose
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Anne Izard Storyteller's Award, National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 2, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, tikkun olam - repairing the world, tzedakah - charity, humility, AR book - LG — 8 more, prayer - tefillah, respecting differences, watching one's speech, folklore - folktales - legends, shtetl, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
15
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 PRO

Hanukkah Bear

by Eric A. Kimmel
Paperback, 2013
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, shortened version of Chanukah Guest, AR book - LG, cooperation, Hanukkah, bears
Collections
Easy Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6015
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E KIM

Hanukkah Bear

by Eric A. Kimmel
Paperback, 2014
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, shortened version of Chanukah Guest, AR book - LG, cooperation, Hanukkah, bears
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6830
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E KIM

The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family

by Joshua Cohen
Paperback, 2021
Tags
National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
6800
Status
Available
Call number
F COH

Letters from Rifka

by Karen Hesse
Paper Book, 1992
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award, ALA Notable Children's Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, School Library Journal Best Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships — 15 more, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, bringing peace between people, rachamim - compassion and mercy, courage - ometz lev, loving one's neighbor, optimism, perseverance, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, interfaith relations, inner strength - gevurah, peace - shalom
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
946
Status
Available
Call number
T F HES

Letters from Rifka

by Karen Hesse
Paper Book, 1992
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award, ALA Notable Children's Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, School Library Journal Best Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships — 15 more, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, bringing peace between people, rachamim - compassion and mercy, courage - ometz lev, loving one's neighbor, optimism, perseverance, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, interfaith relations, inner strength - gevurah, peace - shalom
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
831
Status
Available
Call number
J F HES

The Rooster Prince of Breslov

by Ann Redisch Stampler
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, mitzvah - mitzvot, AR book - LG, respecting differences, wisdom - study - learning, rachamim - compassion and mercy, folklore - folktales - legends, Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1776
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 STA

The rooster prince of Breslov

by Ann Redisch Stampler
Paperback, 2010
Tags
PJ Library, National Jewish Book Award, mitzvah - mitzvot, AR book - LG, respecting differences, wisdom - study - learning, rachamim - compassion and mercy, folklore - folktales - legends, Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
4654
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 STA

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

by Jonathan Auxier
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, AR book - MG, ages 9-12, Golem, London, England, rachamim - compassion and mercy
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
5715
Status
Available
Call number
J F AUX

The Rooster Prince of Breslov

by Ann Redisch Stampler
Paperback, 2010
Tags
PJ Library, National Jewish Book Award, mitzvah - mitzvot, AR book - LG, respecting differences, wisdom - study - learning, rachamim - compassion and mercy, folklore - folktales - legends, Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3283
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 STA

A Boy of Old Prague

by Shulamith Ish-Kishor
Paperback, 1980
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, Linda Silver "Classic", acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, mensch - decent person, kindness to animals, feeding the hungry, honoring parents, anti-Semitism — 4 more, ghettos, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia, Prague, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1751
Status
Available
Call number
J F ISH

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 Hidden Palace: A Novel of the Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, supernatural, Golem, New York, Arab-Jewish relations, fantasy, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim
Collection
Adult Fiction
Series
The Golem and the Jinni (2)
Barcode
6787
Status
Available
Call number
F WEC

To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

by Dvora Hacohen
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Henrietta Szold, tikkun olam - repairing the world, achrayut - responsibility, women, biography, Hadassah (organization)
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
6796
Status
Available
Call number
B SZO

The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed

by Wendy Lower
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, Ukraine
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6779
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 LOW

A Play for the End of the World: A novel

by Jai Chakrabarti
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, India, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - Warsaw Ghetto, theatre - theater
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
6791
Status
Available
Call number
F CHA

Rebel Daughter

by Lori Banov Kaufmann
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, historical fiction, teen - young adult, Jerusalem, Second Temple
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6793
Status
Available
Call number
T F KAU

Emma Lazarus (Jewish Encounters)

by Esther Schor
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, URJ Significant Jewish Books, poetry, women, Emma Lazarus, Betty's 100 Books, New York, Zionism, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4511
Status
Available
Call number
B LAZ

Dear Mr. Dickens

by Nancy Churnin
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
achrayut - responsibility, Sydney Taylor Honor Book, National Jewish Book Award, authors, England, ages 6-8, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6773
Status
Available
Call number
E 823.8 CHU

You never know : a legend of the Lamed-Vavniks

by Francine Prose
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Anne Izard Storyteller's Award, National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 2, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, tikkun olam - repairing the world, tzedakah - charity, humility, AR book - LG — 8 more, prayer - tefillah, respecting differences, watching one's speech, folklore - folktales - legends, shtetl, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
14
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 PRO

The Blood Years

by Elana K. Arnold
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award, teen - young adult, Holocaust, Romania
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
7109
Status
Available
Call number
T F ARN

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel

by James McBride
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, African-Americans, African American - Jewish relations
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
7106
Status
Available
Call number
F MCB

All-Night Pharmacy: A Novel

by Ruth Madievsky
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, women, sisters, drugs
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
7094
Status
Available
Call number
F MAD

The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman

by Mari Lowe
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Sydney Taylor Award, teens - teenagers, school, Orthodox Judaism
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
7125
Status
Available
Call number
J F LOW

Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

by Jeremy Eichler
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, music, Holocaust
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
7098
Status
Available
Call number
780.89 EIC

Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail

by Lesléa Newman
Paperback, 2020
Tags
Passover, animals, cats, kindness to animals, ages 3-5, National Jewish Book Award, Sydney Taylor Award, rachamim - compassion and mercy, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
7144
Status
Available
Call number
H PS E NEW

Forged in Freedom: Shaping the Jewish-American Experience

by Norman H. Finkelstein
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, teen - young adult, tikkun olam - repairing the world, community - kehillah, social activism, Americanization, assimilation, comparative Judaism, United States, labor unions, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image — 1 more, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1427
Status
Available
Call number
T 973.0492 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
Barcode
1798
Status
Available
Call number
T 323.173 FIN
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