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Author/Editor | Title | Place of Publication |
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Series | ISBN | Issue | P | Review Author | Review format | Review type |
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Rouss, Sylvia A. | King David & Akavish the Spider | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 4 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |||||
Stories of a Young Nation: Israeli Comedies and Drama and Everything In-Between | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 47 | Feder, Debbie | ||||||
Wiviott, Meg | Paper Hearts: A Novel Based on True Events | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 10-11 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |||||
Thorne, T.K. | Angels at the Gate | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 29 | Jefferson, Rebecca | |||||
Zohar, Gil | Israel: Holy Land to Many | 2015 | Voices from Israel | S/O 2016 | 36-37 | Quay, Alex | ||||
Kushner, Kim | New Kosher: Simple Recipes to Savor & Share | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 33 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |||||
Havana Curveball | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 10 | Pinchuck, Chava | ||||||
Leff, Lisa Moses | Archive Thief: The Man who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 12 | Chesner, Michelle | |||||
Zank, Michael, Anderson, Ingrid | Value of the Particular: Lessons from Judaism and the Modern Jewish Experience: Festschrift for Steven T. Katz on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday | 2015 | Supplements to the Journal of Jewish thought and philosophy; v. 25 | S/O 2016 | 18 | Levy, David B | ||||
Amichai, Yehuda, Alter, Robert | Poetry of Yehuda Amichai | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 39 | Dwoskin, Beth | |||||
Olga Gilburd | Happiness the Jewish Way: A Practical Guide to Happiness through the Lens of Jewish Wisdom | 2015 | F/ M 2017 | 8-9 | Nira Wolfe | |||||
Kipnes, Paul, November, Michelle | Jewish Spiritual Parenting: Wisdom, Activities, Rituals and Prayers for Raising Children with Spiritual Balance and Emotional Wholeness | 2015 | F/M 16 | 13 | Feder, Debbie | |||||
Baigell, Matthew | Social Concern and Left Politics in Jewish American Art, 1880-1940 | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 13 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |||||
Kravitz, Asher | The Jewish Dog | 2015 | M/J 15 | 12 | Pinchuck, Kathe | |||||
Steven, Kenneth | Why Dogs Have Wet Noses | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 4 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |||||
Wiesel, Elie | Great Figures of the Bible: Legends and Legacies of our Biblical Heroes | 2015 | Jewish Heritage Series | N/D 2015 | 47 | Share, Ellen | ||||
Halperin, Liora | Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948 | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 21 | Cantor, Hallie | |||||
Hyde, Heidi Smith | Shanghai Sukkah | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 28 | Cole, Ellen | |||||
Yolen, Jane | Stone Angel | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 11 | Dublin, Anne | |||||
Stein, Rachel, Katz, Tova | A Whale of a Time and More Stories for Thinking Kids! | 2015 | F/M 16 | 37-38 | Quay, Alex | |||||
Levy, David | Zionist Entity: The Jewish State in the 21st Century, The | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 25 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |||||
Carlson, Claudia | Avi the Ambulance Goes to School | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 34 | Pastcan, Ben | |||||
Zohar, Gil | Israel: Stories of Conflict and Resolution, Love and Death | 2015 | Voices from Israel | S/O 2016 | 36-37 | Quay, Alex | ||||
Herzl, Tova | Madame Ambassador: Behind the Scenes with a Candid Israeli Diplomat | 2015 | M/J 15 | 28-29 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |||||
Lasker-Schuler, Else, Haxton, Brooks | My Blue Piano | 2015 | Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art | M/J 2016 | 33 | Dwoskin, Beth | ||||
Zer-Zion, Shelly | Habima in Berlin: The Institutionalization of a Zionist Theatre. | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 19 | Wolfe, Nira | |||||
Avner, Yehuda, Rees, Matt | Ambassador, The | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 39 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Chait, Baruch, Pollack, Gadi | Don’t Let Small Problems Ruin Great Simchas | 2015 | F/M 16 | 6 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Smiles, Shira | Torah Tapestries: Words of Wisdom Woven from the Weekly Parashah —Bamidbar | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 32 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Rotenberg, Mordechai | Psychology of Tzimtzum: Self, Other and God, The | 2015 | N/D 2016 | 20 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |||||
Klein-Braslavy, Sara | פירוש הרלב”ג לסיפורי בריאת האדם ולסיפור גן העדן | 2015 | F/M 16 | 14 | Roth, Pinchas | |||||
