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Place of Publication | Year | Series | ISBN | Issue | P | Review Author | Review format | Review type |
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Rosner, Jennifer | The Mitten String | 2014 | M/J 15 | 15 | Marks, Allison | |||||
Holzer, David | The Medieval Haggadah Anthology with the Commentary of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. | 2014 | M/J 15 | 29-30 | Tesler, David | |||||
Bollati, Milvia, Cassen, Flora, Epstein, Marc Michael, De Hamel, Christopher, Hindman, Sandra | The Lombard Haggadah | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 22 | Berger, Shulamith | Book | Adult | |||
The Koren Youth Siddur | 2015 | The Magerman Edition | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
The Koren Succot Mahzor Hebrew/English edition | 2015 | F/ M 2017 | 15 | David Tesler | ||||||
The Koren Children’s Siddur | 2014 | The Magerman Edition | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
The Koren Ani Tefilla Siddur: A Summer Camp Siddur and Humash for Reflection, Connection, and Learning | 2014 | The Magerman Edition | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Sokol, Leah, Boroda, Joni Aliza | The King's Horse: A Purim Story | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 23 | Chava,Pinchuck | Book | Juvenile | |||
Brook, Kevin Alan | The Jews of Khazaria 3rd Edition | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 25 | Randall C. Belinfante [nid:51578] and Anne-Marie Belinfante | Book | ||||
Simonsohn, Shlomo | The Jews of Italy: Antiquity | 2014 | M/J 15 | 38-39 | Belinfante, Randall C. | |||||
Golding, Joshua L. | The Jewish Spiritual Path: The Way of the Name | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 28 | Kohn, Roger S. | Book | ||||
Azar, François | The Jewish Parrot and Other Judeo-Spanish Tales | 2014 | M/J 15 | 9 | Dublin, Anne | |||||
Berger, Natalia | The Jewish Museum: History and Memory, Identity and Art from Vienna to the Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem | 2018 | Jewish Identities in a Changing World; 29 | F/M 2019 | 2 | Kohn, Roger S. | Book | Adult | ||
Berkowitz, Rabbanit Adena | The Jewish Journey Haggadah: Connecting the Generations | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 11 | Freiband, Susan | Book | Adult | |||
Pessin, Andrew | The Jewish God Questions: What Jewish Thinkers Have Said about God, the Book, the People, and the Land | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 28 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | Book | Adult | |||
Yaffa Ganz | The Jewish Fact Finder: A Bookful of Important Torah Facts and Handy Jewish Information | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 8 | Nira Wolfe | |||||
Kravitz, Asher | The Jewish Dog | 2015 | M/J 15 | 12 | Pinchuck, Kathe | |||||
Stuart M. Matlins | The Jewish Book of Grief and Healing: A Spiritual Companion for Mourning | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 16 | Nathan Rosen | |||||
Mnookin, Robert | The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 27 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | Book | Adult | |||
Trotter, Jonathan R. | The Jerusalem Temple in Diaspora Jewish Practice and Thought during the Second Temple Period | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 32 | Levy, David B | Book | Adult | |||
Sullam, Simon Levis, trans. Smyth, Oona, Patane, Claudia | The Italian Executioners: the Genocide of the Jews of Italy | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 33 | Simon, Rachel | Book | Adult | |||
Wright, Fiona | The Israeli Radical Left: An Ethics of Complicity | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 37 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | Book | Adult | |||
Boum, Aomar, Stein, Sarah Abrevaya | The Holocaust and North Africa | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 24-25 | Simon, Rachel | Book | ||||
Krasnoff, Barbara | The History of Soul 2065 | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 35 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | Book | Adult | |||
Hirsch, Samson Raphael | The Hirsch Siddur: Revised Edition | 2018 | S/O 2019 | 16 | Levy, David B | Book | Adult | |||
Schlitz, Laura Amy | The Hired Girl | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 2 | Levine, Joyce | |||||
Gefen, Shira, Polonsky, David [nid:52283], illustrator | The Heart Shaped Leaf | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 18-19 | Bloomfield, Kathy | Book | Juvenile | |||
