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Author/Editor | Series | Publisher | Year | Issue | P | Review Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Because I was a painter | Cognet, Christophe | Cinema Guild | 2013 | F/M 2016 | 29 | Wolfe, Nira | |
| Because Nothing Looks Like God | Kushner, Lawrence, Kushner, Karen, Majewski, Dawn W. | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2000 | F/M 01 | 16 | ||
| Because of Eva: A Jewish Genealogical Journey | Susan J. Gordon | Syracuse University Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 10 | Barbara Krasner | |
| Becky and Benny Thank God | Bogot, Howard I., Gorbaty, Norman Z. | CCAR | 1996 | F/M 97 | 12 | ||
| Beckys Horse | Madison, Winifred | Four Winds | 1974 | W75 | 29 | ||
| Becoming (AUDIO) | Hirschhorn, Linda | Oyster Albums | 2007 | N/D 08 | 24 | ||
| Becoming a Bat Mitzvah: A Treasury of Stories | Weiss, Arnine Cumsky | University of Scaranton Press | 2004 | N/D 05 | 41955 | ||
| Becoming a Jewish Parent: How to Explore Spirituality and Tradition With Your Children | Gordis, Daniel | Harmony Books | 1999 | S/O 99 | 9 | ||
| 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. | |
| Becoming Alice: A Memoir | Rene, Alice | iUniverse | 2008 | N/D 09 | 14 | ||
| Becoming American Jews: Temple Israel of Boston | Dwyer-Ryan, Meaghan, Porter, Susan L. | Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and life | Brandeis University Press | 2009 | S/O 10 | 31 | |
| Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism | Benor, Sarah | Rutgers University Press | 2012 | M/J13 | 19 | ||
| Becoming Holmes: The Boy Sherlock Holmes: His Final Case | Peacock, Shane | Tundra | 2012 | FM13 | 9 | ||
| Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice | Levy, Debbie, Gardner, Whitney | Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 41-42 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Becoming Un-Orthodox: Stories of Ex-Hasidic Jews | Davidman, Lynn | Oxford University Press | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 16 | Finkelman, Yoel | |
| Bedouin, The | Lancaster, Fidelity | s.n. | W83 | 13 | |||
| Bedtime | Adelman, Nechama Dina, Blau, Fayge Devora | Hachai | 2003 | N/D 03 | 28 | ||
| Bedtime Shma, A Good Night Book, Lailah Tov, Kriat Shma al Hamitah, The | Gershman, Sarah, Swarner, Kristina | EKS | 2007 | N/D 07 | 41828 | ||
| Bee Season | Goldberg, Myla | Doubleday | 2000 | F/M 01 | 12 | ||
| Before Golda: Manya Shochat: A Biography | Ben-Zvi, Rachel Yanait, Shurin, Sandra | Biblio Press | 1989 | S/O 89 | 8 | ||
| Before There Was a Before | Waskow, Shoshana, Danziger, Amnon | Adama | 1984 | F/M 86 | 6 | ||
| Before We Eat: A Thank You Prayer | Jules, Jacqueline, Iwai, Melissa | Kar-Ben | 2010 | F/M 10 | 17 | ||
| Before You Were Born | Carlstrom, Nancy White, Saport, Linda | Eerdmans Books for Young Readers | 2002 | S/O 02 | 41 | ||
| Before You Were Born | Schwartz, Howard, Swarner, Kristina | Roaring Brook Press | 2005 | S/O 05 | 21 | ||
| Begin: His Life, Words and Deeds | Hurwitz, Zvi Harry | Gefen | 2004 | M/J 05 | 35 | ||
| Begin: The Haunted Prophet | Silver, Eric | Random House | 1984 | F/M 85 | 7 | ||
| Beginners Guide to the Steinsaltz Tamud, A | Abrams, Judith Z. | Aronson | 1999 | M/J 00 | 7 | ||
| Beginnings: Creation Myths of the World | Farmer, Penelope | s.n. | O 79 | 8 | |||
| Beginnings: Raising a Jewish Child - Early Years | Isaacs, Ronald H. | United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Commission on Jewish Education | 2000 | S/O 01 | 15 | ||
| Begins Foreign Policy, 1977-1983: Israels Move to the Right | Peleg, Ilan | Contributions in Political Science, no. 164 | Greenwood | 1987 | M/J 88 | 11 | |
