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Jewish Wisdom for Daily Life: Sayings of Rabbi Menahem Mendl of Kotzk

Product Description: Rabbi Menahem Mendl was a Hassidic master renowned for his wisdom throughout Europe. The spiritual leader of the Jews in a small stetl called Kotzk in a corner of Poland, he was nevertheless so famous that he was he was referred to far and wide as the Kotzker...read more

By Miriam Chaikin (editor) and Gabriel Lisowski (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9781628723182 | Arcade Pub, May 13, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Rabbi Menahem Mendl was a Hassidic master renowned for his wisdom throughout Europe.

Angel Secrets: Stories Based On Jewish Legend

Provides a collection of six stories based on Jewish legend about the angels that exist between earth and heaven and the various stages they must go through to make it past Raziel, the angel who sits outside the Holy Curtain and awaits to hear secrets from all those who wish to enter.

By Miriam Chaikin and Leonid Gore

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Hardcover:

9780805071504 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, September 1, 2005, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Presents six stories about angels that exist between Earth and heaven and the various stages they must go through to make it past Raziel, the angel who sits outside the Holy Curtain to hear secrets from all those who wish to enter.

A Nightmare in History: The Holocaust 1933-1945

Traces the history of anti-Semitism from biblical times through the twelve years of the Nazi era, 1933-1945, and describes Hitler's plans to annihilate European Jews by focusing on the Warsaw Ghetto and the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. Also discusses the continuing effort to remember the horrors of the Holocaust.Traces the history of anti-Semitism from biblical times through the twelve years of the Nazi era, 1933-1945 and describes Hitlers plans to annihilate European Jews

By Miriam Chaikin

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Hardcover:

9780899194615 | Houghton Mifflin, November 1, 1987, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of anti-Semitism from biblical times through the twelve years of the Nazi era, 1933-1945, and describes Hitler's plans to annihilate European Jews by focusing on the Warsaw Ghetto and the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps.

Paperback:

9780395615805, titled "A Nightmare in History: The Holocaust, 1933-1945" | Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 1992, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Traces the history of anti-Semitism from biblical times through the twelve years of the Nazi era, 1933-1945, and describes Hitler's plans to annihilate European Jews by focusing on the Warsaw Ghetto and the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps.

Reinforced:

9780606014762, titled "A Nightmare in History: The Holocaust, 1933-1945" | Demco Media, April 1, 1992, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Traces the history of anti-Semitism from biblical times through the twelve years of the Nazi era, 1933-1945, and describes Hitler's plans to annihilate European Jews by focusing on the Warsaw Ghetto and the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps.

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9780613706117, titled "Nightmare in History: The Holocaust 1933-1945" | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $19.30 | About this edition: Traces the history of anti-Semitism from biblical times through the twelve years of the Nazi era, 1933-1945, and describes Hitler's plans to annihilate European Jews by focusing on the Warsaw Ghetto and the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps.

9780833583932 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Explains the roots of Nazi anti-Semitism by telling the long history of prejudice against the Jews and traces the step-by-step process the Nazis devised for making all of Europe Judenrein--a place without Jews.

Menorahs, Mezuzas, and Other Jewish Symbols

Explains the history and significance of many Jewish symbols, such as the Shield of David, the menorah, and the mezuza, and discusses holiday symbols and rituals. Reprint.

By Miriam Chaikin and Erika Weihs (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780899198569 | Clarion Books, October 22, 1990, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Explains the history and significance of many Jewish symbols, such as the Shield of David, the menorah, and the mezuza, and discusses holiday symbols and rituals

Paperback:

9780618378357 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, August 18, 2003), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Explains the history and significance of many Jewish symbols, such as the Shield of David, the menorah, and the mezuza, and discusses holiday rituals.

Reinforced:

9780606288781 | Demco Media, August 1, 2003, cover price $15.50 | About this edition: Explains the history and significance of many Jewish symbols, such as the Shield of David, the menorah, and the mezuza, and discusses holiday symbols and rituals

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9780613730181 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2003, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Explains the history and significance of many Jewish symbols, such as the Shield of David, the menorah, and the mezuza, and discusses holiday symbols and rituals

Alexandra's Scroll: The Story of the First Hanukkah

A powerful story follows Alexandra, who, after the much-despised Syrian-Greek king destroys the Jewish temple, turns 'scribe' and records the events of her life as well as her father's involvement in the Jewish rebellion led by the Maccabees, which leads to the rebuilding of the temple and the celebration of Hanukkah. 15,000 first printing.

By Miriam Chaikin and Stephen Fieser (illustrator)

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9780805063844 | 1 edition (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, August 1, 2002), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Alexandra, a young Jewish girl from Jerusalem, describes her life and the creation of Hanukkah, more than 2000 years ago.

Angels Sweep the Desert Floor: Bible Legends About Moses in the Wilderness

A mesmerizing collection of eighteen touching stories from the Old Testament, otherwise known as midrashim, follows Moses and the Israelites as they roam the desert, appease their hunger with manna bread, receive the Ten Commandments, and finally reach the Holy Land. (view table of contents)

By Miriam Chaikin and Alexander Koshkin (illustrator)

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9780395978252 | Clarion Books, April 22, 2002, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: A collection of eighteen stories based on the Bible which tell how angels respond to God's commands to ease the way for Moses and the Israelites as they cross the wilderness after being freed from slavery in Egypt.

Don't Step on the Sky: A Handful of Haiku

Early readers can celebrate the wonders and beauty of nature through this lively collection of twenty-eight haiku, enhanced with bright illustrations throughout. 10,000 first printing.

By Miriam Chaikin and Hiroe Nakata (illustrator)

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9780805064742 | Henry Holt & Co, April 1, 2002, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A collection of illustrated haiku celebrates the wonder and beauty of nature.

Lower! Higher! You're a Liar

Product Description: Sturdy and sensible Molly has been 103/4 for a million years' and it's a long, hot, boring and lonely summer while her best friend is away. But when another girl's bracelet is finagled away from her by tough, nasty Celia, Molly's summer becomes a mini-adventure as she sets out to get it back...read more

By Miriam Chaikin

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9780060211868, titled "Lower! Higher! You're a Liar!" | Harpercollins Childrens Books, April 1, 1984, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Molly, daughter of Palestinian parents, organizes a club to boycott the neighborhood bully during a summer in Brooklyn at the time of the second World War.

Paperback:

9780595198771 | Iuniverse Inc, September 2, 2001, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Sturdy and sensible Molly has been 103/4 for a million years' and it's a long, hot, boring and lonely summer while her best friend is away.

Finders Weepers

Product Description: Molly is an honest girl, but when she finds a gold ring on the street, she puts it on her finger and makes no attempt to find the owner. Gradually, however, guilt begins to overwhelm her, for she realizes that the ring belongs to Hanna Gittel, a young Jewish refugee child...read more

By Miriam Chaikin

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9780595198788 | Backinprint.Com, September 13, 2001, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Molly is an honest girl, but when she finds a gold ring on the street, she puts it on her finger and makes no attempt to find the owner.

9780440428015 | Dell Pub Co, July 1, 1982, cover price $1.75 | About this edition: Molly discovers that keeping a small gold ring she picked up from the sidewalk brings misfortune to herself and to her family, but giving it up is not nearly so easy as finding it

Library:

9780060211776 | Harpercollins, October 1, 1980, cover price $12.89 | About this edition: Molly discovers that keeping a small gold ring she picked up from the sidewalk brings misfortune to herself and to her family, but giving it up is not nearly so easy as finding it

Friends Forever

Product Description: As news of German victories and Nazi atrocities against the Jews comes over the radio, Molly faces important decisions as she and her Brooklyn friends prepare to enter junior high school.

By Miriam Chaikin

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9780595198795 | Iuniverse Inc, September 3, 2001, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: As news of German victories and Nazi atrocities against the Jews comes over the radio, Molly faces important decisions as she and her Brooklyn friends prepare to enter junior high school.

