Tag search:biography

Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend

by Alison Leslie Gold
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Holocaust, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, biography, Anne Frank, Netherlands
Collections
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12), Federation Collection
Barcode
4777
Status
Available
Call number
T 949.23 GOL

Assignment: Rescue : An Autobiography (Point)

by Varian Fry
Paperback, 1993
Tags
teen - young adult, biography, Holocaust - resistance and rescue
Collections
Teen Biography (grades 6-12), Federation Collection
Barcode
4739
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRY

Homage to Chagall

by Harry Rasky Director
DVD, 2010
Tags
biography, artists, Marc Chagall
Collections
DVDs, Federation Collection
Barcode
4704
Status
Available
Call number
DVD B CHA

Anne Frank: Heroic Diarist of the Holocaust (Britannica Beginner Bios)

by Hope Lourie Killcoyne
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
Anne Frank, biography, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Holocaust - hidden children, ages 6-8, ages 9-12
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Britannica Beginner Bios
Barcode
4633
Status
Available
Call number
J B FRA

A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
biography, Brooklyn, authors, African-Americans, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, Sydney Taylor Honor Book
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
4602
Status
Available
Call number
J B KEA

Sages of the Talmud: The Lives, Sayings and Stories of 400 Rabbinic Masters

by Mordechai Judovits
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Betty's 100 Books, Talmud, biography
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4555
Status
Available
Call number
296.125 JUD

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by Irin Carmon
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Betty's 100 Books, biography, seeking justice, judges and lawyers, women, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4500
Status
Available
Call number
B GIN

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir

by Margarita Engle
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
biography, poetry, women, authors, Cuba, teen - young adult, AR book - MG
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4438
Status
Available
Call number
T B ENG

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

by Debbie Levy
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
books, anti-Semitism, prejudice, women, biography, ages 9-12, ages 6-8, judges and lawyers, Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
4435
Status
Available
Call number
E B GIN

Anne Frank (Influential Women)

by Peggy J Parks
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
biography, Anne Frank, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Holocaust - hidden children, ages 9-12
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Influential Women
Barcode
4430
Status
Available
Call number
J B FRA

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

Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy

by Richard Michelson
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
television, movies, actors - actresses, Boston, ages 9-12, biography, Sydney Taylor Honor Book
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
4402
Status
Available
Call number
J B NIM

When Bob Met Woody: The Story of the Young Bob Dylan

by Gary Golio
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
biography, music, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, AR book - LG
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
4397
Status
Available
Call number
E B DYL

Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman

by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
biography, cartoonists, ages 9-12, AR book - LG
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
4398
Status
Available
Call number
J B FIN

Anne Frank's Chestnut Tree (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Step Into Reading: A Step 3 Book)

by Jane Kohuth
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Anne Frank, biography, AR book - LG, Holocaust - hidden children, Netherlands, Amsterdam, ages 6-8
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
4383
Status
Available
Call number
J B FRA

Women Who Broke the Rules: Judy Blume

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
biography, authors, ages 9-12, women, AR book - LG, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
4333
Status
Available
Call number
J B BLU

Anne Frank

by Ruud van der Rol
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Anne Frank, Holocaust, Amsterdam, Netherlands, biography, women, Holocaust - hidden children, teen - young adult, ages 9-12
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4288
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRA

Jewish Heroes & Heroines: Their Unique Achievements

by Darryl Lyman
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
biography
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4258
Status
Available
Call number
909.0492 LYM

Moe Berg: Athlete, Scholar, Spy

by Louis Kaufman
Hardcover, 1975
Tags
baseball, biography, sports
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4262
Status
Available
Call number
B BER

Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide

by Michael B. Oren
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Israel - government and politics, biography
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
3938
Status
Available
Call number
B ORE

Blessed is the Daughter, 8th Edition

by Carolyn Hessel Editor
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
women, biography, Sarah (matriarch), Rebecca (matriarch), Leah (matriarch), Rachel (matriarch), Miriam (Biblical figure), Deborah (Biblical figure), Ruth (Biblical figure), Esther (Biblical Figure), Judith (Biblical figure) — 8 more, Hannah (Biblical figure), Emma Lazarus, Henrietta Szold, Lillian Wald, Anne Frank, Golda Meir, ages 9-12, teen - young adult
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4401
Status
Available
Call number
J 920.72 HES

Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini

by Sid Fleischman
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
perseverance, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, biography, magic, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
4097
Status
Available
Call number
J B HOU

A Picture Book of Harry Houdini

by David A Adler
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
perseverance, AR book - LG, ages 6-8, biography, magic, ages 9-12, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Series
Picture Book Biographies
Barcode
4040
Status
Available
Call number
E B HOU

Anne Frank: Her life in words and pictures from the archives of The Anne Frank House

by Menno Metselaar
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Holocaust, courage - ometz lev, AR book - MG, teen - young adult, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, anti-Semitism, biography, family, Anne Frank, Holocaust - refugees — 6 more, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Netherlands, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, sisters, World War II, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4031
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRA

In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry

by Carla Killough McClafferty
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Holocaust, teen - young adult, courage - ometz lev, AR book - MG+, biography, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, World War II, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4039
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRY

Yellow Star

by Jennifer Roy
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
Holocaust, ages 9-12, Lodz, rachamim - compassion and mercy, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, ghettos, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - Poland, Poland — 6 more, World War II, family, biography, written in verse, teen - young adult, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4172
Status
Available
Call number
J F ROY

