Book Review Index
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| Author/Editor | Title | Place of Publication | Year | Series | ISBN | Issue | P |
Review Author |
Review format | Review type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor, Zachary | Melting Pot: The Peoples and Cultures of New York, The | 2012 | Spotlight on New York | S/O12 | 11 | |||||
| Yehoshua, A. B. | Journey to the End of the Millennium, A | 1998 | S/O 00 | 35 | ||||||
| Halberstam, Michael | Wanting of Levine, The | 1978 | W78 | 23 | ||||||
| Antonelli, Judith S. | In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah | 1995 | M/J 96 | 6 | ||||||
| Halkin, Hillel | Strange Death: A Story Originating in Espionage, Betrayal, and Vengeance in a Village in Old Palestine, A | 2005 | S/O 05 | 38 | ||||||
| Pollitz, Edward A. | Forty-First Thief, The | 1975 | W75 | 26 | ||||||
| Rose, Or N., Kaiser, Jo Ellen Green, Klein, Margie | Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice | 2008 | M/J 08 | 39 | ||||||
| Laufer, Nahum, Laufer, Erez | Darien Dilemma, The (VIDEO) | S/O 08 | 38 | |||||||
| Avriel, Ehud | Open the Gates | 1975 | F/M 91 | 27 | ||||||
| Lambert, Derek | Yermakov Transfer, The | Sp 75 | 25 | |||||||
| Levenson, Alan T. | Between Philosemitism and Anti-semitism: Defenses of Jews and Judaism in Germany, 1871-1932 | 2004 | F/M 05 | 18-19 | ||||||
| Van Straten, Giorgio, King, Martha | My Name, A Living Memory | 2003 | M/J 04 | 41892 | ||||||
| Ferencz, Benjamin B. | Less Than Slaves: Jewish Forced Labor and the Quest for Compensation | 1979 | W80 | 19 | ||||||
| Wenzerul, Rosemary | Jewish Ancestors?: A Guide to Reading Hebrew Inscriptiosn and Documents | 2005 | Jewish Ancestor Series | N/D 05 | 30 | |||||
| Hamilton, Martha, Weiss, Mitch, Lyon, Carol | Through the Grapevine: World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell | 2001 | S/O 02 | 43 | ||||||
| Kirchheimer, Gloria De Vidas | Goodbye, Evil Eye: Stories | 2000 | S/O 01 | 24 | ||||||
| Attema, Martha | Hero | 2004 | M/J 04 | 37 | ||||||
| Chaikin, Miriam | Seventh Day, The: The Story of the Jewish Sabbath | M/J 83 | 9 | |||||||
| Fenberg, Anat | Embodied Memory: The Theatre of George Tabori | 1999 | S/O 00 | 41955 | ||||||
| Goren, Arthur A. | Politics and Public Culture of American Jews, The | 1999 | M/J 00 | 41923 | ||||||
| Zakutinsky, Ruth | Case of the Missing Baseball Cards, The | N/D 82 | 6 | |||||||
| Mayo, Louise A. | Ambivalent Image: Nineteenth-Century Americas Perception of the Jew, The | 1988 | F/M 89 | 11 | ||||||
| Friedman, Avraham Peretz | Marital Intimacy: A Traditional Jewish Approach | 2005 | F/M 06 | 32 | ||||||
| Nadav, Mordechai, Mirsky, Mark M., Tropper, Faigie | Jews of Pinsk, 1506 to 1880, The | 2007 | M/J 08 | 27 | ||||||
| Greengard, Alison, Racklin-Siegel, Carol | Vayetse Yaakov, Jacobs Travels: Excerpted from the Book of Genesis | 2006 | M/J 06 | 9 | ||||||
| Bahat, Dan, Rubenstein, Chaim T., Ketko, Shlomo | Illustrated Atlas of Jerusalem, The | 1990 | S/O 90 | 10 | ||||||
| Meltzer, Milton | Starting from Home: A Writers Beginnings | 1988 | M/J 89 | 9 | ||||||
| Rochlin, Harriet | First Lady of the Cacahuates, The | 1998 | M/J 99 | 10 | ||||||
| Newman, Leslea, Ritz, Karen | Remember That | 1996 | M/J 97 | 13 | ||||||
| Arnow, David | Creating Lively Passover Seders: A Sourcebook of Engaging Tales, Texts & Activities | 2004 | M/J 04 | 41923 | ||||||
