Tag search:biography

Eminent American Jews : 1776 to the present

by Charles Allan. Madison
Hardcover, 1971
Tags
United States - history, biography
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2920
Status
Available
Call number
920.073 MAD

A Tribute to Anne Frank

by Anna G. Steenmeijer
Hardcover, 1971
Tags
Holocaust, biography, Anne Frank
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2914
Status
Available
Call number
B FRA

Great Jews in Sports

by Robert Slater
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
athletes, biography, sports
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2905
Status
Available
Call number
796.089 SLA

Golda Meir: Israel's Leader

by Marie Syrkin
Hardcover, 1969
Tags
Israel, biography, Israel - government and politics, Golda Meir, women
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2893
Status
Available
Call number
B MEI

My Mother Golda Meir: A Son's Evocation of Life With Golda Meir

by Menahem Meir
Hardcover, 1983
Tags
biography, Israel, Israel - government and politics, Golda Meir, Zionism
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2872
Status
Available
Call number
B MEI

The Golda Meir Story

by Margaret Davidson
Hardcover, 1976
Tags
Israel, biography, Israel - government and politics, Israel - history, Golda Meir, Zionism
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
2857
Status
Available
Call number
J B MEI

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
3408
Status
Available
Call number
E B GRE

Keeping the Promise: A Torah's Journey

by Tami Lehman-Wilzig
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
Ilan Ramon, Bergen-Belsen, astronaut, Israel, mensch - decent person, Holocaust, AR book - LG, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, courage - ometz lev, tzedakah - charity, Bar Mitzvah — 4 more, biography, Holocaust - concentration camps, Torah, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
2052
Status
Available
Call number
J 296.461 LEH

His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg

by Louise W. Borden
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Holocaust, Sweden, AR book - MG+, aiding those in distress, biography, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
2056
Status
Available
Call number
T B WAL

Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein

by Don Brown
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, ALA Notable Children's Book, BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, AR book - LG, respecting differences, biography, science
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
1810
Status
Available
Call number
E B EIN

Harry Houdini: Master of Magic

by Robert Kraske
Paperback, 1989
Tags
ages 6-8, AR book - MG, biography, magic, ages 9-12
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Scholastic Biography
Barcode
1968
Status
Available
Call number
J B HOU

Simon Wiesenthal: Tracking Down Nazi Criminals (People to Know)

by Laura S. Jeffrey
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, teen - young adult, Holocaust, AR book - MG, biography, Simon Wiesenthal
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
People to Know
Barcode
1911
Status
Available
Call number
J B WIE

Extraordinary Jewish Americans (Extraordinary People)

by Philip Brooks
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, biography, AR book - UG, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1826
Status
Available
Call number
T 920 BRO

Einstein: Visionary Scientist

by John B. Severance
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, AR book - MG, biography, science
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1827
Status
Available
Call number
J B EIN

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

One Hundred and One Jewish Read Aloud Stories: Ten Minute Readings From the World's Best Loved Jewis

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 2 (1 story), derekh eretz - doing the right thing, mitzvah - mitzvot, Bible stories, biography, folklore - folktales - legends, short stories, teshuvah - repentance, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1353
Status
Available
Call number
J 808.8 GOL

Steven Spielberg

by Tom Powers
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
Steven Spielberg, biography, movies, AR book - MG
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1391
Status
Available
Call number
J B SPI

Say It with Music: A Story about Irving Berlin

by Thomas Streissguth
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
composers, biography, Irving Berlin, AR book - MG, music
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Creative Minds Biographies
Barcode
1910
Status
Available
Call number
J B BER

Leonard Bernstein: In Love with Music

by Caroline Evensen Lazo
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
teen - young adult, AR book - MG, biography, music
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Series
Lerner Biographies
Barcode
1879
Status
Available
Call number
T B BER

Steven Spielberg: Director of Blockbuster Films

by Laura Bufano Edge
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
ages 9-12, AR book - MG, biography, Steven Spielberg
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
People to Know Today
Barcode
1949
Status
Available
Call number
J B SPI

