Tag search:immigration and emigration

Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side

by Raymond Bial
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
immigration and emigration, ages 9-12, photography, New York, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, Americanization, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4133
Status
Available
Call number
J 307.76 BIA

Ellis Island: Coming to the Land of Liberty

by Raymond Bial
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
immigration and emigration, ages 9-12, Americanization, Ellis Island
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4094
Status
Available
Call number
J 304.873 BIA

Miriam's Journey: Discovering a New World (The Gali Girls Jewish History Series)

by Robin K. Levinson
Paperback, 2005
Tags
ages 9-12, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, aiding those in distress, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, honesty - emet, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, family, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, pogroms — 1 more, ages 6-8
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4246
Status
Available
Call number
J F LEV

Roads Taken: The Great Jewish Migrations to the New World and the Peddlers Who Forged the Way

by Hasia R. Diner
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
National Jewish Book Award finalist, merchants, peddlers, immigration and emigration, Betty's 100 Books
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4668
Status
Available
Call number
381.08 DIN

The Girl in the Torch

by Robert Sharenow
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
immigration and emigration, ages 9-12, Sydney Taylor Notable Book, AR book - MG, choosing between right and wrong, anti-Semitism, New York
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3947
Status
Available
Call number
J F SHA

Audacity

by Melanie Crowder
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
written in verse, feminism, Clara Lemlich Shavelson, labor unions, immigration and emigration, New York, National Jewish Book Award finalist, teen - young adult, ALA Top 10 Best Fiction for Young Adults, NYPL Best Book for Teens, BCCB Blue Ribbon Book
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4066
Status
Available
Call number
T F CRO

All Kinds of Strong

by Sharon Reiss Baker
Paperback, 2014
Tags
honoring elders, tzedakah - charity, mitzvah - mitzvot, grandparents, mensch - decent person, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov, cooperation, courage - ometz lev, prayer - tefillah, respecting differences, achrayut - responsibility — 6 more, cheerfulness, kindness to animals, immigration and emigration, United States - East, Shabbat - Sabbath, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3873
Status
Available
Call number
E BAK

My Grandfather's Coat

by Jim Aylesworth
Paperback, 2014
Tags
AR book - LG, recycling, immigration and emigration, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, cheerfulness, folklore - folktales - legends, grandparents
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3867
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 AYL

The Cats in the Doll Shop

by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
immigration and emigration, New York, AR book - LG, historical fiction, family, sisters, cats, rachamim - compassion and mercy
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Doll Shop (2)
Barcode
3827
Status
Available
Call number
J F MCD

Is It Night or Day?

by Fern Schumer Chapman
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Holocaust, Bank Street Best Children's Book, AR book - MG, anti-Semitism, Holocaust - refugees, immigration and emigration, Germany
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3830
Status
Available
Call number
J F CHA

Anna & Solomon

by Elaine Snyder
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
immigration and emigration, AR book - LG, historical fiction, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, Belarus, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3883
Status
Available
Call number
E SNY

Watch the Stars Come Out

by Riki Levinson
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
Ellis Island, immigration and emigration, AR book - LG, grandparents, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
4325
Status
Available
Call number
E LEV

My Grandfather's Coat

by Jim Aylesworth
Paperback, 2014
Tags
AR book - LG, recycling, immigration and emigration, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, cheerfulness, folklore - folktales - legends, grandparents
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3811
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 AYL

A Replacement Life: A Novel

by Boris Fishman
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Brooklyn, New York, National Jewish Book Award finalist, Betty's 100 Books, authors, immigration and emigration
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
4572
Status
Available
Call number
F FIS

Mendel's Accordion

by Heidi Smith Hyde
Paperback, 2007
Tags
AR book - LG, immigration and emigration, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, klezmer, music, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3757
Status
Available
Call number
E HYD

