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Title | Author/Editor | Series | Publisher | Year | Issue | P |
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Jewish Immigrants, 1880-1924 | Haberle, Susan E. | Capstone Press | 2003 | F/M 03 | 44 | ||
Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library: A Description and Introduction | Reif, Stefan | Cambridge University Press | 1997 | S/O 97 | 14, 21 | ||
Twenty Eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays | Acocella, Joan Ross | Pantheon Books | 2007 | S/O 07 | 43-44 | ||
Shimonis Lover | Levin, Jennifer | Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich | 1987 | N/D 87 | 7 | ||
Pilgrimage: Adventures of a Wandering Jew | Epstein, Perle | M/J 82 | 7 | ||||
For the Love of God: The Bible as an Open Book | Ostriker, Alicia Suskin | Rutgers University Press | 2007 | N/D 08 | 17 | ||
Brave Deeds: How One Family Saved Many from the Nazis | Alma, Ann | Groundwood Books | 2008 | F/M 09 | 39-40 | ||
Old Men at Midnight | Potok, Chaim | Knopf | 2001 | M/J 02 | 17 | ||
Elie Wiesel: Witness for Life | Norman, Stern Ellen | S/O 82 | 8 | ||||
Arab-Israeli Conflict, The | Senker, Cath | Questioning History Series | Smart Apple Media | 2004 | F/M 05 | 33 | |
Moe Berg: The Spy Behind Home Plate | Grey, Vivian. | JPS | 1996 | M/J 97 | 11 | ||
Complete Passover Cookbook, The | AvRutick, Frances R. | S/O 81 | 13 | ||||
Looking for Lost Bird: A Jewish Woman Discovers her Navajo Roots | Melanson, Yvette, Safran, Claire | Bard | 1999 | S/O 99 | 13 | ||
Jewish Enlightenment, The | Feiner, Shmuel, Naor, Chaya | University of Pennsylvania | 2004 | S/O 04 | 16 | ||
Judaism of the Second Temple Period, Volume 2: The Jewish Sages and Their Literature | Flusser, David, Yadin, Azzan | Eerdmans | 2009 | F/M 10 | 34 | ||
Ike and Mama and the Once-a-year Suit | Snyder, Carol | Ma 79 | 7 | ||||
Which Lilith?: Feminist Writers Re-create the Worlds First Woman | Dame, Enid, Lilly Rivlin, Wenkart, Henry | Aronson | 1998 | F/M 99 | 7 | ||
Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters | Shapiro, Marc B. | University of Scranton Press | 2008 | N/D 08 | 20 | ||
Refugee | Rose, Anna | Dial | 1977 | Sp78 | 26 | ||
Gracia (AUDIO) | Aroeste, Sarah | Aroeste Music LLC | 2012 | N/D12 | 45 | ||
Touch of the Sacred, A: A Theologians Informal Guide to Jewish Belief | Borowitz, Eugene B., Schwartz, Frances W. | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2007 | N/D 08 | 11 | ||
Sephardic and Middle Eastern Jewries: History and Culture in the Modern Era | Goldberg, Harvey E. | JTSA | 1996 | N/D 96 | 8, 10 | ||
Passover Journey: A Seder Companion, The | Goldin, Barbara Diamond, Waldman, Neil | Viking | 1994 | N/D 93 | 41986 | ||
Fiets Vase and Other Stories of Survival: Europe, 1939-1945 | Gold, Alison Leslie | Penguin Group | 2003 | S/O 03 | 12 | ||
Blessing Cup, The | Polacco, Patricia | Simon & Schuster | 2013 | S/O13 | 2 | ||
No Pigs Brain Soup, Please! | Greenberg, Gail, Forgie, Lauren | Kam Publishing | 2009 | S/O 09 | 24 | ||
Donkeys Story, The | Cohen, Barbara, Jeanne Cohen, Susan | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | 1988 | M/J 88 | 6 | ||
Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the Background Literature | Sparks, Kenton L. | Hendrickson | 2005 | F/M 06 | 37 | ||
Methuselahs Gang | Poochoo (Wiesler, Israel) | F/M 81 | 6 | ||||
Chosen People in America, The | Eisen, Arnold H. | s.n. | M/J 84 | 4 | |||
Life is on the Wire | Mirsky, Norman B. | Pastoral Series | 1996 | F/M 97 | 5 | ||
Jerusalem Anthology,: A Literary Guide, The | Hammer, Reuven | JPS | 1995 | N/D 95 | 7 | ||
Jews: A Treasury of Art and Literature, The | Keller, Sharon R. | Hugh Lauter Levin Associates | 1992 | M/J 93 | 41986 | ||
House on Prague Street, The | Demetz, Hana | O 80 | 12 | ||||
Welcome to the World: A Jewish Babys Record Book | Wolff, Glenn, ill. | Women's League | S/O 86 | 6 | |||
State of the Jews: A Critical Appraisal, The | Alexander, Edward | Jewish and Israeli Studies, Political Ideology, Cultural STudies | Transaction Publishers | 2012 | N/D12 | 13 | |
Rabbinic Culture and Its Critics: Jewish Authority, Dissent, and Heresy in Medieval and Early Modern Times | Frank, Daniel, Goldish, Matt | Wayne State University Press | 2008 | F/M 09 | 41892 | ||
Global Counterstike: International Counterterroism | Katz, Samuel M. | Terrorist Dossiers Series | Lerner | 2005 | N/D 05 | 41892 | |
Tikkun Olam Ted | Newman, Vivian, Mack, Steve | Kar-Ben | 2012 | FM13 | 4 | ||
Scandinavian Literature in Hebrew Translation 1894-1980 | Rokem, Freddi | Tel-Aviv University | 1982 | F/M 85 | 6 | ||
Other Jews: The Sephardim Today, The | Elazar, Daniel J. | Basic Books | 1989 | M/J 90 | 10 | ||
Youth in Chains | Geve, Thomas | s.n. | N/D 82 | 2 | |||
Expanding Circle: An Adoption Odyssey, The | Wolff, Marion Freyer | Fithian Press | 2000 | M/J 00 | 23 | ||
Best of Jewish Cooking, The | Frucht, Phyllis, Rothschild, Joy, Katz, Gertrude, Sacks, Shelly | Dial | 1974 | Sp 75 | 26 | ||
Navigating the Bible | World ORT Union, developer | 1997 | N/D 98 | 17 | |||
Defiant: A True Story of Jewish Vengeance & Survival, The | Yoran, Shalom | St. Martin's | 1996 | F/M 97 | 16 | ||
After Long Silence | Fremont, Helen | Delacorte Press | 1999 | S/O 99 | 8 | ||
Masada: The Last Fortress | Miklowitz, Gloria D. | Eerdams | 1998 | F/M 99 | 19-20 | ||
Celebrating the New Moon: A Rosh Chodesh Anthology | Berrin, Susan | Aronson | 1996 | N/D 96 | 4 | ||
Legacy: a Genetic History of the Jewish People | Ostrer, Harry | Oxford University Press | 2012 | N/D12 | 32 | ||
Israel Unleashed: The Very Best Metal and Rock from the Holy Land (AUDIO) | Jewish Music Group | 2007 | F/M 08 | 47 | |||
Yitzhak Rabins Assassination and the Dilemmas of Commemoration | Vinitzky-Seroussi, Vered | SUNY Series in Anthropology and Judaic Studies | SUNY Press | 2009 | S/O 10 | 38 | |
Thirteen Petalled Rose, The | Steinsaltz, Adin | Aronson | 1992 | M/J 92 | 20 | ||
Sammy Spider's First Haggadah | Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus | Kar-Ben | 2007 | F/M 07 | 12 | ||
Hebrew Bible, The (AUDIO) | Schiffman, Lawrence H. | Recorded Books | 2008 | N/D 09 | 27 | ||
Jewish with Feeling: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice | Riverhead Books | 2005 | S/O 05 | 51 | |||
Hitlers Children (VIDEO) | Maya Productions | 2012 | N/D13 | 46 | |||
Voices from a Time: A Novel | Bonucci, Silvia, King, Martha | Steerforth Italia | 2006 | S/O 07 | 42 | ||
Solomon and the Trees | Biers-Ariel, Matt, Silverberg-Kiss, Earl | UAHC | 2001 | M/J 01 | 16 | ||
Prize in the Snow | Easterling, Bill, Owens, Mary Beth | Little, Brown | 1994 | M/J 95 | 11 | ||
Full Circle: Escape from Baghdad and the Return | Fathi, Saul Silas | Xlibris Corporation | 2005 | M/J 06 | 26 | ||
Ethnic Frontiers and Peripheries: Landscapes of Development and Inequality in Israel | Yiftachel, Oren, Meir, Avinoam | Westview | 1998 | F/M 99 | 14 | ||
Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah | Metter, Bert | S/O 84 | 10 | ||||
My Gaze is Turned Inward: Letters, 1934-1943 | Kolmar, Gertrud, Woltmann, Johanna, Goldstein, Brigitte | Northwestern University Press | 2004 | M/J 05 | 37 | ||
Daddies | Greenspan, Adele Aron | Philomel Books | 1991 | M/J 92 | 22 | ||
