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Materials from Israel

If You Could Be My Friend: Letters Of Mervet Akram Sha’ban and Galit Fink

Contains the correspondence between two girls, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, from 1988 until their meeting in 1991 and includes a brief history of their two peoples. First translated by Ariane Elbaz (Hebr.) and Beatrice Khadige (Arab.).

Published: 1998,
Tags: School and teachers
Categories: AsiaAsia, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), IsraelAsia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Israel, Nonfiction

Where Is?

Left with Grandpa and Grandma, Noni wonders where Mom is and what she is doing, and when she returns she has to find Noni, who is hiding.

Published: 2002,
Tags: Holocaust, Jews, Survival
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), EuropeEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, FictionEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fiction, IsraelEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fiction, Israel, Middle EastEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fiction, Israel, Middle East, Poland

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The Weight Of The Sky

A sixteen-year-old girl travels to Israel to spend the summer on a kibbutz and discovers who she is and what she wants out of life.

Published: 2006,
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, IsraelAsia, Fiction, Israel, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Understanding The Holy Land

Complete with maps and photographs, a guide provides a comprehensive review of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a review of the area’s history, its people, significant past and present events, and definitions of commonly used terms.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Customs and practices, Islam
Categories: AsiaAsia, IsraelAsia, Israel, NonfictionAsia, Israel, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Snow in Jerusalem

Although they live in different quarters of Jerusalem, a Jewish boy and a Muslim boy are surprised to discover they have been caring for the same stray cat.

Published: 2001,
Tags: Jerusalem, Jews, Muslims
Categories: FictionFiction, IsraelFiction, Israel, Primary (ages 6-9)

Running On Eggs

When Karen and Yasmine become friends as well as members of a mixed Arab and Jewish track team in Israel, relatives and friends of both girls disapprove of the relationship.

Published: 1999,
Tags: Heroes
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Israel

Duel

In Jerusalem, when elderly Mr. Rosenthal receives a threatening letter accusing him of stealing a painting and challenging him to a duel, twelve-year-old David needs to find who really stole it before someone gets hurt.

Published: 1999,
Tags: Orphans
Categories: AsiaAsia, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), IsraelAsia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Israel, Mystery and Thriller

The Key to My Heart

After Jonathan’s dad loses his keys, they retrace all of their steps throughout the day, from the post office to the playground, and all of the places in between.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Family life, Lost and found possessions
Categories: FictionFiction, IsraelFiction, Israel, Primary (ages 6-9)

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