Baxter, Jack, Faudem, Joshua, Shamdi, Koren | Mike’s Place: A True Story of Love, Blues, and Terror in Tel Aviv | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 13-14 | Bergson, Steven M. | |||||
Cohen, Herbert J. | Kosher Movies: A Film Critic Discovers Life Lessons at the Cinema | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 4 | Feder, Debbie | |||||
Harran, Don | Three Early Modern Hebrew Scholars on the Mysteries of Song | 2015 | (Studies in Jewish HIstory and Culture; 47 | N/D 2015 | 21 | Dwoskin, Beth | ||||
Kimmelman, Leslie | Sam and Charlie (and Sam Too) aT Camp! | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 28 | McMahon, Martha | |||||
Blankman, Anne | Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke | 2015 | F/M 16 | 38 | Krasner, Barbara | |||||
Liberman Mintz, Sharon, Seidler-Feller, Shaul, Wachtel, David | Writing on the Wall: A Catalogue of Judaica Broadsides from the Valmadonna Trust Library | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 25 | Cohen, Leah | |||||
Wiesel, Elie, Heffner, Richard D. | Dialogues with Elie Wiesel and Richard D. Heffner: The Moral Responsibility of the Individual in a Changing World | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 29-30 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Gehl, Laura | Hare and Tortoise Race Across Israel | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 34 | Lurie, Aimee | |||||
Hoffman, Bruce | Anonymous Soldiers: the Struggle for Israel 1917-1947 | 2015 | M/J 15 | 29 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |||||
Marshak, Adam Kolman | Many Faces of Herod the Great | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 33 | Quinn, Arthur G. | |||||
Cunningham, Philip A. | Seeking Shalom: the Journey to Right Relationship Between Catholics and Jews | 2015 | 6 | Quinn, Arthur G. | ||||||
Smollett, Brian M., Wiese, Christian | Reappraisals and New Studies of the Modern Jewish Experience: Essays in Honor of Robert M. Seltzer | 2015 | Brill Reference Library of Judaism, 44 | N/D 2015 | 33 | Rosenbloom, Jim | ||||
Doron, Daniella | Jewish Youth and Identity in Postwar France: Rebuilding Family and Nation. | 2015 | Modern Jewish Experience | S/O 2016 | 4 | Kohn, Roger S. | ||||
Lichtenstein, Aaron | Reading the Sacred Text: What the Torah Tells Us | 2015 | F/M 16 | 14 | Gordon, Ilka | |||||
Michaelson, Jay | Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 11 | Kohn, Roger S. | |||||
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg | Anne Frank and the Remembering Tree | 2015 | M/J 15 | 13 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |||||
Engle, Margarita | Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 5 | Quay, Alex | |||||
Alter, Michael | Resurrection: A Critical Inquiry, The | 2015 | F/M 16 | 1 | Jefferson, Rebecca | |||||
Herzfeld, Shmuel | Liberman Open Orthodox Haggadah, The | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 22 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |||||
Levy-Bertherat, Deborah, Hunter, Adriana | The Travels of Daniel Ascher | 2015 | F/M 16 | 38-39 | Marks, Allison | |||||
Newman, Tracy | Hanukkah is Coming! | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 5 | Kamin, Rachel | |||||
Lode, Britt, Naki, Yitschak, Undheim, Kristoffer | e Mountains of Israel: A Taste of Heaven, The | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 16 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Kimmelman, Leslie | Everybody Says Shalom | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 34 | Dublin, Anne | |||||
Marty, Eric | Radical French Thought and the Return of the “Jewish Question.” | 2015 | Studies in Antisemitism | M/J 2016 | 34 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | ||||
Dean, Arthur | My Two Cents: A Collection of Short Stories | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 40 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |||||
Dynner, Glenn, Guesnet, Francois | Warsaw. The Jewish Metropolis: Essays in Honor of the 75th Birthday of Professor Antony Polonsky. | 2015 | F/M 16 | 6 | Levy, David B | |||||
Sorek, Tamir | Palestinian Commemoration in Israel: Calendars, Monuments, and Martyrs | 2015 | Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Societies) | N/D 2015 | 34 | Simon, Rachel | ||||
Emanuel, Simha | Hidden Treasures from Europe. v.1 | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 5 | Wolfe, Nira | |||||
Linden, Diana L. | Ben Shahn’s New Deal Murals, Jewish Identity in the American Scene | 2015 | F/M 16 | 14 | Freiband, Susan | |||||
Ruth Shamir Popkin | Jewish Identity, The Challenge of Peoplehood Today | 2015 | F/ M 2017 | 18-19 | Freiband, Susan | |||||
Berzin, Gabriella | Avicenna in Medieval Hebrew Translation: Todros Todrosi’s Translation of Kitab al-Najat, on Psychology and Metaphysics | 2015 | Islamic philosophy, theology, science/ text and studies; 91 | N/D 2015 | 14 | Levy, David B | ||||
Cowan, Rachel, Thal, Linda | Wise Aging, Living with Joy, Resilience, & Spirit | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 5 | Freiband, Susan | |||||
