Book Review Index
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Title | Author/Editor | Series | Publisher | Year | Issue | P | Review Author |
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All the Colors of the Race | Adoff, Arnold | s.n. | S/O 82 | 9 | |||
All Things Bright and Beautiful | Alexander, Cecil F., Bryan, Ashley | Atheneum | 2010 | S/O 10 | 10 | ||
All Things Considered: From a Womans Point of View | Mesorah | 1990 | M/J 91 | 11 | |||
All Three Stooges | Perl, Erica | Random House | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 12 | Colodny, Debbie | |
All Whom I Have Loved | Appelfeld, Aharon | Schocken Books | 2007 | N/D 07 | 25 | ||
All Whom I Have Loved: A Novel | Appelfeld, Aharon | Schocken Books | 2007 | S/O 07 | 42 | ||
All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown | Taylor, Sydney | Lizzie Skurnick Books | 2014 | N/D 14 | 3 | Isaac, Fred | |
Allegra Maud Goldman | Konecky, Edith | Harper | 1976 | Sp77 | 32 | ||
Alligator Candy: A Memoir | Kushner, David | Simon & Schuster | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 9 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
Almond Tree, The | Corasanti, Michelle Cohen | Garnet Publishing | 2012 | S/O13 | 47 | ||
Almonds to Zhoof: Collected Stories | Stern, Richard | TriQuarterly Books | 2005 | N/D 05 | 22-23 | ||
Alphabet of Paradise: An A-Z of Spirituality of Everyday Life, The | Cooper, Howard | Skylight Paths Publishing | 2003 | S/O 03 | 19 | ||
Alrightniks Row "Hanuch Paunch and Jowl" | Ornitz, Samuel | Markus Wiener Publishing | 1985 | S/O 86 | 9 | ||
Also Known as Sadzia! The Belly Dancer! | Gerber, Merrill Joan | Harper & Row | 1987 | N/D 87 | 41828 | ||
Also Known as Sadzia! The Belly Dancer! | Gerber, Merrill Joan | Harper & Row | 1987 | F/M 88 | 41797 | ||
Always an Olivia: A Remarkable Family History | Herron, Carolivia, Tugeau, Jeremy | Kar-Ben | 2007 | S/O 07 | 19 | ||
Always Prayer Shawl, The | Oberman, Sheldon | Boyds Mill Press | 1994 | N/D 94 | 12 | ||
Always Remember Me | Russo, Marisabina | Atheneum | 2005 | F/M 05 | 32-33 | ||
Aly Raisman: Athlete and Activist | Leigh, Anna | Lerner | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 4-5 | McMahon, Martha | |
Am I My Body's Keeper? Torah, Science, Diet and Fitness- for Life. | Kaufman, Michael | Urim | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 29 | Quinn, Arthur G. | |
Am I My Mothers Daughter?: A Search for Identity | Joseph, Julie Stern | Devora | 2005 | S/O 06 | 40 | ||
Amateur Photographer (VIDEO) | Gedrovich, Irina | First Run Icarus Film | 2004 | S/O 08 | 37-38 | ||
Amazing Adventures of the Jewish People, The | Dimont, Max | Behrman House | 1984 | S/O 85 | 6 | ||
Amazing Chesed: Living a Grace-filled Judaism | Shapiro, Rami M. | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2013 | M/J13 | 33 | ||
Amazing Fishing Rod, The | Herzog, Pearl, Bodel, Itai | Artscroll/Mesorah | 2013 | N/D 14 | 12 | Feit, Shelly | |
Amazing Jewish Facts and Curiosities | Isaacs, Ronald H. | Rowman & Littlefield | 2004 | M/J 05 | 35-36 | ||
Amazing Life of Moe Berg: Catcher, Scholar, Spy, The | Andryszewski, Tricia | Millbrook Press | 1996 | M/J 97 | 11 | ||
Ambiguity, Coping and Governance: Israeli Experiences in Politics, Religion and Policymaking | Sharkansky, Ira | Praeger | 1999 | S/O 00 | 20 | ||
Ambivalent Image: Nineteenth-Century Americas Perception of the Jew, The | Mayo, Louise A. | Associated University Presses | 1988 | F/M 89 | 11 | ||
Amen Allowed | Millman, M. C. | Jerusalem Publications | 2008 | S/O 08 | 14 | ||
American Artists, Jewish Images | Baigell, Matthew | Syracuse University Press | 2006 | F/M 07 | 30-31 | ||
American Balfour Declaration: The Origins of U.S. Support for Zionism 1917-1922, The | Azous, Paul | Acaday Press | 2013 | N/D13 | 19 | ||
