Book Review Index
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| Author/Editor | Title | Place of Publication | Year | Series | ISBN | Issue | P |
Review Author |
Review format | Review type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman, Eileen Bluestone | Independence Avenue | 1990 | N/D 90 | 12 | ||||||
| Claybourne, Anna | Golda Meir | 2003 | Leading Lives Series | F/M 04 | 31 | |||||
| Sendak, Maurice | Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale | 2004 | F/M 05 | 26 | ||||||
| Rowe, David E., Schulmann, Robert | Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stance on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb | 2007 | F/M 08 | 43 | ||||||
| Orde, Lewis | By Blood Divided | 1991 | N/D 91 | 15 | ||||||
| Rosenfeld, Dina H. | Yossi & Laibel: On the Ball | 1998 | N/D 98 | 15 | ||||||
| Saypol, Judyth R. | My Very Own Shavuout Book | F/M 83 | 6 | |||||||
| Suhl, Yuri | Album of the Jews in America, An | 1972 | Sp 75 | 15 | ||||||
| Segal, Eliezer Lorne, Gordon-Lucas, Bonnie | Uncle Elis Special-for-Kids, Most Fun Ever, Under-the-Table Passover Haggadah | 1999 | M/J 00 | 20 | ||||||
| Sagasti, Miriam | Lets Have a Seder | 1997 | M/J 97 | 14 | ||||||
| Graizbord, David L. | Souls in Dispute: Converso Identities in Iberia and the Jewish Diaspora, 1580-1700 | 2004 | S/O 04 | 18 | ||||||
| Goldberg, M. Hirsh | Jewish Connection, The | 1976 | Sp77 | 27 | ||||||
| Greengard, Alison, Racklin-Siegel, Carol | Rebecca | 2002 | S/O 03 | 43 | ||||||
| Daum, Menachem, Rudavsky, Oren | Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance after the Holocaust (VIDEO) | 2004 | N/D 04 | 8 | ||||||
| Forman, David J. | Fifty Ways to Be Jewish, or, Simon & Garfunkel, "Jesus Loves You Less Than You Will Know" | 2001 | M/J 03 | 15 | ||||||
| Shatzky, Joel, Taub, Michael | Contemporary Jewish-American Dramatists and Poets: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook | 1999 | S/O 00 | 20, 31 | ||||||
| Nebens, Amy, Sternfeld, David Lewis | Bar Mitzvah/ Bat Mitzvah: Planning the Perfect Day | 2005 | N/D 05 | 10 | ||||||
| Kacer, Kathy, McKay, Sharon E. | Whispers from the Camps | 2009 | F/M 10 | 14 | ||||||
| Dolan, Edward F. | Matters of Life and Death | W83 | 13 | |||||||
| Berger, Zdena | Tell Me Another Morning: An Autobiographical Novel | 2007 | F/M 08 | 17 | ||||||
| Kuntzel, Matthias, Mead, Colin | Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11 | 2007 | S/O 08 | 17 | ||||||
| Goldberg, Edwin C. | Saying No and Letting Go | 2013 | S/O13 | 25 | ||||||
| Miller, Lily Poritz | In a Pale Blue Light: A Novel | 2009 | S/O 10 | 26 | ||||||
| Podwal, Mark | Giant Made of Mud, A | 1995 | F/M 96 | 17-18 | ||||||
| Zalben, Jane Breskin | Pearls Passover: A Family Celebration Through Stories, Recipes, Crafts, and Songs | 2002 | F/M 02 | 41 | ||||||
| Berman, Harold, Berman, Gayle | Doublelife: One Family, Two Faiths and a Journey of Hope | 2013 | N/D13 | 20 | ||||||
| Greengard, Alison, Racklin-Siegel, Carol | Brave Women Who Saved Moses, The | 2009 | F/M 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Lopes Cardozo, Nathan T. | Written and Oral Torah: A Comprehensive Introduction, The | 1997 | M/J 98 | 41892 | ||||||
| Gabor, Georgia M. | My Destiny, Survivor of the Holocaust | 1981 | W82 | 11 | ||||||
| Sichrovsky, Peter | Abraham’s Children: Israel’s Young Generation | 1991 | M/J 92 | 19 | ||||||
| Shapiro, Sorah | Trials and Triumphs: Timeless Stories of Hope and Inspiration | 2002 | M/J 03 | 11 | ||||||
| Rubin, Susan Goldman | LChaim! To Jewish Life in America!: Celebrating from 1654 until Today | 2004 | F/M 05 | 22 | ||||||
| Freedman, Shalom | Small Acts of Kindness; Strivign for Derech Eretz in Everyday Life | 2004 | N/D 05 | 27 | ||||||
| Ford, Nick | Jerusalem Under Muslim Rule in the Eleventh Century: Christian Pilgrims Under Islamic Government | 2004 | The Library of the Middle Ages | M/J 04 | 34 | |||||
| Stern, Steve | Harry Kaplans Adventures Underground | 1991 | F/M 92 | 21-22 | ||||||
| Neusner, Jacob | Rabbinic Literature: An Essential Guide | 2005 | S/O 05 | 49 | ||||||
| Greenspan, Jay Seth | Hebrew Calligraphy | N/D 81 | 12 | |||||||
| Houminer, Shemuel, Gross, Kalmen | Faith and Trust | M/J 94 | 41860 | |||||||
| Klug, Lisa Alcalay | Coll Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe | 2008 | F/M 09 | 13 | ||||||
| Dicker, Herman | Of Learning and Libraries: The Seminary Library at One Hundred | 1988 | M/J 90 | 10 | ||||||
| Goldberg, David J., Kessler, Edward | Aspects of Liberal Judaism: Essays in Honour of John D. Rayner | 2004 | M/J 05 | 33-34 | ||||||
| Polak, Monique | What World is Left | 2008 | F/M 09 | 43 | ||||||
| Angel, Marc D. | Maimonides, Spinoza, and Us: Toward an Intellectually Vibrant Judaism | 2009 | M/J 10 | 26, 28 | ||||||
| Rabin, A. I., Hazan, Bertha | Collective Education in the Kibbutz | 1973 | W75 | 28 | ||||||
| Hillel, Marc, Henry, Clarissa | Of Pure Blood | 1976 | Sp77 | 28 | ||||||
| Spero, Shubert | Aspects of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchicks Philosophy of Judaism: An Analytic Approach | 2009 | F/M 10 | 39 | ||||||
| Hoffman, Lawrence A., Wolfson, Ron, Aron, Bill | What You Will See Inside a Synagogue | 2004 | F/M 05 | 34 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Wolf, Jacqueline | Take Care of Josette | S/O 82 | 8 | |||||||
| Johnson, Frank J., Leffler, William J. | Jews and Mormons: Two Houses of Israel | 2000 | S/O 01 | 15, 17 | ||||||
| Abramowitz, Mayer | Sacred Sword: A Novel About the Inquisition | 1991 | S/O 92 | 21 | ||||||
| Hirsh, Marilyn | I Love Hanukah | M/J 86 | 5 | |||||||
| Heller, Marvin J. | Further Studies in the Making of the Early Hebrew Book | 2013 | S/O13 | 30 | ||||||
| Papercutting: Reviving a Jewish Folk Art | 1994 | S/O 94 | 41923 | |||||||
| Adlington, L. J. | Diary of Pelly D., The | 2005 | F/M 06 | 12 | ||||||
| Cohen, Nancy J. | Body Wave | 2002 | F/M 03 | 21 | ||||||
| Simon, Merrill | Moshe Arens, Statesman and Scientist Speaks Out | 1988 | F/M 88 | 41734 | ||||||
| Staub, Michael E. | Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America | 2002 | F/M 03 | 39 | ||||||
| Fishbein, Susie, Uher, John | Kosher by Design: Kids in the Kitchen | 2005 | F/M 06 | 41955 | ||||||
| Singer, Isaac Bashevis | Shosha | 1978 | W78 | 24 | ||||||
| Adler, Larry | It Aint Necessarily So: An Autobiography | 1987 | S/O 87 | 6 | ||||||
| Eitan, Ora | Hannas Sabbath Dress | 1996 | F/M 97 | 14 | ||||||
| Band, Sarah Aroeste | Puertas (AUDIO) | 2007 | M/J 08 | 43, 46 | ||||||
| Evening with Herschel Bernardi. An | 1995 | S/O 96 | 16 | |||||||
| Kaplan, Howard | Chopin Express, The | 1978 | W78 | 23 | ||||||
| Jules, Jacqueline, Kahn, Katherine Janus | Noah and the Ziz | 2005 | M/J 05 | 16 | ||||||
| Musleah, Rahel, Jarrett, Judy | Apples and Pomegranates: A Family Seder for Rosh Hashannah | 2004 | S/O 04 | 48 | ||||||
