Book Review Index
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| Author/Editor | Title | Place of Publication |
Year |
Series | ISBN | Issue | P | Review Author | Review format | Review type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall, Linda Elovitz, Engel, Christianne | Mitzvah Magician, The | 2012 | FM13 | 11-12 | ||||||
| Zawanowska, Marzena | Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben Eli the Karaite on the Abraham Narratives (Genesis 11:10-25:18), The | 2012 | FM13 | 39-40 | ||||||
| Soldat-Jaffe, Tatjana | Twenty-first Century Yiddishism: Language, Identity, and the New Jewish Studies | 2012 | N/D12 | 37 | ||||||
| Nobleman, Marc Tyler, Templeton, Ty | Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman | 2012 | FM13 | 2 | ||||||
| Jany, Janos | Judging in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian Legal Traditions: A Comparison of Theory and Practice | 2012 | M/J13 | 26 | ||||||
| Lamm, Norman, Wolowelsky, Joel B. | Megillah: Majesty & Mystery, a Commentary on Megillat Esther and the Maariv Evening Service for Purim, The | 2012 | S/O12 | 40 | ||||||
| Henze, Matthias | Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism | 2012 | S/O12 | 34 | ||||||
| Kraus, Donald | Book of Job: Annotated & Explained, The | 2012 | M/J13 | 27-28 | ||||||
| Sorin, Gerlad | Howard Fast: Life and Literature in the Left Lane | 2012 | M/J13 | 34 | ||||||
| Shapira, Anita, Berris, Anthony | Israel: A History | 2012 | Schusterman Series in Israel Studies, xiii | FM13 | 36 | |||||
| Benjamin, Rodney, Cebon, David | Forgotten Zionist: the Life of Solomon (Sioma) Yankelevitch Jacobi, The | 2012 | N/D12 | 17 | ||||||
| Howland, Naomi | Better-Than-Best Purim, The | 2012 | FM13 | 15 | ||||||
| Miller, Kay | Jews of the Wild West: A Multicultural True Story | 2012 | S/O12 | 14 | ||||||
| Rudetsky, Seth | My Awesome Awful Popularity Plan | 2012 | M/J 12 | 8 | ||||||
| Wiseman, Eva | Last Song, The | 2012 | M/J 12 | 8-9 | ||||||
| Rubin, Susan Goldman, Himmelman, Jeff | Jean Laffite: The Pirate Who Saved America | 2012 | M/J 12 | 4 | ||||||
| Paper, Jordan | Theology of the Chinese JEws, 1000-1850, The | 2012 | FM13 | 33 | ||||||
| Zwebner-Zaibert, Neta | Numbered (VIDEO) | 2012 | N/D12 | 46 | ||||||
| Baumel-Schwartz, Judith Tydor | Never Look Back: The Jewish Refugee Children in Great Britain, 1938-1945 | 2012 | FM13 | 18 | ||||||
| Stromberg, Fredrick | Jewish Images in the Comics: A Visual History | 2012 | S/O12 | 57 | ||||||
| Berger, Pamela | Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary, The | 2012 | Studies in Religion and the Arts, 5 | FM13 | 20 | |||||
| Cooper, Alanna E. | Bukharan Jews and the Dynamics of Global Judaism | 2012 | S/O13 | 23 | ||||||
| Grossman, Paul | Children of Wrath: A Novel | 2012 | FM13 | 40-41 | ||||||
| Cassedy, Ellen | We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust | 2012 | M/J13 | 21 | ||||||
| Mayer, Pamela, Seviles, Martha | Dont Sneeze at the Wedding | 2012 | S/O13 | 10 | ||||||
| Raz, Rachel | ABC Israel | 2012 | S/O13 | 9 | ||||||
| Stahl, Neta | Jesus Among the Jews: Representation and Thought | 2012 | Routledge Jewish Studies Series | S/O12 | 31 | |||||
| Suneby, Liz, Heiman, Diane, Molk, Laurel | Its a ... Its a ... Its a Mitzvah | 2012 | N/D12 | 12-13 | ||||||
| Yolen, Jane, Teague, Mark | How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah? | 2012 | N/D12 | 8 | ||||||
| Blidstein, Gerlad J. | Society and Self: On the Writings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik | 2012 | S/O12 | 27 | ||||||
| Harris, Michael J., Rynhold, Daniel, Wright, Tamra | Radical Responsiiblity: Celebrating the Thought of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks | 2012 | M/J13 | 25 | ||||||
| Leonard, Miriam | Socrates and the Jews: Hellenism and Hebraism from Moses Mendelssohn to Sigmund Freud | 2012 | N/D12 | 28 | ||||||
| Carlebach, Elisheva, Schacter, Jacob J. | New Perspectives on Jewish-Christian Relations: In Honor of David Berger | 2012 | Brill Reference Library of Judaism, v. 33 | S/O12 | 27 | |||||