Yuvi's Candy Tree

by Lesley Simpson
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Israel, immigration and emigration, Ethiopian Jews, trees, courage - ometz lev, PJ Library, AR book - LG, feeding the hungry, Israel - immigration and emigration, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3729
Status
Available
Call number
E SIM

Rivka's First Thanksgiving

by Elsa Okon Rael
Paperback, 2001
Tags
AR book - LG, Thanksgiving, Sukkot, pogroms, immigration and emigration, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov, historical fiction, honoring elders, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, taking initiative, wisdom - study - learning — 7 more, Americanization, family, New York, rabbis, ages 9-12, ages 6-8, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3664
Status
Available
Call number
E RAE

The Blessing Cup (Paula Wiseman Books)

by Patricia Polacco
Paperback, 2013
Tags
companion to Keeping Quilt, immigration and emigration, heirlooms and keepsakes, family history - genealogy, grandparents, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, Sydney Taylor Award, AR book - LG, generosity, cheerfulness, community - kehillah — 4 more, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, honoring parents, family, United States
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3624
Status
Available
Call number
E POL

FDR and the Jews

by Richard Breitman
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, anti-Semitism, immigration and emigration
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3670
Status
Available
Call number
973.917 BRE

Hannah's Journal: The Story of an Immigrant Girl

by Marissa Moss
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, immigration and emigration, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, historical fiction, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Young American Voices (3)
Barcode
3487
Status
Available
Call number
J F MOS

Immigrant Kids

by Russell Freedman
Paperback, 1980
Tags
immigration and emigration, AR book - MG, children
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3482
Status
Available
Call number
J 305.23 FRE

Touched by Fire

by Irene N. Watts
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, immigration and emigration, pogroms, Triangle Factory Fire, AR book - MG, New York, factories
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3509
Status
Available
Call number
J F WAT

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

by Michelle Markel
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, labor unions, immigration and emigration, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, taking initiative, work ethic, social activism, New York, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, inner strength - gevurah — 1 more, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3512
Status
Available
Call number
E MAR

Rifka Takes a Bow

by Betty Rosenberg Perlov
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, historical fiction, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, taking initiative, cheerfulness, immigration and emigration, klezmer, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3472
Status
Available
Call number
E PER

Butterfly Seeds, The

by Mary Watson
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
caring for the environment, ages 6-8, immigration and emigration, loving one's neighbor, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, grandparents, United States - East, ages 3-5, family history - genealogy, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
4230
Status
Available
Call number
E WAT

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

Bintel Brief: Sixty Years of Letters from the Lower East Side to the Jewish Daily Forward

by Isaac Metzker Editor
Hardcover, 1971
Tags
Yiddish language, Yiddish culture, immigration and emigration, New York
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3392
Status
Available
Call number
974.471 MET

Jesse's Star

by Ellen Schwartz
Paperback, 2000
Tags
ages 9-12, time travel, pogroms, immigration and emigration, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, anti-Semitism, fantasy, Canada, Eastern Europe, shtetl — 2 more, Magen David, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3417
Status
Available
Call number
J F SCH

Yossi's Goal

by Ellen Schwartz
Paperback, 2006
Tags
ages 6-8, AR book - MG, aiding those in distress, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, feeding the hungry, perseverance, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, Canada, sports, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3418
Status
Available
Call number
J F SCH

Sammy Spider's New Friend

by Sylvia A. Rouss
Paperback, 2012
Tags
PJ Library, Hebrew, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, multi-cultural, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, immigration and emigration, mitzvah - mitzvot
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Sammy Spider
Barcode
3305
Status
Available
Call number
E ROU

The Memory Coat

by Elvira Woodruff
Paperback, 1999
Tags
ages 9-12, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, courage - ometz lev, AR book - LG, immigration and emigration, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, aiding those in distress, honoring parents, family, historical fiction, Ellis Island — 1 more, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3286
Status
Available
Call number
E WOO

