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| Title | Author/Editor | Series | Publisher |
Year |
Issue | P | Review Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Book of Jeremiah : A Novel in Stories | Zuckerman, Julie | Press 53 | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 36 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story | Newman, Leslea, Bates, Amy June | Abrams Books for Young Readers | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 2-3 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Raisins and Almonds: A Yiddish Lullaby | Tarcov, Susan, Sanchez, Sonia | Kar Ben | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 20 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler's Cross: Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate | Nakagaki, T.K. | Stone Bridge Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 27-28 | Lieberman, Eli | |
| Tubercular Capital: Illness and the Conditions of Modern Jewish Writing | Yudkoff, Sunny S. | Stanford University Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 32 | Dr. Yaffa Weisman | |
| Long- Haired, Cat-Boy Cub | Keret, Etgar, Basil, Aviel, Silverston, Sondra | Seven Stories Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 19 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Waste Not, Want Not: Kosher Cookbook | Fruchter, Yaffa | Ktav | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 23-24 | Gordon, Ilka | |
| Creation Colors | Koffsky, Ann D. | Apples and Honey Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 3 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| The Truth About Leaving | Blitt, Natalie | Amberjack Publishing | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 14 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| The 100 Most Jewish Foods | Newhouse, Alana | Artisan | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 28 | Gordon, Ilka | |
| Mitzvah Pizza | Scheerger, Sarah Lynn, Melmon, Deborah | Kar Ben | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 16 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| Site of Amnesia: The Lost Historical Consciousness of Mizrahi Jewry | Golan, Yvonne Kozlovsky | Brill | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 24 | Levy, David B. | |
| Print to Fit: The New York Times, Zionism and Israel ( 1896-2016) | Auerbach, Jerold S. | Academic Studies Press | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 9 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Wait! It's Friday | Barash, Chris, Grove, Christine | Apples and Honey Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 21 | Cole, Ellen | |
| Kissing Ezra Holtz( and Other Things I Did For Science) | Shrum, Brianna R. | Sky Pony Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 15 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| A Dreidel in Time: A New Spin on an Old Tale | Berneger, Marcia, Castro, Beatriz | Kar Ben | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 20 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Four Rabbis at Lunch: Candid Conversations Among American Clergy | Elkins, Dov Peretz | Ktav | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 33 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Understand Judaism | Blohm, Craig E. | Understanding World Religions | Reference Point Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 17 | Bloomfield, Kathy |
| Long Summer Nights | Appelfeld, Aharon, Mintzi, Vali, Green, Jeffrey | Seven Stories Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 10 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Religious Changes and Cultural Transformations in the Early Modern Western Sephardic Communities | Kaplan, Yoseph | Brill | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 24 | Levy, David B. | |
| The Jewish Journey Haggadah: Connecting the Generations | Berkowitz, Rabbanit Adena | Gefen | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 11 | Freiband, Susan | |
| Shabbos Treats: Delightful Stories of Devotion to Our Holy Shabbos | Krohn, Genendel, Katz, Tova | Feldheim | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 21 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Someday We Will Fly | DeWoskin, Rachel | Viking | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 15 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Josephus in Modern Jewish Culture | Schatz, Andrew | Studies in Jewish History and culture ;55 | Brill | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 29 | Levy, David B |
| Chelm for the Holidays | Frankel, Valerie, Wimmer, Sonja | Kar Ben | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 20-21 | Glasser, Rachel | |
| Jewish Renaissance: A Voice from the Chorus 3 vol. | Feuerstein, Malcolm | self-published | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 34 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |
| Saving Hanno: The Story of a Refugee Dog | Halahmy, Miriam | Holiday House | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 12-13 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| The Jewish Spiritual Path: The Way of the Name | Golding, Joshua L. | Urim Publications | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 28 | Kohn, Roger S. | |
| A Whale of a Tale | Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica | Scarlett and Sam | Kar Ben | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 10-11 | Bloomfield, Kathy |
| Shadow Strike: Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power | Katz, Yaakov | St. Martin's Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 25 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Matzah Belowstairs | Meyer, Susan Lynn, Engell, Mette | Kar Ben | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 21-22 | Silverman, Lisa | |
| Room For One More | Polak, Monique | Kar Ben | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 16 | Flax, Shoshana | |
| Maimonides' Grand Epistle to the Scholars of Lunel: Ideology and Rhetoric | Sheer, Charles H. | Academic Studies Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 29 | Levy, David B | |