The Life and Times of Leonard Bernstein (Masters of Music: The World's Greatest Composers)

by Jim Whiting
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
community - kehillah, biography, music, composers
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Masters of Music: The World's Greatest Composers
Barcode
4278
Status
Available
Call number
J B BER

The Life and Times of Irving Berlin

by Jim Whiting
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
composers, biography, Irving Berlin
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Masters of Music: The World's Greatest Composers
Barcode
1914
Status
Available
Call number
J B BER

Niels Bohr: Physicist and Humanitarian

by Naomi Pasachoff
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
AR book - MG+, aiding those in distress, wisdom - study - learning, anti-Semitism, biography, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Denmark, science, World War II
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Great Minds of Science
Barcode
1828
Status
Available
Call number
J B BOH

Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine (Unlocking the Secrets of Science)

by John Bankston
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
AR book - MG, biography, science, polio
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Unlocking the Secrets of Science
Barcode
1502
Status
Available
Call number
J B SAL

Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius

by Elizabeth MacLeod
Paperback, 2003
Tags
ages 9-12, AR book - MG, wisdom - study - learning, biography, science
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Snapshots: Images of People and Places in History
Barcode
1897
Status
Available
Call number
J B EIN

Abraham Joshua Heschel: Man of Spirit, Man of Action

by Or N. Rose
Paperback, 2003
Tags
ages 9-12, teen - young adult, tikkun olam - repairing the world, URJ Middle School list, social activism, love for Torah - Ahavat Torah, loving God, African American - Jewish relations, biography, interfaith relations, Jewish-Christian relations — 7 more, Judaism, philosophy, rabbis, race relations, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, diversity and inclusion, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1571
Status
Available
Call number
T B HES

George Gershwin (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)

by Mike Venezia
Paperback, 1994
Tags
ages 9-12, AR book - LG, biography, music, composers, George Gershwin, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Series
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers
Barcode
1953
Status
Available
Call number
E B GER

Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin

by Susan Goldman Rubin
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, ages 9-12, Holocaust, mensch - decent person, AR book - MG, aiding those in distress, courage - ometz lev, art, artists, biography, Holocaust - concentration camps — 4 more, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia, World War II, Terezin, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1766
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.531 RUB

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

by Ken Mochizuki
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
ALA Notable Children's Book, Judaism through Children's Books, ages 9-12, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, Holocaust, mensch - decent person, AR book - MG, aiding those in distress, choosing between right and wrong, courage - ometz lev, biography — 6 more, fathers, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, Holocaust - Poland, World War II, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1759
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.531 MOC

Anne Frank: Young Diarist

by Ruth Ashby
Paperback, 2005
Tags
ages 9-12, Holocaust, AR book - MG, anti-Semitism, biography, Anne Frank, Netherlands, Holocaust - hidden children
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Childhood of World Figures
Barcode
1841
Status
Available
Call number
J B FRA

Frontier Merchants: Lionel & Barron Jacobs and the Jewish Pioneers Who Settled the West

by Jerry Stanley
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Lionel Jacobs, Barron Jacobs, Arizona, Tucson, frontier and pioneer life, merchants, Jews, United States - history — 9 more, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, biography, brothers, family, United States - West, occupations, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1869
Status
Available
Call number
J B JAC

Photo Odyssey: Solomon Carvalho's Remarkable Western Adventure 1853-54

by Arlene B. Hirschfelder
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
ages 9-12, teen - young adult, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, keeping kosher - kashrut, biography, explorers, United States - West, photography, travel, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1881
Status
Available
Call number
J 917.8 HIR

Tali's Jerusalem Scrapbook

by Sylvia Rouss
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Israel, Jerusalem, aiding those in distress, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, cheerfulness, rachamim - compassion and mercy, courage - ometz lev, faith in God, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, feeding the hungry, generosity — 27 more, honoring elders, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, kindness to animals, love for Torah - Ahavat Torah, loving God, optimism, tolerance, animals, Arab-Jewish relations, Bible, biography, birthdays, blindness, deafness, food, God, immigration and emigration, Intifada, Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel - children, mothers, music, prayer - tefillah, rabbis, songs, synagogues, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1704
Status
Available
Call number
E ROU

