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Author/Editor Title Place of Publication Year Series ISBN Issue P Review Authorsort descending Review format Review type
Zakar, Susan M. Judaism Online: Confronting Spirituality on the Internet 1998 F/M 99 14
Stern, Chaim Pirke Avot: Wisdom of the Jewish Sages 1997 N/D 97 9
Schwartz, Howard Day the Rabbi Disappeared: Jewish Holiday Tales of Magic, The 2000 S/O 00 17, 19
Petsonk, Judy Intermarriage Handbook, The 1988 N/D 88 7
Feldman, Emanuel Biblical Echo: Reflectiosn on Bible, Jews and Judaism, The 1986 M/J 87 3
Blumenthal, David Understanding Jewish Mysticism: A Source Reader N/D 82 2
Lieberman, