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Author/Editor | Title | Place of Publication | Year | Series | ISBN | Issue | P |
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Ganz, Yaffa, Klineman, Harvey | Sharing a Sunshine Umbrella | 1989 | F/M 90 | 19 | ||||||
Jungman, Ann, Adams, Sarah | Prince Who Thought He Was a Rooster and Other Jewish Stories, The | 2007 | N/D 07 | 16 | ||||||
Begley, Louis | Matters of Honor | 2007 | N/D 07 | 25 | ||||||
Adelman, Penina, Feldman, Ali, Reinharz, Shulamit | JGirls Guide, The: The Young Jewish Womans Handbook for Coming of Age | 2005 | S/O 05 | 17 | ||||||
Oren, Ram | Gerturdas Oath: A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II | 2009 | S/O 09 | 41 | ||||||
Langer, Lawrence L. | In a Different Light: The Book of Genesis in the Art of Samuel Bak | 2001 | S/O 02 | 21 | ||||||
McDonough, Yona A., Maione, Heather | Doll Shop Downstairs, The | 2009 | S/O 09 | 18 | ||||||
Diamond, Shani, Teleshevsky, Sarah Baila, Niasoff, Nissa | Wake Up Mish and Mush - A Story About Negel Vasser | 2002 | Mish and Mush, book 1 | N/D 02 | 29 | |||||
Boyne, John | Boy In the Striped Pajamas, The | 2006 | M/J 06 | 17 | ||||||
Tataz, Colin, Arnold, Peter, Heller, Gillian | Worlds Apart: The Re-Migration of South African Jews | 2007 | M/J 08 | 28 | ||||||
Koralek, Jenny, Holderness, Grizelda | Story of Queen Esther, The | 2009 | M/J 09 | 41828 | ||||||
Zeidler, Judy | 30-Minute Kosher Cook, The | 1999 | M/J 99 | 10 | ||||||
Halivni, David Weiss | Revelation Restored: Divine Writ and Critical Responses | 1997 | S/O 98 | 9 | ||||||
Gabor, Georgia M. | My Destiny | F/M 82 | 6 | |||||||
Amar, Elisheva | One Word Too Many | 2008 | F/M 09 | 48 | ||||||
Stern, Steve | Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven | 1987 | M/J 87 | 6 | ||||||
Jules, Jacqueline, Shapiro, Michelle | Happy Hanukkah Lights | 2010 | S/O 10 | 15 | ||||||
Neusner, Jacob | Jerusalem Talmud: A Translation and Commentary, The (AUDIO) | 2009 | F/M 10 | 41 | ||||||
Bender, Brian, Little Shop of Horas | Eyn Velt (AUDIO) | 2008 | M/J 08 | 43 | ||||||
Gottwald, Norman K. | Hebrew Bible: A Socio-Literary Introduction, The | 1985 | M/J 87 | 41702 | ||||||
English, Betty Lou | Women at their Work | 1977 | W77 | 31 | ||||||
Miklowitz, Gloria D. | Close to the Edge | S/O 84 | 8 | |||||||
Friesner, Esther | Threads and Flames | 2010 | N/D 10 | 5 | ||||||
Coyle, Pamela | As It Is Written | 2000 | S/O 02 | 19 | ||||||
Smith, Ruth S. | Setting Up a Library: How to Begin or Begin Again (2nd rev. ed.) | 1994 | CSLA Guide #1 | F/M 95 | 10 | |||||
Silton, Faye | Of Heroes, Hooks, and Heirlooms | 1996 | S/O 96 | 16 | ||||||
Pointing the Way: Spiritual Insights from the sfas Emes, Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter | 1997 | S/O 97 | 14 | |||||||
Stoumsa, Sarah | Maimonides in His World: Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker | 2009 | Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World | F/M 10 | 39-40 | |||||
Feinstein, Edward | Jews and Judaism in the 21st Century: Human Responsibility, the Presence of God and the Future of Covenant | 2007 | N/D 07 | 29 | ||||||
Kaufman, Debra | From the Protocols of the Elders of Zion to Holocaust Denial Trials: Challenging the Media, Law, and the Academy | 2007 | N/D 07 | 31 | ||||||
Levinson, Nancy Smiler | I Lift My Lamp: Emma Lazarus and the Statue of Liberty | 1986 | F/M 87 | 7 | ||||||
Yolen, Jane | Devils Arithmetic, The | 1988 | M/J 89 | 11 | ||||||