| Shabbat Treasure | Goldfinger, Evelyn, Groenman, Marcelo | Torahtron | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 21 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Portland Zionists Unite! And Other Short Stories | Flamm, Eric | Inkwater Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 34 | Dwyer, Taylor | |
| The Cat Who Lived With Anne Frank | Miller, David Lee, Rubin, Steven Jay, Baddeley, Elizabeth | Philomel Books | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 13 | Glasser, Rachel | |
| The Brave Cyclist: A True Story of a Holocaust Hero | Hoffman, Amalia, Fedele, Chiara | Capstone | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 11 | Cole, Ellen | |
| Horace Kallen Confronts America: Jewish Identity, Science, and Secularism | Kaufman, Matthew | Syracuse University Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 25 | Isaac, Fred | |
| On the Word of a Jew: Religion, Reliability, and the Dynamics of Trust | Caputo, Nina, Hart, Mitchell B. | Indiana University Press | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 11-12 | Stein, Marion M | |
| Aly Raisman: Athlete and Activist | Leigh, Anna | Lerner | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 4-5 | McMahon, Martha | |
| Around the Passover Table | Newman, Tracy, Santos, Adriana | Albert Whitman | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 22 | Silverman, Lisa | |
| The Girl in the Haystack | MacWilliams, Bryon | Serving House Books | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 16 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Sing This At My Funeral: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons | Slucki, David | Wayne State University Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 30 | Schlitt, David | |
| Intersection on Neptune | Gelagotis Lee, Donna | Poetry Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 34-35 | Gordon, Ilka | |
| Hand in Hand | Rosenbaum, Andria Warmflash, Shleifer, Maya | Apples and Honey Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 14 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Anne Frank: Get to Know the Girls Beyond Her Diary | Radomski, Kassandra | Capstone | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 5 | Issac, Fred | |
| Jewish Veganism and Vegetarianism: Studies and New Directions | Labendz, Jacob Ari, Yanklowitz, Shmuly | State University of New York Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 25-26 | Kohn, Roger S. | |
| Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America: Restoring the Synagogue Soundtrack | Cohen, Judith M. | Indiana University Press | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 12 | Pinnolis, Judith S. | |
| Esther's Gragger | Simpson, Martha Seif, Bernhard, Durga Yael | Wisdom Tales | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 22 | Glasser, Rachel | |
| In the Jerusalem Forest | Busheri, Devora, Kelner, Noa | Kar Ben | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 17 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Arab-Jewish Literature: The Birth and Demise of the Arab Short Story | Snir, Reuven | Brill | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 30 | Dr. Yaffa Weisman | |
| A New Vision of Southern Jewish History | Bauman, Mark K. | University of Alabama Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 21-22 | Isaac, Fred | |
| White Rose | Wilson, Kip | Versify/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 14 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Get to Know the Justice Who Speaks Her Mind | Micklos, John Jr. | Capstone | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 12 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| The King's Horse: A Purim Story | Sokol, Leah, Boroda, Joni Aliza | Mosaica Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 23 | Chava,Pinchuck | |
| The Return of Cavajal: a Mystery | Stavans, Ilan | Pennsylvania University Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 30-31 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| Cardozo on the Parashah: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: The Book of Genesis | Cardozo, Nathan Lopes | Kasva Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 22 | Belinfante, Randall C. & Anne Marie | |
| Floating in the Neversink: a Novel in Stories | Simon, Andrea | Black Rose Publishing | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 35 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank | Churnin, Nancy, Nayberg, Yevgenia [nid:50827] illustrator | Creston Books | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 19 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| One Yellow Daffodil: A Chanukah Story | Adler, David A., Katz, Avi | Menucha Classroom Solutions | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 12-13 | Chava,Pinchuck | |
| The Book of Sarah | Lightman, Sarah | Pennsylvania University Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 26 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| The Satan: How God's Executioner Became God's Enemy | Stokes, Ryan | Eerdmans | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 31 | Lieberman, Eli | |
| Feeling Better A to Z: A Book About Bikur Cholim | Chomer, Malka Nussbaum, Bolton, Bill | Hachai Publishing | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 17-18 | Flax, Shoshana | |
| Palestine Posts: An Eye-Witness Account of the Birth of Israel: Based on Letters of Mordechai Chertoff | Chertoff, Daniel S. | Toby Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 22 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Shimri's Big Idea: A Story of Ancient Jerusalem | Weber, Elka, Bousidan, Inbal Gigi [nid:52277], illustrator | Apples and Honey Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 15 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| The Rabbi Slurps Spaghetti | Kimmelman, Leslie [nid:11416], , Davey, Sharon | Apple and Honey Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 19 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| Masada Will Not Fall Again | Greenspan, Sophie | JPS | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 13 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Jerusalem: City of the Book | Mack, Merav, Balint,Benjamin | Yale University Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 27 | Share, Ellen | |
