For All Awards

Menorah Award

Websites

• Friends of Israel Scouts - Tzofim. Formed in 1995, the Friends of Israel Scouts, Inc. – Tzofim (FOIS) encompasses programs which are a connection between the Tzofim (Israel Scouts) movement in Israel and North American Jewry. Tzofim is the only youth movement in Israel that is both non-political and non-sectarian
• JewishEncyclopedia.com This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. It contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.
• Jewish Women's Archives The mission of the Jewish Women's Archive (JWA) is to uncover, chronicle, and transmit to a broad public the rich history of American Jewish women.

Books or other Publications

General Topics

• Basic Judaism for Young People, Vols. 1-3, Naomi Pasachoff: Behrman House
• Book of Miracles: A Young Person's Guide to Jewish Spirituality, Lawrence Kushner, Union for Reform Judaism
• Mishkan T'fillah, Rabbi Elyse D. Frischman, ed, Central Conference of American Rabbis
• Siddur Kol Haneshama, Rabbi David Teutch, ed, Reconstructionist Movement
• Siddur Or Chadash, Rabbinical Assembly for Conservative Judaism
  
• Siddur Sim Shalom, Rabbinal Assembly of the Conservative Movement
  

Or Emunah Award

Websites

• Aardvark Israel Immersion Programs Programs for young Jews coming to Israel to have meaningful, life-changing experiences that strengthen their Jewish identity, commitment to Israel, and foster personal growth.
• BBYO Passport: Jewish Teen Travel BBYO's worldwide summer travel program for high school-age Jewish teens of all backgrounds. You don't need to have been in BBYO before to go.
• Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) deepens the Jewish community’s commitment to the stewardship of creation and mobilizes the resources of Jewish life and learning to protect the Earth and all its inhabitants.

Books or other Publications

General Topics

See also General Topics for Menorah Award.

• The Comprehensive Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names, Alfred J.Kolatch and Jonathan David, 2005
• The Jewish Book of Why, Alfred Kolatch, Penguin, 2003

Religious Beliefs - Comparative Judaism

• Doing Jewish Theology: God, Torah, and Israel in Modern Judaism, Neil Gillman, Jewish Lights, 2010
• Jewish Theology: A Comparative Study, Barry Schwartz, Behrman House, 1991
• Jewish Theology and World Religions, Alon Goshen-Gott and Eugene Korn, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2012
• Jewish Theology in Our Time, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, Jewish Lights, 2012
• Living a Jewish Life, Anita Diamont, William Morrow, 2007
• The Many Faces of Judaism: Orthodox, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Reform, Gilbert S. Rosenthal, Behrman House, 1996

Related Fiction

• Anton, Maggie, Rav Hisda's Daughter, Bk 1: Apprentice: A Novel of Love, Talmud, and Sorcery, Penguin, 2012
• Indig, Dov, Letters to Talia, Gefen Publishing, 2012

Ethics - Morals

• The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, Harmony, 2000
• Critical Jewish Issues: A Book for Teenagers, Rabbi Ronald H. Isaacs, Ktav, 1996
• Exploring Jewish Ethics and Values, Rabbi Ronald Isaacs, Ktav, 1999
• Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: Body, Ed. Elliot N.Dorff, Danya Ruttenberg, and, Louis E. Newman, Jewish Publication Society (JPS), 2013
• Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning, Ed. Goldie Milgram and Ellen Frankel, Reclaiming Judaism Press, 2011
• You Be the Judge Book III: A Collection of Ethical Cases and Jewish Answers, Joel Grishaver and Nahum Amsel, Torah Aura , 2000

Related Fiction

• Meyer, Jenny, Queen of Secrets, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (FSG), 2010
  

Observance -Tradition - Lifecycle

• Ask the Rabbi: The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Being Jewish, Rabbi Ron Isaacs, Jossey,Bass, 2003
• Beyond the Tears: Helping Jewish Kids Cope with Death, Rabbi Eugene I. Kwalwasser, Pitspopany Press, 2006
• The Complete How-To Handbook for Jewish Living, Kerry Olitzky and Ronald Isaacs, Ktav, 2004
• The Essential Guide to Jewish Prayer and Practices, Andrea Lieber, Alpha Books, 2012
• The Jewish Teens Survival Guide: Honest Answers for Today's Teens, David Hochberg, Menucha Pub, 2012
• Living Judaism: the Complete Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice, Wayne D. Dosick, HarperOne, 2010
• Text Messages: A Torah Commentary for Teens, Jeffrey K. Salkin, Jewish Lights, 2012
• The Time of Our Lives: A Teen Guide to the Jewish Life Cycle, Nina Beth Cardin, Behrman House, 2003
• Tough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Adult's Guide to Building a Jewish Life, 2nd Ed., Edward Feinstein, Jewish Lights, 2011

History - Israel

• Experience Modern Israel Plus Modern Israel Online, Aviva Werner, Behrman House, 2008
• Forged in Freedom: Shaping the Jewish, American Experience, Norman H.Finkelstein, Jewish Publication Society, 2002
• A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People: From the Time of the Patriarchs to the Present, Eli Barnavi, Schocken, 2003
• Israel: A History, Anita Shapira, Brandeis University Press, 2012
• Israel 60: Those Were the Years, Nisim Mishal, Yedioth Acharonot, 2008
• The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land, Donna Rosenthal, Free Press, 2008
• On the Eve, Bernard Wasserstein, Simon & Schuster, 2012
• A Short History of the Jewish People: From Legendary Times to Modern Statehood, Raymond P. Scheindin, Oxford University Press, 2000

Related Fiction

• Boinjiu, Shani, The People of Forever Are Not Afraid, Hogarth , 2013
• Durrell, Lawrence, Judith: A Novel, Open Road, 2012
• Gotlieb, Yosef, Rise: A novel of Contemporary Israel, The Olive Group 2011

Environment

• Claiming Earth as Common Ground: The Ecological Crisis Through the Lens of Faith, Andrea Kiener Cohen, Jewish Lights, 2009
• Ecology and the Jewish Spirit: Where Nature and the Sacred Meet, Ellen Bernstein, Jewish Lights, 2007
• Israel: Repairing the World, Rabbi Stephen Wise, Blue Apple Works, 2012
• Sahknin: Portrait of an Environmental Peace Project in Israel, Jan Martin Bang, Floris Books, 2009
• Simple Actions for Jews to Help Green the Planet: Jews, Judaism and the Environment, Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2011
• The Social Action Manual, Rabbi Noah Zvi Farkas, Behrman House, 2010
  
• Trees, Earth and Torah: A Tu B'Shevat Anthology,Editors: Dr. Ari Elon, Arthur O. Waskow, Naomi M. Hyman, JPS , 1999
  
• The Way into Judaism and the Environment, Jeremy Benstein, Jewish Lights, 2006

Biographies Of Famous Jews

• Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism,1890-1940, Melissa R. Klapper, NYU Press , 2013
• 50 Jewish Artists You Should Know, Van Voolen, Edward, Prestel, 2011
  
• Fifty Jewish Women Who Changed the World, Felder, Deborah G., Citadel, 2005
  
• A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, Lehman, David, Schocken, 2009
  
• Great Jewish Women, Slater, Elinor, Jonathan David, 2006
  
• Jews in American Politics, Maisel, Sandy L., Roman & Littlefield, 2001
  
• The Prime Ministers, Avner, Yehuda, The Toby Press, 2010