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Anne Frank

2023
Explores the life of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who kept a diary during the two years she and her family were in hiding from the Nazis during World War II.

Things that shimmer

2024
Set in 1973, Melanie desperately wants to be accepted by the Shimmers, the popular girls in her class, but when she gets to know Dorit, the new girl from Israel, she must choose between popularity and true friendship.

Uri and the king of darkness

a Hanukkah story
2024
"It's the first night of Hanukkah and Uri's dad is still not home. 'What happened to Dad? Is he caught in the fray? Could it be that an elephant's blocking his way? Maybe the enemy soldiers attacked? Maybe, just maybe, he cannot get back?' While they wait for Dad's return, Uri and his sister battle the evil King of Darkness. Their courage and spirit bring the light of Hanukkah to the world around them"--Amazon.

Maddie the mitzvah clown

2017
Shy Maddie discovers that with the right costume and training from Giggles the clown, she can make Grandma and her friends at the nursing home laugh.

Ella's Trip to Israel

2011
A young girl travels through Israel with her parents and best friend Koofi, a stuffed monkey, whose misadventures are never a problem.

Lily Blue Riding Hood

a Purim story
2023
"Meet Lily Bluestein, a skateboarding little blue riding hood, who is taking her hamentaschen to Granny's Florida condo"--Provided by publisher.

Questions I am asked about the Holocaust

2019
The author answers questions about her time as a teenager Jew in Auschwitz.
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She's a mensch!

ten amazing Jewish women
2023
"From the poorest neighborhoods in Kenya to the halls of the Canadian Supreme Court, the Jewish women found in these pages have accomplished remarkable feats. Some survived the horrors of the Holocaust while others had more peaceful childhoods, but all of them saw unfairness in their world and decided to do something about it"--Provided by publisher.

Ava's homemade Hanukkah

2022
At Hanukkah, Ava uses her family's stories about their personalized menorahs to inspire the making of her own menorah.

"Nice" Jewish girls

Presents an illustrated look at the lives of thirty-six Jewish women including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Golda Meir, Sarah Silverman, and others.

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