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