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor

by Laura Hillman
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
aiding those in distress, Holocaust, AR book - UG, courage - ometz lev, anti-Semitism, biography, family, Holocaust - concentration camps, Germany, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II — 3 more, Holocaust - survivors, teen - young adult, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4116
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 HIL

Liberty's Voice: the Emma Lazarus Story

by Erica Silverman
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
aiding those in distress, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, AR book - LG, biography, immigration and emigration, New York, poetry, Emma Lazarus, women, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
4024
Status
Available
Call number
J B LAZ

Heroes & Villains - Oskar Schindler

by John F. Wukovits
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
AR book - UG, aiding those in distress, biography, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, World War II
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Series
Heroes and Villains - Lucent
Barcode
4202
Status
Available
Call number
T B SCH

Elie Wiesel: Messenger of Peace (Modern Peacemakers)

by Dr Heather Lehr Wagner
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Holocaust, social activism, peace - shalom, tikkun olam - repairing the world, biography, Holocaust - survivors, authors, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Modern Peacemakers
Barcode
4159
Status
Available
Call number
J B WIE

Albert Einstein: The Jewish Man Behind the Theory

by Devra Newberger Speregen
Paperback, 2006
Tags
social activism, biography, science, Zionism, physics, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4244
Status
Available
Call number
T B EIN

On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein

by Jennifer Berne
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
respecting differences, ages 6-8, taking initiative, AR book - LG, biography, science, physics, ages 3-5, wisdom - study - learning
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
4117
Status
Available
Call number
E B EIN

Sandy Koufax (Sports Heroes & Legends)

by Matt Doeden
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
biography, AR book - MG, perseverance, athletes, baseball, sports, ages 9-12, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Sports Heroes and Legends
Barcode
4282
Status
Available
Call number
J B KOU

Jean Laffite: The Pirate Who Saved America

by Susan Goldman Rubin
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
biography, AR book - LG, historical fiction, achrayut - responsibility, taking initiative, courage - ometz lev, strength - koach, United States, Sephardim, United States - Civil War, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
3912
Status
Available
Call number
E B LAF

Hammerin' Hank Greenberg: Baseball Pioneer

by Shelley Sommer
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, AR book - MG, choosing between right and wrong, courage - ometz lev, strength - koach, athletes, baseball, biography, sports, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
3984
Status
Available
Call number
J B GRE

National Geographic Readers: Anne Frank (Readers Bios)

by Alexandra Zapruder
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
AR book - LG, biography, Anne Frank, Holocaust
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
National Geographic Kids Readers (Level 3)
Barcode
3982
Status
Available
Call number
J B FRA

Portraits of Jewish American Heroes

by Malka Drucker
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
AR book - MG, social activism, women, biography
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3853
Status
Available
Call number
J 973.0492 DRU

Steven Spielberg: Crazy for Movies

by Susan Goldman Rubin
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
AR book - MG, biography, movies, Steven Spielberg, ages 9-12, teen - young adult
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
4228
Status
Available
Call number
J B SPI

The Anne Frank Case: Simon Wiesenthal's Search for the Truth

by Susan Goldman Rubin
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Simon Wiesenthal, Holocaust, AR book - MG, seeking justice, anti-Semitism, biography, Holocaust - survivors, World War II, Austria, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3986
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.5318 RUB

Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival

by Marcel Prins
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Holocaust, teen - young adult, AR book - MG, biography, World War II, Holocaust - hidden children
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3943
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 PRI

Anne Frank: Her Life

by Marian Hoefnagel
Paperback, 2014
Tags
ages 9-12, biography, Anne Frank, Netherlands
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
3948
Status
Available
Call number
J B FRA

Goldie Takes a Stand: Golda Meir’s First Crusade

by Barbara Krasner
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Golda Meir, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, cooperation, achrayut - responsibility, taking initiative, tzedakah - charity, social activism, biography, women, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image — 1 more, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
3641
Status
Available
Call number
E B MEI

Louis D. Brandeis: A Life

by Melvin Urofsky
Paperback, 2012
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Louis Brandeis, Betty's 100 Books, biography, judges and lawyers
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4412
Status
Available
Call number
B BRA

Love Every Leaf: The Life of Landscape Architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander

by Kathy Stinson
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
biography, women, caring for the environment, perseverance, architecture, inner strength - gevurah, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4165
Status
Available
Call number
T B OBE

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

by Linda Glaser
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, tikkun olam - repairing the world, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, Emma Lazarus, AR book - LG, generosity, immigration and emigration, achrayut - responsibility, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, social activism — 7 more, biography, poetry, United States - history, women, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, rachamim - compassion and mercy, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
3460
Status
Available
Call number
E B LAZ

The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography, Two Volumes

by Jacob Rader Marcus
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
biography
Collection
Reference
Status
Available
Call number
REF 920 MAR

Marc Chagall, 1887-1985: Painting as Poetry

by Ingo F Walther
Paperback, 1994
Tags
art, biography, Marc Chagall
Collection
Adult Biography
Series
Taschen 25th Anniversary
Barcode
3169
Status
Available
Call number
B CHA

Lost Hero: The Mystery of Raoul Wallenberg

by Frederick E. Werbell
Hardcover, 1982
Tags
Holocaust, biography, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, World War II, Hungary, Sweden
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3030
Status
Available
Call number
940.54 WER

The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank

by Willy Lindwer
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
Holocaust, biography, Anne Frank, Netherlands, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3006
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 LIN

My Father, His Daughter

by Yael Dayan
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
Israel, biography, Moshe Dayan
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2938
Status
Available
Call number
B DAY
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