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Dro­ra Arussy

Dro­ra Arussy, Ed.D., is an edu­ca­tion­al con­sul­tant who spe­cial­izes in inte­grat­ing Jew­ish and sec­u­lar stud­ies, the arts into edu­ca­tion, and cre­ative teach­ing for excel­lence in Jew­ish edu­ca­tion. She is the moth­er to four school-age chil­dren and has taught from pre-school through adult. Dro­ra is an adjunct pro­fes­sor of Hebrew lan­guage at Drew University.
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Chil­dren’s
The Girl Who Would­n’t Die
Randall Platt
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Sev­en Stitches
Ruth Tenzer Feldman
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The Sultan’s Trap and Oth­er Mirac­u­lous Tales of Faith & Wonder
Zalman Goldstein
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Wolf by Wolf
Ryan Graudin
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My Aunt Manya
Jose Patterson
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Kids Speak 8
Chaim Walder
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Elisha David­son and the Let­ters of Fire
M. R. Attar
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44 Hours or Strike
Anne Dublin
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Poet­ry
Enjoy­ing the Book of Esther: The Bible in Rhyme
Marcia Goldlist
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Zei­de! Why are you Wear­ing White Ten­nis Shoes on Yom Kippur?
Larry Neinstein; Lorraine Bubar, illus.
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No Ordi­nary Yarmulke
Dawn Wilensky Tirtsa Peleg, illus.
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The Trav­els of Daniel Ascher
Déborah Lévy-Bertherat, Adriana Hunter, trans.
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Fire­brand
Aaron Barnhart
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Scar­lett and Sam: Escape from Egypt
Eric A. Kimmel; Ivica Stevanovic, illus.
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Imag­ine If…
Rabbi Zeegel; Darrell Mordecai, illus.

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