Kommandants Girl, The | Jenoff, Pam | Mira | 2007 | N/D 07 | 26 | ||
Inside, Outside | Wouk, Herman | Little Brown | 1985 | S/O 85 | 4 | ||
Womens Holocaust Writing, Memory and Imagination | Kremer, S. Lillian | University of Nebraska Press | 1999 | S/O 99 | 12 | ||
Teenager in Hitlers Death Camps, A | Grunfeld, Benny, Henrekson, Magnus, Hager, Olle | Benbella Books | 2007 | F/M 08 | 17 | ||
Rock Study | Sting, Whyte, Hugh | HarperCollins | 2001 | N/D 01 | 19 | ||
Hanukkah Ha-Has: Knock-Knock Kokes that Are a Lotke Fun | Hall, Katy, Eisenberg, Lisa, Carpenter, Stephen | Lift-the-Flap Knock-Knock Book, A | HarperFestival | 2001 | M/J 02 | 22 | |
Jewish Meditations on the Meaning of Death | Rozwaski, Chaim Z. | Aronson | 1994 | N/D 94 | 41860 | ||
Here and Now: History, Nationalism and Realism in Modern Hebrew Fiction | Hasak-Lowy, Todd | Syracuse University Press | 2008 | M/J 09 | 23 | ||
Ultimate Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebration Book, The: A Guide to Inspiring Ceremonies and Joyous Festivities | Cohen, Jayne, Weinrott, Lori | Clarkson Potter | 2004 | S/O 04 | 53 | ||
Shoshanas Song | Marcus, Jerry | Brittany Publications | 2013 | S/O | 6 | ||
Plays for Learning: Israel Reborn | McCullough, L. E. | Plays for Learning Series | Smith and Kraus | 2001 | F/M 02 | 38 | |
Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story | Perl, Lila | Greenwillow Books | 1996 | M/J 97 | 16 | ||
Broken Bridge | Banks, Lynne Reid | Morrow Junior Books | 1994 | N/D 95 | 14 | ||
On Shabbat | Fishman, Cathy Goldberg, Hall, Melanie G. | Atheneum | 2001 | F/M 02 | 39 | ||
Emergence of Judaism, The | Neusner, Jacob | Westminster John Knox Press | 2004 | S/O 05 | 49 | ||
Art Against the Odds: From Slave Quilts to Prison Paintings | Rubin, Susan Goldman | Crown | 2004 | N/D 04 | 13 | ||
Mornings and Mournign: A Kaddish Journal | Broner, E. M. | Harper | 1994 | N/D 94 | 9 | ||
Consuming Fire, A: Encounters with Elie Wiesel and the Holocaust | Roth, John K. | John Knox Press | 1979 | Sp80 | 16 | ||
Lotsa Matzah | Balsley, Tilda, Gutierrez, Akemi | Kar-Ben | 2012 | M/J13 | 4 | ||
Jewish Holiday Crafts for Little Hands | Brinn, Ruth Esrig | Kar-Ben | 1993 | S/O 93 | 21 | ||
Just One, Burnaby | Erman, Esther Gerstenfeld | Zumaya Publications | 2003 | N/D 03 | 8 | ||
Immigrant Kids | Freedman, Russel | O 80 | 12 | ||||
Who We Are: On Being (And Not Being) A Jewish American Writer | Rubin, Derek | Schocken Books | 2005 | S/O 05 | 51 | ||
Sunshine, Blossoms and Blood: H.N. Bialik in his Time: A Literary Biography | Feinstein, Sara | University Press of America | 2005 | M/J 06 | 26 | ||
Remember Not to Forget | Finkelstein, Norman H. | M/J 86 | 6 | ||||
Greater than Angels | Matas, Carol | Simon & Schuster | 1998 | F/M 99 | 19 | ||
Traktorist (AUDIO) | Kapelye, Di Naye | Oriente Music | 2008 | S/O 09 | 46 | ||
Seventy Faces: Articles of Faith | Lamm, Norman | Ktav | 2002 | M/J 03 | 18 | ||
Pavement of Hell, The | Tushnet, Leonard | St. Martin's | 1973 | D 74 | 30 | ||
Fire in His Soul: Irving M. Bunim, 1900-1980: The Man and His Impact on American Orthodox Jewry, A | Bunim, Amos | Feldheim | 1989 | N/D 89 | 10 | ||
Body of Brooklyn, The | Lazar, David | University of Iowa Press | 2003 | M/J 04 | 18 | ||
Nobody Knows Me in Miami | Kass, Sheila S. | S/O 81 | 9 | ||||
Drop of Rain, A | Kirk, Heather | Napoleon Publishing | 2004 | N/D 04 | 14-15 | ||
Animals Came Two by Two: The Story of Noahs Ark, The | Wormell, Christopher | Running Press Kids | 2008 | S/O 09 | 14 | ||
Mihu the Detective | Halpern, Chaiky | Feldheim | 1979 | Sp79 | 25 |