| Behind Enemy Lines: World War II | Matas, Carol | I Am Canada | Scholastic | 2012 | S/O12 | 11-12 | |
| Behind Prison Walls | Heller, Tzila Amidor | Ktav | 1999 | S/O 99 | 9 | ||
| Behind the Bedroom Wall | Williams, Laura E. | Milkweed Editions | 1996 | N/D 97 | 16 | ||
| Behind the Bedroom Wall | Williams, Laura E. | Milkweed | 1997 | M/J 97 | 16 | ||
| Behind the Border | Kossman, Nina | Lothrop, Lee and Shephard | 1994 | M/J 95 | 12 | ||
| Behind the Secret Window: A Memoir of a Hidden Childhood | Toll, Nelly S. | Dial | 1993 | F/M 94 | 14 | ||
| Behind the Secret Window: A Memoir of a Hidden Childhood | Toll, Nelly S. | Dial | 1993 | M/J 93 | 16 | ||
| Behold the Trees | Alexander, Sue, Gore, Leonid | Scholastic Press | 2001 | S/O 01 | 37 | ||
| Bei Mir Bist Du Schon | Secunda, Victoria | s.n. | S/O 82 | 5 | |||
| Being a Jew | Wood, Angela | Looking into World Religions Series | Batsford | 1988 | M/J 89 | 10 | |
| Being Gods Partner: How to Find the Hidden Link Between Spirituality and Your Work | Jewish Lights Publishing | 1995 | M/J 95 | 7 | |||
| Being Happy A Day at a Time | Haddad, Charles S. | Artzy Books | 2007 | F/M 08 | 39 | ||
| Being Jewish in a Gentile World: A Survival Guide | Brauner, Ronald A. | Mirkov Publications | 1995 | S/O 96 | 4 | ||
| Being Jewish in America | Hertzberg, Arthur | Schocken | 1979 | Sp 80 | 13 | ||
| Being Jewish: The Spiritual Practice of Judaism Today | Goldman, Ari L. | Simon & Schuster | 2000 | S/O 00 | 8 | ||
| Being Jewish: The Spiritual Practice of Judaism Today | Goldman, Ari L. | Simon & Schuster | 2000 | N/D 00 | 8 | ||
| Being Red | Fast, Howard | Houghton Mifflin | 1990 | F/M 91 | 17 | ||
| Beis Halevi: Shemos | Solveichik, Yosef Dov Ber | Targum | 1991 | M/J 92 | 20 | ||
| Beit HaMikdash: The Temple & The Holy Mount, The | Koren, Zalmen Menachem | Mesorah | 2009 | S/O 10 | 34 | ||
| Belfer Bar Mitzvah, A | Pushker, Gloria Teles, Hierstein, Judith | Pelican | 1995 | N/D 95 | 15 | ||
| Beliefs and Cultures: Jewish | Stoppleman, Monica | Sea-to-Sea Publications | 2005 | F/M 05 | 33-34 | ||
| Believe | Aronson, Sarah | Carolrhoda LAB | 2013 | F/M14 | 6-7 | Dubin, Susan | |
| Bella Abzug | Faber, Doris | Lothrop | 1976 | W76 | 20 | ||
| Belonging | McNeish, James | F/M 81 | 6 | ||||
| Beloved by All: Rav Avraham Pam: A Life of Kiddush Hashem | Finkelman, Shimon | Mesorah | 2007 | N/D 07 | 41923 | ||
| Bembelmans Bakery | Green, Melinda, Seuling, Barbara | Parent's | 1978 | W78 | 27 | ||
| Ben and the Bishop | Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Davis, Gail | Dog Ear Publishers | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 10-11 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| Ben Goes into Business | Hirsh, Marilyn | Holiday House | 1973 | D 74 | 31 | ||
| Ben Gurions Spy | Teveth, Shabtai | Columbia University Press | 1996 | N/D 96 | 12, 14 | ||
| Ben Helfgott: The Story of One of the Boys | Freedland, Michael | Valentine Mitchell | 2018 | S/O 2019 | 15 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Ben Shahn’s New Deal Murals, Jewish Identity in the American Scene | Linden, Diana L. | Wayne State University Press | 2015 | F/M 16 | 14 | Freiband, Susan | |
| Ben-Gurion Against the Knesset | Goldberg, Giora, Naor, Chaya | Frank Cass Publishers | 2003 | F/M 04 | 16 | ||
| Ben-Gurion and the Holocaust | Teveth, Shabtai | Harcourt Brace | 1996 | F/M 97 | 16 | ||
| Ben-Gurion: A Biography | Kidron, Peretz | Adama | 1986 | F/M 87 | 5 | ||
| Benis First Chanukkah | Zalben, Jane Breskin | Holt | 1988 | M/J 89 | 11 | ||
| Benis First Wedding | Zalben, Jane Breskin | Holt | 1998 | M/J 99 | 19-20 | ||
| Beni’s Little Library | Zalben, Jane Breskin | Holt | 1991 | F/M 92 | 23 | ||
