Tag search:shtetl

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

A Sack Full of Feathers

by Debby Waldman
Paperback, 2006
Tags
Torah portions - Tazria, Torah portions - Behaalotecha, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG, honesty - emet, watching one's speech, gossip or bad speech, folklore - folktales - legends, rabbis, shtetl, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6867
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 WAL

The Brother's Promise (Albert Whitman Prairie Books)

by Frances Harber
Paperback, 2009
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 4, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, generosity, honoring parents, work ethic, brothers — 4 more, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl, sharing
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6872
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 HAR

There Once Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok

by Yaffa Eliach
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Lithuania, history, shtetl
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6741
Status
Available
Call number
947.93 ELI

The Lost Shtetl: A Novel

by Max Gross
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Poland, shtetl
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
6555
Status
Available
Call number
F GRO

Moishe's Miracle: A Hanukkah Story

by Laura Krauss Melmed
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, PJ Library, CHAI Lit List Level 3, community - kehillah, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - LG, generosity, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, loving one's neighbor, folklore - folktales - legends — 5 more, food, Hanukkah, shtetl, supernatural, magic
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6501
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E 398.2 MEL

The Peddler's Gift

by Maxine Schur
Paperback, 1999
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 3, Sydney Taylor Award, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, Judaism through Children's Books, teshuvah - repentance, honesty - emet, AR book - MG, forgiveness - selichot, respecting differences, choosing between right and wrong — 3 more, folklore - folktales - legends, shtetl, peddlers
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6316
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 SCH

The Brother's Promise (Albert Whitman Prairie Books)

by Frances Harber
Paperback, 2009
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 4, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, generosity, honoring parents, work ethic, brothers — 4 more, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl, sharing
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5772
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 HAR

Something from Nothing

by Phoebe Gilman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Ruth Schwartz Award, Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 3-5, Judaism through Children's Books, Tot Shabbat list, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, recycling, AR book - LG, family — 3 more, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5556
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.21 GIL

Fiddler on the Roof (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

by Jerry Bock Composer
CD sound recording, 2009
Tags
music, shtetl, Russia
Collection
Music CDs
Barcode
5439
Status
Available
Call number
CD 782.14 BOC

Fiddler on the Roof (Special Edition)

by Norman Jewison Director
DVD, 2001
Tags
shtetl, Russia
Collection
DVDs
Barcode
5395
Status
Available
Call number
DVD F JEW

Something from Nothing

by Phoebe Gilman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Ruth Schwartz Award, Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 3-5, Judaism through Children's Books, Tot Shabbat list, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, recycling, AR book - LG, family — 3 more, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5272
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.21 GIL

The Brother's Promise (Albert Whitman Prairie Books)

by Frances Harber
Paperback, 2009
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 4, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, generosity, honoring parents, work ethic, brothers — 4 more, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl, sharing
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5256
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 HAR

Red shtetl: The survival of a Jewish town under Soviet communism

by Charles E. Hoffman
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
shtetl, Soviet Union, Ukraine, communism
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4950
Status
Available
Call number
947.71 HOF

Image Before My Eyes - A History of Jewish Life in Poland Before the Holocaust

by Joshua Waletzky Director
DVD, 2006
Tags
Poland, history, shtetl
Collections
DVDs, Federation Collection
Barcode
4781
Status
Available
Call number
DVD 943.8 WAL

Fiddler on the Roof

by Norman Jewison Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
shtetl, Russia
Collections
DVDs, Federation Collection
Barcode
4694
Status
Available
Call number
DVD F JEW

Something from Nothing

by Phoebe Gilman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Ruth Schwartz Award, Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 3-5, Judaism through Children's Books, Tot Shabbat list, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, recycling, AR book - LG, family — 3 more, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
4532
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.21 GIL

The Purim Goat

by Yuri Suhl
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
ages 6-8, ages 9-12, Purim, animals, Eastern Europe, poverty, shtetl
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4306
Status
Available
Call number
H PR J F SUH

It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale (Michael Di Capua Books)

by Margot Zemach
Paperback, 1990
Tags
PJ Library, Caldecott Honor Book, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, CHAI Lit List Level 2, Linda Silver, AR book - LG, folklore - folktales - legends, rabbis, shtetl, Yiddish culture, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3930
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.27 ZEM

