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Featured Books
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Each year schools are confronted with the question of how to approach the holidays without favoring one religious faith over another or making some students feel uncomfortable because their religious background is different from others. This December, the Anti-Defamation League is pleased to highlight two stories in which the holidays serve as a context for promoting understanding and acceptance of different traditions. In The Only One Club, a young girl takes pride in being the only one in her first grade class to celebrate Hanukkah. She helps her classmates to discover their own uniqueness and to actively look for special qualities in others beyond race or culture. The Christmas Menorahs tells the true story of how Jewish and Christian families in Billings, Montana stood together against hate following an anti-Semitic incident. Both stories will help educators and families to encourage appreciation of self and others in young children this holiday season.
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The Only One Club
Written by Jane Naliboff, Jeff Hopkins
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Mrs. Matthews's first grade class begins making Christmas decorations, but because Jennifer is Jewish, Mrs. Matthews allows her to make Hanukkah decorations instead. Jennifer enjoys the attention and creates "The Only One Club," of which she is the sole member. When her classmates want to join, she is resistant until she realizes that each of her friends is also "the only one" at something. As she inducts them into her club she reveals the unique qualities that make each of her classmates extraordinary.
| ISBN: |
0972922539 |
| Year: |
2004 |
| Publisher: |
Flashlight Press |
| Grade Level: |
K - 3 |
Languages: |
English |
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The Christmas Menorahs
Janice Cohn (Author), Bill Farnsworth (Illustrator)
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Cohn's narrative tells how two families—one Jewish, one Christian—and a community stand together against hate in their town. Based on a true incident that occurred in Billings, Montana in 1993, the story begins when a rock is thrown through young Isaac's bedroom window in which a menorah is displayed. Upset by a rash of hate crimes in their community and inspired by stories of Danish people helping their Jewish neighbors during World War II, the whole town puts menorahs in their windows to take a stand against bigotry. Reassured, Isaac replaces the menorah in his window.
| ISBN: |
0807511528 |
| Year: |
1995 |
| Publisher: |
Albert Whitman & Company |
| Grade Level: |
2 - 5 |
Languages: |
English |
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