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| Title | Author/Editor | Series | Publisher |
Year |
Issue | P | Review Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potatoes at Turtle Rock. | Schnur, Susan, Schnur-Fishman, Anna, Steele-Morgan, Alex | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Quay, Alex | |
| The Grizzbears Make New Friends | Hermelin, Aviva | Animals Build Character Series: Listen and Learn from the Animals | Chaim Mazo | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 31-32 | Pinchuck, Chava |
| Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict & the Movement to Boycott Israel | Cary Nelson | Indiana University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 18 | Marion M. Stein | |
| Modernizing Jewish Education in Nineteenth Century Eastern Europe: The School as the Shrine of the Jewish Enlightenment | Zalkin, Mordechai | Leiden | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 38 | Levy, David B | |
| Alligator Candy: A Memoir | Kushner, David | Simon & Schuster | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 9 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Witness: Passing the Torch of Holocaust Memory to New Generations | Rubenstein, Eli | Second Story Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 36 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Rebbetzin Vichna Kaplan: The Founder of the Bais Yaakov Movement in America | Leibowitz, Daniella, Gliksman, Devora | Feldheim Publishers | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 18 | Levy, David B | |
| Baby of Our Own | Blau, Sara, Leff, Tova | Hachai | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 7 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Resisting the Nazis | Throp, Claire, Williams, Brian, Williams, Brenda | Heroes of World War II Series | Heinemann-Raintree | 2016 | F/M 16 | 42-43 | Isaac, Fred |
| Nietzsche’s Jewish Problem: Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism | Holub, Robert C | Princeton University Press | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 31 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| Converting Masters: World Famous Masterpieces with a Jewish Twist | Etsy Frankel-Fersel | Menorah Books | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 6 | Nira Wolfe | |
| Growth through Governance: What Every Jewish Nonprofit Leader Needs to Know | Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher | Mazo Publishers | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 22 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Symphony No. 3 ‘Kaddish’ | Bernstein, Leonard | American Classics, NAXOS | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 42 | Wolfe, Nira | |
| Gabriel's Horn | Kimmel, Eric A., Surducan, Maria | Kar-Ben | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 27 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| Hershele, a Jewish Love Story | Dinezon, Jacob, Peppler, Jane | Jewish Storytetter Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 24 | Dwoskin, Beth | |
| Pesach Guess Who? A Lift-the-Flap Book | Stern, Ariella, Argoff, Patti | Hachai | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 12 | Kamin, Rachel Erlich | |
| . Fifty Shades of Talmud: What the First Rabbis Had to Say About You-Know-What | Anton, Maggie | Banot Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 13 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| Hanukkah with Mazel. | Stein, Joel, Vavouri, Elisa | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 3 | McMahon, Martha | |
| Writing Jewish Culture: Paradoxes in Ethnography | Andreas Kilcher, Gabriella Safran | Indiana University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 12 | Beth Dwoskin | |
| Momo Fox Learns How to Be a Good Neighbor | Hermelin, Aviva | Animals Build Character Series: Listen and Learn from the Animals | Chaim Mazo | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 31-32 | Pinchuck, Chava |
| Remember my Soul: What to Do in Memory of A Loved One; A Path of Reflection and Inspiration for Shiva, the Stages of Jewish Mourning and Beyond | Lori Palatnik, Yaakov Palatnik | K'hal Publishing & Afikim Foundation | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 18 | Nathan Rosen | |
| Tiferet Yisrael: Translation and Commentary: Volume 1: Introduction and Chapters 1-9. | Loew, Yehudah ben Bezalel, Widmonte, Ramon | Urim Publications | 2016 | M/J 2018 | 26 | David B. Levy | |
| “How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?”: Women and Jewish American Identity in Contemporary Graphic Memoirs | Oksman, Tahneer | Columbia University Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 18 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| ABC Passover Hunt | Balsley, Tilda, Poole, Helen | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 43 | Citrin, Rena | |
| Necessary Mourning: Healing the Loss of a Parent through Jewish Ritual | Abraham-Klein, Dahlia | Shamashi Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 1 | Nathan Rosen | |
| Vladimir Jabotinsky’s Story of My Life | Jabotinsky, Vladimir, Horowitz, Brian, Katsis, Leonid | Wayne State University Press | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 31 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| The Zohar: Pritzker Edition Volume 11 | Joel Hecker | Stanford University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 6 | David B. Levy | |
| Girls of Liberty: The Struggle for Suffrage in Mandatory Palestine | Margalit Shilo | Brandeis University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 22 | Dr. Yaffa Weisman | |
| Little Red Rosie | Kimmel, Eric A., Gutierrez, Monica | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 27-28 | Quay, Alex | |
| Here I Am | Foer, Jonathan Safran | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 24 | Gremillion, Yossi | |
| Yitzi and the Giant Menorah | Ungar, Richard | Tundra Books | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 3 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Excitement in the Air for All! | Hermelin, Aviva | Animals Build Character Series: Listen and Learn from the Animals | Chaim Mazo | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 31-32 | Pinchuck, Chava |