| Dorff, Elliot N. | Way into Tikkun Olam, The | 2005 | Repairing the World | M/J 06 | 25 | |||||
| Spirin, Gennady | Lord is My Shepherd: The Twenty-Third Psalm, The | 2008 | M/J 08 | 16 | ||||||
| Rawidowicz, Simon | Studies in Jewish Thought | 1974 | M/J 91 | 23 | ||||||
| Goldman, David J. | Jewish Sports Stars: Athletic Heroes Past and Present (Rev. ed.) | 2006 | M/J 07 | 7 | ||||||
| Abraham, Pearl | Romance Reader, The | 1995 | N/D 95 | 12 | ||||||
| Polak-Sahm, Varda, Pace, Anne Hartstein | House of Secrets: The Hidden World of the Mikveh, The | 2009 | M/J 10 | 36, 38 | ||||||
| Shore, Jacques J. M., Hoffman, Amalia | Friday Night with the Pope | 2006 | M/J 07 | 15-16 | ||||||
| Coleman, Wim, Perrin, Pat | Osama Bin Laden | 2006 | People Who Made History Series | F/M 06 | 21 | |||||
| Horowitz, Irving Louis | Daydreams and Nightmares: Reflections of a Harlem Childhood | 1990 | S/O 91 | 18-19 | ||||||
| Polachek, Shlomo, Himelstein, Shmuel | Biblical Outlook: Topics in Jewish Philosophy, The | 2012 | N/D12 | 34 | ||||||
| Rabb, M. C. | Missing Persons: The Rose Queen | 2004 | S/O 04 | 46 | ||||||
| Klein, Isaac | Time to Be Born, A Time to Die, A | 1976 | Sp77 | 32 | ||||||
| Wiseman, Eva | Kanada | 2006 | F/M 07 | 13 | ||||||
| Preus, Margi | Shadow on the Mountain | 2012 | S/O13 | 8-9 | ||||||
| Hughes, Chris | Israel | 2003 | Nations in Conflict Series | S/O 03 | 54 | |||||
| Chayen, Edna | Green Fantasy: Ruthie Discovers the Secret to Noah's Ecosystem, A | 2010 | S/O 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Singer, Isaac Bashevis | Power of Light: 8 Stories for Hanukkah | 1980 | W 80 | 9 | ||||||
| Encyclpedic Dictionary of Judaica | 1974 | W75 | 28 | |||||||
| Schoolman, Leonard A | Changing Christian World, The: A Brief Introduction for Jews | 2008 | N/D 08 | 19 | ||||||
| Abrams, Nathan | New Jew in Film: Exploring Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Cinema, The | 2012 | FM13 | 17 | ||||||
| Chaikin, Miriam, Gore, Leonid | Angel Secrets: Stories Based on Jewish Legend | 2005 | N/D 05 | 15 | ||||||
| Berger, Moshe Tzvi Halevi | Visions of the Psalms: Through the Gate of Colors | 2005 | F/M 06 | 28-29 | ||||||
| Schwartz, Howard | Liliths Cave | 1988 | N/D 88 | 7 | ||||||
| Lehrman, Robert | Store that Mama Built, The | 1992 | M/J 92 | 22 | ||||||
| Elbogen, Ismar | Jewish Liturgy: a Comprehensive History | 1993 | M/J 94 | 13 | ||||||
| Jablonski, Carla, Purvis, Leland | Resistance | 2010 | M/J 10 | 17 | ||||||
| Arad, Yitzhak | Holocaust in the Soviet Union, The | 2009 | N/D 10 | 16 | ||||||
| Ben-Amos, Dan, Noy, Dov, Shander, Ira | Folktales of the Jews: Tales from the Sephardic Disperson | 2006 | F/M 07 | 18, 23 | ||||||
| Roy, Monique | Once Upon a Time in Venice | 2007 | N/D 07 | 13 | ||||||
| Lowin, Joseph | Cyntyia Ozick | 1988 | Twaynes United States Authors Series | F/M 89 | 11 | |||||
| Deutsch, Tehilla, Romanenko, Vitaliy | Benny the Big Shot | 2010 | N/D 10 | 12 | ||||||
| Mostowicz, Arnold, Polonsky, Henia, Polonsky, Nochem | With a Yellow Star and a Red Cross: A Doctor in the Lodz Ghetto | 2005 | Library of Holocaust Testimonies | N/D 05 | 30 | |||||
| Jacobson, Eric | Metaphysics of the Profane: The Political Theology of Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem | 2003 | M/J 05 | 36-37 |
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