On Friday, December 17th, Temple Israel will host the 16th Annual Joy Ungerleider Jewish Book Month Program immediately following the Qabbalat Shabat service. This year, our guest speaker will be Dr. Eliza Slavet, author of Racial Fever: Freud and the Jewish Question. This promises to be a very interesting event. Rabbi Ronne Friedman interviewed Dr. Slavet on his television show, The Jewish Perspective, and was so impressed, he recommended her as a speaker, calling her book, "a magnum opus." For more details on the event, please go to the Library's webpage for the Joy Ungerleider Jewish Book Month Program. The Library has also prepared a list of resources available in the library or online for those interested in reading up on these topics before the event!
Also this month, the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center in Newton is hosting Ted Gup as part of its going 2010 Distinguished Authors Series. On Wednesday, December 8th at 10 am, Mr. Gup will discuss his book on the Depression Era entitled, A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness – And a Trove of Letters – Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression. For more information on this free event, or any of the other upcoming author events in this series, please see the Ryna Greenbaum JCC Boston Jewish Book Fair website.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
RESOURCES FOR CHANUKAH!
Chanukah begins the evening of December 1, so it's not too early for us to post the wonderful Chanukah resources we have in our library, and that are also online.
Chanukah Books, Websites, and DVDs for All Ages
Ages 0-2
Katz, Karen. Where Is Baby's Dreidel? Baby wants to spin the dreidel, but where is it? Lift the flaps to see.
Shostak, Myra. Rainbow Candles : a Chanukah Counting Book. This rhyming board book helps the youngest readers count the eight nights of Chanukah.
Ages 3-6
Modesitt, Jeanne. It's Hanukkah! An adorable mouse family celebrates the Festival of Lights. The Hanukkah story, a Hanukkah blessing and song, directions for playing the game of dreidel, and a recipe for latkes are included.
Moffatt, Judith. Chanukah lights. Rhymes explain the holiday. This book glows in the dark!
Ofanansky, Alison. Harvest of Light. An Israeli girl describes how her family grows and harvests olives to make the oil they use each year in their Hanukkah menorah. In the spring the trees bloom and tiny green olives form; in early fall the family picks and preserves a few green olives for eating; and in late fall they pick, sort, and press ripe black olives for oil.
Older, Effin. My Two Grandmothers. Lily loves spending time with her grandmothers, but they're as different as could be. When she visits Grammy Lane, they ride a tractor or go snowshoeing. then return to the farmhouse to eat red flannel hash. Bubbe Silver, who lives in a tall apartment building in the city, takes Lily to play golf and serves her gefilte fish with extra hot horseradish. Lily goes to Bubbe Silver's apartment for Hanukkah and Grammy Lane's house for Christmas. Lily loves carrying on the family traditions from both sides, so she starts a new one of her own: Grandmothers' Party, bringing Grammy and Bubbe together to enjoy each other's food and company.
Sper, Emily. Hanukkah : a counting book in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish. Readers will learn about Hanukkah, as well as how to count all 8 nights in Hebrew and Yiddish! Pronunciation guides help kids say the words, and die-cuts reveal the candles as they are lit each night.
Zorn, Steve, and Joui Hellel. The Hanukkah family treasury. Includes stories, recipes for latkes and doughnuts, rules of the traditional dreidel game, and classic holiday songs. Ages 7-10
Adler, David A. Chanukah in Chelm. Good-hearted, foolish Mendel can’t find a table for the menorah.
Bunting, Eve. One Candle. Grandma and Great-Aunt Rose keep a tradition alive that began in the concentration camps by lighting one candle in a potato “menorah.”
Cohn, Janice. The Christmas Menorahs. In this true story, after an anti-Semitic incident involving a menorah at a Jewish home in Billings, Montana, Margaret McDonald leads the Billings community in a fight against bigotry by suggesting that as many people as possible place pictures of menorahs in their windows.
Conway, Diane Cohen. Northern Lights: a Hanukkah Story. Sara joins her father on his medical rounds by plane to remote Eskimo villages. When their plane is grounded due to a winter storm, Sara learns about Yupik culture from one of her new Eskimo friends, and in return, shares her story of Hanukkah and its significance.
