Mercado, Yehudi
Summary: "In Yehudi Mercado's full-color middle grade graphic memoir sequel to Chunky, Hudi and his imaginary friend, Chunky, head to Jewish summer camp, where the dynamic duo meet a new friend who can see Chunky, too, and get mixed up in a prank war. This series is perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jerry Craft. Hudi finally embraced his love of art and comedy, but his class clown antics keep...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MERSummary: Narrated by Tony-and Academy Award-winner Joel Grey, this entertaining documentary mingles cultural history with illuminating perspectives on the origins and meanings of some of Broadway's most beloved songs, stories, and shows. With performances by Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara, Zero Mostel, Nathan Lane, Barbra Streisand, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, and many more!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BROMcCann, Michelle Roehm
Summary: A biography of the Jewish heroine, Luba Tryszynska, who saved the lives of more than fifty Jewish children in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the winter of 1944/45.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tricycle Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 940.53 MCCWeissman, Michaele
Summary: "When the author's Latvia-born husband, John, opens a company marketing rye bread, the author embarks on a European journey in search of John's origins, excavating poignant stories of war, privation, and resilience"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WEISSMAN, MICHAELE WEIFinkelstein, Norman H.
Summary: "A tribute to Abraham Cahan, founder of a prominent Yiddish language newspaper whose discussion of everything from voting rights to baseball offered crucial guidance to Jewish immigrants"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CAHJones, Carrie
Summary: "Biography of Major League Baseball catcher and coach who was a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kar-Ben Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BERStapinski, Helene
Summary: "An exuberant true-life adventure following two very different men - a loveable huckster turned publisher of DC Comics and the man he helped escape from 1930s Berlin - as they cross paths with icons of midcentury pop culture in pursuit of the American dream"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STAMilton, Edith.
Contents: Getting there -- Eggs -- The second year of the war -- Leeds -- Down in the forest -- Mutti and Pappi -- The tiger in the attic -- Jesus and me -- Dried eggs and puberty -- War and peace -- Saint Bride's -- Leaving -- Ocean crossing -- Chamber music -- Understanding Mother -- Weather.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 MILTON, EDITH MILSummary: Documentary about Jewish American academic Norman Finkelstein, a devoted son of holocaust survivors, ardent critic of U.S. and Israeli Mid-East policy, and author of five provocative books, including The Holocaust Industry. Finkelstein has been steadfastly at the center of many intractable controversies, including the recent denial of his tenure at DePaul University. He's called a lunatic and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Typecast Releasing 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AME1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF AME
Bernstein, Harry
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BERNSTEIN, HARRY BERHaskell, Molly
Summary: A biography of the director details his many films and describes how his unique and evocative gift for storytelling evolved from experiences in his own life, including his parents' divorce and his return to Judaism after his son was born.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SPIELBERG, STEVEN HASAnders, Gigi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rayo 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 ANDERS, GIGI ANDGreenfield, Martin
Summary: "He's been called 'America's greatest living tailor' and 'the most interesting man in the world.' Now, for the first time, Holocaust survivor Martin Greenfield tells his incredible life story. Taken from his Czechoslovakian home at age fifteen and transported to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz with his family, Greenfield came face to face with 'Angel of Death' Dr. Joseph Mengele and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a Salem Communications Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GREENFIELD, MARTIN GREMarton, Kati.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 MARHalberstadt, Alex
Summary: Can trauma be inherited? It is this question that sets Alex Halberstadt off on a quest to name and acknowledge a legacy of family trauma, and to end a century-old cycle of estrangement. His search takes him across the troubled, enigmatic land of his birth. In Ukraine he tracks down his paternal grandfather--most likely the last living bodyguard of Joseph Stalin--to reckon with the ways in which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HALBERSTADT, ALEX HALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B HALBERSTADT HALGolinkin, Lev
Summary: Recounts the author's experiences as a young boy fleeing persecution in the late eighties Soviet Union, and his later return to Austria and Eastern Europe as an American adult to track down those who helped his family escape and thank them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2014
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Summary: Traces the history of the 20th century through the story of an extraordinary Jewish family, recounting how the author's 19th-century ancestors were separated by period upheavals in western Russia and went on to become the founders of the Maidenform Bra Company, pioneers in the birth of Israel, and victims of the Holocaust.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.20973 KAGANOVICH FAMILY LASBennett, Roger
Summary: "One-half of the celebrated Men in Blazers duo, longtime culture and soccer commentator Roger Bennett traces the origins of his love affair with America, and how he went from a depraved, pimply faced Jewish boy in 1980's Liverpool to become the quintessential Englishman in New York"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENNETT, ROGER BENMakos, Adam
Summary: Adapted for young adults from the New York Times best-seller, this gripping true account of a WWII American tank gunner, who met his destiny in an armor duel and forged an enduring bond with his enemy, brings to life the perils of war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SMOThomas, William G.
Summary: The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 THOPablo Cruz, Rosayra
Summary: "From a mother whose children were taken from her at the U.S. border by the American government in 2018 and another mother who helped reunite the family, a crucial, searing story about the immigration odyssey, family separation and reunification, and thepower of individuals to band together to overcome even the most cruel and unjust circumstances"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PABLO CRUZ, ROSAYRA PABMoore, Kate
Summary: "1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and outspokenness, her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her and makes a plan to put her back in her place. One summer morning, he has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2021
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Summary: "A gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South -- and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, reminiscent of Twelve Years A Slave and Never Caught"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 37 INK, Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BELCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BELCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BELPollack, Pam.
Summary: Examines the life and accomplishments of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2012