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Latke, the lucky dog / by Fischer, Ellen,1947-; Beeke, Tiphanie.;
"A family rescues a dog from a shelter during Hanukkah, and the pup proceeds to create holiday hijinks as he gets used to his new home"--Provided by publisher.Ages 2-7.LSC
Subjects: Hanukkah stories.; Jewish fiction.; Dogs; Channukah; hanukah; Fasts and feasts—Judaism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The living and the lost / by Feldman, Ellen,1941-author.;
'The Living and the Lost' is a gripping story of a young German Jewish woman who returns to Allied Occupied Berlin from America to face the past and the unexpected future. From the author of 'Paris Never Leaves You'. Book Club.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Brothers and sisters; Refugees; Jews; World War, 1939-1945; Cold War;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Little Red Ruthie : a Hanukkah tale / by Koster, Gloria.; Eastland, Sue.;
Heading through the forest to her Bubbe Basha's house to make latkes (potato pancakes) on the first night of Hanukkah, Little Red Ruthie encounters a hungry wolf. Includes a recipe for latkes.LSC
Subjects: Hanukkah stories.; Jewish fiction.; Little Red Riding Hood; Wolves; Judaism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The book of lost names / by Harmel, Kristin,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Inspired by an astonishing true story from WWII, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Librarians; World War, 1939-1945; Forgers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The girl from the garden / by Foroutan, Parnaz,author.;
When his marriage does not produce a male heir, the head of a prosperous Persian-Jewish family makes a fateful decision that shatters his household and drives his wife to desperate measures to preserve her status.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Infertility, Female; Jews; Married people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The orphan's tale / by Jenoff, Pam,author.;
Sixteen-year-old Noa, forced to give up her baby fathered by a Nazi soldier, snatches a child from a boxcar containing Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp and takes refuge with a traveling circus, where Astrid, a Jewish aerialist, becomes her mentor.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Circus; Teenage mothers; Jews; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Right back at you / by Mackler, Carolyn.;
Mason lives in 2023. His parents have just split up, and there's a guy at school who won't get off his case. As part of an assignment, he writes a letter to Albert Einstein and it ends up getting a little too personal. He throws the letter into his closet... and the next day he gets a letter back from a girl named Talia, who lives in 1987. She has problems of her own, including classmates who make jokes because she's Jewish. She thought her friends would have her back. But it ends up the only person she really has to talk to is... a random boy from the future?
Subjects: School fiction.; Time-travel fiction.; Time travel; Letter writing; Friendship; Bullies; Divorce; Antisemitism; Schools;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The ribbon leaf / by Weber, Lori,1959-;
Would you risk your life to help a friend? In Nazi Germany, friendship between an Aryan German girl and a Jewish German girl is strictly verboten, and an act of kindness might mean death... Throughout the seven long years of WWII, Sabine confronts how far courage can take her, while Edie finds her own strength to deal with leaving her father behind, integrating into a new country, and coming to terms with her sexual orientation. Ages 12+.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; Friendship; Coming of age; Loyalty;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sorry for your loss / by Levy, Joanne.;
Evie's family runs a Jewish funeral home and she enjoys helping out. She doesn't normally interact with the grieving family, but one day she befriends Oren, a boy overwhelmed by grief after an awful accident. Oren hasn't spoken a word since, but Evie is set on helping him deal with his loss and discover his voice again.LSC
Subjects: Preteens; Funeral homes; Family-owned business enterprises; Grief; Friendship;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Queen of the Hanukkah dosas / by Ehrenberg, Pamela.; Sarkar, Anjan.;
A boy is worried that his little sister's climbing will spoil the first night of Hanukkah, when his family combines his father's Jewish traditions with his mother's East Indian cooking.LSC
Subjects: Hanukkah stories.; Jews; East Indian Americans; Brothers and sisters; Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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