Hayyim's Ghost

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
afterlife - olam ha-ba, caring for the dead, death, folklore - folktales - legends, shtetl, ghosts, humor, ages 9-12, ages 6-8, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
4151
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 KIM

Something from Nothing

by Phoebe Gilman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Ruth Schwartz Award, Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 3-5, Judaism through Children's Books, Tot Shabbat list, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, recycling, AR book - LG, family — 3 more, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3818
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.21 GIL

Bone Button Borscht

by Aubrey Davis
Paperback, 1996
Tags
PJ Library, CHAI Lit List Level 2, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, Tot Shabbat list, community - kehillah, tzedakah - charity, mensch - decent person, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim — 14 more, AR book - LG, cooperation, feeding the hungry, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, achrayut - responsibility, taking initiative, tikkun olam - repairing the world, cheerfulness, generosity, loving one's neighbor, folklore - folktales - legends, food, shtetl, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3724
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.22 DAV

Ziggy's Big Idea (Kar-Ben Favorites)

by Ilana Long
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
bagels, food, Eastern Europe, shtetl
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3629
Status
Available
Call number
E LON

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

Bone Button Borscht

by Aubrey Davis
Paperback, 1996
Tags
PJ Library, CHAI Lit List Level 2, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, Tot Shabbat list, community - kehillah, tzedakah - charity, mensch - decent person, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim — 14 more, AR book - LG, cooperation, feeding the hungry, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, achrayut - responsibility, taking initiative, tikkun olam - repairing the world, cheerfulness, generosity, loving one's neighbor, folklore - folktales - legends, food, shtetl, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3310
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.22 DAV

The Brother's Promise

by Frances Harber
Paperback, 2009
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 4, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, generosity, honoring parents, work ethic, brothers — 4 more, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl, sharing
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3287
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 HAR

Yettele's Feathers

by Joan Rothenberg
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books, Tot Shabbat list, Torah portions - Tazria, Torah portions - Behaalotecha, gossip or bad speech, folklore - folktales - legends, rabbis, shtetl, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3204
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.208 ROT

The Shtetl Book

by Diane K. Roskies
Paperback, 1975
Tags
Eastern Europe, shtetl
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3005
Status
Available
Call number
947.004 ROS

Zigazak!: A Magical Hanukkah Night

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Hanukkah, PJ Library, AR book - LG, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, achrayut - responsibility, wisdom - study - learning, faith in God, holiness - kedusha, Eastern Europe, rabbis, shtetl — 1 more, magic
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1993
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E KIM

Zigazak!: A Magical Hanukkah Night

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Hanukkah, PJ Library, AR book - LG, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, achrayut - responsibility, wisdom - study - learning, faith in God, holiness - kedusha, Eastern Europe, rabbis, shtetl — 1 more, magic
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1992
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E KIM

Something for Nothing

by Ann Redisch Stampler
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, Aesop Accolades Award, AR book - LG, loving one's neighbor, animals, anti-Semitism, folklore - folktales - legends, shtetl
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1748
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 STA

Yettele's Feathers

by Joan Rothenberg
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books, Tot Shabbat list, Torah portions - Tazria, Torah portions - Behaalotecha, gossip or bad speech, folklore - folktales - legends, rabbis, shtetl, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1689
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.208 ROT

A Treasury of Sholom Aleichem Children's Stories

by Aliza Shevrin
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, mitzvah - mitzvot, community - kehillah, Eastern Europe, shtetl, Sholem Aleichem
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1863
Status
Available
Call number
J 839.035 SHE

Rachel Captures the Moon

by Richard Ungar
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 3, Chelm, AR book - LG, perseverance, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1975
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 UNG

The Peddler's Gift

by Maxine Schur
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 3, Sydney Taylor Award, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, Judaism through Children's Books, teshuvah - repentance, honesty - emet, AR book - MG, forgiveness - selichot, respecting differences, choosing between right and wrong — 3 more, folklore - folktales - legends, shtetl, peddlers
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1720
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 SCH