The Blessing Cup

by Patricia Polacco
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
companion to Keeping Quilt, immigration and emigration, heirlooms and keepsakes, family history - genealogy, grandparents, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, Sydney Taylor Award, AR book - LG, generosity, cheerfulness, community - kehillah — 4 more, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, honoring parents, family, United States
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3420
Status
Available
Call number
E POL

Ellis Island: Echoes From A Nation's Past

by Shirley Burden
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Ellis Island, immigration and emigration
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3129
Status
Available
Call number
974.702 BUR

How We Lived: A Documentary History of Immigrant Jews in America, 1880-1930

by Irving Howe
Hardcover, 1983
Tags
immigration and emigration, New York
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3122
Status
Available
Call number
974.71 HOW

Poor Cousins

by Ande Manners
Hardcover, 1972
Tags
United States, immigration and emigration
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3107
Status
Available
Call number
301.452 MAN

None is too many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948

by Irving M. Abella
Hardcover, 1983
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Canada, immigration and emigration, Holocaust, Holocaust - refugees
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3071
Status
Available
Call number
971.0049 ABE

Uncertain Travelers: Conversations with Jewish Women Immigrants to America

by Marjorie Agosin
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
travel, women, immigration and emigration
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
Brandeis Series on Jewish Women (1999)
Barcode
2884
Status
Available
Call number
305.4889 AGO

The Pursuit of Happiness: A Novel

by Anne Richardson Roiphe
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
Poland, New York, Israel, immigration and emigration, historical fiction
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2850
Status
Available
Call number
F ROI

The Rise of David Levinsky

by Abraham Cahan
Hardcover, 1945
Tags
URJ Significant Jewish Books, immigration and emigration, New York, Russia, men
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2773
Status
Available
Call number
F CAH

The Immigrants

by Howard Fast
Hardcover, 1977
Tags
historical fiction, immigration and emigration, San Francisco, California
Collection
Adult Fiction
Series
Lavette Family (1)
Barcode
2745
Status
Available
Call number
F FAS

The Legacy

by Howard Fast
Hardcover, 1981
Tags
historical fiction, immigration and emigration
Collection
Adult Fiction
Series
Lavette Family (4)
Barcode
2744
Status
Available
Call number
F FAS

Bread Givers

by Anzia Yezierska
Paperback, 1975
Tags
URJ Library List, URJ Significant Jewish Books, URJ High School and Young Adult list, women, children, family, fathers, immigration and emigration, New York
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2727
Status
Available
Call number
F YEZ

The Image of the Jew in American Literature: From Early Republic to Mass Immigration

by Louis Harap
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
immigration and emigration
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2708
Status
Available
Call number
810.9 HAR

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

Sammy Spider's New Friend

by Sylvia A. Rouss
Paperback, 2012
Tags
PJ Library, Hebrew, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, multi-cultural, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, immigration and emigration, mitzvah - mitzvot
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Sammy Spider
Barcode
2139
Status
Available
Call number
E ROU

Call It Sleep: A Novel

by Henry Roth
Paperback, 2005
Tags
URJ Library List, family, New York, immigration and emigration
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2133
Status
Available
Call number
F ROT

Blowback: America's Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War

by Christopher Simpson
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
Holocaust, National Jewish Book Award, Germany, World War II, immigration and emigration, spies
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2011
Status
Available
Call number
940.5373 SIM

Yuvi's Candy Tree

by Lesley Simpson
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Israel, immigration and emigration, Ethiopian Jews, trees, courage - ometz lev, AR book - LG, feeding the hungry, Israel - immigration and emigration, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
2051
Status
Available
Call number
E SIM

Speak Up, Tommy!

by Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
Hebrew, immigration and emigration, AR book - LG, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
2036
Status
Available
Call number
E GRE

Sammy Spider's New Friend

by Sylvia A. Rouss
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
Hebrew, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, multi-cultural, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, immigration and emigration, mitzvah - mitzvot
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Sammy Spider
Barcode
2027
Status
Available
Call number
E ROU
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