| Fishman, Cathy Goldberg, Hall, Melanie W. | On Purim | 2000 | F/M 01 | 13 | ||||||
| Palacio, RJ | Wonder | 2012 | S/O12 | 9 | ||||||
| Jules, Jacqueline, Iwai, Melissa | Before We Eat: A Thank You Prayer | 2010 | F/M 10 | 17 | ||||||
| Krumbein, Elyamkim | Musar for Moderns | 2005 | N/D 05 | 28-29 | ||||||
| Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Last Dark Place, The | 2004 | F/M 05 | 10 | ||||||
| Starkopf, Adam | Will to Live | 1995 | N/D 95 | 12 | ||||||
| Spielman, Gloria, Archambault, Matthew | Janusz Korczaks Children | 2007 | N/D 07 | 19 | ||||||
| Jacobs, Louis | Their Heads in Heaven: Unfamiliar Aspects of Hasidism | 2005 | M/J 05 | 36 | ||||||
| God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi | 2007 | S/O 08 | 25 | |||||||
| Milgrim, Shirley | Haym Salomon, Libertys Son | 1975 | M/J 91 | 24 | ||||||
| Hoffman, Eva | Secret: A Novel, The | 2002 | F/M 03 | 22 | ||||||
| Dwyer, Karen K | Easy Livin Microwave Cooking for the Holidays | N/D 89 | 12 | |||||||
| Adler, David A. | Picture Book of Jewish Holidays | 1981 | F 81 | 14 | ||||||
| Kushner, Tony, Sendak, Maurice | Brundibar | 2003 | F/M 04 | 37 | ||||||
| Brown, Dan | Notorious Izzy Fink, The | 2006 | F/M 07 | 41828 | ||||||
| Hoffman, Eva | After Such Knowledge: Memory, History, and the Legacy of the Holocaust | 2004 | M/J 04 | 16 | ||||||
| Isaacs, Ronald H., Isaacs, Leora W. | Loving Companions: Our Jewish Wedding Album | 1991 | N/D 91 | 12 | ||||||
| Cantor, Aviva | Jewish Women / Jewish Men: The Legacy of Patriarchy in Jewish Life | 1995 | F/M 96 | 7 | ||||||
| Katz, Susan B. | Tylers Hill | 2009 | N/D 10 | 41892 | ||||||
| Bellow, Saul | Humboldts Gift | 1975 | Sp77 | 30 | ||||||
| Freedman, Robert | Songs for a Family Seder: A Companion Cassette Tape (AUDIO) | M/J 87 | 4 | |||||||
| Browne, Edmund | Farewell Israel | 1977 | W78 | 26 | ||||||
| Real Complete Jewish Party, The (AUDIO) | M/J 93 | 19 | ||||||||
| Littman, Sarah Darer | Confessions of a Clost Catholic | 2005 | S/O 05 | 17-18 | ||||||
| Dublin, Anne | Baby Experiment, The | 2012 | M/J 12 | 1 | ||||||
| Hadassah Tropper, Diament, Carol | Moonbeams: A Hadassah Rosh Hodesh Guide | 2000 | N/D 00 | 14 | ||||||
| Garfield, Leon | King Nimrods Tower | N/D 82 | 7 | |||||||
| Hazleton, Lesley | Where Mountains Roar | 1980 | W 81 | 19 | ||||||
| Seidman, Naomi | Israel: A Travellers Literary Companion | 1996 | F/M 97 | 9 | ||||||
| Cardin, Rabbi Nina Beth | Tears of Sorrow, Tears of Hope: A Jewish Spiritual Companion for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss | 1999 | S/O 99 | 6 | ||||||
| Veljic, Aleksander | Genocide Revealed: New Light on the Massacre of Serbs and Jews Under Hungarian Occupation | 2012 | M/J13 | 36-37 | ||||||
| Werber, Jack | Saving Children: Diary of a Buchenwald Survivor and Rescuer | 1996 | F/M 96 | 14 | ||||||
| Wolitzer, Hilma | Doctors Daughter: A Novel, The | 2006 | S/O 06 | 34 | ||||||
| Tal, Judi | Path Across the Sky (AUDIO) | 1993 | M/J 94 | 13 | ||||||
| Bogot, Howard I. | Books are Treasures | N/D 82 | 7 | |||||||
| Wulf, Linda Press | Night of the Burning: Devorahs Story, The | 2006 | N/D 06 | 41955 | ||||||
| Brown, Jason Robert, Elish, Dan | 13: A Novel | 2008 | F/M 09 | 38, 40 | ||||||
