Book Review Index
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| Title | Author/Editor | Series | Publisher |
Year |
Issue | P | Review Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested Creations in the Book of Job: the World-as-It-Ought-and-Ought-Not-to-Be | Pelham, Abigail | Brill | 2012 | FM13 | 33-34 | ||
| Prophet of Tenth Street, The | Keller, Tsipi | State University of New York | 2012 | N/D12 | 43 | ||
| Ball of Clay that Rolled Away, The | Lenhard, Elizabeth, Wolff, Jason | Marshall Cavendish | 2012 | M/J 12 | 11 | ||
| Michael at the Invasion of France 1943 | Calkhoven, Laurie | Dial Books | 2012 | S/O13 | 7 | ||
| Crossing the Borders of Time: a True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed | Maitland, Leslie | Other Press | 2012 | FM13 | 31 | ||
| Daddy Christmas & Hanukkah Mama | Alko, Selina | Knopf | 2012 | FM13 | 13 | ||
| Henry Fords War on Jews and the Legal Battle against Hate Speech | Woeste, Victoria Saker | Stanford University Press | 2012 | S/O13 | 46 | ||
| Jewish London: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Visitors and Londoners | Kolsky, Rachel, Rawson, Roslyn | Interlink Books | 2012 | S/O12 | 39 | ||
| No-Potato Passover: A Journey of Food, Travel and Color, The | Kanoff, Aviva | Brio | 2012 | S/O12 | 37 | ||
| Kiss on the Keppie, A | Newman, Leslea, Blackmore, Katherine | Amazon | 2012 | FM13 | 12-13 | ||
| Welcome and ... Our Condolences (VIDEO) | Prudovsky, Leon, Yacov-Mecklberg, Estee, Mecklberg, Haim | Go2Films | 2012 | S/O13 | 50-51 | ||
| Introduction to Seder Qodashim: A Feminist Commentary on the Talmud V | Ilan, Tal, Monika Brockhaus, Hidde, Tanja | Mohr Siebeck | 2012 | M/J13 | 25-26 | ||
| Camp | Wolf, Elaine | Sky Pony Press | 2012 | M/J13 | 7 | ||
| Economic Morality and Jewish Law | Levine, Aron | Oxford University Press | 2012 | M/J13 | 29 | ||
| Shoshanas Song | Marcus, Jerry | Brittany Publications | 2012 | M/J13 | 40 | ||
| Oh No, Jonah! | Balsley, Tilda, Jago | Kar-Ben | 2012 | S/O12 | 3 | ||
| Rage is the Subtext: Readings in Holocaust Literature and Film | Derwin, Susan | Ohio State University Press | 2012 | FM13 | 22 | ||
| Elected and the Chosen: Why American Presidents Have Supported Jews and Israel: From George Washington to Barack Obama; The | Brian, Denis | Gefen | 2012 | S/O13 | 22 | ||
| How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah? | Yolen, Jane, Teague, Mark | Scholastic | 2012 | N/D12 | 8 | ||
| Koren Talmud Bavli, Vol. 1: Berakhot | Steinsaltz, Adin | Koren Publishers | 2012 | FM13 | 28 | ||
| My Torah Colors | Judaica Press | 2012 | M/J13 | 4 | |||
| Howard Fast: Life and Literature in the Left Lane | Sorin, Gerlad | Indiana University Press | 2012 | M/J13 | 34 | ||
| Targumic Toseftot to Ezekiel, The | Damsma, Alinda | Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture, no. 13 | Brill | 2012 | M/J13 | 22 | |
| Oy Way: Following the Path of Most Resistance, The | Gotliffe, Harvey | Cogitator Publications | 2012 | S/O12 | 32 | ||
| Between Feminism and Orthodox Judaism: Resistance, Identity and Religious Change in Israel | Israel-Cohen, Yael | Brill | 2012 | FM13 | 27 | ||
| Lasting Reward: Memoirs of an Israeli Diplomat, A | Ben-Yaacov, Yissakhar | Gefen | 2012 | N/D12 | 17 | ||
| Poor Matza (AUDIO) | Reisen, Avrom, Fink, Harvey, Skulsi, David | Post Hypnotic Press | 2012 | S/O13 | 51 | ||
| Alices Piano: The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer | Muller, Melissa, Piechocki, Reinhard | St. Martin's Press | 2012 | FM13 | 32 | ||
| Lonely Man of Faith, The | Soloveitchik, Joseph B. | Maggid Books | 2012 | S/O12 | 47-48 | ||
| Moving Waters: Stories | Rosett, Racelle | s.n. | 2012 | FM13 | 42 | ||
| Conversos and Moriscos in Late Medieval Spain and Beyond: The Morisco Issue, The | Ingram, Kevin | Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions | Brill | 2012 | N/D13 | 29 | |
| Encyclopedia of CAMPS and GHETTOS, 1933-1945. Volume 2: Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe | Megargee, G. | Indiana University Press | 2012 | N/D13 | 31 | ||
| Its a ... Its a ... Its a Mitzvah | Suneby, Liz, Heiman, Diane, Molk, Laurel | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2012 | N/D12 | 12-13 | ||
