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    Rita Berman Frischer

    Rita Berman Frisch­er was direc­tor of Sinai Tem­ple Blu­men­thal Library for twen­ty years. She has served as a judge for chil­dren’s books awards, writ­ten chap­ters on chil­dren’s book for var­i­ous bib­li­o­graph­ic works and is a fre­quent review­er for Jew­ish peri­od­i­cals and newspapers.
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Cat With the Yel­low Star: Com­ing of Age in Terezin
    Susan Goldman Rubin; Ela Weissberger
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    Chil­dren’s
    Notes From the Mid­night Driver
    Jordan Sonnenblick
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    It’s Hot and Cold in Miami
    Nicole Rubel
    Cover of Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah: The Ceremony, the Party, and How the Day Came to Be
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    Bar Mitz­vah, Bat Mitz­vah: The Cer­e­mo­ny, the Par­ty, and How the Day Came to Be
    Bert Metter; Joan Reilly, illus.
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    Non­fic­tion
    The Jew­ish Val­ues Find­er: A Guide to Val­ues in Jew­ish Chil­dren’s Literature
    Linda R. Silver, for the Association of Jewish Libraries
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Bar and Bat Mitz­vah Man­u­al: Six Steps to a Mem­o­rable Fam­i­ly Celebration
    Steven M. Bob and Lisa Bob Howard
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    Play­ing Dad’s Song
    D. Dina Friedman
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    Strange Rela­tions
    Sonia Levitin

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