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Book The Secret Shofar of Barcelona

Download or read book The Secret Shofar of Barcelona written by Jacqueline Dembar Greene and published by Kar-Ben Publishing ™. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Symphony conductor Don Fernando longs to hear the sounds of the shofar. Like other conversos during the Spanish Inquisition, he has to hide his Jewish religion and pretend to follow the teachings of the church. But when he is asked to perform a concert celebrating the new world, he and his son Rafael devise a clever plan to usher in the Jewish New Year in plain sight of the Spanish nobility.

Book The Jewish Story Finder

Download or read book The Jewish Story Finder written by Sharon Barcan Elswit and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling, as oral tradition and in writing, has long played a central role in Jewish society. Family, educators, and clergy employ stories to transmit Jewish culture, traditions, and values. This comprehensive bibliography identifies 668 Jewish folktales by title and subject, summarizing plot lines for easy access to the right story for any occasion. Some centuries old and others freshly imagined, the tales include animal fables, supernatural yarns, and anecdotes for festivals and holidays. Themes include justice, community, cause and effect, and mitzvahs, or good deeds. This second edition nearly doubles the number of stories and expands the guide's global reach, with new pieces from Turkey, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, and Chile. Subject cross-references and a glossary complete the volume, a living tool for understanding the ever-evolving world of Jewish folklore.

Book Beyond the Synagogue

Download or read book Beyond the Synagogue written by Rachel B. Gross and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book From Barcelona

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeremy Holland
  • Publisher : Summertime Publishing
  • Release : 2012-06-13
  • ISBN : 1904881882
  • Pages : 178 pages

Download or read book From Barcelona written by Jeremy Holland and published by Summertime Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-13 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this popular anthology of short stories from and American in Barcelona

Book Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens

Download or read book Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens written by Silver and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Silver selected the titles that "represent the best in writing, illustration, reader appeal, and authentically Jewish content--in picture books, fiction and non-fiction, for readers ranging from early childhood through the high school years."--P. [4] of cover.

Book Diversity Programming for Digital Youth

Download or read book Diversity Programming for Digital Youth written by Jamie Campbell Naidoo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining information about outreach to diverse populations, selection of culturally diverse children's print and digital media, and library programming, this book is the tool librarians need to promote cultural understanding through engaging children's programs designed for today's culturally diverse youth. Today's children live in a culturally diverse and constantly changing digital world. New digital media is created every day but librarians and other educators need help in evaluating cultural content in digital apps, determining whether they send appropriate social messages to children, and learning how to use them in library programs that promote cultural competence. Diversity Programming for Digital Youth: Promoting Cultural Competence in the Children's Library provides just the help that is needed. This resource is the only one to examine the role of culturally diverse digital media and how it can be used with children's books to promote cultural competence in the library. It provides annotated lists of digital media paired with culturally diverse literature to offer librarians and educators a springboard for creating enriching, engaging, and culturally relevant programs for children from diverse backgrounds. The sample digital storytime programs celebrating diverse cultures will benefit busy librarians looking for ways to engage reluctant readers in library storytimes.

Book Spain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Madeline Donaldson
  • Publisher : Lerner Publications
  • Release : 2011-08-01
  • ISBN : 0761379800
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book Spain written by Madeline Donaldson and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pack your bags! We’re headed to Spain. On this whirlwind tour, you’ll learn all about the country’s landscape, culture, people, and more. We’ll explore Spain’s beautiful seacoasts, rugged mountains, and the world’s third-largest volcano. We’ll also watch a bullfight, go to a soccer game, and find out what kind of foods people eat. A special section introduces Spain’s capital, language, population, and flag. Hop on board and take a fun-filled look at your world!

Book A Cage Without Bars

Download or read book A Cage Without Bars written by Anne Dublin and published by Second Story Press. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1492, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain signed the Edict of Expulsion, giving all Jews three months to leave the country. In the aftermath, twelve-year-old Joseph escapes to Lisbon, Portugal with his parents and younger sister, Gracia. After only eight months of safety, Joseph and Gracia, along with hundreds of other Jewish children, are kidnapped from the port in Lisbon and put on a ship. They then make a dangerous journey to the island of São Tomé, off the coast of West Africa. Now slaves, they are forced to work on a sugarcane plantation. Joseph must work in the fields, his life repeatedly saved by a combination of luck, strength, and quick wits. While Gracia tries to accept their circumstances, Joseph holds on to the hope that, one day, they will be free.

Book Walk Till You Disappear

Download or read book Walk Till You Disappear written by Jacqueline Dembar Greene and published by Kar-Ben Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Miguel, who feels drawn to the priesthood, is shocked to learn of his Jewish ancestry and runs away into the desert where he meets Rushing Cloud, a Tohono O'odham youth escaping a mission school. Includes historical notes and glossary.