| Nadler, Leonard, Nadler, Zeace | Living Judaism Around the World | 1997 | F/M 00 | 41828 | ||||||
| Falk, Sandy, Judson, Daniel | Jewish Pregnancy Book: A Resource for the Soul, Body & Mind During Pregnancy, Birth, & the First Three Months, The | 2004 | M/J 04 | 14 | ||||||
| Blitz, Shumuel, Sutton, David | Treasury of Sephardic Bedtime Stories, A | 2006 | S/O 06 | 15 | ||||||
| Codell, Esme Raji, Pham, LeUyen | Hanukkah, Shmanukkah! | 2005 | N/D 05 | 16 | ||||||
| Wolfman, Marv, Ruiz, Mario, Rubin, William J. | Homeland: The Illustrated History of the State of Israel | 2007 | S/O 07 | 9 | ||||||
| Goldstein, Robert M. | Sinister Touches: The Secret War against Hitler | N/D 84 | 6 | |||||||
| Sarna, Nahum M. | Exploring Exodus | 1986 | Heritage of Biblical Israel (vol. 2) | S/O 86 | 6 | |||||
| Abramson, Susan, DiOrio, Ariel | Rabbi Rocketpower and the Half-Baked Matzah Mystery: A Particularly Peculiar Passover | 2009 | F/M 10 | 12 | ||||||
| Levin, Meyer | Classic Chassidic Tales | 1996 | M/J 96 | 10 | ||||||
| Langer, Lawrence L. | Art from the Ashes | 1995 | M/J 95 | 17 | ||||||
| Klezmer Alliance | Mir Basaraber (AUDIO) | 2007 | S/O 08 | 35 | ||||||
| Kellerman, Faye | Justice | 1995 | N/D 95 | 13 | ||||||
| Goetz, Bracha | What Do You See on Pesach | 2007 | S/O 07 | 21 | ||||||
| Dubov, Nissan Dovid | Inward Bound: A Guide to Understanding Kabbalah | 2007 | M/J 08 | 33 | ||||||
| Epstein, T. Scarlett | Swimming Upstream: A Jewish Refugee from Vienna | 2005 | S/O 05 | 43 | ||||||
| Hoffman, Matthew | From Rebel to Rabbi: reclaiming Jesus and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture | 2007 | Stanford Studies in Jewihs History and Culture | S/O 07 | 48 | |||||
| Shulevitz, Judith | Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time, The | 2010 | M/J 10 | 39 | ||||||
| Dalfin, Chaim | Demystifying the Mystical: Understanding the Language and Concepts of Chasidism and Jewish Mysticism: A Primer for the Layman | 1995 | F/M 96 | 8 | ||||||
| Singer, Margot | Pale of Settlement: Stories, The | 2007 | M/J 08 | 22 | ||||||
| Keren, Michael | Zichroni v. State of Israel: The Biography of a Civil Rights Lawyer | 2002 | S/O 02 | 21 | ||||||
| Rosen, Michael | Blessing of the Animals, The | 2000 | F/M 01 | 16 | ||||||
| Johnson, Eric | Nazi Terror: The Gestapo, Jews, and Ordinary Germans | 1999 | S/O 00 | 9 | ||||||
| Morris, Neil | Life of Moses, The | 2003 | Art Revelations Series | F/M 04 | 30 | |||||
| Gurary, Noson | Jewish Holy Days in Chasidic Philosophy, The | 2000 | F/M 01 | 41892 | ||||||
| Scharfstein, Sol | Torah and Commentary: The Five Books of Moses: Translation, Rabbinic and Contemporary Commentary | 2008 | F/M 09 | 17 | ||||||
| Uris, Leon | Haj, The | N/D 84 | 2 | |||||||
| Langley, Andrew | Hitler and Kristallnacht | 2014 | Days of Decision | N/D13 | 9-10 | |||||
| Asner, Anne-Marie Baila | Shluffy Girl | 2005 | F/M 06 | 23 | ||||||
| Fine, Lawrence | Essential Papers on Kabbalah | 1995 | S/O 95 | 7 | ||||||
| Weinstein, Miriam | Prophets and Dreamers: A Selection of Great Yiddish Literature | 2002 | F/M 03 | 41 | ||||||
| Oberski, Jona | Childhood | M/J 83 | 9 | |||||||
| Kramer, Ann | Anne Frank: The Young Writer Who Told the World Her Story | 2007 | World History Biographies Series | M/J 07 | 8 | |||||
| Haber, Eitan | Menachem Begin | S 78 | 2 |
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