Book Review Index
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Author/Editor | Title | Place of Publication |
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Series | ISBN | Issue | P | Review Author | Review format | Review type |
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Aroeste, Sarah, Rubio, Ayesha | Buen Shabat, Shabbat Shalom | 2020 | F/M 2020 | 43 | Silverman, Lisa | Book | Juvenile | |||
Bleich, Judith | Defenders of the Faith: Studies in Nineteenth-and-Twentieth Century Orthodoxy and Reform | 2020 | S/O 2020 | 26 | Lieberman, Eli | Book | Adult | |||
Endelman, Todd M., Moore, Deborah Dash | Crisis and Creativity Between World Wars, 1918-1939 | 2020 | The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Volume 8 | S/O 2020 | 27-28 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | Book | Adult | ||
Simon, Andrea | Floating in the Neversink: a Novel in Stories | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 35 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | Book | Adult | |||
Hummel, Daniel G. | Covenant Brothers: Evangelicals, Jews and U.S.-Israeli Relations | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 25-26 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | Book | Adult | |||
Shrum, Brianna R. | Kissing Ezra Holtz( and Other Things I Did For Science) | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 15 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | Book | Juvenile | |||
Wexler, Philip | Social Vision: The Lubavitcher Rebbe's Transformative Paradigm for the World | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 33 | Mizrachi, Diane | Book | Adult | |||
Cardozo, Nathan Lopes | Cardozo on the Parashah: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: The Book of Genesis | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 22 | Belinfante, Randall C. & Anne Marie | Book | Adult | |||
Barash, Chris, Grove, Christine | Wait! It's Friday | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 21 | Cole, Ellen | Book | Juvenile | |||
Schatz, Andrew | Josephus in Modern Jewish Culture | 2019 | Studies in Jewish History and culture ;55 | N/D 2019 | 29 | Levy, David B | Book | Adult | ||
Heschel, Abraham Joshua | In this Hour: Heschel's writings in Nazi Germany and London Exile | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 26 | Levy, David B. | Book | Adult | |||
DeWoskin, Rachel | Someday We Will Fly | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 15 | Dublin, Anne | Book | Juvenile | |||
Weber, Elka, Bousidan, Inbal Gigi [nid:52277], illustrator | Shimri's Big Idea: A Story of Ancient Jerusalem | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 15 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | Juvenile | |||
Becker, Pamela | Memoirs of a False Messiah | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 34 | Lieberman, Eli | Book | Adult | |||
Chertoff, Daniel S. | Palestine Posts: An Eye-Witness Account of the Birth of Israel: Based on Letters of Mordechai Chertoff | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 22 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | Book | Adult | |||
Krohn, Genendel, Katz, Tova | Shabbos Treats: Delightful Stories of Devotion to Our Holy Shabbos | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 21 | Isaac, Fred | Book | Juvenile | |||
Barromi, Perlman, Edna | Photographs of Childhood and Parenting on Kibbutz: Collective Memories and Private Memorials | 2019 | S/O 2020 | 26 | Share, Ellen | Book | Adult | |||
Sheer, Charles H. | Maimonides' Grand Epistle to the Scholars of Lunel: Ideology and Rhetoric | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 29 | Levy, David B | Book | Adult | |||
Gorfinkel, Jordan B., Erez, Zadok | Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 2 | Pinchuk, Chava | Book | Juvenile | |||
Kita, Caroline A. | Jewish Difference and the Arts in Vienna: Composing Compassion in Music and Biblical Theater | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 26-27 | Pinnolis, Judith S. | Book | Adult | |||
Polak, Monique | Room For One More | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 16 | Flax, Shoshana | Book | Juvenile | |||
Freedman, Ariela | A Joy to Be Hidden: A Novel | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 34 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | Book | Adult | |||
Fine, Gary M. | 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 | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 23 | Bibel, Barbara M. | Book | Adult | |||
