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Toby Belfer Never Had a Christmas Tree
Gloria Pushker, Judith Hierstein
Hardcover (Pelican, Sept. 30, 1991)Toby invites her friends to join in her family's Hanukkah celebration to find out why Toby never had a Christmas tree.
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Toby Belfer Visits Ellis Island
Gloria Teles Pushker, Judy Hierstein, Judith Hierstein
Hardcover (Pelican, Sept. 30, 2003)When Toby's Jewish ancestors arrived in America, they were greeted by different customs and a different language but were eager to begin a new, exciting life.
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Toby Belfer's Seder: A Passover Story Retold
Gloria Pushker, Judith Hierstein
Hardcover (Pelican, Jan. 31, 1994)Told within the frame of a friendship between a Jew and a Gentile, this story is appropriate for all faiths.
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Toby Belfer and the High Holy Days
Gloria Pushker, Judith Hierstein
Hardcover (Pelican, July 31, 2001)Toby helps her best friend, Donna, understand the importance of Jewish customs while celebrating the high holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
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Toby Belfer Learns about Heroes and Martyrs
Gloria Pushker, Mel Tarmen, Emile Henriquez
Hardcover (Pelican, March 9, 2009)Toby learns the true meaning of heroism in light of the Holocaust. Toby Belfer, now a fifth grader, returns for another adventure in this middle reader. While on a trip to Israel, Toby and her friend Donna visit Yad Vashem, the Holocaust History Museum. Here they learn about the Righteous Gentiles, great Christian men and women who sacrificed their safety and lives to help Jews during World War II. From the secret hiding places of Corrie ten Boom and the factories of Oskar Schindler to the Paper Clip Project undertaken by a group of extraordinary students in Whitwell, Tennessee, the girls are taken on an emotional, educational journey through history.
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A Belfer Bar Mitzvah
Gloria Pushker, Judith Hierstein
Hardcover (Pelican, Sept. 30, 1995)Toby Belfer learns about the Bar Mitzvah ceremony through her older cousin Paul.
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Toby Belfer Never Had a Christmas Tree/Toby Belfer's Seder
Gloria Pushker, Victoria May, Steven Daum
Paperback (Pelican, Oct. 1, 1998)Toby invites her friends to join in her family's Hanukkah celebration to find out why Toby never had a Christmas tree./Told within the frame of a friendship between a Jew and a Gentile, this story is appropriate for all faiths. Running time: 35 min.
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