| Journey to Open Orthodoxy | Weiss, Avraham | Ktav | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 31 | Kohn, Roger S. | |
| The Siege of Tel Aviv | Kestin, Hesh | DZANC Books | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 39 | Lieberman, Eli | |
| Bar Mitzvah Boys | Uhlberg, Myron, Arcabascio, Carolyn | Albert Whitman | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 18 | Cole, Ellen | |
| Carioca-Bev: The Wartime Record of Major Ralph I. Fine. The Making of a B-24 Liberator Pilot in the Eighth Air Force in Europe During World War II. A Portrait of Courage | Fine, Gary M. | self-published | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 23 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |
| Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel | Gorfinkel, Jordan B., Erez, Zadok | Koren Publishers | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 2 | Pinchuk, Chava | |
| Simchat Torah is Coming! | Newman, Tracy, Garofoli, Viviana | Kar Ben | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 6-7 | McMahon, Martha | |
| Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories on Twentieth-Century Iran | Sternfled, Lior B. | Stanford University Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 35-36 | Simon, Rachel | |
| Max Einstein: Rebels with a Cause | Patterson, James, Johnson, Beverly | Jimmy Patterson Books | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 13 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Sons of the Lion's Club: The Horenstein Brothers and Their Fortune | Werbach, Melvyn R. | Third Line Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 31-32 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| The Holocaust and North Africa | Boum, Aomar, Stein, Sarah Abrevaya | Stanford University Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 24-25 | Simon, Rachel | |
| Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs The World | Jorisch, Avi | Gefen | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 31 | Stein, Marion | |
| Dirty Jewess: A Woman's Courageous Journey to Religious and Political Freedom | Fishbaum, Silvia, Coddington, Andrea | Urim Publications | 2018 | F/M 2019 | 4 | Amir, Michlean | |
| A State is Born: The Establishment of the Israeli System of Government, 1947-1951 | Fine, Jonathan David, Cohen, Tamar L., Hochstein, Fray | State University of New York Press | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 23 | Cantor, Hallie | |
| Scarlett and Sam Search for the Shamir | Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica | Scarlett and Same | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 13 | Tilman, Ellen |
| Divrei Mishkan T’filah: Delving into the Siddur | Sarason, Richard S. | Central Conference of American Rabbis | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 28 | Smailes, Suzanne | |
| Genealogy and the Librarian: Perspectives on Research, Instruction, Outreach, and Management | Smallwood, Carol, Gubnitskaia, Vera | McFarland | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 33 | Dwoskin, Beth | |
| I Go to Sleep | Benenfeld, Rikki | Hachai | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 16 | Levine, Joyce | |
| Prodigal children in the house of G-d | Taub, Yermiyahu Ahron | austin macauley Publishers | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 38 | Seigel, Amanda | |
| Noah's Art Animal ABCs | Scudamore, Angelika | Zonderkidz | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 7 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland- Then, Now, Tomorrow | Troy, Gil | JPS | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 36 | Levy, David B | |
| Echo Still: Is there more to life than making the team? | Tibbits, Tim | Green Bean Books | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 14 | Levitan, Rebecca | |
| Gal Gadot: Soldier, Model, Wonder Woman. | Sherman, Jill | Gateway Biographies | Lerner | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 9 | Dublin, Anne |
| Am I My Body's Keeper? Torah, Science, Diet and Fitness- for Life. | Kaufman, Michael | Urim | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 29 | Quinn, Arthur G. | |
| Ben and the Bishop | Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Davis, Gail | Dog Ear Publishers | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 10-11 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| I Have Lost My Way | Forman, Gayle | Viking Books for Young Readers | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 11 | Gershowitz, Elissa | |
| The Jews of Khazaria 3rd Edition | Brook, Kevin Alan | Rowman & Littlefield | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 25 | Randall C. Belinfante [nid:51578] and Anne-Marie Belinfante | |
| Everything is Borrowed: A Novel | Popkin, Nathaniel | New Door Books | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 40 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Uprooted: How 3,000 of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight | Julius, Lyn | Valentine Mitchell | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 31 | Dwoskin, Beth | |
| Encyclopedia of Jewish Values: Between Man and Man | Amsel, Nachum | Urim Publications | 2018 | S/O 2019 | 9 | Belinfante, Randall C. & Anne Marie | |
| The Italian Executioners: the Genocide of the Jews of Italy | Sullam, Simon Levis, trans. Smyth, Oona, Patane, Claudia | Princeton University Pres | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 33 | Simon, Rachel | |
| We Can Find A Way: A Hachnosas Orchim Inclusion Story | Rosenfeld, Dina H., Wummer, Amy | Hachai Publishing | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 16 | Levitan, Rebecca | |
| The World Needs Beautiful Things | Berkowitz, Leah Rachel, Fabbri, Daniele | Kar Ben | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 6-7 | Cole, Ellen |
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