| Flower Girl Wore Celery, The | Gordon, Meryl G., Clifton-Brown, Holly | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 8 | Cole, Ellen | |
| One Fine Shabbat | Barash, Chris, Mai-Wyss, Tatjana | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 43 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| The Wisdom of Solomon and Us: The Quest for Meaning, Morality, and a Deeper Relationship with God | Angel, Marc D. | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 2 | Sukenic, Harvey | |
| More than Enough: A Passover Story | Wayland, April Halprin, Kath, Katie | Dial Books for Young Readers | 2016 | F/M 16 | 47 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| From Nuremberg to Hollywood: The Holocaust and the Courtroom in American Fictive Film. | Jordan, James | Vallentine Mitchell | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 31 | Schutzman, Laura | |
| The Jewish Fact Finder: A Bookful of Important Torah Facts and Handy Jewish Information | Yaffa Ganz | Feldheim Publishers | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 8 | Nira Wolfe | |
| Sing-Along Alef Bet | Zasloff, Doni | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 14-15 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Casting Lots : Creating a Family in a Beautiful Broken World | Susan Silverman | Da Capo Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 24 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Rosh Hashanah Is Coming! | Newman, Tracy, Garofoli, Viviana | Kar-Ben | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 28 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories | Lempel, Blume, Cassedy, Ellen, Taub, Yermiyahu Ahron | Dryad Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 24-25 | Dwoskin, Beth | |
| Og's Ark | Marks, Allison, Marks, Wayne, Peluso, Martina | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 34 | Lurie, Aimee | |
| Skating with the Statue of Liberty | Meyer, Susan Lynn | Delacorte Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 32 | Marks, Allison | |
| Rendevous with God; Revealing the Meaning of the Jewish Holidays and their Mysterious Rituals | Nathan Laufer | Maggid Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 14 | David Tesler | |
| Dream of Zion: The Story of the First Zionist Congress | Epstein, Lawrence J. | Rowman & Littlefield | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 6 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| Jewish in America: Living George Washington's Promise | Rubin, Richard R. | Park International Publishing | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 19 | Schutzman, Laura | |
| Zohar: Pritzker Edition. Vol. 9. | Matt, Daniel C. | Stanford University Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 11 | Levy, David B | |
| . Moadei HaRav: Public Lectures on the Festivals by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik | Pick, Shlomo H. | Urim | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 20 | Levy, David B | |
| Massacre in Munich: How Terrorists Changed the Olympics and the World | Nardo, Don | Captured Sports History series | Capstone | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 8 | Dublin, Anne |
| Kopecks for Blintzes | Goldman, Judy, Batori, Susan | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 43 | Silverman, Lisa | |
| Royal Attire: On Karaite and Rabbanite Beliefs | Ben Nisan, Hakham Moredechai, Gabriel Wasserman | The Karaite Jews of America Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 2 | Randall C. Belinfante | |
| Six Memos form the Last Millennium: A Novelist Reads the Talmud | Joseph Skibell | University of Texas Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 24 | Issac, Fred | |
| Sky-High Sukkah | Packer, Rachel Ornstein, Zemke, Deborah | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 28 | Cole, Ellen | |
| Miriam’s Song: The Story of Miriam’s Peretz | Shir, Smadar | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 15 | Share, Ellen | ||
| The Sparkling Gift: the Story of the Miraculous Mon | Rozen, Abigail, Hammerman, Lisa Cain | Feldheim | 2016 | F/M 16 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| My Aunt Manya | Patterson, Jose | Troubador Publishing | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 32-33 | Marks, Allison | |
| The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. 3rd edition | Collins, John J. | William B. Eerdmans | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 14 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| Anne Frank: Heroic Diarist of the Holocaust | Killcoyne, Hope Lourie | Britannica Beginner Bios | Britannica/Rosen | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 4 | Krasner, Barbara |
| That's Why I Married You: How to Dance with Personality Differences | Levitan, Chana | Gefen | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 14 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| Kabbalat Shabbat: The Great Unification | Band, Debra, Scheindlin, Raymond P. | Honeybee in the Garden | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 4 | Share, Ellen | |
| After the Death of God, a Phenomenological Study of Hebrew Literature | Avi Sagi | Academic Studies Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 19 | David Tesler | |
| Gift of Stuttering: Confronting Life’s Challenges: A Personal Journey | Mernick, Moe | Mosaica Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 11 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Avi the Ambulance to the Rescue | Carlson, Claudia | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 9 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Shh... Shh... Shabbat | Marshall, Linda Elovitz, Golubeva, Evgenia | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 44 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| Daughter Who Got Away, The | Freedman, Leora | Yotzeret Publishing | 2016 | F/M 2016 | 28 | Schutzman, Laura | |
| The New World Haggadah | Stavans, Ilan, Ballen, Gloria Abella | Gaon Books | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 24 | Smailes, Suzanne | |
