Notes From the Lampert Library

New Year’s is rolling ‘round again. Aren’t we lucky to have a second chance to reevaluate and renew ourselves? Rosh Hashanah wasn’t so long ago , but most likely any results of that intense introspection have succumbed to the pressures of our hectic lives.

January seems a perfect time for some value based reading-some introspective and some pragmatic. These and others are available in the library by searching for ethics. 

Remember that you can access the library from your home computer, tablet or phone very easily. Then call to have the librarian hold a book for you. Easy peasy!

For kids:

Cone, Who Knows Ten? Children’s Tales of the Ten Commandments

Davis,  A Hen for Izzy Pippik tells the story of little Shaina who feels she must protect a lost chicken until its rightful owner returns for it…even if it takes years.

Lieberman, Lauren Panofsky Hates the Holocaust may be a disturbing title but the book is filled with ethical dilemmas faced by a young girl.

Wolfson, Be like God: God’s To-do List for Kids.

For adults:

The Observant Life: The Wisdom of Conservative Judaism  for contemporary Jews.

So That Your Values Live on: Ethical Wills and How to Prepare Them
Dorff, Love Your Neighbor and Yourself: A Jewish Approach to Modern Personal Ethics.

Goldhagen , Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust.

Hammer, Akiva: the llife and Legend

Labovitz, A Touch of Heaven: Eternal Stories for Jewish Living.

Siegel, Gym Shoes and Irises: Personalized Tzedakah. (and others)

Telushkin, The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living.

Telushkin, A Code of Jewish Ethics.

Telushkin, Hillel: If Not Now, When?