Harry Houdini : Young Magician

by Kathryn Kilby Borland
Paperback, 1991
Tags
ages 9-12, AR book - MG, biography, magic, ages 6-8
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Childhood of Famous Americans (Entertainers&Artists), Childhood of Famous Americans II
Barcode
1892
Status
Available
Call number
J B HOU

Sigmund Freud: Pioneer of the Mind

by Catherine Reef
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - MG, anti-Semitism, biography, Austria, science
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1750
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRE

I Am Marc Chagall

by Bimba Landmann
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, biography, Marc Chagall, art, community - kehillah, AR book - LG, artists
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1389
Status
Available
Call number
J B CHA

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

by Linda Glaser
Hardcover, 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
1811
Status
Available
Call number
E B LAZ

A Promise Fulfilled: Theodor Herzl, Chaim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion, and the Creation of the State of Israel

by Howard Greenfeld
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, teen - young adult, CHAI Lit List Level 7, Linda Silver, AR book - UG, perseverance, anti-Semitism, biography, Israel, Israel - independence, Zionism — 5 more, Chaim Weizmann, Theodor Herzl, Israel - history, David Ben-Gurion, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1695
Status
Available
Call number
T 320.54 GRE

Dreamer from the Village: The Story of Marc Chagall

by Michelle Markel
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, ages 6-8, Linda Silver "Future Classic?", AR book - LG, community - kehillah, art, artists, biography, shtetl, Marc Chagall, Russia
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
1716
Status
Available
Call number
E B CHA

The journey that saved Curious George : the true wartime escape of Margret and H.A. Rey

by Louise Borden
Paper Book, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, ages 9-12, ALA Notable Children's Book, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, courage - ometz lev, animals, biography, France, World War II, Holocaust - refugees — 1 more, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1501
Status
Available
Call number
J B REY

Sholom's treasure : how Sholom Aleichem became a writer

by Erica Silverman
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, ages 6-8, Linda Silver "Future Classic?", shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG, cheerfulness, biography, family, shtetl, Yiddish literature — 3 more, Sholem Aleichem, Ukraine, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
1561
Status
Available
Call number
E B ALE

Naming Liberty

by Jane Yolen
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, ages 6-8, AR book - LG, generosity, perseverance, artists, biography, immigration and emigration, New York, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1565
Status
Available
Call number
E YOL

Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein (Junior Library Guild Selection (Charlesbridge Hardcover))

by Susan Goldman Rubin
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Nominee (2012), AR book - MG, perseverance, biography, music, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1804
Status
Available
Call number
J B BER

A Friend Called Anne

by Jacqueline van Maarsen
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Anne Frank, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Holocaust, anti-Semitism, biography, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, Netherlands
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1875
Status
Available
Call number
J B FRA

Henrietta Szold: Record of A Life

by Rose Zeitlin
Hardcover, 1952
Tags
Zionism, biography, Hadassah (organization), Palestine, Israel, Henrietta Szold
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1137
Status
Available
Call number
T B SZO

Haym Salomon, Liberty's Son

by Shirley Gorson Milgrim
Paper Book, 1975
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, biography, Revolutionary War, United States - history, Haym Salomon
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1135
Status
Available
Call number
J B SAL

The Flagship Hope: Aaron Lopez

by Lloyd Alexander
Hardcover, 1960
Tags
Inquisition, Portugal, Newport, Rhode Island, biography
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Covenant books
Barcode
1127
Status
Available
Call number
J B LOP

The Voice of Liberty: The Story of Emma Lazarus

by Eve Merriam
Paper Book, 1959
Tags
biography, Emma Lazarus, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Covenant books
Barcode
1116
Status
Available
Call number
J B LAZ

Chaim Weizmann, Builder of a Nation

by Rachel Baker
Paper Book, 1950
Tags
Israel, Chaim Weizmann, biography
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1072
Status
Available
Call number
J B WEI

Anne Frank Remembered

by Miep Gies
Paperback, 1988
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, biography, Anne Frank, Netherlands, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1045
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRA
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