| Benjamin and the Silver Goblet | Jules, Jacqueline, Ugliano, Natascia | Kar-Ben | 2009 | F/M 09 | 37 | ||
| Benjamin and the Word | Olivas, Daniel A., Dyen, Don | Arte Publico Press | 2005 | N/D 05 | 14 | ||
| Benjamin Disraeli | Kirsch, Adam | Jewish Encounters | Next Book | 2008 | F/M 09 | 13 | |
| Benjamin Netanyahu: Leading the Way for Israel | Silverman, Elisa | Voices from Israel | Mitchell Lane | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 7 | Rapp, Andrea |
| Benjamin V. Cohen: Architect of the New Deal | Lasser, William | The Century Foundation, Yale University Press | 2002 | S/O 03 | 21-22 | ||
| Benjamin: Journey of a Jew | Abramson, Ruth | Alpha Publishing Company | 1987 | S/O 87 | 6 | ||
| Benno and the Night of Broken Glass | Wiviott, Meg, Bisaon, Jose | Kar-Ben | 2009 | M/J 10 | 17 | ||
| Benny | Cohen, Barbara | Lothrop | 1977 | Sp77 | 31 | ||
| Benny the Big Shot | Deutsch, Tehilla, Romanenko, Vitaliy | Feldheim | 2010 | N/D 10 | 12 | ||
| Bennys MItzvah Notes | Lumer, Marc | Hachai | 2013 | N/D13 | 10 | ||
| Bentzi and the Magic Potion | Bentzi | Feldheim | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 10 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Bentzi and the Magic Potion | Glick, Shifra | Bentzi | Feldheim | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 10 | Colodny, Debbie |
| Benya Krik: The Gangster and Other Stories | Babel, Isaac, Yarmolinsky, Avraham | Schocken Books | 1985 | S/O 85 | 3 | ||
| Berchick | Blanc, Esther Silverstein, Dixon, Tennessee | Volcano Press | 1989 | S/O 89 | 10 | ||
| Berlin Cantata | Lewis, Jeffrey | Haus Publishing | 2012 | N/D12 | 43 | ||
| Berlin Ghetto: Herbert Baum and the Anti-Fascist Resistance | Brothers, Eric | The History Press | 2012 | N/D13 | 21 | ||
| Berlin Wild | Welt, Elly | N/D 86 | 6 | ||||
| Bernard Revel: Builder of American Jewish Orthodoxy. | Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Aaron | Oxford University Press | 2014 | S/O 2015 | 18 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews in World War II | Gershman, Norman H. | Syracuse University Press | 2008 | M/J 09 | 22 | ||
| Besht: Magician, Mystic, and Leader, The | Etkes, Immanuel, Sternberg, Saadya | Brandeis University Press | 2005 | M/J 06 | 25-26 | ||
| Beside Still Waters: A Journey of Comfort and Renewal | Barenblat, Rachel | Ben Yehudah Press | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 21 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Best Friends | Reuter, Elizabeth | Yellow Brick Road Press | 1993 | N/D 93 | 13 | ||
| Best Hanukkah Ever, The | Goldin, Barbara Diamond, Katz, Avi | Marshall Cavendish | 2007 | S/O 07 | 21-22 | ||
| Best Is Yet to Be: Renewing American Judaism, The | Dosick, Wayne D. | Town House Press | 1988 | N/D 88 | 6 | ||
| Best of I. F. Stone, The | Weber, Karl | PublicAffairs | 2006 | N/D 06 | 26 | ||
| Best of Jewish Cooking, The | Frucht, Phyllis, Rothschild, Joy, Katz, Gertrude, Sacks, Shelly | Dial | 1974 | Sp 75 | 26 | ||
| Best of Olomeinu Book I, The | Fruchter, Yaacov | s.n. | F/M 82 | 3 | |||
| Best of Olomeinu Book II, The | Fruchter, Yaacov | s.n. | F/M 83 | 5 | |||
| Best of Olomeinu Book III, The | Fruchter, Yaacov | s.n. | F/M 83 | 5 | |||
| Best of Sholom Aleichem, The | Aleichem, Sholem, Howe, Irving, Wisse, Ruth R. | New Republic Books | 1979 | W79 | 23 | ||
| Best of Story Lines, The | Teller, Hanoch | New York City Publishing | 1991 | S/O 92 | 22-23 | ||
| Best that Crouches at the Door: Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel, and Beyond: A Biblical Exploration | Fohrman, David | Devora | 2007 | S/O 08 | 8 | ||
| Bestenai (adapted from Marcus Lehman) | Hartheimer, Eva Jacobson | s.n. | N/D 84 | 8 |
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