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Author/Editor | Title | Place of Publication | Year | Series | ISBN | Issue | P |
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Katsh, Abraham I. | Warsaw Diary of Chaim A. Kaplan, The, 2nd ed. | 1974 | D 74 | 29 | ||||||
Steinsaltz, Adin | Strife of the Spirit, The | 1996 | M/J 97 | 8 | ||||||
Geras, Adele | Goden Windows and Other Stories of Jerusalem | 1993 | N/D 93 | 12 | ||||||
Nattel, Lilian | River Midnight, The | 1999 | N/D 99 | 16 | ||||||
Von Lang, Jochem | Eichmann Interrogated | S/O 84 | 5 | |||||||
Smith, Paula, Seaman, Dorothy | Not Chopped Liver! The Kosher Way to Cook Gourmet | 1994 | F/M 95 | 8 | ||||||
Browning, Christopher R. | Ordinary Men: Reserve Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland | 1992 | M/J 92 | 14 | ||||||
Lazewnik, Libby | Burlgar and Other Stories, The | 2004 | N/D 05 | 13 | ||||||
Goldsmith, Emanuel S., Zumoff, Barnett | Yiddish Literature in America: 1870-2000 | 2009 | N/D 10 | 19 | ||||||
Schaeffer, Susan F. | Love | S/O 81 | 7 | |||||||
Liderman, Jorge | Aires de Sefarad: 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar (AUDIO) | 2006 | F/M 08 | 49 | ||||||
Tigay, Alan M. | Jewish Traveler: Hadassah Magazines Guide to the Worlds Jewish Communities and Sights, The | 1994 | S/O 94 | 41892 | ||||||
Elkeles, Simone | How to Ruin a Summer Vacation | 2006 | N/D 06 | 14 | ||||||
Krich, Rochelle Majer | Till Death Do Us Part | 1992 | S/O 92 | 21 | ||||||
Hoffman, Lawrence A. | Shabbat Morning: Shacharit and Musaf (Morning and Additional Services) | 2007 | My Peoples Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries, vol. 10 | F/M 08 | 40 | |||||
Forest, Heather, Cutchin, Marcia | Feathers | 2005 | S/O 05 | 21 | ||||||
Dubin, Lois C. | Port Jews of Habsburg Trieste: Absolutist Politics and Enlightenment Culture, The | 1999 | S/O 99 | 41828 | ||||||
Dorff, Elliot N. | Conservative Judaism: Our Ancestors to our Descendants | 1977 | Sp78 | 22 | ||||||
Meyers, Jeffrey | Modigliani: A Life | 2006 | S/O 06 | 41-42 | ||||||
Denholtz, Elaine Grudin | Balancing Work and Love: Jewish Women Facing the Family-Career Challenge | 2000 | S/O 01 | 11 | ||||||
Burstein, Chaya M. | Kids Catalog of Animals and the Earth, The | 2006 | M/J 06 | 10, 12 | ||||||
Malka, Victor | Israel Observed | 1980 | W 80 | 16 | ||||||
Morin, Edgar, Montuori, Alfonso | Vidal and His Family: From Salonica to Paris, The Story of a Sephardic Family in the Twenieth Century | 2008 | S/O 10 | 35 | ||||||
Nickel, Midred L. | Steps to Service: A Handbook of Procedures for the School Library Media Center | 1975 | W76 | 20 | ||||||
Feinstein, Michael | Gerwhins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs, The | 2012 | FM13 | 24 | ||||||
Borowitz, Eugene B. | Renewing the Covenant: A Theology for the Postmodern Jew | 1991 | M/J 92 | 14 | ||||||
McDonough, Yona A., Root, Kimberly Bulcken | Doll with the Yellow Star, The | 2005 | N/D 05 | 18-19 | ||||||
Villiers, Douglas | Next Year in Jerusalem: Portraits of the Jew in the 20th Century | 1976 | Sp79 | 25 | ||||||
Suhl, Yuri | On the Other Side of the Gate | W75 | 30 | |||||||
De Groot, Jan | Boy in War, A | 2008 | F/M 10 | 13 | ||||||
Lipsitz, Edmond Y. | World Jewish Directory: Year 2000 Millenium Edition, Revised and Updated (3rd ed.) | 1999 | M/J 00 | 41986 | ||||||