Goldin, Barbara Diamond. Just Enough is Plenty. At Malka and Zalman’s house, money is tight. Mama has invited fewer people to celebrate Hanukkah with them. As they light the first candle that night, there are barely enough latkes to go around. Then a mysterious peddler arrives at their door. Mama says, "We can stretch the 'just enough.' . . . We are poor, but not so poor." The family and their guest feast and play dreidel; they sing and dance. The old man reaches into his pack and brings out a book full of stories about "Elijah the Prophet who would come back to earth to help someone who was poor but kindhearted."
Howland, Naomi. Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat!
Kimmel, Eric. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. Hershel of Ostropol, a clever wanderer, outwits a group of goblins who have been terrorizing a village at Hanukkah. Caldecott Honor book.
Kimmel, Eric. The Magic Dreidels : a Hanukkah Story. A young boy keeps losing his magic dreidels to an unscrupulous and greedy woman neighbor, but with the help of a goblin he retrieves his dreidels in time to salvage Hanukkah for himself and his family.
Krensky, Stephen. Hanukkah at Valley Forge. In this fictional encounter between General George Washington and a Polish immigrant fighting with the Continental Army, the soldier lights candles tells the general the ancient story of the fight for religious freedom against King Antiochus. An author's note details the historical facts on which the story is based.
Rosen, Michael J. Elijah's Angel : a Story for Chanukah and Christmas. A nine-year-old Jewish boy and an elderly Christian black man, who is a barber and a woodcarver, exchange gifts during the holiday season. The boy wonders if the woodcarver’s angel constitutes a graven image until his parents help him understand the nature and intention of the gift he has received.
Stillerman, Marci. Nine Spoons : a Chanukah story. As her grandchildren cluster around Oma on the last night of Chanukah, she tells them about a long-ago celebration when she was a young woman in a Nazi concentration camp.
Ages 11-14
Jaffe, Ellen S. Feast of Lights. Sarah, age 12, and her parents are mourning the death of her little brother. Sarah's father wants nothing to do with the holiday festivities this year. Sarah and her mother for the first time decide to polish and use her sick great-grandmother’s menorah. Each night when Sarah lights the candles she falls into a reverie which introduces her to her own relatives in generations past during different Hanukkahs in their lives. In some of the eight episodes Sarah is fully a part of history, and in others she is simply an observer. The time travel elements are similar to those in Jane Yolen's "The Devil’s Arithmetic. "
Cooper, Ilene. Sam I Am. Everything falls apart the day the dog knocks over the Hanukkah bush. Twelve-year-old Sam's mother is Christian and his father his Jewish, and their half-hearted attempts to celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah have never really worked. Then the tree goes, and the ornaments with it, and suddenly the whole issue of just what religion their family is going to follow bubbles up. In this funny, revealing book, Sam tries to find the answer to a question lots of families avoid asking.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. The Power of Light : Eight Stories for Hanukkah. Meet a parakeet named Dreidle, two teenagers who escape from the Warsaw ghetto, and a fawn who brings a message of joy to a childless couple.
Schram, Penninah. Eight Tales for Eight Nights. Included are eight stories, in addition to the ancient legend, which reflect the holiday themes and traditions of Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews. There are appendixes of Chanukah music, notes on the story, and a chapter on retrieving family stories. Two family stories told by the authors are also included.
FILMS
Bubbe's Boarding House: Chanukah at Bubbe's. An introduction to the Jewish feast of Hanukkah presented by puppets, including a recreation of the original events that led to the celebration of Hanukkah. 30 minutes. For ages 4 and up.
Lights. Animated program about the history of Chanukah. This animated film introduces children to the story of Hanukkah and the many traditions surrounding this important holiday. In one way, this film is the story of a people struggling to preserve their identity in the face of a cruel world. In another, this film addresses the larger issue of the right to be different. Leonard Nimoy and Judd Hirsch are two of the voices children will hear. Review from All Movie Guide. 30 minutes. For ages 4 and up.
There's No Such Thing As a Chanukah Bush, Sandy Goldstein. In this film, based on the book by Susan Sussman, Robin wants a Christmas tree so badly that she dreams of decorated trees beckoning to her. Despite her mother's explanation that people are Jewish in different ways, which is why her friend Sandy Goldstein can have a Christmas tree and her own family cannot, Robin still desires one of her own. A night out at a Christmas party with her grandfather changes her wishes, though, when she learns that it's OK to enjoy other people's trees as you help them celebrate their holidays, just as they can help you celebrate yours. We also have the book in our library. 23 minutes. For ages 9 and up.
