Book Review Index
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| Title | Author/Editor | Series | Publisher | Year | Issue | P | Review Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh (VIDEO) | Grossman, Roberta | Katadin Productions and Balcony | 2009 | S/O 09 | 49 | ||
| Blessing and the Curse, The | Bayer, Linda | JPS | 1988 | N/D 88 | 8 | ||
| Blessing Cup, The | Polacco, Patricia | Simon & Schuster | 2013 | S/O13 | 2 | ||
| Blessing of a Broken Heart, The | Mandell, Sherri | Toby Press | 2003 | N/D 03 | 14 | ||
| Blessing of the Animals, The | Rosen, Michael | Farrar | 2000 | F/M 01 | 16 | ||
| Blessing of the Animals, The | Rosen, Michael | Fararr, Straus and Giroux | 2000 | M/J 01 | 16 | ||
| Blessings | Plain, Belva | Delacorte Press | 1989 | F/M 90 | 18 | ||
| Blindmans Bluff | Kellerman, Faye | Morrow | 2009 | N/D 09 | 27 | ||
| Blood and Iron: From Bismarck to Hitler The Von Moltke Familys Impact on German History | Otto, Friedrich | Harper Perennial | 1996 | F/M 97 | 16 | ||
| Blood Cries | Weisman, John | Viking | 1987 | N/D 87 | 15 | ||
| Blood Diamond Tide, A | Elon, Amos | Columbia University Press | 1997 | M/J 99 | 7 | ||
| Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature | Balberg, Mira | University of California Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 21 | Belinfante, Randall C. | |
| Blood Libel and its Derivatives: The Scourge of Anti-Semitism | Israeli, Raphael | Transaction Publishers | 2012 | N/D12 | 34-35 | ||
| Blood Libels | Sinclair, Clive | Farrar | 1986 | S/O 86 | 10 | ||
| Blood Money | Krich, Rochelle | Twilight | 1999 | F/M 99 | 15 | ||
| Blood Relations | Konigsberg, Eric | HarperCollins | 2005 | M/J 06 | 28 | ||
| Blood Relations | Silman, Roberta | Atlantic-Little Brown | 1977 | Sp77 | 26 | ||
| Blood Secret | Lasky, Kathryn | HarperCollins | 2004 | N/D 04 | 15-16 | ||
| Bloody September | Haddad, C. A. | Harper & Row | 1976 | Sp77 | 25 | ||
| Blooms Modern Critical Views: David Mamet | Bloom, Harold | Chelsea House Publishers | 2004 | F/M 04 | 14-15 | ||
| Blooms of Darkness | Appelfeld, Aharon, Green, Jeffrey M. | Schocken Books | 2010 | M/J 10 | 25 | ||
| Blue Nude: A Novel | Rosner, Elizabeth | Ballantine Books | 2006 | S/O 06 | 33 | ||
| Blue Thread | Feldman, Ruth Tenzer | Ooligan Press | 2012 | M/J 12 | 6 | ||
| Blues Clues Chanukah (#14), A | Lissy, Jessica, Kanemoto, Dan, Oxley, Jennifer | Simon Spotlight | 2003 | F/M 04 | 36 | ||
| Blues in the Night | Krich, Rochelle | Ballantine Books | 2002 | N/D 02 | 18 | ||
| Boardwalk, The | Kotlowitz, Robert | Knopf | 1976 | Sp77 | 25 | ||
| Boat of Many Rooms: The Story of Noah in Verse, The | Lewis, J. Patrick | Atheneum | 1997 | F/M 98 | 16 | ||
| Boat of Stone | Earl, Maureen | Permanent Press | 1993 | M/J 93 | 15 | ||
| Boats of Cherbourg: The Secret Israeli Operation that Revolutionized Naval Warfare, The | Rabinovich, Abraham | Seaver | 1988 | S/O 88 | 8 | ||
| Bob Alper: Rabbi / Stand-up Comic (Really) (AUDIO) | Alper, Bob | Isaac Productions | 1992 | N/D 93 | 15-16 | ||
| Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet | Rogovoy, Seth | Scribner | 2009 | N/D 10 | 22 | ||
| Bob Dylan: Voice ofa Generation | Roberts, Jeremy | Lerner | 2005 | S/O 05 | 10 | ||
| Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do Everything | Dublin, Anne | Second Story Press | 2004 | S/O 04 | 44 | ||
| Bobby Wonderful: an Imperfect Son Buries his Parents | Morris, Bob | Twelve | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 28 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Bobe Mayse: A Tale of Washington Square | Bogen, Nancy | Twickenham Press | 1993 | M/J 9? | 13 | ||