Souhami, Jessica | Little, Little House, The | 2006 | M/J 06 | 15 | ||||||
Mykoff, Moshe | 7th Heaven: Celebrating Shabbat with Rebbe Nachman of Breslov | 2003 | S/O 03 | 23 | ||||||
Rockland, Mae Shafter | Jewish Party Book, The: A Contemporary Guidet o Customs, Crafts and Foods | 1978 | Sp79 | 25 | ||||||
Mandel, Scott | Wired into Teaching Torah: An Internet Companion | 2001 | S/O 01 | 41 | ||||||
Decoste, F. C., Schwartz, Bernard | Holocausts Ghost: Writings on Art, Politics, Law, and Education, The | 2000 | S/O 01 | 11 | ||||||
Schonzeit, Miriam | Theres a Zucchini in the Chocolate Cake and Other Stories | 2012 | M/J13 | 5 | ||||||
McCue, Lisa | Happy Hanukkah, Corduroy | 2009 | N/D 09 | 12 | ||||||
Beiner, Stan J. | Sedra Scenes | S/O 82 | 4 | |||||||
Engel, Dean, Freedman, Florence B. | Ezra Jack Keats: A Biography with Illustrations | 1995 | F/M 96 | 16 | ||||||
Sendak, Maurice | Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale | 2004 | F/M 05 | 26 | ||||||
Loevy, Ram | Close, Closed, Closure (VIDEO) | 2002 | M/J 03 | 26 | ||||||
Yolen, Jane, Colon, Raul | Mightier Than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys | 2003 | M/J 04 | 34 | ||||||
Fishbane, Eitan P. | As Light Before Dawn: The Inner World of a Medieval Kabbalist | 2009 | Studies in Jewish History and Culture | F/M 10 | 34 | |||||
Saturen, Myra | Julietta | 2003 | N/D 03 | 27 | ||||||
Ilan, Tal, Monika Brockhaus, Hidde, Tanja | Introduction to Seder Qodashim: A Feminist Commentary on the Talmud V | 2012 | M/J13 | 25-26 | ||||||
Segal, Eliezer Lorne, Gordon-Lucas, Bonnie | Uncle Elis Special-for-Kids, Most Fun Ever, Under-the-Table Passover Haggadah | 1999 | M/J 00 | 20 | ||||||
Graizbord, David L. | Souls in Dispute: Converso Identities in Iberia and the Jewish Diaspora, 1580-1700 | 2004 | S/O 04 | 18 | ||||||
Soomekh, Saba | From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women Between Religion and Culture | 2012 | S/O13 | 42 | ||||||
Greengard, Alison, Racklin-Siegel, Carol | Rebecca | 2002 | S/O 03 | 43 | ||||||
Hartov, Steven | Devils Shepherd, The | 2000 | M/J 00 | 18 | ||||||
Greene, Jacqueline D., Rubin, Steffi Karen | Nathans Hanukkah Bargain | 1986 | F/M 87 | 8 | ||||||
Rosner, Elizabeth | Blue Nude: A Novel | 2006 | S/O 06 | 33 | ||||||
Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Liebermans Law | 1996 | S/O 96 | 41986 | ||||||
Loeb, Sorel Goldberg | Jewish History Moments and Methods | S/O 82 | 4 | |||||||
Kacer, Kathy, McKay, Sharon E. | Whispers from the Camps | 2009 | F/M 10 | 14 | ||||||
Edelheit, Abraham J., Edelheit, Hershel | History of the Holocaust: A Handbook and Dictionary | 1994 | N/D 95 | 11 | ||||||
Berger, Zdena | Tell Me Another Morning: An Autobiographical Novel | 2007 | F/M 08 | 17 | ||||||
Levine, Karen | Hanas Suitcase: Anniversary Album | 2012 | Holocaust Remembrance | S/O13 | 1 | |||||
Goldberg, Edwin C. | Saying No and Letting Go | 2013 | S/O13 | 25 | ||||||
Riemer, Jack, Stampfer, Nathaniel | Ethical Wills: A Modern Jewish Treasury | 1986 | A/M 86 | 4 | ||||||
Zalben, Jane Breskin | Pearls Passover: A Family Celebration Through Stories, Recipes, Crafts, and Songs | 2002 | F/M 02 | 41 | ||||||
Brown, Laaren, Hort, Lenny, Thomas, Eric | Childrens Illustrated Jewish Bible (rev. ed.) | 2007 | F/M 08 | 9, 11 | ||||||
Taylor, Zachary | Melting Pot: The Peoples and Cultures of New York, The | 2012 | Spotlight on New York | S/O12 | 11 | |||||