| Summer Everything Changed, The | Bornstein, Ruth Lercher | author | 2012 | S/O12 | 7 | ||
| Sweet Passover, A | Newman, Leslea, Slonim, David | Abrams | 2012 | M/J 12 | 1 | ||
| Genocide Revealed: New Light on the Massacre of Serbs and Jews Under Hungarian Occupation | Veljic, Aleksander | Something or Other Publishing | 2012 | M/J13 | 36-37 | ||
| This is America! | Meyer, Henye | Israel Bookshop Publications | 2012 | S/O13 | 49 | ||
| Churva Plot, The | Spektor, Zev | Adventures of a Lifetime | Judaica Press | 2012 | S/O13 | 4 | |
| Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism | Benor, Sarah | Rutgers University Press | 2012 | M/J13 | 19 | ||
| Lion Cub of Prague: Thought, Kabbala, Hashkafa from Gur Arye. Exodus & Leviticus, The | Kuhr, Moshe David | Gefen | 2012 | N/D13 | 30 | ||
| Tempest in the Tea Room | Astaire, Libi | Aster Press | 2012 | N/D13 | 8 | ||
| From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women Between Religion and Culture | Soomekh, Saba | SUNY Press | 2012 | S/O13 | 42 | ||
| When I Daven | Zoldan, Yael, Allen, Shira | Feldheim | 2012 | N/D12 | 7 | ||
| Russian Jews Between the Reds and the Whites, 1917-1920 | Budnitskii, Oleg, Portice, Timothy | University of Pennsylvania Press | 2012 | FM13 | 21-22 | ||
| Secrets in the Suitcase: Stories My Mother Never Told Me | Greenberg, Molly | AuthorHose | 2012 | M/J13 | 25 | ||
| Living Through teh Arab-Israeli War Since 1948 | Woolf, Alex | Heinemann-Raintree | 2012 | M/J13 | 12 | ||
| Illustrated History of the Jewish People: The Epic 4000-year Story of the Jews, from teh Ancient Patriarchs and Kings through Centuries-Long Persecution to the Growth of a Worldwide Culture, An | Joffe, Lawrence | Lorenz Books | 2012 | FM13 | 28 | ||
| Jewish Women Writers in the Soviet Union | Lapidus, Rina | Routledge History of Russian and Eastern Europe Series | Routledge | 2012 | FM13 | 30 | |
| Sabbath Soul: Mystical Reflections on the Transformative Power of Holy Time, The | Fishbane, Eitan P. | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2012 | M/J 12 | 24-25 | ||
| Textual Mirrors: Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self | Stein, Dina | University of Pennsylvania | 2012 | M/J13 | 36 | ||
| Pat, Roll, Pull: A Challah Braiding Story | Heald, Robin, Taylor, Erin | Hachai | 2012 | M/J 12 | 15-16 | ||
| Divine Teaching and the Way of the World | Fleischaker, Samuel | Oxford University Press | 2012 | N/D12 | 21 | ||
| Forgotten Zionist: the Life of Solomon (Sioma) Yankelevitch Jacobi, The | Benjamin, Rodney, Cebon, David | Gefen | 2012 | N/D12 | 17 | ||
| Be Like God: Gods To-Do List for Kids | Wolfson, Ron | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2012 | FM13 | 8 | ||
| Jew Car, The | Fuhmann, Franz | Seagull Books | 2012 | FM13 | 40 | ||
| State of the Jews: A Critical Appraisal, The | Alexander, Edward | Jewish and Israeli Studies, Political Ideology, Cultural STudies | Transaction Publishers | 2012 | N/D12 | 13 | |
| My Torah Numbers | Judaica Press | 2012 | M/J13 | 4 | |||
| Apple Trees Discovery, The | Schram, Peninnah, Davis, Rachayl Eckstein, Lee, Wendy W. | Kar-Ben | 2012 | M/J 12 | 9 | ||
| Dayenu! A Favorite Passover Song | Latimer, Miriam | Scholastic | 2012 | S/O12 | 15 | ||
| Future of the Jewish People in Five Photographs, The | Temes, Peter S. | University of Nebraska Press | 2012 | S/O12 | 48, 50 | ||
| Every day I bless you: Reflection on the healing power of Shiva | Fried, Norman J. | Urim | 2012 | N/D12 | 21-22 | ||
| Walk Through Jubilees: Studies in the Book Jubilees and the World of its Creation, A | Kugel, James L. | Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 156 | Brill | 2012 | S/O12 | 40 | |
| Third Base for Life: A Memoir of Fathers, Sons, and Baseball | Berkowitz, Joshua | Vantage Point Books | 2012 | S/O12 | 25 | ||
| Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame | Foer, Franklin, Tracy, Marc | Hachette Book Group | 2012 | S/O13 | 24 | ||
| My Life in Jewish Renewal: A Memoir | Hoffman, Edward | Rowman & Littlefield | 2012 | S/O13 | 38 | ||
| Messianism, Secredy and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life | Leibman, Laura Arnold | Vallentine Mitchell | 2012 | FM13 | 30-31 | ||