| Bodies and Souls: The Tragic Plight of Three Jewish Women Forced into Prostitution in the Americas | Vincent, Isabel | Morrow | 2005 | M/J 06 | 31 | ||
| Body of Brooklyn, The | Lazar, David | University of Iowa Press | 2003 | M/J 04 | 18 | ||
| Body of Faith: God and the People of Israel, The | Wyschogrod, Michael | Aronson | 1996 | M/J 97 | 9 | ||
| Body Wave | Cohen, Nancy J. | Bad Hair Day Mysteries | Kensington Publishing | 2002 | N/D 02 | 17 | |
| Body Wave | Cohen, Nancy J. | Kensington Books | 2002 | F/M 03 | 21 | ||
| Boker Tov! Good Morning! | Black, Joe, Brown, Rick | Kar-Ben | 2009 | N/D 09 | 17 | ||
| Bold as a Leopard ( The Chronicles of Meir ben Yaakov) | Walfish, Miriam | Judaica Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 10 | Levine, Joyce | |
| Boldness of an Halakhist: an Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein the Arukh Hashulhan: A Collection of Social-Anthropological Essays, The | Fishbane, Simcha | Academic Studies Press | 2008 | F/M 09 | 9 | ||
| Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World, The | Karpin, Michael | Simon & Schuster | 2006 | F/M 06 | 34 | ||
| Bombing, The (VIDEO) | Bitton, Simone, dir. | First Run/Icarus Films | 1999 | N/D 01 | 18 | ||
| Bomerang: When Lifes Comes Back to Bite Your | Fine, Marcia | Xlibris Corporation | 2003 | N/D 03 | 8 | ||
| Bondis Brother | Roth, Irving, Roth, Edward | Shoah Educational Enterprise | 2004 | F/M 07 | 14-15 | ||
| Bone Button Borscht | Davis, Aubrey | Kids Can Press | 1995 | F/M 97 | 13 | ||
| Bone to the Bone | Shaman, Nathan | Grove Press | 1993 | S/O 94 | 7 | ||
| Bonhoeffer (VIDEO) | Doblmeier, Martin | First Run/Icarus Films | 2003 | F/M 04 | 13-14 | ||
| Bonjour Lonnie | Ringgold, Faith | Hyperion Books for Children | 1996 | N/D 97 | 18 | ||
| Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt and Music | Kurlansky, Mark | Ballantine Books | 2005 | S/O 05 | 39 | ||
| Book and the Sword: A Life of Learning in the Shadow of Destruction, The | Halivni, David Weiss | Westview Press | 1996 | F/M 99 | 13 | ||
| Book in the Jewish World 1700-1900, The | Gries, Zeev | Littman Library of Jewish Civilization | 2007 | F/M 08 | 39 | ||
| Book of Abraham, The | Halter, Marek, Bair, Lowell | Holt | 1986 | S/O 86 | 9 | ||
| Book of Challenges (AUDIO) | Hajdu, Andre | Israel Music Insittute | 2006 | F/M 08 | 47 | ||
| Book of Great Worth, A | Margoshes, Dave | Coteau Books | 2012 | M/J13 | 40 | ||
| Book of Haftarot for Shabbat, Festivals and Fast Days: An Easy-To-Read Translation with Commentary, The | Scharfstein, Sol | Ktav | 2006 | N/D 07 | 37 | ||
| Book of Isaiah, The | Ginsberg, H. L., Gross, Chaim | JPS | 1974 | D 74 | 28 | ||
| Book of Jewish Books: A Readers Guide to Judaism, The | Frank, Ruth, Sollheim, William | Harper & Row | 1986 | N/D 86 | 5 | ||
| Book of Jewish Customs, The | Lutske, Harvey | Aronson | 1986 | N/D 86 | 6 | ||
| Book of Jewish Ethical Concetps: Biblical and Postbiblical, A | Bioch, Abraham P. | Ktav | 1985 | N/D 85 | 41702 | ||
| Book of Jewish Knowledge: 613 Basic Facts About Judaism, The | Cahn-Lipman, David E. | Aronson | 1991 | F/M 92 | 18 | ||
| Book of Jewish Sacred Practices: CLALs Guide to Everyday & Holiday Rituals & Blessings, The | Kula, Irwin, Ochs, Vanessa L. | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2001 | F/M 02 | 22 | ||
| Book of Jewish Values: A Day by Day Guide to Ethical Living, The | Telushkin, Joseph | Crown | 2000 | M/J 00 | 16 | ||
| Book of Jewish Women’s Prayers, A | Tarnor, Norman | Aronson | 1995 | N/D 95 | 5 | ||
| Book of Job: Annotated & Explained, The | Kraus, Donald | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2012 | M/J13 | 27-28 | ||
| Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person, The | Kushner, Harold S. | Schocken | 2012 | M/J13 | 28 | ||
| Book of Lamentations: A Meditation and Translation, The | Slavitt, David R. | Johns Hopkins University Press | 2001 | F/M 02 | 27-28 | ||
| Book of Lights, The | Potok, Chaim | s.n. | N/D 81 | 14 | |||
| Book of Miracles: A Young Peoples Guide to Jewish Spirituality, The | Kushner, Lawrence | URJ Press | 1987 | F/M 88 | 6 | ||
| Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories, The | Stern, Steve | Graywolf Press | 2012 | N/D12 | 44 | ||
| Book of Modern Jewish Etiquette, The | Latner, Helen | s.n. | M/J 82 | 2 | |||
| Book of Names: A Novel, The | Gregory, Jill, Tintori, Karen | St. Martin's | 2007 | M/J 07 | 31 | ||
| Book of New Israeli Food, The: A Culinary Journey | Gur, Janna | Schocken Books | 2007 | N/D 08 | 13 | ||
| Book of Praise, The: Dialogues on the Psalms | Van Doren, Mark, Samuel, Maurice | John Day | 1974 | D 74 | 30 | ||
| Book of Psalms in Plain English: A Contemporary Reading of Tehillim, The | Lichtenstein, Aaron | Urim | 2006 | M/J 07 | 27-28 | ||
| Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary, The | Alter, Robert | W. W. Norton & Company | 2007 | M/J 08 | 32 | ||
| Book of Ruth, A | Leahy, Syrell Rogovin | Simon & Shuster | 1975 | Sp75 | 25 | ||
| Book of Stone, The | Papernick, Jonathan | Fig Tree Books | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 25 | Gremillion, Yossi | |
| Book of the Jewish Life, The | David, Jo, Syme, Daniel B. | UAHC Press | 1997 | M/J 98 | 19-20 | ||
| Book of the Unknown, The: Tales of the Thirty-Six | Keats, Jonathan | Random House | 2009 | N/D 08 | 7 | ||
| Book of the World: A Prallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Two Versions of the Text, The | Ibn Ezra, Abraham, Sela, Shlomo | Etudes sur le Judaisme Medieval, t. 39 | Brill | 2010 | N/D 10 | 20-21 | |
| Book of Trees, The | Lieberman, Leanne | Orca | 2010 | N/D 10 | 41955 | ||
| Book of Tziril | Wadlman, Bess | s.n. | S/O 81 | 3 | |||
| Book of Words, The | Kushner, Lawrence | Jewish Lights Publishing | 1993 | M/J 94 | 9 | ||
| Book That Was Lost: Thirty-Five Stories, A | Agnon, S. Y. | Toby Press | 2008 | F/M 09 | 20 | ||
| Book Thief, The | Zusak, Markus | Knopf | 2006 | S/O 06 | 10 | ||
| Books are Treasures | Bogot, Howard I. | s.n. | N/D 82 | 7 | |||
| Books for Children of the World: The Story of Jella Lepman | Pearl, Sydelle, Iantorno, Danlyn | Pelican Publishing Company | 2007 | S/O 07 | 11, 14 | ||
| Books of Rachel, The | Gross, Joel | Seaview Books | 1979 | W79 | 23 | ||
| Boomerang: When Life Comes Back to Bite You | Fine, Marcia | Xlibris Corporation | 2003 | N/D 03 | 8 | ||
| Boris and Stella and the Perfect Gift: A Christmas and Hanukkah Story | Goldman, Dara | Sleeping Bear Press | 2013 | F/M14 | 14 | Kamin, Rachel Erlich | |
| Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes, The | Glaser, Linda | Albert Whitman | 1997 | N/D 97 | 17 | ||
| Borrowed House, The | Van Stockum, Hilda | Farrar | 1975 | W75 | 30 | ||
| Boston Boy | Hentoff, Nat | Knopf | 1986 | M/J 86 | 3 | ||
| Boston Boy | Hentoff, Nat | Knopf | 1986 | A/M 86 | 41702 | ||
| Bottle in the Gaza Sea, A | Zenatti, Valerie | Bloomsbury Children's Books | 2008 | F/M 08 | 15 | ||
| Boundaries not Barriers: Some Uniquely Jewish Perspectives on Life | Stahl, Samuel M. | Sunbelt Eakin Press | 2005 | M/J 06 | 30-31 | ||
| Boundaries of the Ancient Near Eastern World: A Tribute to Cyrus H. Gordon | Lubetski, Meir, Gottlieb, Claire, Keller, Sharon | Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplement Series 273 | Sheffield Academic Press | 1998 | F/M 99 | 41955 |
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