Library:

9780060212049 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, November 1, 1988), cover price $11.89 | About this edition: As news of German victories on the battlefields and Nazi atrocities against the Jews comes over the radio, Mollie faces important decisions as she and her Brooklyn friends prepare to enter junior high school

Getting Even

Jealous of her friend Tsippi, Molly tells Beverly, the class tattletale, a secret about Tsippi's parents and loses a friend

By Miriam Chaikin

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Paperback:

9780595198689 | Backinprint.Com, September 26, 2001, cover price $11.95

Library:

9780060211653 | Harpercollins, September 1, 1982, cover price $12.89 | About this edition: Jealous of her friend Tsippi, Molly tells Beverly, the class tattletale, a secret about Tsippi's parents and loses a friend

I Should Worry, I Should Care

Product Description: I Should Worry I Should Care is the first in a series of five novels for young readers that won critical acclaim and awards for Miriam Chaikin. All five books are about Molly and her family and friends in a Brooklyn neighborhood around the time of World War II...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Miriam Chaikin

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Paperback:

9780595090112 | Backinprint.Com, July 17, 2000, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: I Should Worry I Should Care is the first in a series of five novels for young readers that won critical acclaim and awards for Miriam Chaikin.

9780440441496 | Reissue edition (Dell Pub Co, July 1, 1982), cover price $1.75 | About this edition: A young Jewish girl and her family adjust to a new neighborhood and new friends at a time when the radio is telling of Hitler's rise to power in Europe.

Library:

9780060211752 | Harpercollins, April 1, 1979, cover price $11.89 | About this edition: A young Jewish girl and her family adjust to a new neighborhood and new friends at a time when the radio is telling of Hitler's rise to power in Europe.

Prebinding:

9780613940351 | Turtleback Books, June 1, 2000, cover price $20.85 | About this edition: A young Jewish girl and her family adjust to a new neighborhood and new friends at a time when the radio is telling of Hitler's rise to power in Europe.

Clouds of Glory: Jewish Legends & Stories About Bible Times

Provides dramatic retellings of the stories from the Book of Genesis, such as the Creation of Man, the Fall of Satan, Noah and Naamah, and Cain and Abel, and other tales of the Midrashim.

By Miriam Chaikin, David Frampton (illustrator), Louis Ginzberg and Rashi

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9780395746547 | Clarion Books, March 1, 1998, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: Presents twenty-one stories, in a single narrative, about God's relationship with His creation, from creating angels on the second day to testing Abraham's love.

Esther

Retells the Old Testament story of how the young Jewish girl, Esther, became queen of Persia and used her influence to stop the evil minister Haman from killing all the Jews

By Miriam Chaikin

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Hardcover:

9780827602724 | 1 edition (Jewish Pubn Society, February 1, 1987), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Retells the Old Testament story of how the young Jewish girl, Esther, became queen of Persia and used her influence to stop the evil minister Haman from killing all the Jews.

Paperback:

9780827605084 | Jewish Pubn Society, September 1, 1995, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: Retells the Old Testament story of how the young Jewish girl, Esther, became queen of Persia and used her influence to stop the evil minister Haman from killing all the Jews

Children's Bible Stories: From Genesis to Daniel

This treasury of retold biblical adventures includes the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood, Moses and the Ten Commandments, David and Goliath, Daniel in the Lion's Den, and others.

By Miriam Chaikin and Yvonne Gilbert (illustrator)

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9780803709560 | Dial Books for Young Readers, February 1, 1993, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Stories from the Old Testament, simply retold for younger readers

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9780803709904, titled "Children's Bible Stories from Genesis to Daniel" | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1993, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: Stories from the Old Testament, simply retold for younger readers

Hanukkah

Presents the biblical story of how priest Mattathias and his sons led the Jews to triumph over cruel King Antiochus and reclaim Jerusalem

By Miriam Chaikin and Ellen Weiss (illustrator)

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9780823409051 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, September 1, 1991), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Describes the history behind Hanukkah and the ways it is celebrated.