Haddix, Margaret Peterson | Uprising | 2007 | F/M 08 | 13 | ||||||
Appelfeld, Aharon, Green, Jeffrey M. | Blooms of Darkness | 2010 | M/J 10 | 25 | ||||||
Stevenson, William | Spymistress: The Life of Vera Atkins, the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II | 2007 | S/O 08 | 20 | ||||||
Zarembski, Laura | Religious Divide in the Eyes of Israels Leaders and Opinion Makers, The | 2002 | M/J 03 | 26 | ||||||
Beneduce, Ann Keay, Spirin, Gennady | Moses: The Long Road to Freedom | 2004 | M/J 04 | 28 | ||||||
Steinsaltz, Adin | Koren Talmud Bavli, Vol. 1: Berakhot | 2012 | FM13 | 28 | ||||||
Levine, Karen | Hanas Suitcase: A True Story | 2002 | S/O 02 | 45 | ||||||
Sicker, Martin | Israels Quest for Security | 1989 | S/O 90 | 16 | ||||||
Riemer, Jack | Ethical Wills | M/J 86 | 4 | |||||||
Sternberg, Larry F. | Why Jews Should Not Be Liberals | 2001 | S/O 03 | 26 | ||||||
Bogot, Howard I. | Childrens Haggadah, A | 1993 | N/D 94 | 13 | ||||||
Robbins, Christopher | Test of Courage: The Michel Thomas Story | 2000 | F/M 01 | 10 | ||||||
Gold, Sharlya, Caspi, Michael Maswan, Wunsch, Marjory | Answered Prayer and Other Yemenite Folktales, The | 1990 | S/O 90 | 12 | ||||||
Szulc, Tad | Secret Alliance, The | 1991 | M/J 92 | 20 | ||||||
Hulton, Warwick | Noah and the Great Flood | 1977 | W78 | 28 | ||||||
Philo of Alexandria | F/M 82 | 9 | ||||||||
Wilson, Anne | Lord is My Shepherd, The | 2003 | S/O 03 | 44 | ||||||
Goldman, David J. | Jewish Sports Stars: Athletic Heroes Past and Present | 2004 | S/O 04 | 45 | ||||||
Friedlander, Saul | Franz Kafka: The Poet of Shame and Guilt | 2013 | S/O13 | 25 | ||||||
Rosen, Charley | House of Moses All Stars, The | 1996 | M/J 97 | 11 | ||||||
Gal, Alon, Siegel, David S. | David Ben-Gurion and the American Alignment for a jewish State | 1991 | N/D 93 | 41860 | ||||||
Kater, Michael H. | Twisted Muse: Musicians and Their Music in the Third Reich, The | 1997 | M/J 97 | 17 | ||||||
Flint, Peter W. | Bible at Qumran. Text, Shape, and Interpretation, The | 2001 | S/O 01 | 12 | ||||||
Stampler, Ann Redisch, Cohen, Jacqueline | Something for Nothing | 2003 | M/J 03 | 30 | ||||||
Wiesel, Elie, Temerson, Catherine | Rashi | 2009 | Jewish Encounters | N/D 09 | 26 | |||||
Neusner, Jacob | Mishnah: An Introduction, The | 1989 | N/D 89 | 13 | ||||||
Suchoff, David | Kafkas Jewish Languages: The Hidden Openness of Tradition | 2012 | FM13 | 37 | ||||||
Schoenheimer, Idee, Madoff, Ruth | Great Chefs of America Cook Kosher, The | N/D 96 | 12 | |||||||
Hintz, Martin, Hintz, Stephen | Israel | 1999 | Enchantment of the World Second Series | F/M 00 | 8, 10 | |||||
Kurzweil, Arthur, Weiner, Miriam | Encycloepdia of Jewish Genealogy, The, vol. 1 | 1991 | M/J 91 | 17 | ||||||
Krohn, Genendel, Katz, Tova | When We Left Yerushalayim: Stories of the Churban Beis HaMikdah | 2009 | F/M 10 | 18 | ||||||
Levin, Elizabeth Resnick | Cermonies Sample: New Rites, Celebrations and Observances of Jewish Women, A | 1991 | N/D 91 | 41986 | ||||||
Schnur, Susan, Schnur-Fishman, Anna, Steele-Morgan, Alex | Tashlich at Turtle Rock | 2010 | S/O 10 | 16 | ||||||
Blumenthal, David | And Bring Them Closer to Torah: The Life and Work of Rabbi Aaron H. Blumenthal | 1986 | M/J 87 | 3 | ||||||
Banks, Lynne Reid | Sarah and After: Five Women of the Old Testament | 1977 | W77 | 29 | ||||||
Goldwag, Arthur | New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right, The | 2012 | S/O12 | 32 | ||||||
Zusman, Evelyn | Passover Parrot, The | M/J 84 | 6 | |||||||