The Brothers' Promise

by Frances Harber
Paperback, 1998
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 4, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, generosity, honoring parents, work ethic, brothers — 4 more, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl, sharing
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1504
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 HAR

Moishe's Miracle: A Hanukkah Story

by Laura Krauss Melmed
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, PJ Library, CHAI Lit List Level 3, community - kehillah, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - LG, generosity, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, loving one's neighbor, folklore - folktales - legends — 5 more, food, Hanukkah, shtetl, supernatural, magic
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1620
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E 398.2 MEL

Avram's Gift

by Margie Blumberg
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
from AJL Bibliography, ages 9-12, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, intergenerational relations, grandparents, Rosh Hashanah, family, honoring elders, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, High Holidays - High Holy Days — 6 more, immigration and emigration, United States - East, shofar, shtetl, synagogues, Yom Kippur
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1825
Status
Available
Call number
H HH J F BLU

Mayer Aaron Levi and His Lemon Tree

by Tami Lehman-Wilzig
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
from AJL Bibliography, ages 6-8, Tu b'Shevat, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, tzedakah - charity, feeding the hungry, generosity, shtetl, trees, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1702
Status
Available
Call number
H TB E LEH

Broken Song

by Kathryn Lasky
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, teen - young adult, tikkun olam - repairing the world, forgiveness - selichot, Russia, violin, AR book - MG, social activism, courage - ometz lev, anti-Semitism, Eastern Europe — 7 more, family, historical fiction, music, achrayut - responsibility, shtetl, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1784
Status
Available
Call number
T F LAS

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

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

Something from Nothing

by Phoebe GIlman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", ages 3-5, Judaism through Children's Books, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, AR book - LG, family, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3537
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.21 GIL

When the Chickens Went on Strike (Picture Puffin Books)

by Erica Silverman
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Future Classic?", teshuvah - repentance, kindness to animals, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG, choosing between right and wrong, spirit - ruach, animals, Eastern Europe, Rosh Hashanah — 3 more, shtetl, humor, Russia
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1738
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E SIL

Zigazak! : A Magical Hanukkah Night

by Eric A. Kimmel
Paper Book, 2001
Tags
Tot Shabbat list, AR book - LG, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, achrayut - responsibility, wisdom - study - learning, faith in God, holiness - kedusha, Hanukkah, Eastern Europe, rabbis, shtetl — 1 more, magic
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1253
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E KIM

It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale

by Margot Zemach
Paperback, 1990
Tags
PJ Library, Caldecott Honor Book, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, CHAI Lit List Level 2, Linda Silver, AR book - LG, folklore - folktales - legends, rabbis, shtetl, Yiddish culture, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1233
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.27 ZEM

A Sack Full of Feathers

by Debby Waldman
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Torah portions - Tazria, Torah portions - Behaalotecha, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG, honesty - emet, watching one's speech, gossip or bad speech, folklore - folktales - legends, rabbis, shtetl, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1191
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 WAL

Something from Nothing

by Phoebe Gilman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Ruth Schwartz Award, Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 3-5, Judaism through Children's Books, Tot Shabbat list, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, recycling, AR book - LG, family — 3 more, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1173
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.21 GIL

The Seven Good Years, and other stories of I.L. Peretz

by Esther Hautzig Translator
Paper Book, 1984
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 2 (1 story), CHAI Lit List Level 4, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, kavanah - devotion, aiding those in distress, rachamim - compassion and mercy, tzedakah - charity, feeding the hungry, generosity — 20 more, holiness - kedusha, women, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, humility, Shabbat - Sabbath, seeking justice, animals, Elijah (Prophet), High Holidays - High Holy Days, Eastern Europe, magic, miracles, Passover, poverty, rabbis, short stories, shtetl, Yiddish literature, Isaac Leib Peretz, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
893
Status
Available
Call number
J F HAU

Zlateh the Goat, and other stories

by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Paper Book, 1966
Tags
Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kindness to animals, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, optimism, folklore - folktales - legends, shtetl, Yiddish literature — 2 more, Maurice Sendak, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
886
Status
Available
Call number
J 398.2 SIN
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