Book Speak Up  Tommy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jacqueline Dembar Greene
  • Publisher : Kar-Ben Publishing ™
  • Release : 2014-01-01
  • ISBN : 1512494704
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book Speak Up Tommy written by Jacqueline Dembar Greene and published by Kar-Ben Publishing ™. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tommy’s classmates tease him about his Israeli accent and the way he speaks English. But his knowledge of Hebrew makes him a hero when a policeman and his dog come to visit Tommy’s school.

Book Ten Holiday Jewish Children s Stories

Download or read book Ten Holiday Jewish Children s Stories written by and published by Devora Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each story highlights those aspects of each holiday which give it its special flavor.

Book Shadow of the Black Flame

    Book Details:
  • Author : Misha Sauceda
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-11-14
  • ISBN : 9781695149250
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Shadow of the Black Flame written by Misha Sauceda and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the depths of the medieval Spanish Inquisition, Maya, a young Jewish woman, displays her powerful but destructive mystic abilities, not knowing she bears the legacy of her family's bond to the cábala. She travels to Girona, Catalan to study with her reclusive uncle who, begrudgingly, teaches her, though he knows that only the male lineage carry the gift. A story of the mysticism, history, love, and redemption. (Kabbalah)

Book Rosh Hashanah Readings

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins
  • Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
  • Release : 2011-07-26
  • ISBN : 158023481X
  • Pages : 481 pages

Download or read book Rosh Hashanah Readings written by Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful collection of writings about Rosh Hashanah that will add depth and holiness to your experience of the spiritual New Year. This compelling companion to Yom Kippur Readings helps create a bridge between the words of our ancestors and the meanings, themes and ideas that are the central spiritual agenda of the life of the modern Jew. Drawn from a variety of sources—ancient, medieval, modern, Jewish and non-Jewish—this selection of readings, prayers and insights explores the opportunities for inspiration and reflection inherent in the subjects addressed on the Jewish New Year: sin, repentance, personal and social change, societal justice, forgiveness, spiritual growth, living with joy and hope, commitment to high ideals, becoming our truest and most authentic selves, deepening our capacity to love and savoring the divine gift of life. These readings enable you to enter into the spirit of Rosh Hashanah and the Days of Awe in a personal and powerful way while they uplift and inform. They will add to the benefits of your High Holy Day experience year after year.

Book The Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Weimar in Exile

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jean-Michel Palmier
  • Publisher : Verso Books
  • Release : 2017-01-31
  • ISBN : 1784786462
  • Pages : 934 pages

Download or read book Weimar in Exile written by Jean-Michel Palmier and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magisterial history of the artists and writers who left Weimar when the Nazis came to power In 1933 thousands of intellectuals, artists, writers, militants and other opponents of the Nazi regime fled Germany. They were, in the words of Heinrich Mann, “the best of Germany,” refusing to remain citizens in this new state that legalized terror and brutality. Exiled across the world, they continued the fight against Nazism in prose, poetry, painting, architecture, film and theater. Weimar in Exile follows these lives, from the rise of national socialism to their return to a ruined homeland, retracing their stories, struggles, setbacks and rare victories. The dignity in exile of Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Bertolt Brecht, Alfred Döblin, Hanns Eisler, Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, Anna Seghers, Ernst Toller, Stefan Zweig and many others provides a counterpoint to the story of Germany under the Nazis.

Book Jewish Stories from Heaven and Earth

Download or read book Jewish Stories from Heaven and Earth written by Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Glory and Grief, Humor and Pride of the Human Experience— Inspiration from a Jewish Perspective From exile to rebirth, from degradation to renaissance, the Jewish People has undergone every human experience and emotion that God created. In this inspiring collection of stories, award-winning anthologist Dov Peretz Elkins captures the best and worst of Jewish experience in these spine-tingling tales of courage, devotion, passion and extraordinary achievement. Elkins taps the famous and the not-so-famous, world-renowned figures and the little-known “person next door,” for stories that illustrate the wonder, meaning, and purpose of life as viewed through the lens of Judaism’s core values. Though drawn from the Jewish tradition, these universal stories of kindness, hope, faith and discovery will intrigue the minds and warm the hearts of people from all walks of life.

Book The Jewish Story Finder

Download or read book The Jewish Story Finder written by Sharon Elswit and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A subject guide to hundreds of Jewish stories, this book's purpose is to help teachers, rabbis, librarians, folklorists, parents, and storytellers find the right story to match their need. It also will lead educators to a wealth of Jewish stories on universal themes for use in multicultural programs for all ages. The stories are numbered for easy reference and grouped in broad categories?for example, God, faith, and prayer; rabbinic wit and wisdom; tricksters and fools; festivals and holidays. For each story, a list of tellings (author and book title) provides numerous options for the story seeker, and a list of keywords connects the story subject categories. Two cross-referenced indexes make locating stories easy, whether by subject keywords or by title. An appendix lists recommended stories for children of different ages, from lower elementary through middle school. The bibliography of almost 200 story collections and picture-book tales gives the information needed to locate a source for every story in the book.