| On the Edge of the Holocaust, The Shoah in Latin American Literature and Culture | Aizenberg, Edna | Brandeis University Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 1 | Freiband, Susan | |
| Maya Prays for Rain | Tarcov, Susan, Ochoa, Anna | Kar-Ben | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 29 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| Franco’s Refugees: Records of the Jews Who Came Through Spain and Portugal to New York City 1940-1941: Volume I, June–October 1940 | Feldman, Lawrence H. | Clearfield Company | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 15 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Ship to Nowhere: On Board the Exodus, The | Arato, Rona | Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers - Book 15 | Second Story Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 4-5 | Pinchuck, Chava |
| Zionists in Interwar Czechoslovakia: Minority Nationalism and the Politics of Belonging | Tatjana Lichtenstein | Indiana University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 14-15 | Hallie Cantor | |
| Sage Advice: Pirkei Avot | Greenberg, Irving | Maggid Books | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 6 | Sukenic, Harvey | |
| Becoming a Soulful Educator: How to Bring Jewish Learning from Our Minds and Hearts to Our Souls- and into Our Lives | Ben David, Aryeh | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 4 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| Shalom, Everybodeee! Grover's Adventures in Israel | Balsley, Tilda | Kar-Ben | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 11-12 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| From Mouring to Morning: A Comprehensive Guide to Mourning, Grieving, and Bereavement with Special Emphasis on the Shiva Call | Simeon Schreiber | Urim Publications | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 20 | Nathan Rosen | |
| And so is the Bus: Jerusalem Stories | Birstein, Yossel, Birstein, Margaret, Inbar, Hana, Manaster, Robert | Dryad Press | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 40 | Share, Ellen | |
| Honorable Mentschen: A Torah-Based Guide to Derech Eretz and Social Skills | Krohn, Genendel, Cohen, Avigayil | Feldheim | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 37 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Me, Myself & God: A Theology of Mindfulness | Roth, Jeff | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 20 | Kohn, Roger S. | |
| Alef-Bet Hebrew Letter Primer. | Chaput, Rachel | Stone Guild Publishing | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 10 | Kamin, Rachel Erlich | |
| Not for All the Hamantaschen in Town | Milhander, Laura Aron, Chernyak, Inna | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 44 | Cole, Ellen | |
| My Own Words | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Simon and Schuster | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 9 | Rachel Simon | |
| Kosher Taste | Amy Stopniki | Feldheim Publishers | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 25 | Debbie Feder | |
| Finding Recovery and Yourself in Torah | Borowitz, Mark | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 2 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Babel | Lumer, Marc, Burston, Chaim, Naiditch, DovBer | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 29 | Cole, Ellen | |
| Dreams Are Forbidden | Banki, Danna, Spira, Susan | CreateSpace | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 5 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Jewish Rites of Death: Stories of Beauty and Transformation | Richard A. Light | Terra Nova Books | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 15 | Nathan Rosen | |
| Zohar: Reception and Impact. | Huss, Boaz | Littman Library of Jewish Civilization | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 8 | Scheide, Daniel | |
| Kaszner's Crime | Paul Bogdanor | Transaction Publishers | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 4 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Israel | Edgar, Sherra G. | One World, Many Countries | The Child's World | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 12 | Rapp, Andrea |
| Who Stole My Religion? Revitalizing Judaism and Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal our Imperiled Planet | Schwartz, Richard H. | Urim Publications | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 20 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| How It's Made: Torah Scroll | Ofanansky, Allison, Alpern, Eliyahu | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 37-38 | Lisa Silverman | |
| e Marriage Plot: or How Jews Fell in Love with Love, and Literature, The | Seidman, Naomi | Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture | Stanford University Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 22 | Kohn, Roger S. |
| Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story about Knitting and Love. | Edwards, Michelle, Karas, G. Brian | Schwartz and Wade/Random House | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 10 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Passover is Coming! | Newman, Tracy, Garafoli, Viviana | Very First Board Books | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 44 | Lurie, Aimee |
| Ganovim-Lider | Schikker wi Lot, Lehman, Shmuel | Danzone | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 26 | Dwoskin, Beth | |
| Anna and the Swallow Man | Savit, Gavriel | Alfred A. Knopf | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 3 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| Clepsydra: Essay on the Plurality of Time in Judaism | Sylvie Anne Goldberg, Benjamin Ivry | Stanford University Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 9-10 | Roger S. Kohn | |
| Jewish Participation in the Fire Service in the Second World War: Last Voices | Martin Sugarman | Vallentine Mitchell | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 25 | Marlene Schiffman | |
| Traveling Homeland: The Babylonian Talmud as Diaspora | Boyarin, Daniel | University of Pennsylvania Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 2 | Finkelman, Yoel |
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