Krull, Kathleen | Judy Blume | 2015 | Women Who Broke the Rules | M/J 2016 | 5-6 | Cole, Ellen | ||||
Amsel, Nachum | Encyclopedia of Jewish Values, The | 2015 | F/M 16 | 2 | Geller, Beverly Mach | |||||
Hurvitz, Avi | Concise Lexicon of Late Biblical Hebrew: Linguistics in the Writings of the Second Temple Period | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 22 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |||||
Angleberger, Tom | The Rat with the Human Face | 2015 | The Qwikpick Papers Series | S/O 2015 | 29 | Citrin, Rena | ||||
Perl, Lila | Lilli’s Quest | 2015 | F/M 16 | 39 | Krasner, Barbara | |||||
Rostoker-Gruber, Karen , Isaacs, Ron | Farmer Kobi’s Hanukkah Match | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 5 | Cole, Ellen | |||||
Mittleman, Alan L. | Human Nature in Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case for Why Persons Matter | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 16 | Finkelman, Yoel | |||||
Levine, Anna | Jodie’s Shabbat Surprise | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 35 | Eskin, Marcie | |||||
Merwin, Ted | Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 34 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |||||
Claussen, Geoffrey D. | Sharing the Burden: Rabbi Simha Zissel Ziv and the Path of Musar | 2015 | N/D 2016 | 13 | Cantor, Hallie | |||||
Enszer, Dr. Julie R. | Liliths’s Demons | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 40 | Taub, Yermiyahu Ahron | |||||
Epstein, Kalonymos, Kalman | Letters of Light: Passages from Ma’or va-shemesh | 2015 | F/M 16 | 8 | Levy, David B | |||||
Alina Gromova, Felix Heinert, Sebastian Voigt | Jewish and Non-Jewish Spaces in the Urban Context | 2015 | F/M 2017 | 10 | Pinchas Roth | |||||
Epstein, Lawrence J. | Converts to Judaism: Stories from Biblical Times to Today. | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 5 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |||||
Lipski, Sam, Rutland, Suzanne D. | Let My People Go: the Untold Story of Australia and the Soviet Jews 1959-1989 | 2015 | F/M 16 | 15 | Levy, David B | |||||
Von Konigslow, Alexis | The Capacity for Infinite Happiness | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 43 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |||||
Bikont, Anna, Valles, Alissa | Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne, the | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 15 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |||||
Polak, Joseph | After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 12 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Brown, Monica | Lola Levine is Not Mean! | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 6 | Quay, Alex | |||||
Aron, Lewis, Henik, Libby | Answering a Question with a Question: Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Jewish Thought: a Tradition of Inquiry, v.2 | 2015 | F/M 16 | 2 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |||||
Langley, Andrew | Hitler and Kristallnacht | 2014 | Days of Decision | N/D13 | 9-10 | |||||
Burgan, Michael | Ellis Island: An Interactive History Adventure | 2014 | N/D13 | 1 | ||||||
Herrington, Lisa M. | Hanukkah | 2014 | Rookie Read-About Holiday | N/D13 | 13 | |||||
Price, Sean Stewart | World War II Spies | 2014 | N/D13 | 10 | ||||||
Kahn, Ava F., Mendelsohn, Adam M. | Transnational Traditions: New Perspectives on American Jewish History | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 23 | Sukenic, Harvey | |||||
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar | The Sound of Applause | 2014 | American Girl Series | S/O 2015 | 29-30 | Dublin, Anne | ||||
Brown, William P. | Oxford Handbook of the Psalms, The | 2014 | M/J 15 | 21-22 | Tesler, David | |||||
Rosen, Suri | Playing with Matches | 2014 | F/M 16 | 39 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Zeegel, Rabbi, Mordecai, Darrell | Imagine if ... | 2014 | N/D 14 | 4 | Feit, Shelly | |||||
Burstyn, Rochel | Where Are My Shoes? | 2014 | S/O 2015 | 35 | Lurie, Aimee | |||||
Kahn, David | The Gates of Repentance-Shaarei Teshuvah. Rabbeinu Yonah of Gerona | 2014 | M/J 15 | 30-31 | Belinfante, Randall C. | |||||
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus | Sammy Spider’s First Mitzvah | 2014 | N/D 14 | 12 | Kamin, Rachel Erlich | |||||
Navon, Emmanuel | Victory of Zionism: Reclaiming the Narrative about Israel’s Domestic, Regional, and International Challenges, The | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 27 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |||||
Hellerstein, Kathryn | Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586-1987. | 2014 | N/D 14 | 22 | Dwoskin, Beth | |||||
Sutton, Claudette E. | Farewell, Aleppo: My Father, My People, and Their Long Journey Home | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 35 | Dwoskin, Beth | |||||
Kellerman, Jonathan, Kellerman, Jesse | Golem of Hollywood, The | 2014 | S/O 2015 | 23 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |||||
Sarnoff, Sarah | The Disambiguation of Susan | 2014 | M/J 15 | 44-45 | Stahl, Sheryl F. |