Meyer, Susan Lynn, Engell, Mette | Matzah Belowstairs | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 21-22 | Silverman, Lisa | Book | Juvenile | |||
Slucki, David | Sing This At My Funeral: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 30 | Schlitt, David | Book | Adult | |||
Zuckerman, Julie | The Book of Jeremiah : A Novel in Stories | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 36 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | Book | Adult | |||
Newman, Leslea, Bates, Amy June | Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 2-3 | Bloomfield, Kathy | Book | Juvenile | |||
Lawee, Eric | Rashi's Commentary on the Torah: Canonization and Resistance in the Reception of a Jewish Classic | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 16-17 | Scheide, Daniel | Book | Adult | |||
Lipovsky, Igor P. | Early Israelites: Two Peoples, One History: Rediscovery of the Origins of Ancient Israel | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 27 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | Book | Adult | |||
MacWilliams, Bryon | The Girl in the Haystack | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 16 | Bloomfield, Kathy | Book | Juvenile | |||
Gillham, David R. | Annelies: A Novel of Anne Frank | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 34-35 | Bibel, Barbara M. | Book | Adult | |||
Newman, Tracy, Santos, Adriana | Around the Passover Table | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 22 | Silverman, Lisa | Book | Juvenile | |||
Bob, Yonah Jeremy | Justice in the West Bank?: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Goes to Court | 2019 | S/O 2020 | 26-27 | Schutzman, Laura | Book | Adult | |||
Snir, Reuven | Arab-Jewish Literature: The Birth and Demise of the Arab Short Story | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 30 | Dr. Yaffa Weisman | Book | Adult | |||
Koffsky, Ann D. | Creation Colors | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 3 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | Book | Juvenile | |||
Arie, Nansen | 21 Terrible Lies Against the Jews | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 20 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | Book | Adult | |||
Busheri, Devora, Kelner, Noa | In the Jerusalem Forest | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 17 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Krasnoff, Barbara | The History of Soul 2065 | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 35 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | Book | Adult | |||
Fruchter, Yaffa | Waste Not, Want Not: Kosher Cookbook | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 23-24 | Gordon, Ilka | Book | Adult | |||
Simpson, Martha Seif, Bernhard, Durga Yael | Esther's Gragger | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 22 | Glasser, Rachel | Book | Juvenile | |||
Carlebach, Elisheva, Moore, Deborah Dash | The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Volume 6 Confronting Modernity 1750-1880 | 2019 | The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Volume 6 | S/O 2020 | 27 | Levy, David B. | Book | Adult | ||
Stavans, Ilan | The Return of Cavajal: a Mystery | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 30-31 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | Book | Adult | |||
Auerbach, Jerold S. | Print to Fit: The New York Times, Zionism and Israel ( 1896-2016) | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 9 | Isaac, Fred | Book | Adult | |||
Baraf, Marlena Maduro | At the Narrow Waist of the World: A Memoir | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 20 | Freiband, Susan | Book | Adult | |||
Marrus, Michael R., Paxton, Robert O. | Vichy France and the Jews 2nd ed. | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 28 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | Book | Adult | |||
Scheerger, Sarah Lynn, Melmon, Deborah | Mitzvah Pizza | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 16 | Tilman, Ellen | Book | Juvenile | |||
Schoen, Robert, DeCuir, Catherine | The Rabbi Finds Her Way: A Pearl Ross Levy Novel | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 35 | Bibel, Barbara M. | Book | Adult | |||
Golan, Yvonne Kozlovsky | Site of Amnesia: The Lost Historical Consciousness of Mizrahi Jewry | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 24 | Levy, David B. | Book | Adult | |||