RESOURCES FOR ADULTS
BOOKS
Wolfson, Ron. Hanukkah : the family guide to spiritual celebration.
Zion, Noam Sachs. A different light: the Hanukkah book of celebration. Blessings, songs, stories, readings, games and cartoons to engage adults, teenagers and children on each of the eight nights.
Haneirot Halalu: These Lights are Holy: Prayers, stories, and songs for Chanukah.
MUSIC
Gods of Fire: Hanukkah Gone Metal
A Taste of Chanukah. (FILM AND CD) recorded live at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Starring host Theodore Bikel and Hankus Netsky, Director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, this program features the Boston Community Gospel Choir, Cantor Morton Shames, humorist Chasia Segal and over 150 gifted musicians. Songs include: Oy Chanukah, Ocho Kandelikas, Candle Blessings, Kitaltas, The Miracle of Chanukah, Haneyros Halalu, Al Hanisim, O Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh, Maoz Tzur, Lo B'Chayil, Siete Ijos Tiene Hanna, Fayer, Latke Cooking Demonstration, Mi Yimalel, Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl, I Have a Little Dreydele, Dance Music; Keshenev Bulgar. 1999.
WEBSITES
Aish HaTorah's page of Chanukah stories and activities
Chanukah tips from Union of Reform Judaism. Includes ideas for donations and social action.
We have many more Chanukah books, films and cds in our library, Come visit and see them all!
And check out our online catalog
Pathfinder by Assistant Librarian Wendi Hoffenberg and Librarian Ann Abrams.
Chanukah Books, Websites, and DVDs for All Ages
Ages 0-2
Katz, Karen. Where Is Baby's Dreidel? Baby wants to spin the dreidel, but where is it? Lift the flaps to see.
Shostak, Myra. Rainbow Candles : a Chanukah Counting Book. This rhyming board book helps the youngest readers count the eight nights of Chanukah.
Ages 3-6
Modesitt, Jeanne. It's Hanukkah! An adorable mouse family celebrates the Festival of Lights. The Hanukkah story, a Hanukkah blessing and song, directions for playing the game of dreidel, and a recipe for latkes are included.
Moffatt, Judith. Chanukah lights. Rhymes explain the holiday. This book glows in the dark!
Ofanansky, Alison. Harvest of Light. An Israeli girl describes how her family grows and harvests olives to make the oil they use each year in their Hanukkah menorah. In the spring the trees bloom and tiny green olives form; in early fall the family picks and preserves a few green olives for eating; and in late fall they pick, sort, and press ripe black olives for oil.
Older, Effin. My Two Grandmothers. Lily loves spending time with her grandmothers, but they're as different as could be. When she visits Grammy Lane, they ride a tractor or go snowshoeing. then return to the farmhouse to eat red flannel hash. Bubbe Silver, who lives in a tall apartment building in the city, takes Lily to play golf and serves her gefilte fish with extra hot horseradish. Lily goes to Bubbe Silver's apartment for Hanukkah and Grammy Lane's house for Christmas. Lily loves carrying on the family traditions from both sides, so she starts a new one of her own: Grandmothers' Party, bringing Grammy and Bubbe together to enjoy each other's food and company.
Sper, Emily. Hanukkah : a counting book in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish. Readers will learn about Hanukkah, as well as how to count all 8 nights in Hebrew and Yiddish! Pronunciation guides help kids say the words, and die-cuts reveal the candles as they are lit each night.
Zorn, Steve, and Joui Hellel. The Hanukkah family treasury. Includes stories, recipes for latkes and doughnuts, rules of the traditional dreidel game, and classic holiday songs. Ages 7-10
Adler, David A. Chanukah in Chelm. Good-hearted, foolish Mendel can’t find a table for the menorah.
Bunting, Eve. One Candle. Grandma and Great-Aunt Rose keep a tradition alive that began in the concentration camps by lighting one candle in a potato “menorah.”
Cohn, Janice. The Christmas Menorahs. In this true story, after an anti-Semitic incident involving a menorah at a Jewish home in Billings, Montana, Margaret McDonald leads the Billings community in a fight against bigotry by suggesting that as many people as possible place pictures of menorahs in their windows.
Conway, Diane Cohen. Northern Lights: a Hanukkah Story. Sara joins her father on his medical rounds by plane to remote Eskimo villages. When their plane is grounded due to a winter storm, Sara learns about Yupik culture from one of her new Eskimo friends, and in return, shares her story of Hanukkah and its significance.