| Englard, Zahava D. | Gilboa Iris, The | 2012 | S/O13 | 48 | ||||||
| Ostrer, Harry | Legacy: a Genetic History of the Jewish People | 2012 | N/D12 | 32 | ||||||
| Vero-Ban, Linda, Paller, Eszter, Berkin, Ralph | Hello, God: Interactive Jewish Prayer Book for Children | 2012 | M/J13 | 8-9 | ||||||
| Glick, Shmuel | Seride Teshuvot: A Descriptive Catalogue of Responsa Fragments from teh Jacques Mosseri Collection Cambridge University Library | 2012 | FM13 | 24-25 | ||||||
| Balsley, Tilda, Gutierrez, Akemi | Lotsa Matzah | 2012 | M/J13 | 4 | ||||||
| Hain, Shmuel | Next Generation of Modern Orthodoxy, The | 2012 | The Orthodox Forum, vol. 21 | N/D12 | 22, 24 | |||||
| Fischman, Stanley H. | Seven Steps to "Mentschhood": How to Help Your Child Become a Mentsch: An Interactive Guide for Parents | 2012 | S/O12 | 30 | ||||||
| Axe-Bronk, Susan, Monelli, Marta | Vanishing Gourds: A Sukkot Mystery, The | 2012 | N/D12 | 8 | ||||||
| Kushner, Harold S. | Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person, The | 2012 | M/J13 | 28 | ||||||
| Spektor, Zev | Churva Plot, The | 2012 | Adventures of a Lifetime | S/O13 | 4 | |||||
| Moscato, Judah, Veitri, Giuseppe, Miletto, Gianfranco | Rabbi Jusah Moscato and the Jewish Intellectual World of Mantua in the 16th-17th Centuries | 2012 | Studies in Jewish History and Culture; vol. 35 | N/D12 | 31 | |||||
| Sinykin, Sheri Cooper, Swarner, Kristina | Zayde Comes to Live | 2012 | N/D12 | 11 | ||||||
| Aronson, Josh | Orchestra of Exiles (VIDEO) | 2012 | S/O13 | 50 | ||||||
| Aroeste, Sarah | Gracia (AUDIO) | 2012 | N/D12 | 45 | ||||||
| Wouk, Herman | Lawgiver, The | 2012 | N/D13 | 44 | ||||||
| Rosenberg, Madelyn, Christy, Jana | Happy Birthday, Tree!: A Tu BShevat Story | 2012 | N/D12 | 9 | ||||||
| Glick, Dvorah, Ackerman, Dena | Red Is My Rimon: A Jewish Childs Book of Colors | 2012 | FM13 | 11 | ||||||
| Segal, Michael | ha-Migdal Nifrak: Hidushe Milim shel Yeladim ve-Nituham (The Tower Falled [sic!]: Words Innovations Created by Children, and Their Analysis) | 2012 | M/J 12 | 40-41 | ||||||
| Rosenberg, Madelyn, Meisel, Paul | Schmutzy Family, The | 2012 | FM13 | 16 | ||||||
| Zoldan, Yael, Allen, Shira | When I Daven | 2012 | N/D12 | 7 | ||||||
| Birnbaum, Pierre, Goldhammer, Arthur | Tale of Ritual Murder in teh Age of Louis Xiv: The Trial of Raphael L vy, 1669, A | 2012 | Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture | FM13 | 20 | |||||
| Meyer, Henye | This is America! | 2012 | S/O13 | 49 | ||||||
| Horowitz, Irving Louis | Hannah Arendt: Radical Conservative | 2012 | FM13 | 27 | ||||||
| Felton, Anton | Jewish Symbols and Secrets: A fifteenth-century Spansh Jewish Carpet | 2012 | N/D12 | 20 | ||||||
| Marcus, Hanna Perlstein | Sidonias Thread: The Secret of a Mother and Daughter Sewing a New Life in America | 2012 | M/J 12 | 52 | ||||||
| Heiligman, Deborah | Intentions | 2012 | FM13 | 2 | ||||||
| Bornstein, Ruth Lercher | Summer Everything Changed, The | 2012 | S/O12 | 7 | ||||||
| Muller, Melissa, Piechocki, Reinhard | Alices Piano: The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer | 2012 | FM13 | 32 | ||||||
| Walfish, Miriam | Libas Letters | 2012 | Jewish Girls Around the World | S/O13 | 4 | |||||
| Wein, Berel, Goldstein, Warren | Legacy: Teachings for Life from the Great Lithuanian Rabbis, The | 2012 | S/O13 | 45 | ||||||
| Davis, Aubrey, Lafrance, Marie | Hen for Izzy Pippik, A | 2012 | S/O12 | 11 | ||||||
| Beil, Dolly | Growing Up Jewish in China | 2012 | FM13 | 18 | ||||||
| Damsma, Alinda | Targumic Toseftot to Ezekiel, The | 2012 | Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture, no. 13 | M/J13 | 22 | |||||
| Lowenstein, Steven M. | For the Love of Israel: The Holy Land from Past to Present - A Primer for Tayarim, Tallmidim, Vatikim, Noodnikim, and Dreamers | 2012 | M/J13 | 11 | ||||||
| Rothstein, Gidon | Were Missing the Point: Whats Wrong with the Orthodox Jewish Community and How to Fix it | 2012 | S/O12 | 46 | ||||||