Sokol, Leah, Boroda, Joni Aliza | The King's Horse: A Purim Story | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 23 | Chava,Pinchuck | Book | Juvenile | |||
Stokes, Ryan | The Satan: How God's Executioner Became God's Enemy | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 31 | Lieberman, Eli | Book | Adult | |||
Berkowitz, Rabbanit Adena | The Jewish Journey Haggadah: Connecting the Generations | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 11 | Freiband, Susan | Book | Adult | |||
Bashevkin, David | Sin:a:gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 20-21 | Sukenic, Harvey | Book | Adult | |||
Appelfeld, Aharon, Mintzi, Vali, Green, Jeffrey | Long Summer Nights | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 10 | Krasner, Barbara | Book | Juvenile | |||
Chomer, Malka Nussbaum, Bolton, Bill | Feeling Better A to Z: A Book About Bikur Cholim | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 17-18 | Flax, Shoshana | Book | Juvenile | |||
Blohm, Craig E. | Understand Judaism | 2019 | Understanding World Religions | M/J 2019 | 17 | Bloomfield, Kathy | Book | Juvenile | ||
Teller, Hanoch | Reb Elimelech and the Chassidic Legacy of Brotherhood | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 36 | Isaac, Fred | recorded music | Adult | |||
Kaplan, Yoseph | Religious Changes and Cultural Transformations in the Early Modern Western Sephardic Communities | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 24 | Levy, David B. | Book | Adult | |||
Fertziger, Adam S., Miri Freud-Kandel, Bayne, Steven | Yitz Greenberg and Modern Orthodoxy: The Road Not Taken | 2019 | S/O 2020 | 28 | Belinfante, Randall C. & Anne Marie | Book | Adult | |||
Weiss, Avraham | Journey to Open Orthodoxy | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 31 | Kohn, Roger S. | Book | Adult | |||
Kestin, Hesh | The Siege of Tel Aviv | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 39 | Lieberman, Eli | Book | Adult | |||
Barenblat, Rachel | Beside Still Waters: A Journey of Comfort and Renewal | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 21 | Isaac, Fred | Book | Adult | |||
Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica | A Whale of a Tale | 2019 | Scarlett and Sam | N/D 2019 | 10-11 | Bloomfield, Kathy | Book | Juvenile | ||
Palmer, Michael Craig | Eric Mendelsohn's Synagogues in America | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 30 | Gordon, Ilka | Book | Adult | |||
Uhlberg, Myron, Arcabascio, Carolyn | Bar Mitzvah Boys | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 18 | Cole, Ellen | Book | Juvenile | |||
Palacio, R. J. | White Bird: A Wonder Story | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 38 | Bloomfield, Kathy | Book | Juvenile | |||
Katz, Yaakov | Shadow Strike: Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 25 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | Book | Adult | |||
Boum, Aomar, Stein, Sarah Abrevaya | The Holocaust and North Africa | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 24-25 | Simon, Rachel | Book | ||||
Gafni, Isaiah M. | Jews and Judaism in the Rabbinic Era: Image and Reality - History and Historiography | 2019 | S/O 2020 | 27-28 | David Tesler | Book | Adult | |||
Werbach, Melvyn R. | Sons of the Lion's Club: The Horenstein Brothers and Their Fortune | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 31-32 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | Book | Adult | |||
Caputo, Nina, Hart, Mitchell B. | On the Word of a Jew: Religion, Reliability, and the Dynamics of Trust | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 11-12 | Stein, Marion M | Book | Adult | |||
Leigh, Anna | Aly Raisman: Athlete and Activist | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 4-5 | McMahon, Martha | Book | Juvenile | |||
Bollati, Milvia, Cassen, Flora, Epstein, Marc Michael, De Hamel, Christopher, Hindman, Sandra | The Lombard Haggadah | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 22 | Berger, Shulamith | Book | Adult | |||
Hoffman, Amalia, Fedele, Chiara | The Brave Cyclist: A True Story of a Holocaust Hero | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 11 | Cole, Ellen | Book | Juvenile | |||
Silverman, Laura | You Asked for Perfect | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 39 | Goldstein, Susannah | Book | Juvenile | |||