| Jews of the Wild West: A Multicultural True Story | Miller, Kay | Paint Horse | 2012 | S/O12 | 14 | ||
| Becoming Holmes: The Boy Sherlock Holmes: His Final Case | Peacock, Shane | Tundra | 2012 | FM13 | 9 | ||
| Oslo Idea: The Euphoria of Failure, The | Israeli, Raphael | Transaction Publishers | 2012 | N/D12 | 25 | ||
| Happy Hanukkah, Curious George | Meyer, Emily Flaschner | Houghton Mifflin | 2012 | N/D12 | 7 | ||
| Rachels Secret | Sanders, Shelly | Second Story Press | 2012 | S/O12 | 1 | ||
| Understanding Jewish Law | Resnicoff, Steven H. | LexisNexis | 2012 | M/J13 | 33 | ||
| Israel | Yomtov, Neil | Enchantment of the World | Children's Press | 2012 | S/O12 | 12-13 | |
| Rav Hisdas Daughter: Book I: Apprentice | Anton, Maggie | Plume Books | 2012 | N/D12 | 41 | ||
| Century of Wisdom: Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the Worlds Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor, A | Stoessinger, Caroline | Spiegel & Grau | 2012 | FM13 | 32 | ||
| New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right, The | Goldwag, Arthur | Pantheon Books | 2012 | S/O12 | 32 | ||
| First Modern Jew: Spinoza and the History of an Image, The | Schwartz, Daniel B. | Princeton University Press | 2012 | FM13 | 35-36 | ||
| Gracia (AUDIO) | Aroeste, Sarah | Aroeste Music LLC | 2012 | N/D12 | 45 | ||
| Judaism: History, Belief, and Practice | Stepon, Matt | Britannica Guide to Religion | Britannica Educational Publishing | 2012 | S/O12 | 48 | |
| Destroyed Synagogues of Vienna: Virtual City Walks, The | Martens, Bob | Lit Verlag Fresnostr | 2012 | N/D12 | 29 | ||
| Burskfield Bike Club Operation Snowman, The | Finkelstein, Chaim | Burksfield Bike Club | Judaica Press | 2012 | N/D13 | 4 | |
| Israel: an Introduction | Rubin, Barry | Yale University Press | 2012 | N/D12 | 35 | ||
| People of Forever Are Not Afraid, The | Boianjiu, Shani | Hogarth | 2012 | FM13 | 40 | ||
| ha-Migdal Nifrak: Hidushe Milim shel Yeladim ve-Nituham (The Tower Falled [sic!]: Words Innovations Created by Children, and Their Analysis) | Segal, Michael | Mekhon Mofet | 2012 | M/J 12 | 40-41 | ||
| Gilboa Iris, The | Englard, Zahava D. | Gefen | 2012 | S/O13 | 48 | ||
| Jews under Moroccan Skies: Two Thousand Years of Jewish Life | Elmaleh, Raphael David, Ricketts, George | Gaon Books | 2012 | M/J13 | 23 | ||
| Daf Yomi: A Pictorial History, The | Mandelmbaum, David Avraham | Feldheim | 2012 | M/J13 | 30 | ||
| Mahzor from Worms: Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community, A | Kogman-Appel, Katrin | Harvard University Press | 2012 | S/O12 | 38-39 | ||
| Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law and Policymaking in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa | Ellenson, David, Gordis, Daniel | Stanford University Press | 2012 | S/O12 | 29 | ||
| Archaeology and the Biblical Record | Alpert, Bernard, Alpert, Fran | Hamilton Books | 2012 | M/J13 | 16 | ||
| Shoshannat Yaakov: Jewish and Iranian Studies in Honor of Yaakov Elman | Secunda, Shai, Fine, Steven | Brill | 2012 | S/O13 | 40 | ||
| Modern Orthodox Judaism: Studies and Perspectives | Gordon, Menachem-Martin | Urim | 2012 | N/D12 | 22 | ||
| Sown in Tears | Magid, Beverly | CreateSpace | 2012 | N/D12 | 43-44 | ||
| Jewish Migration | Bliss, John, Edwards, Jeff | Chidlrens True Stories: Migration Series | Raintree | 2012 | M/J13 | 9 | |
| Intentions | Heiligman, Deborah | Knopf | 2012 | FM13 | 2 | ||
| Dybbuk: Text, Subtext, and Context, The | Penalosa, Fernando | Tsiterboym Books | 2012 | N/D13 | 34 | ||
| Good Morning, Boker Tov! Exploring the Morning Berachos with Boruch and Bracha | Mintzberg, Devora, Sternberg, Margalit | Feldheim | 2012 | FM13 | 7 | ||
| Wooden Sword, The | Stampler, Ann Redisch, Liddiment, Carol | Albert Whitman | 2012 | M/J 12 | 3 | ||
| Story of a Life: Memoirs of a Young Jewish Woman in the Russian Empire | Vygodskaia, Anna Pavlovna, Avrutin, Eugene M., Greene, Robert H. | NIU Press | 2012 | N/D12 | 38 | ||
| Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | Andrews, Jesse | Amulet Books | 2012 | M/J 12 | 5 |
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