| Bolsta, Hyla Shifra | Illuminated Kaddish: Interpretations of the Mourners Prayer, The | 2012 | N/D12 | 18 | ||||||
| Stavans, Ilan | Singers Typewriter and Mine: Reflections on Jewish Culture | 2012 | M/J13 | 36 | ||||||
| Israel-Cohen, Yael | Between Feminism and Orthodox Judaism: Resistance, Identity and Religious Change in Israel | 2012 | FM13 | 27 | ||||||
| Newman, Leslea, Slonim, David | Sweet Passover, A | 2012 | M/J 12 | 1 | ||||||
| Volf, Miroslav | Do We Worship the Same God? Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Dialogue | 2012 | S/O13 | 43 | ||||||
| Mendelevich, Yosef | Unbroken Spirit: A Heroic Story of Faith, Courage and Survival | 2012 | S/O13 | 33 | ||||||
| Smiles, Shira | Torah Tapestries: Words of Wisdom Woven from the Weekly Parashah - Shemos | 2012 | FM13 | 37 | ||||||
| Cohen, Yoel | God, Jews and the Media: Religion and Israels Media | 2012 | Routledge Jewish Studies | N/D13 | 22 | |||||
| Bernfeld, Tirtsah Levie | Poverty and Welfare among the Portuguese Jews in Early Modern Amsterdam | 2012 | N/D12 | 18 | ||||||
| Oz, Amos, Oz-Salzberger, Fania | Jewsandwords | 2012 | M/J13 | 31 | ||||||
| Decter, Jonathan, Arturo, Pratts | Hebrew Bible in Fifteenth-Century Spain: Exegesis, Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts, The | 2012 | FM13 | 22 | ||||||
| Resnicoff, Steven H. | Understanding Jewish Law | 2012 | M/J13 | 33 | ||||||
| Harris, Maurice D. | Moses: A Stranger Among Us | 2012 | S/O13 | 28 | ||||||
| Rosenthal, Betsy R. | Looking for Me | 2012 | M/J 12 | 7 | ||||||
| Diamond, James A., Hughes, Aaron W. | Encountering the Medieval in Modern Jewish Thought | 2012 | S/O13 | 23-24 | ||||||
| Stoessinger, Caroline | Century of Wisdom: Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the Worlds Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor, A | 2012 | FM13 | 32 | ||||||
| Rubin, Joshua | Jonah the Woodchopper: Encouraging Stories for Finding Your Way through the Forest of Life | 2012 | M/J13 | 41 | ||||||
| Wein, Elizabeth | Code Name Verity | 2012 | M/J13 | 10-11 | ||||||
| Cohen, J. Simcha | Jewish Prayer: The Right Way, Resolving Halachic Dilemmas | 2012 | M/J13 | 21 | ||||||
| Bedzow, Ira | Things Overheard in the Synagogue | 2012 | N/D12 | 16-17 | ||||||
| Debow, Yocheved | Talking About Intimacy & Sexuality: A Guide for Orthodox Jewish Parents | 2012 | F/M14 | 29-30 | Pinchuck, Kathe | |||||
| Maier, Aren M., Magness, Jodi, Schiffman, Jarence H. | "Go Out and Study the Land" (Judges 18:2): Archaeological, Historical and Textual Studies in Honor of Hanan Eshel | 2012 | Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, no. 148 | M/J13 | 29-30 | Rosenbloom, Jim | ||||
| Sacks, Jonathan | Koren Yom Kippur Mahzor, The | 2012 | Fm13 | 28-29 | ||||||
| Zadoff, Mirjam, Templer, William | Next Year in Marienbad: The Lost Worlds of Jewish Spa Culture | 2012 | Jewish Cultures and Contexts | M/J13 | 39 | |||||
| Angel, Marc D. | Maimonides: Essential Teachings on Jewish Faith and Ethics - The book of Knowledge & the Thirteen Principles of Faith Annoted & Explained | 2012 | N/D12 | 13-14 | ||||||
| Bridgeton, Sarah | Next Year in Israel | 2012 | F/M14 | 7 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |||||
| Etshalom, Yitzchak | Between the Lines of the Bible: Exodus: A Study from the New School of Orthodox Torah Commentary | 2012 | N/D13 | 24-25 | ||||||
| Diamand, Jack | When Memory Comes: A Film about Saul Friedländer | 2012 | N/D 2015 | 45 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
| Hattin, Michael | Passages: Text and Transformation in the Parasha | 2012 | S/O13 | 28 | ||||||
| Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus | Sammy Spider's New Friend | 2012 | N/D12 | 10-11 | ||||||
| Cohen, Norman J. | Masking and Unmasking Ourselves: Interpreting Biblical Texts on Clothing and Identity | 2012 | N/D13 | 22 | ||||||
| Marcus, Ben | Flame Alphabet, The | 2012 | S/O12 | 54-55 |
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