Green, Arthur | The Heart of the Matter: Studies in Jewish Mysticism and Theology | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 19 | Stein, Marion M | |||||
Hermelin, Aviva | The Grizzbears Make New Friends | 2016 | Animals Build Character Series: Listen and Learn from the Animals | S/O 2016 | 31-32 | Pinchuck, Chava | ||||
Hermelin, Aviva | The Grizzbears Discover the Golan | 2016 | Animals Build Character Series: Listen and Learn from the Animals | S/O 2016 | 31-32 | Pinchuck, Chava | ||||
Kugel, James L. | The Great Shift: Encountering God in Biblical Times | M/J 2019 | 32 | Gordon, Ilka | Book | Adult | ||||
Phillips, Denise | The Gourmet Jewish Cookbook: More Than 200 Recipes From Around the World | 2014 | M/J 15 | 35 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |||||
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar | The Glow of the Spotlight: My Journey with Rebecca | 2014 | American Girl Series | S/O 2015 | 29-30 | Dublin, Anne | ||||
Sharenow, Robert | The Girl in the Torch | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 4 | Dublin, Anne | |||||
MacWilliams, Bryon | The Girl in the Haystack | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 16 | Bloomfield, Kathy | Book | Juvenile | |||
Kahn, David | The Gates of Repentance-Shaarei Teshuvah. Rabbeinu Yonah of Gerona | 2014 | M/J 15 | 30-31 | Belinfante, Randall C. | |||||
Nadelson, Scott | The Four Corners of the World, Stories | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 36 | Freiband, Susan | Book | Adult | |||
Wolas, Cherise | The Family Tabor: A Novel | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 36 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | Book | Adult | |||
Zohar, Gil | The Experience of Israel: Sights and Cities | 2015 | Voices from Israel | N/D 2015 | 7 | Rapp, Andrea | ||||
The Eighth Menorah | 2013 | F/M14 | 15 | |||||||
Sarnoff, Sarah | The Disambiguation of Susan | 2014 | M/J 15 | 44-45 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |||||
Riemer, Jack | The Day I Met Father Isaac at the Supermarket: Lesson in how to live from the Jewish Tradition | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 34 | Isaac, Fred | Book | Adult | |||
Irene Shaland | The Dao of Being Jewish and Other Stories, Seeking Jewish Narrative All Over the World | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 21 | Freiband, Susan | |||||
Ben-Gur, Naomi, Kober, Shahar | The Cricket and the Ant: A Shabbat Story | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 39 | Dublin, Anne | |||||
Levison, Deborah Vadas | The Crate: A Story of War, a Murder, and Justice | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 30 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | Book | Adult | |||
Goetz, Bracha, Younger, Devora | The Courage Club | 2017 | N/D 2018 | 7 | Chava,Pinchuck | Book | Juvenile | |||
Broyde, J. Michael, Bedzow, Ira | The Codification of Jewish Law and an Introduction to the Jurisprudence of the Mishna Berura | 2014 | M/J 15 | 22 | Tesler, David | |||||
Clark, Kathy | The Choice | 2015 | A Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers | M/J 15 | 11 | Krasner, Barbara | ||||
Molchadsky, Yael, Bergman, Orit | The Chameleon That Saved Noah's Ark | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 30 | Gershowitz, Elissa | |||||
Karp, Raphael N. | The Cats of J-Town: A Clash of Colonies | 2014 | M/J 15 | 8 | Pinchuck, Kathe | |||||
Miller, David Lee, Rubin, Steven Jay, Baddeley, Elizabeth | The Cat Who Lived With Anne Frank | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 13 | Glasser, Rachel | Book | Juvenile | |||
Von Konigslow, Alexis | The Capacity for Infinite Happiness | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 43 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |||||
Ethan B. Katz | The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France | 2015 | F/ M 2017 | 12 | Randall C. Belinfante | |||||
Nakagaki, T.K. | The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler's Cross: Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 27-28 | Lieberman, Eli | 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 | |||
Hoose, Phillip | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 13 | Citrin, Rena | |||||
Heiligman, Deborah | The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos | 2013 | F/M14 | 3 | Marks, Allison | |||||
undefined | The Boy at the Top of the Mountain | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Lightman, Sarah | The Book of Sarah | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 26 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | Book | Adult | |||
