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Judaism and the Holocaust


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Daniel's Story
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Daniel's Story
by Carol Matas

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A young Jewish boy recalls life in Hitler's Germany. First his family is forced out of their home in Frankfurt and sent on a long journey to the Lodz ghetto in Poland, and then to Auschwitz--the Nazi death camp. Although Daniel is a fictitious character,...
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Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank

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Anne Frank's diary is among the most enduring documents of the 20th century. It documents her life in hiding from 12 June 1942 to 1 August 1944 in German occupied Amsterdam....
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My Secret Camera: Life in the Lodz Ghetto
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My Secret Camera: Life in the Lodz Ghetto
by Frank Dabba Smith

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Mendel Grossman was a prisoner in Poland's Lodz Ghetto for more than four years. His job was to take photographs for work permits, but he also secretly used his camera to record the daily lives of his fellow Jewish residents. These images speak with...
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Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
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Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
by Andrea Warren

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Award-winning author Warren combines haunting photographs from World War II concentration camps with the inspiring words of Jack Mandelbaum to tell the powerful true story of a boy becoming a man during the Holocaust....
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Children of Israel, Children of Palestine: Our Own True Stories
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Children of Israel, Children of Palestine: Our Own True Stories
by Laurel Holliday

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Israeli Jews and Palestinians appear side by side for the first time in this remarkable book to share powerful feelings and reflections on growing up in one of the world's longest and most dangerous conflicts. Here, thirty-six men and women, boys and...
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Grandpa and Me on Tu B'Shevat
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Grandpa and Me on Tu B'Shevat
by Marji Gold Vukson

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Like the tiny seed a little boy and his grandpa plant, this rhyming tale grows and blossoms into a celebration of nature and of family. Included are "Ten Great Ways" to enhance your Tu B'Shevat celebration....
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The Cage
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The Cage
by Ruth Minsky Sender

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Translated from the Yiddish by the author, The Cage is a compelling memoir of the author's life from 1939, when the Germans invaded her native Poland, to the 1945 liberation of the concentration camp in which she was held prisoner. After her mother's...
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Sammy Spider's First Haggadah (Passover)
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Sammy Spider's First Haggadah (Passover)
by Sylvia A. Rouss

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Describes the origins of Haggadah in the freeing of the Hebrew slaves in ancient Egypt and how that event relates to different parts of today's Passover liturgy....
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True Story of a Child in the Holocaust (Destined to Live)
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True Story of a Child in the Holocaust (Destined to Live)
by Ruth Gruener

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Pretty, carefree Aurelia Gamser (known today as Ruth Gruener) had an idyllic life in 1930s Poland -- until violent acts of anti-Semitism and the deportation of Jewish families to concentration camps changed everything in her world. Hiding out with a...
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Parallel Journeys
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Parallel Journeys
by Eleanor H Ayer

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She was a young German Jew. He was an ardent member of the Hitler Youth. This is the story of their parallel journey through World War II. Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck were born just a few miles from each other in the German Rhineland. But their lives...
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Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of a Children's Holocaust Memorial
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Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of a Children's Holocaust Memorial
by Peter W. Schroeder

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While studying about the Holocaust, students in a small Tennessee town cannot imagine the number six million--the number of Jews killed. So they begin to collect paper clips, one for each victim, to create their own memorial. This event is the subject of...
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Anne Frank: A Hidden Life
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Anne Frank: A Hidden Life
by Mirjam Pressler

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Anne Frank's diary gives readers an intimate portrait of her life in hiding. But what else do we know about Anne? What did others think of her? Here, surviving friends and neighbors describe Anne as a child, and the people who protected her during the...
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The Jewish Child's First Book of Why
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The Jewish Child's First Book of Why
by Alfred J Kolatch

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In direct and simple language, Rabbi Kolatch explains the significance of some of the most fascinating traditions and customs of Judaism and introduces the major and minor Jewish holidays....
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Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust
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Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust
by Carol Ann Lee

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Anne Frank's diary changed how the world saw the Holocaustthis book will change how you see Anne Frank. Beginning with Otto Frank's idyllic childhood, follow the family's journey from its proud German roots through life under Nazi occupation to their...
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A Picture Book of Anne Frank
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A Picture Book of Anne Frank
by David A Adler

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A chronicle of the life of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl, who kept a diary during her family's attempts to hide from the Nazis in the 1940s. Important dates in the life of Anne Frank and notes from the author are included....
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A Promise Fulfilled: Theodor Herzl, Chaim Weitzmann, David Ben-Gurion, and the Creation of the State of Israel
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A Promise Fulfilled: Theodor Herzl, Chaim Weitzmann, David Ben-Gurion, and the Creation of the State of Israel
by Howard Greenfeld

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Here are the stories of three very different men -- a journalist, a scientist, and a labor leader -- who shared the same seemingly impossible dream. They were determined to create a Jewish state in the land God promised to Abraham and his descendants...
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Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year
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Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year
by Eric A Kimmel

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In this engaging Rosh Hashanah story based on a Hasidic tale, Gershon the baker has a big lesson to learn about taking responsibility for his own actions. Through this tale's metaphor, readers learn the meaning of both responsibility and forgiveness...
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Toby Belfer's Seder: A Passover Story Retold
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Toby Belfer's Seder: A Passover Story Retold
by Gloria Tele Pushker

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This Passover tale recounts not only how Toby Belfer and her friend Donna help the family prepare for the festival but also how the Israelites came to freedom more than 3,000 years ago. Told within the frame of a friendship between a Jew and a Gentile...
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Lights Along the Path: Jewish Folklore Through the Grades
by Rebecca Schacht

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Drawn from ancient Jewish sources, including the Talmud, the Midrash, and Eastern European oral traditions, this collection of 38 tales of folklore is rich with history and meaning. The stories have been divided by grade level from kindergarten through...
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What I Like about Passover
by Varda Livney

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Passover is here! It's time for asking the four questions, eating crunchy matza, and finding the afikoman. The Seder is so much fun. What do you like best about Passover?...
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