Kowalski, Isaac | Anthology on Armed Jewish Resistance 1939-1945 | 1985 | F/M 85 | 5 | ||||||
Yehoshua, A. B. | Journey to the End of the Millennium, A | 1998 | S/O 00 | 35 | ||||||
Antonelli, Judith S. | In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah | 1995 | M/J 96 | 6 | ||||||
Shapiro, Sorah | Trials and Triumphs: Timeless Stories of Hope and Inspiration | 2002 | M/J 03 | 11 | ||||||
Freedman, Shalom | Small Acts of Kindness; Strivign for Derech Eretz in Everyday Life | 2004 | N/D 05 | 27 | ||||||
Matas, Carol | Freak II: Visons, The | 2008 | M/J 08 | 10 | ||||||
Neusner, Jacob | Rabbinic Literature: An Essential Guide | 2005 | S/O 05 | 49 | ||||||
Halpern, Baruch | Davids Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King | 2001 | F/M 02 | 21-22 | ||||||
Van Straten, Giorgio, King, Martha | My Name, A Living Memory | 2003 | M/J 04 | 41892 | ||||||
Becker, Joyce | Bible Crafts | N/D 82 | 11 | |||||||
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 | |||||
Polak, Monique | What World is Left | 2008 | F/M 09 | 43 | ||||||
Attema, Martha | Hero | 2004 | M/J 04 | 37 | ||||||
Weisblum, Moshe Pinchas | Table Talk: Biblical Questions and Answers | 2000 | M/J 01 | 12 | ||||||
Blumenthal, Scott E. | Great Israel Scavenger Hunt, The | 2003 | M/J 04 | 38 | ||||||
McFarlane, Marilyn, Berg, Caroline O. | Sacred Stories: Wisdom from World Religions | 2012 | S/O12 | 3-4 | ||||||
Dennis, Geoffrey W. | Encycloepdia of Jewish Myth, Magic and Mysticism | 2007 | F/M 08 | 38 | ||||||
Wyman, David S. | Paper Walls: America and the Refugee Crisis 1938-1941 | 1985 | N/D 85 | 4 | ||||||
Orgel, Doris | Certain Magic, A | 1976 | F/M 92 | 20 | ||||||
Leviant, Curt | Zix Zexy Ztories | 2012 | Modern Jewish Literature and Culture | FM13 | 41 | |||||
Friedman, Avraham Peretz | Marital Intimacy: A Traditional Jewish Approach | 2005 | F/M 06 | 32 | ||||||
Gellman, Marc, Bliss, Harry | And God Cried Too: A Kids Book of Healing and Hope | 2002 | N/D 02 | 23 | ||||||
Nadav, Mordechai, Mirsky, Mark M., Tropper, Faigie | Jews of Pinsk, 1506 to 1880, The | 2007 | M/J 08 | 27 | ||||||
Bahat, Dan, Rubenstein, Chaim T., Ketko, Shlomo | Illustrated Atlas of Jerusalem, The | 1990 | S/O 90 | 10 | ||||||
Lamm, Norman | Torah: Torah for Torahs Sake in the Works of Hayyim of Volozhin | F/M 90 | 16 | |||||||
Kazis, Bernice | Short Stories of a Long Journey: An Oral History of Russian Jewish Resettlement North of Boston | 2002 | M/J 03 | 17-18 | ||||||
Ascher, Carol | Flood, The | 1987 | N/D 88 | 8 | ||||||
Kaplan, Kalman J., Schwartz, Matthew B. | Psychology of Hope: A Bibliocal Response to Tragedy and Suicide (rev. and exp. ed.) | 2008 | M/J 09 | 24, 26 | ||||||
Thalmann, Rita, Feinermann, Emmanuel | Crystal Night: 9-10 November, 1938 | 1974 | D74 | 30 | ||||||
Krumbein, Elyamkim | Musar for Moderns | 2005 | N/D 05 | 28-29 | ||||||
Finkelman, Shimon | Beloved by All: Rav Avraham Pam: A Life of Kiddush Hashem | 2007 | N/D 07 | 41923 | ||||||
Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Last Dark Place, The | 2004 | F/M 05 | 10 | ||||||
Spielman, Gloria, Archambault, Matthew | Janusz Korczaks Children | 2007 | N/D 07 | 19 | ||||||
Fishman, Sylvia Barack | Way into the Varieties of Jewishness | 2007 | The Way Into Series | S/O 07 | 47 | |||||
Milgrim, Shirley | Haym Salomon, Libertys Son | 1975 | M/J 91 | 24 |