Zuker-Bujanowska, Liliana | Lilianas Journal: Warsaw 1939-1945 | 1980 | W80 | 19 | ||||||
Engman, Suzy, Grossman, Cheryl Silberberg | Jewish Literature for Children: A Teaching Guide | 1985 | S/O 85 | 7 | ||||||
Zakon, Miriam Stark, Forst, Sigmund | Floating Minyan of Pirates Cove, The | 1986 | Adventures of Emes Junior Interpol | S/O 86 | 11 | |||||
Marrus, Michael R. | Holocaust in History, The | 1989 | M/J 89 | 9 | ||||||
Greene, Jacqueline D., Giovine, Sergio | Crystal Ball: A Rebecca Mystery, The | 2012 | American Girl Mysteries | S/O12 | 8 | |||||
Mintz, Alan L. | Translating Israel: Contemproary Hebrew Literature and Its Reception in America | 2001 | N/D 01 | 10 | ||||||
McNeish, James | Belonging | F/M 81 | 6 | |||||||
Abrams, Judith Z. | Simchat Torah: A Family Celebration with Consecration Service | 1995 | S/O 95 | 10 | ||||||
Burnham, Brad | Qumran Caves: Hiding Place for the Dead Sea Scrolls | 2003 | Famous Caves of the World Series | S/O 02 | 46 | |||||
Leibman, Laura Arnold | Messianism, Secredy and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life | 2012 | FM13 | 30-31 | ||||||
Schwartz, Richard H. | Judaism and Vegetarianism | M/J 84 | 2 | |||||||
Morrison, Chanan | Gold from the Land of Israel: A New Light on the Weekly Torah Portion from the Writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook | 2007 | M/J 07 | 28 | ||||||
Westra, Hans | Inside Anne Franks House: An Illustrated Journey Through Annes World | 2004 | M/J 05 | 35 | ||||||
Arad, Yitzhak, Krakowski, Shmuel, Spector, Shmuel | Einsatzgruppen Reports, The | 1990 | S/O 90 | 10 | ||||||
Schwartz, Seth | Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society?: Reciprocity and Solidarity in Ancient Judaism | 2010 | F/M 10 | 39 | ||||||
Clarke, Thurston | By Blood and Fire | S/O 81 | 13 | |||||||
Kubert, Joe | Yossel-April 19, 1943: A Story of the Warsaw Ghett o Uprising | 2003 | S/O 04 | 49 | ||||||
Axelrod, Matt | Surviving Your Bat/Bat Mitzvah: The Ultimate Insiders Guide [sic] | 2012 | M/J13 | 13 | ||||||
McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino | Albert Einsten | 2004 | History Maker Bios Series | M/J 04 | 31 | |||||
Patzert, Rudolph W. | Running the Palestine Blockage: The Last Voyage of the Paducah | 1994 | F/M 96 | 12 | ||||||
Raphael, Lawrence W. | Mystery Midrash: An Anthology of Jewish Mystery & Detective Fiction | 1999 | M/J 00 | 18 | ||||||
Ballas, Shimon, Alcalay, Ammiel , Shelach, Oz | Outcast | 2007 | F/M 08 | 32 | ||||||
Rapaport, Era | Letters from Tel Mond Prison: An Israeli Settler Defends His Act of Terror | 1996 | M/J 98 | 12 | ||||||
Jewish Detective Stories for Kids | 2001 | M/J 02 | 20 | |||||||
Shamir, Moshe, Katz, Shmuel | Fifth Wheel, The | 1986 | S/O 86 | 11 | ||||||
Oz, Amos | Hill of Evil Counsel, The | S 78 | 4 | |||||||
Stenberg, Peter | Contemporary Jewish Writing in Sweden: An Anthology | 2004 | Jewish Writings in the Contemporary World | M/J 05 | 30-31 | |||||
Langer, Ruth | To Worship God Properly: Tensions Between Liturgical Custom and Halakhah in Judaism | 1998 | F/M 99 | 11 | ||||||
Metter, Bert | Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah: The Ceremony, the Party, and How the Day Came to Be | 2007 | N/D 07 | 22 | ||||||
Krall, Hanna, Stasiaska, Joanna, Weschler, Lawrence | Shielding the Flame | 1986 | N/D 87 | 6 | ||||||
Berger, Shlomo | Producing Redemption in Amsterdam: Early Modern Yiddish Books in Paratextual Perspective | 2013 | Studies in Jewish History and Culture, 37 | N/D13 | 19 |