Kaufman, Matthew | Horace Kallen Confronts America: Jewish Identity, Science, and Secularism | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 25 | Isaac, Fred | Book | Adult | |||
Ganzel, Tova, Yehuda Brandes, Chayuta Deutsch | The Believer and Modern Study of the Bible | 2019 | S/O 2020 | 28 | Tesler, David | Book | Adult | |||
Yudkoff, Sunny S. | Tubercular Capital: Illness and the Conditions of Modern Jewish Writing | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 32 | Dr. Yaffa Weisman | Book | Adult | |||
Cohen, Judith M. | Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America: Restoring the Synagogue Soundtrack | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 12 | Pinnolis, Judith S. | Book | Adult | |||
Radomski, Kassandra | Anne Frank: Get to Know the Girls Beyond Her Diary | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 5 | Issac, Fred | Book | Juvenile | |||
Crawford, Sidnie White | Scribes and Scrolls at Qumran | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 22 | Belinfante, Randall C. & Anne Marie | Book | Adult | |||
Siegel, Richard, Geller, Laura | Getting Good at Getting Older | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 30 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | Book | Adult | |||
Keret, Etgar, Basil, Aviel, Silverston, Sondra | Long- Haired, Cat-Boy Cub | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 19 | Bloomfield, Kathy | Book | Juvenile | |||
Labendz, Jacob Ari, Yanklowitz, Shmuly | Jewish Veganism and Vegetarianism: Studies and New Directions | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 25-26 | Kohn, Roger S. | Book | Adult | |||
Dershowitz, Alan M. | Defending Israel: The Story of My Relationship with My Most Challenging Client | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 23 | Gordon, Ilka | Book | Adult | |||
Micklos, John Jr. | Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Get to Know the Justice Who Speaks Her Mind | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 12 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Steiner, Margreet L. | Inhabiting the Promised Land: Exploring the Complex Relationship Between Archaeology and Ancient Israel as Depicted in the Bible | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 31 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | Book | Adult | |||
Smith, Brendan Powell | Noah's Ark | 2019 | Brick Bible for Kids | F/M 2020 | 39-40 | Bloomfield, Kathy | Book | Juvenile | ||
Lightman, Sarah | The Book of Sarah | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 26 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | Book | Adult | |||
Hardiman, Richard | Gematria of Genesis and Jewish Holy Days and Festivals | 2019 | S/O 2020 | 29 | Gordon, Ilka | Book | Adult | |||
Elkins, Dov Peretz | Four Rabbis at Lunch: Candid Conversations Among American Clergy | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 33 | Isaac, Fred | Book | Adult | |||
Dweck, Yaacob | Dissident Rabbi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 13-14 | Scheide, Daniel | Book | Adult | |||
Eisenberg, Richard L. | Judaism, Addiction, and Recovery | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 23 | Share, Ellen | Book | Adult | |||
Adler, David A., Katz, Avi | One Yellow Daffodil: A Chanukah Story | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 12-13 | Chava,Pinchuck | Book | Juvenile | |||
Steinsaltz, Adin | The Steinsaltz Nevi'im ( Hebrew and English Edition) | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 31 | Tesler, David | Book | Adult | |||
Berneger, Marcia, Castro, Beatriz | A Dreidel in Time: A New Spin on an Old Tale | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 20 | Colodny, Debbie | Book | Juvenile | |||
Churnin, Nancy, Nayberg, Yevgenia [nid:50827] illustrator | Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 19 | Bloomfield, Kathy | Book | Juvenile | |||
Gebber, Leah | Lady Amelie Jakobovits: Queen of Kindness | 2019 | Great Jewish Lives | F/M 2020 | 40-41 | Gann, Marjorie | Book | Juvenile | ||
Mack, Merav, Balint,Benjamin | Jerusalem: City of the Book | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 27 | Share, Ellen | Book | Adult | |||
Golding, Joshua L. | The Jewish Spiritual Path: The Way of the Name | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 28 | Kohn, Roger S. | Book | ||||
Feuerstein, Malcolm | Jewish Renaissance: A Voice from the Chorus 3 vol. | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 34 | Bibel, Barbara M. | Book | Adult |