Goldin, Barbara Diamond. Just Enough is Plenty. At Malka and Zalman’s house, money is tight. Mama has invited fewer people to celebrate Hanukkah with them. As they light the first candle that night, there are barely enough latkes to go around. Then a mysterious peddler arrives at their door. Mama says, "We can stretch the 'just enough.' . . . We are poor, but not so poor." The family and their guest feast and play dreidel; they sing and dance. The old man reaches into his pack and brings out a book full of stories about "Elijah the Prophet who would come back to earth to help someone who was poor but kindhearted."
Howland, Naomi. Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat!
Kimmel, Eric. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. Hershel of Ostropol, a clever wanderer, outwits a group of goblins who have been terrorizing a village at Hanukkah. Caldecott Honor book.
Kimmel, Eric. The Magic Dreidels : a Hanukkah Story. A young boy keeps losing his magic dreidels to an unscrupulous and greedy woman neighbor, but with the help of a goblin he retrieves his dreidels in time to salvage Hanukkah for himself and his family.
Krensky, Stephen. Hanukkah at Valley Forge. In this fictional encounter between General George Washington and a Polish immigrant fighting with the Continental Army, the soldier lights candles tells the general the ancient story of the fight for religious freedom against King Antiochus. An author's note details the historical facts on which the story is based.
Rosen, Michael J. Elijah's Angel : a Story for Chanukah and Christmas. A nine-year-old Jewish boy and an elderly Christian black man, who is a barber and a woodcarver, exchange gifts during the holiday season. The boy wonders if the woodcarver’s angel constitutes a graven image until his parents help him understand the nature and intention of the gift he has received.
Stillerman, Marci. Nine Spoons : a Chanukah story. As her grandchildren cluster around Oma on the last night of Chanukah, she tells them about a long-ago celebration when she was a young woman in a Nazi concentration camp.
Ages 11-14
Jaffe, Ellen S. Feast of Lights. Sarah, age 12, and her parents are mourning the death of her little brother. Sarah's father wants nothing to do with the holiday festivities this year. Sarah and her mother for the first time decide to polish and use her sick great-grandmother’s menorah. Each night when Sarah lights the candles she falls into a reverie which introduces her to her own relatives in generations past during different Hanukkahs in their lives. In some of the eight episodes Sarah is fully a part of history, and in others she is simply an observer. The time travel elements are similar to those in Jane Yolen's "The Devil’s Arithmetic. "
Cooper, Ilene. Sam I Am. Everything falls apart the day the dog knocks over the Hanukkah bush. Twelve-year-old Sam's mother is Christian and his father his Jewish, and their half-hearted attempts to celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah have never really worked. Then the tree goes, and the ornaments with it, and suddenly the whole issue of just what religion their family is going to follow bubbles up. In this funny, revealing book, Sam tries to find the answer to a question lots of families avoid asking.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. The Power of Light : Eight Stories for Hanukkah. Meet a parakeet named Dreidle, two teenagers who escape from the Warsaw ghetto, and a fawn who brings a message of joy to a childless couple.
Schram, Penninah. Eight Tales for Eight Nights. Included are eight stories, in addition to the ancient legend, which reflect the holiday themes and traditions of Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews. There are appendixes of Chanukah music, notes on the story, and a chapter on retrieving family stories. Two family stories told by the authors are also included.
FILMS
Bubbe's Boarding House: Chanukah at Bubbe's. An introduction to the Jewish feast of Hanukkah presented by puppets, including a recreation of the original events that led to the celebration of Hanukkah. 30 minutes. For ages 4 and up.
Lights. Animated program about the history of Chanukah. This animated film introduces children to the story of Hanukkah and the many traditions surrounding this important holiday. In one way, this film is the story of a people struggling to preserve their identity in the face of a cruel world. In another, this film addresses the larger issue of the right to be different. Leonard Nimoy and Judd Hirsch are two of the voices children will hear. Review from All Movie Guide. 30 minutes. For ages 4 and up.