American Consuls in the Holy Land 1832-1914 | Kirk, Ruth | Wayne State University Press | 1994 | M/J 95 | 7 | ||
American Family, An | Rothstein, Natalie | Fithian Press | 1999 | S/O 99 | 13-14 | ||
American Family, An | Rothstein, Natalie | Fithian | 1999 | M/J 04 | 20 | ||
American Immigrants in Israel | Avruch, Kevin | s.n. | S/O 82 | 4 | |||
American Intelligence and the German Resistance to Hitler: A Documentary History | Heideking, Jurgen, Mauch, Christof | Widerstand: Dissent and Resistance in the Third Reich | Westview | 1996 | M/J 96 | 15 | |
American Interests in the Holy Land Revealed in Early Photographs | Ben-David, Lenny | Urim Publications | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 21 | Gordon, Ilka | |
American Jewish History | Gurock, Jeffrey S. | Routledge | 1998 | S/O 98 | 41860 | ||
American Jewish Identity Politics | Moore, Deborah Dash | University of Michigan Press | 2008 | F/M 09 | 16 | ||
American Jewish Literature for High School Grades: Lesson Guides for Teachers | Nadel, Max | N.Y. Board of Jewish Education | 1973 | Ap 74 | 25 | ||
American Jewish Political Culture and the Liberal Persuasion | Feingold, Henry L. | Modern Jewish History | Syracuse University Press | 2014 | N/D 14 | 17 | Silverburg, Sanford R. |
American Jewish Year Book, 1974-75 | Fine, Morris, Himmelfarb, Milton | JPS | 1975 | Sp 75 | 26 | ||
American Jewish Yearbook 1989 | American Jewish Committee | JPS | 1989 | N/D 89 | 10 | ||
American Jewry and the Holocaust: The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1939-1945 | Bauer, Jehuda | Wayne State University Press | 1981 | F/M 90 | 14 | ||
American Rabbinate: A Century of Continuity and Change, The | Marcus, Jacob Rader, Peck, Abraham J. | Ktav | 1986 | N/D 87 | 5 | ||
American Reform Judaism: An Introduction | Kaplan, Dana Evan | Rutgers University Press | 2003 | S/O 04 | 19 | ||
American Search for Mideast Peace, The | Tschirgl, Dan | Greenwood | 1989 | S/O 90 | 16 | ||
American Sun & Wind Moving Picture Company, The | Neugeboren, Jay | Texas Tech University Press | 2013 | S/O13 | 49 | ||
Americanization of the Holocaust, The | Flanzbaum, Hilene | Johns Hopkins University Press | 1999 | S/O 99 | 8 | ||
Americanization of the Jews, The | Seltzer, Robert M., Cohen, Norman J. | NYU Press | 1995 | S/O 95 | 7 | ||
Americans in the Holy Land | Zohar, Gil | Voices from Israel | Mitchell Lane | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 36-37 | Quay, Alex |
Americas Prophet: Moses and the American Story | Feiler, Bruce | Morrow | 2009 | N/D 09 | 21 | ||
Among Lions | Moskin, Robert | s.n. | S/O 82 | 4 | |||
Among Men and Beasts | Trepman, Paul | s.n. | A/M 81 | 5 | |||
Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue, The: A Child of the Fifties Looks Back | Klein, Robert | Simon & Schuster | 2005 | S/O 05 | 46-47 | ||
Amot shel Halacha: Halachic Insights | Enkin, Ari N. | Dalet Amot Halacha Series | Urim | 2009 | M/J 10 | 30 | |
An Unlikely Ballerina | Goddu, Krystyna Poray, Cosei Kawa | Kar Ben | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 7-8 | Dublin, Anne | |
Ana Maamin: A Song Lost and Found Again | Wiesel, Elie, Wiesel, Marion, Milhaud, Darius | Random House | 1974 | D 74 | 30 | ||
Ana Pauker: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Communist | Levy, Robert | Universtiy of California Press | 2001 | N/D 02 | 13 | ||
Anbessa Dub | Zvuloon Dub | Medtone Records | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 48 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
Ancient Hebrews, The | Mann, Kenny | Cultures of the Past Series | Marshall Cavendish | 1999 | F/M 00 | 10 | |
Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings | Alter, Robert | Norton | 2013 | F/M14 | 23 | Share, Ellen | |
Ancient Israelites and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide | Broida, Marian | Chicago Review Press | 2003 | S/O 03 | 47 | ||
Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the Background Literature | Sparks, Kenton L. | Hendrickson | 2005 | F/M 06 | 37 | ||
And Bring Them Closer to Torah: The Life and Work of Rabbi Aaron H. Blumenthal | Blumenthal, David | Ktav | 1986 | M/J 87 | 3 | ||
And Every Single One Was Someone | Chernofsky, Phil | Gefen | 2013 | S/O14 | 7 | Cutrone, John | |
And God Cried Too: A Kids Book of Healing and Hope | Gellman, Marc, Bliss, Harry | HarperCollins | 2002 | N/D 02 | 23 | ||
And God Cried: The Holocaust Remembered | Lawlias, Charles | JG Press | 1994 | S/O 95 | 8 | ||
And Hannah Wept | Gold, Michael | JPS | 1988 | N/D 88 | 6 | ||
And Rachel Was His Wife | Tabak, Marsi | Feldheim | 1990 | S/O 91 | 21 | ||
And Shira Imagined | Carmi, Giora | JPS | 1988 | N/D 88 | 10 | ||
And the Rat Laughed | Semel, Nava, Shelsinger, Miriam | Hybrid Publishers | 2008 | M/J 09 | 32 | ||
And the Sea Is Never Full | Wiesel, Elie | Knopf | 1999 | S/O 00 | 32 | ||
And Twelve Chinese Acrobats | Yolen, Jane | Philomel | 1995 | F/M 96 | 18 | ||
And We Are Not Saved | Wdowinski, David | s.n. | M/J 86 | 4 | |||
And We Are Not Saved (2nd ed) | Wdowinski, David | Philosophical Library | 1986 | A/M 86 | 4 | ||
And You Thought There Were Only Four: 400 Questions to Make Your Seder Enlightening, Educational and Enjoyable | Bobker, Joe | Gefen | 2006 | F/M 07 | 31 | ||
Andres Lives (VIDEO) | Lichtenstein, Brad | First Run/Icarus | 1999 | N/D 00 | 19 | ||
Angel and the Donkey, The | Paterson, Katherine, Koshkin, Alexander | Clarion Books | 1996 | M/J 97 | 14 | ||
Angel Girl | Friedman, Laurie, Amit, Ofra | Carolrhoda | 2008 | S/O 08 | 57 | ||
Angel of Death | Krich, Rochelle Majer | Mysterious Press | 1994 | N/D 94 | 11 | ||
Angel of History: Rosenzweig, Benjamin, Scholem, The | Moses, Stephane | Stanford University Press | 2009 | S/O 09 | 40 | ||
Angel of Poetry: A Poetic Perspective on Living Through the Holocaust, The | Ringer-Nenner, Brigitee | Mazo Publishers | 2003 | N/D 03 | 16 | ||
Angel Secrets: Stories Based on Jewish Legend | Chaikin, Miriam, Gore, Leonid | Holt | 2005 | N/D 05 | 15 | ||
Angels A to Z | Bunson, Matthew | Crown | 1996 | M/J 96 | 6 | ||
Angels Always Come on Time | Linder, Chaim, Linder, Mark | Lulu | 2017 | N/D 2018 | 31 | Isaac, Fred | |
Angels and Other Stories | Stauffacher, Sue, Gore, Leonid | Eerdmans | 2002 | N/D 02 | 29 | ||
Angels at the Gate | Thorne, T.K. | Cappuccino Books Publishing | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 29 | Jefferson, Rebecca | |
Angels at the Gate | Thorne, T.K. | Cappuccino Books Publishing | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 29 | Jefferson, Rebecca | |
Angels Mistake: Stories of Chelm, The | Prose, Francine | Greenwillow | 1997 | F/M 98 | 16 | ||
Angels Mistake: Stories of Chelm, The | Prose, Francine, Podwal, Mark | Greenwillow Books | 1997 | F/M 98 | 16 | ||
Angels Sweep the Desert Floor: Bible Legends about Moses in the Wilderness | Chaikin, Miriam, Koshkin, Alexander | Clarion Books | 2002 | M/J 02 | 19 | ||
Angels Wings and Other Stories from the Diamond Tree (AUDIO) | Stone, Susan | s.n. | S/O 92 | 23 | |||
Angel’s Wings and Other Stories From the Diamond Tree, The | Stone, Susan | S/O 92 | 23 | ||||
Anguish of Father Rafti, The | Friedman, Benjamin | Two Continent Publishing Group | 1978 | Sp78 | 21 | ||
Anguish of Liberation: Testimonies from 1945, The | Kleiman, Yehudit, Springer-Aharoni, Nina | Yad Vashem | 1995 | S/O 97 | 6 | ||
Anguish of the Jews: Twenty-Three Centuries of Anthisemitism, The | Flannery, Edward | Paulist Press | 1985 | F/M 86 | 3 | ||
Anguished Hope: Holocaust Scholars Confront the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict | Grob, Leonard, Roth, John K. | Eerdmans | 2008 | M/J 09 | 22 | ||
Animals and the Ark, The | Kuskin, Karla, Grejniec, Michael | Atheneum | 2002 | M/J 02 | 19 |