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  • I Say Shehechiyanu

    Joanne Rocklin, Monika Filipina

    Paperback (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Jan. 1, 2015)
    Let's say 'Shehechiyanu,' the special Jewish blessing for saying thank you when we experience something new for the first time!
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  • Rifka Takes a Bow

    Rebecca Rosenberg Perlov, Cosei Kawa

    Library Binding (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Rifka's parents are actors in the Yiddish Theater in New York, but one day Rifka finds herself center stage in a special role! A slice of immigrant life on New York's Second Avenue, this is a unique book about a vanished time and a place – the Yiddish theater in the early 20th century―made real through the telling of the true life story of the 96-year-old author as a little girl.
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  • Rifka Takes a Bow

    Rebecca Rosenberg Perlov, Cosei Kawa

    Paperback (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Rifka's parents are actors in the Yiddish Theater in New York, but one day Rifka finds herself center stage in a special role! A slice of immigrant life on New York's Second Avenue, this is a unique book about a vanished time and a place – the Yiddish theater in the early 20th century―made real through the telling of the true life story of the 96-year-old author as a little girl.
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  • Boker Tov!: Good Morning!

    Joe Black, Rick Brown

    Paperback (Kar-Ben Publishing, Sept. 1, 2009)
    A colorful picture book provides an illustrated version of a song about children waking up to a new morning, showing the meaning of Boker Tov--which is "good morning" in Hebrew. Simultaneous.
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  • I Say Shehechiyanu

    Joanne Rocklin, Monika Filipina

    Library Binding (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Jan. 1, 2015)
    Let's say 'Shehechiyanu,' the special Jewish blessing for saying thank you when we experience something new for the first time!
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  • The Princess and the Ziz

    Jacqueline Jules, Katherine Janus Kahn

    Paperback (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Aug. 1, 2008)
    Called on to watch over King Solomon's daughter, the Ziz takes Magda on a joyful trip around the world. But when she falls in love with a handsome young man, the Ziz's jealousy gets the giant bird into trouble.
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  • The Mitzvah Magician

    Linda Elovitz Marshall, Christiane Engel

    Library Binding (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Aug. 1, 2012)
    "One-wish, two-wish, Jew-wish!" Gabriel's magic wand gets him into trouble around the house, until he learns that the greatest magician is a Mitzvah Magician, using his powers to do good deeds.
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  • The Wedding That Saved a Town

    Yale Strom, Jenya Prosmitsky

    Library Binding (Kar-Ben Publishing, Sept. 1, 2008)
    This charmingly ghoulish folktale based on an old European Jewish cusotm of holding a wedding in a cemetery to ward off the "Evil Eye." Klezmer musician Yiske and his band of musicians must find a groom to participate in this unconventional wedding and save the town from the plague.
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  • Joey and the Giant Box

    Deborah Lakritz, Mike Byrne

    Paperback (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Jan. 1, 2015)
    When Joey decides to keep the giant box in which the new dishwasher arrives, he comes up with a very special use for it―and does a mitzvah along the way.
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  • Feivel's Flying Horses

    Heidi Smith Hyde, Johanna van der Sterre

    Paperback (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Jan. 1, 2010)
    A loving father carves carousel horses that represent members of his family as he saves money to bring them from Europe to America. This book is a work of historical fiction based on the stories of Jewish woodcarvers who came from the Old Country and turned their talents to carving carousel horses on Coney Island.
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  • When I First Held You: A Lullaby from Israel

    Mirik Snir, Eleyor Snir

    Paperback (Kar-Ben Publishing â„¢, Aug. 1, 2009)
    This vibrant picture book is a lyrical lullaby capturing the instant bond between children and parents at the moment of birth. Filled with evocative art, When I First Held You will become a "read to me" classic.
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  • Mendel's Accordion

    Heidi Smith Hyde, Johanna van der Sterre

    Paperback (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Jan. 1, 2007)
    A boy finds his great grandfather's accordion in the attic and with it the sweet history of klezmer music and the role the old accordion played in Jewish life through the years.
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