There's No Such Thing As a Chanukah Bush, Sandy Goldstein. In this film, based on the book by Susan Sussman, Robin wants a Christmas tree so badly that she dreams of decorated trees beckoning to her. Despite her mother's explanation that people are Jewish in different ways, which is why her friend Sandy Goldstein can have a Christmas tree and her own family cannot, Robin still desires one of her own. A night out at a Christmas party with her grandfather changes her wishes, though, when she learns that it's OK to enjoy other people's trees as you help them celebrate their holidays, just as they can help you celebrate yours. We also have the book in our library. 23 minutes. For ages 9 and up.
RESOURCES FOR ADULTS
BOOKS
Wolfson, Ron. Hanukkah : the family guide to spiritual celebration.
Zion, Noam Sachs. A different light: the Hanukkah book of celebration. Blessings, songs, stories, readings, games and cartoons to engage adults, teenagers and children on each of the eight nights.
Haneirot Halalu: These Lights are Holy: Prayers, stories, and songs for Chanukah.
MUSIC
Gods of Fire: Hanukkah Gone Metal
A Taste of Chanukah. (FILM AND CD) recorded live at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Starring host Theodore Bikel and Hankus Netsky, Director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, this program features the Boston Community Gospel Choir, Cantor Morton Shames, humorist Chasia Segal and over 150 gifted musicians. Songs include: Oy Chanukah, Ocho Kandelikas, Candle Blessings, Kitaltas, The Miracle of Chanukah, Haneyros Halalu, Al Hanisim, O Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh, Maoz Tzur, Lo B'Chayil, Siete Ijos Tiene Hanna, Fayer, Latke Cooking Demonstration, Mi Yimalel, Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl, I Have a Little Dreydele, Dance Music; Keshenev Bulgar. 1999.
WEBSITES
Aish HaTorah's page of Chanukah stories and activities
Chanukah tips from Union of Reform Judaism. Includes ideas for donations and social action.
We have many more Chanukah books, films and cds in our library, Come visit and see them all!
And check out our online catalog
Pathfinder by Assistant Librarian Wendi Hoffenberg and Librarian Ann Abrams.
Monday, November 01, 2010
Upcoming Author and Library Events in the Area
In November, there are a number of author and library events being hosted in the area that may be of interest, including:
November 2nd at 7pm: Joan Leegant will be speaking at Porter Square Books on her new book, Wherever You Go. The novel tells the story of three Jewish Americans who encounter radical political and religious beliefs while in Israel. More information on the event is available on the bookstore’s website: http://www.portersquarebooks.com/event/joan-leegant-wherever-you-go
November 11th at 7pm: Dan Porat will be speaking at the Brookline Booksmith about his new book, The Boy, which is a study of the Warsaw Uprising and in particular one famous image of a boy being brought through a door by three SS officers. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 12th at 7pm: The Brookline Booksmith will host Nicole Krauss for a discussion of her new novel, Great House, which follows a writing desk as it moves between several owners. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 15th at 7pm: David Hazony will discuss his new book, The Ten Commandments, at the Brookline Booksmith. The book looks at all aspects of the Ten Commandments from their history to how they can guide modern life. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 17th at 6:30pm: The Boston Public Library’s Copley Branch will host Carol Clingan, Vice President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, for an Introduction to Jewish Genealogy. More information is available on BPL’s website: http://www.bpl.org/news/local_family_history_series.htm
Jewish book news around the Boston area, by Library Intern, Carli Spina.
November 2nd at 7pm: Joan Leegant will be speaking at Porter Square Books on her new book, Wherever You Go. The novel tells the story of three Jewish Americans who encounter radical political and religious beliefs while in Israel. More information on the event is available on the bookstore’s website: http://www.portersquarebooks.com/event/joan-leegant-wherever-you-go
November 11th at 7pm: Dan Porat will be speaking at the Brookline Booksmith about his new book, The Boy, which is a study of the Warsaw Uprising and in particular one famous image of a boy being brought through a door by three SS officers. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 12th at 7pm: The Brookline Booksmith will host Nicole Krauss for a discussion of her new novel, Great House, which follows a writing desk as it moves between several owners. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 15th at 7pm: David Hazony will discuss his new book, The Ten Commandments, at the Brookline Booksmith. The book looks at all aspects of the Ten Commandments from their history to how they can guide modern life. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 17th at 6:30pm: The Boston Public Library’s Copley Branch will host Carol Clingan, Vice President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, for an Introduction to Jewish Genealogy. More information is available on BPL’s website: http://www.bpl.org/news/local_family_history_series.htm
Jewish book news around the Boston area, by Library Intern, Carli Spina.
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