School and Library:

9780823408160 | Holiday House, August 1, 1990, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Describes the history behind Hanukkah and the ways it is celebrated.

Joshua in the Promised Land

Retells the Biblical story of Joshua who, in succeeding Moses as the leader of the Israelites, masterminded the conquest of Canaan, the Promised Land.

By Miriam Chaikin

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Paperback:

9780395547977 | Reissue edition (Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1990), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Provides a vivid account of the life of Joshua, the biblical hero and successor to Moses who led the Israelites in the conquest of the Promised Land

Prebinding:

9780613718912 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1990, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Provides a vivid account of the life of Joshua, the biblical hero and successor to Moses who led the Israelites in the conquest of the Promised Land

Feathers in the Wind

Yossi learns the rabbi's lesson about not speaking in an evil tongue firsthand when he tries to repair the damage done by a joke gone sour.

By Miriam Chaikin and Denise Saldutti (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780060211622 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, April 1, 1989, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Yossi learns the rabbi's lesson about not speaking in an evil tongue firsthand when he tries to repair the damage done by a joke gone sour.

Library:

9780060211639 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, April 1, 1989), cover price $10.89 | About this edition: Yossi learns the rabbi's lesson about not speaking in an evil tongue firsthand when he tries to repair the damage done by a joke gone sour.

Yossi Tries to Help God

Inspired by his rebbe's teaching that doing a good deed makes an angel, Yossi follows a plan that backfires and almost costs him his two best friends

By Miriam Chaikin and Denise Saldutti

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9780060211974 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, April 1, 1987, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Inspired by his rabbi's teaching that doing a good deed makes an angel, Yossi follows a plan that backfires and almost costs him his two best friends.

Library:

9780060211981 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, April 1, 1987), cover price $11.89 | About this edition: Inspired by his rabbi's teaching that doing a good deed makes an angel, Yossi follows a plan that backfires and almost costs him his two best friends.

Exodus

Retells the Biblical story of Moses leading his enslaved people out of Egypt.

By Miriam Chaikin and Charles Mikolaycak

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9780823406074 | Holiday House, March 1, 1987, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Recounts how God helped Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt

Sound the Shofar: The Story and Meaning of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Discusses the origin and development of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, their major symbols, and ways of observing them in the world today and in different times in history.

By Miriam Chaikin and Erika Weihs (illustrator)

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9780899194271 | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 1986, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Clarifies the meaning of the symbols, legends, and customs associated with the High Holy Days that start the Jewish calendar

Shake a Palm Branch: The Story and Meaning of Sukkot

Traces the history and significance of the Jewish fall festival which commemorates the wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness and the festival with which they celebrated their arrival in the Promised Land.

By Miriam Chaikin and Marvin Friedman (illustrator)

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9780899194288 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 1986), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Discusses the origins and history, traditions, celebrations, and symbols of the Jewish fall festival of Sukkot

Hinkl and Other Shlemiel Stories

A collection of short stories recording the misadventures of a variety of 'shlemiels.'

By Miriam Chaikin and Marcia Posner (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780933503151 | Sure Sellers Inc, June 1, 1986, cover price $5.98 | About this edition: A collection of short stories recording the misadventures of a variety of 'shlemiels.

Ask Another Question: The Story and Meaning of Passover

Surveys the origin and development of Passover, from the Exodus from Egypt to the flight from Nazi Germany, and explains the holiday's rituals, traditions, symbols, and songs

By Miriam Chaikin

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Paperback:

9780899194233 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1986), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Discusses the history and importance of Passover, a celebration of freedom commemorating the exodus of Moses and the Israelites from Egypt, where they had long been slaves.

Aviva's Piano

Aviva's piano is too large to fit through the door of her home on the kibbutz, until a terrorist's bomb provides an unexpected solution.

By Miriam Chaikin

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Hardcover:

9780899193670 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1986, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: Aviva's piano is too large to fit through the door of her home on the kibbutz, until a terrorist's bomb provides an unexpected solution.

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