Zuckerman, Julie | The Book of Jeremiah : A Novel in Stories | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 36 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | Book | Adult | |||
Adams, Jenni | The Bloomsbury Companion to Holocaust Literature | 2014 | M/J 15 | 19 | Darrow, Sheila | |||||
Carasik, Michael | The Bible's Many Voices | S/O14 | 7 | Quinn, Arthur G. | ||||||
Gelfand, Shoshana Boyd | The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales | 2013 | F/M14 | 1 | Dublin, Anne | |||||
Seigel, Tom | The Astronaut's Son: A Novel | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 38 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | Book | Adult | |||
Fine, Gary M. | The Art of Yannai | 2018 | F/M 2019 | 3-4 | Wolfe, Nira | Book | Adult | |||
Collins, John J. | The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. 3rd edition | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 14 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |||||
Newhouse, Alana | The 100 Most Jewish Foods | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 28 | Gordon, Ilka | Book | Adult | |||
Levitan, Chana | That's Why I Married You: How to Dance with Personality Differences | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 14 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | Book | Adult | |||
Martin, Bernard | That Man from Smyrna | O 79 | 6 | |||||||
Radke, Linda | That Hungarians In My Kitchen | 1990 | M/J 91 | 14 | ||||||
Karwoski, Gail Langer, Gootman, Marilyn E., Balouch, Kristen | Thank You, Trees! | 2013 | FM13 | 4 | ||||||
Gold, August, Halperin, Wendy Anderson | Thank You, God, For Everything | 2009 | M/J 09 | 17 | ||||||
Groner, Judyth, Wikler, Madeline | Thank You, God!: A Jewish Childs Book of Prayers | 1993 | F/M 94 | 14 | ||||||
Bea, Holly, Howard, Kim | Thank You, God | 2003 | S/O 03 | 55 | ||||||
Lundy, Charlotte, Ray James, Margaret | Thank You, Esther | 2002 | F/M 02 | 32 | ||||||
Lieberman, Allan | Thank God Im a Jewish Boy (AUDIO) | N/D 92 | 26 | |||||||
Ochs, Peter, Levene, Nancy | Textual Reasonings: Jewish Philosophy and Text Study at the End of the Twentieth Century | 2003 | N/D 03 | 15 | ||||||
Stein, Dina | Textual Mirrors: Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self | 2012 | M/J13 | 36 | ||||||
Salkin, Jeffrey K. | Text Messages: A Torah Commentary for Teens | 2012 | N/D12 | 2 | ||||||
Aleichem, Sholem, Halkin, Hillel | Tevye the Dairyman and The Railroad Stories | 1987 | Library of Yiddish Classics | S/O 87 | 41892 | |||||
Abrams, Elliott | Tested by Zion: The Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | 2013 | Council on Foreign Relations | S/O13 | 19 | |||||
Robbins, Christopher | Test of Courage: The Michel Thomas Story | 2000 | F/M 01 | 10 | ||||||
Steinsaltz, Adin | Teshuvah: A Guide for the Newly Observant Jew | N/D 96 | 12 | |||||||
Friedman, Saul S. | Terzin Diary of Gonda Redlich | 1993 | S/O 93 | 18 | ||||||
Meltzer, Milton | Terrorists, The | S/O 84 | 10 | |||||||
Burgan, Michael | Terrorist Groups | 2010 | Terrorism Series | M/J 10 | 20-21 | |||||
Raynor, Thomas P. | Terrorism: Past, Present, Future | W83 | 13 | |||||||
Friedman, Lauri S. | Terrorism | 2005 | Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints | F/M 06 | 21-22 | |||||
Yancey, Diane | Terrorism | 2006 | Lucent Overview Series | F/M 06 | 22-23 | |||||
Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Terror Town | 2006 | S/O 06 | 31 | ||||||
Bell, J. Bowyer | Terror Out of Zion: Irgun Zvai Leumi, Lehi and the Palestine Underground, 1929-49 | 1977 | W77 | 25 | ||||||
Raab, David | Terror in Black September: The First Eyewitness Account of the Infamous 1970 Hijackings | 2007 | M/J 08 | 27 | ||||||
Ganz, Yaffa, Taub, Y. E. | Terrible/Wonderful Day, The | 1987 | F/M 87 | 41828 | ||||||
Bernstein, Robin, Kawasaki, Shauna | Terrible, Terrible! A Folktale Retold | 1998 | N/D 98 | 13, 15 | ||||||
Bunting, Eve, Gammell, Steven | Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust | 1989 | N/D 89 | 13-14 | ||||||
Yehoshua, Abraham B., Cummings, Ora | Terrible Power of a Minor Guilt: Literary Essays, The | 2000 | S/O 01 | 22 | ||||||
Friedman, Lauri S. | Terorrism: Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints | 2005 | F/M 06 | 21-22 | ||||||
Yancey, Diane | Terorrism | 2006 | Lucent Overview Series | F/M 06 | 22-23 | |||||
Friedman, Saul S. | Terezin Diary of Gonda Redlich, The | 1993 | S/O 93 | 18 | ||||||
Roseman, Kenneth | Tenth of Av, The | 1988 | N/D 88 | 10 |