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Thank you! Thank you!  to everyone for their great suggestions on Jewish
books and websites as resources.

Responses:

 

To shed light on the Jewish tradition Chaim Potok's novels could be used
(The Promise, The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev)

The Chabad website offers information on Jewish Holidays, practices, history
and more from an Orthodox point of view. www.chabad.org/

An outstanding high school-age book for this might be Dana Reinhardt's *A
Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life*.  It's about a girl who was adopted
as an infant discovering her Jewish heritage; her mother was the daughter
of an Orthodox rabbi and had her out of wedlock.  In the novel, the mother
and daughter reconnect and she learns about both Shabbat and Passover.
Wonderful book!

My favorite website for basic information about Judaism is
http://www.jewfaq.org/index.htm.  http://www.aish.com/jl/ also has a good
range of basic info, as well as the other material on the website.  Both of
these sites provide an Orthodox viewpoint, which I think is advantageous in
that they explain both form and function of customs.

Hi Michelle, My book A is for Abraham (2009 Sydney Taylor Award Silver
Medal) is a picture book for young kids, but with sidebars that go into
depth on the history and practices  of many basic practices of Judaism. You
can read more about the book here:
http://www.rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Gallery/RM/B_A-is-for-Abraham.html. 

 

Judaism 101 is a valuable web resource http://www.jewfaq.org/toc.htm as is
My Jewish Learning http://www.myjewishlearning.com/ and Jewish Virtual
Library www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.

 

I will try to send a list later. For now, try the website for the US
Holocaust Memorial Museum- they are the Mecca of all Holocaust info,
including resources, online survivor video testimony, etc.
http://www.ushmm.org/

Not sure what you really need here, but if you have some of those paper
Haggadahs that the grocery stores give away, perhaps those would serve the
purpose. They tell the story, have illustrations and are cheap (free) and
easy to replace.

Here is a great site that I use to help explain things.  It has great
references too. http://www.jewfaq.org/index.htm

 

Try the Jewish Book Council site.  They have extensive reviews and you can
look for children and young adult books that are current.

http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/

Anne Clarke: My Jewish Faith

Alison Cooper: The Facts about Judaism

Anita Ganeri: The Hannukah Story

Adele Geras: Rebecca's Passover

Mike Hirst: Passover

Clive Lawton: Matza and Bitter Herbs

Jillian Powell: Hanukkah

David Rose and Gill Rose: Passover

Cath Senker: My Jewish Year

Monica Stoppleman: Jewish

Kate Taylor and Matthew: My Jewish Community

Be sure to check the books recognized by the Sydney Taylor Book Award
Committee for some excellent suggestions: 

http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/publications/notables.htm

When I married a Jew, he referred me to Jewfaq.org to answer many of my
questions: http://www.jewfaq.org/index.htm

A beautiful book that I think you will find very helpful , if you can find
it, is Jewish Days by Francine Klagsbrun (with illustrations by Mark Podwal)
FSG, 1996. I'd also recommend "the Passover Journey" by Barbara Diamond
Goldin and Neil Waldman.

Jewish Stars, books recommended by the Association of Jewish Libraries,
lists the following for middle school: 

Cooper, Ilene; and Elivia Savadier. Jewish Holidays All Year Round.

Kimmel, Eric. Wonders and Miracles: A Passover Companion.

Their complete bibliography of recommended books with Jewish themes is
available online.
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/publications/jewish_stars.pdf

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/ should be useful for your teachers and
students.  

"MyJewishLearning.com is a trans-denominational website of Jewish
information and education geared toward learners of all ages and educational
backgrounds."
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Passover.shtml?HYJH

You will probably receive suggestions for Websites so I instead tried to
look for supporting lesson plans that connect to celebration of the Jewish
holidays. 

 

Thinkfinity.org links to an Edsitement lesson (geared to middle and high
school) at http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=119 Although the
focus is on Hanukkah (vs. Kwanza and Christmas), the format of the lesson is
could be extended and applied to other holidays. For example, the Edsitement
Hanukkah lesson lists the History Channel as a resource for Hanukkah
<http://www.history.com/content/hanukkah> . But the History Channel also
provides useful material for Passover
<http://www.history.com/content/passover> !

 

Using MORE (Michigan Online Resources for Educators) which is the new
component of Michigan eLibrary, a search on Jewish Holidays brings up an
in-depth article about Jewish Americans from the Gale Encyclopedia of
<http://more.mel.org/redir.php?resourceId=11353>  Multicultural America .

 

The Institute for Curriculum Services of the National Resource Center for
Accurate Jewish Content in Schools appears to have some useful material,
including a lesson
<http://www.icsresources.org/content/curricula/TeachingJewishHolidays.pdf>
plan for teaching about the holidays.

 

As a fellow Jewish educator teaching in a diverse, non-Jewish environment, I
understand that what you are doing presents some challenges. But you deserve
credit for trying to bring an understanding of Jewish culture to your
students and staff!

Jewish family celebrations: the Sabbath, festivals, and ceremonies by
Cardozo, Arlene

The family treasury of Jewish holidays by Drucker, Malka

In the Jewish tradition: a year of foods and festivities by Fellner, Judith
B.

On Purim by Fishman, Cathy

Wonders and miracles: a Passover companion by written and compiled by Eric
A. Kimmel.

The complete family guide to Jewish holidays by Renberg, Dalia Hardof

Milk and honey: a year of Jewish holidays by Yolen, Jane

A sampler of Jewish-American folklore by Nathan, Joan

Fast & festive meals for the Jewish holidays: complete menus, rituals, and
party-planning ideas for every holiday of the year by Sorosky, Marlene.

Beni's family cookbook for the Jewish holidays by Zalben, Jane Breskin

www.myjewishlearning.org has good explanations of holidays--and much
more--including history, current practice, and theological themes.

Celebrate! Stories of the Jewish Holidays, by Gilda Berger, published 2002.

 The Everything Judaism book: a complete primer to the Jewish faith - from
holidays and rituals to traditions and culture, by Richard Bank, published
2002.

 Jewish Holidays all year round: a family treasury, by Ilene Cooper,
published 2002. 

 

 

Thank you again!

Michelle

 

Michelle Levy

Media Specialist

Eton Academy

1755 Melton 

Birmingham, MI 48009

 <mailto:rylor4@gmail.com> rylor4@gmail.com (home)

 <mailto:mlevy@etonacademy.org> mlevy@etonacademy.org (work)

 


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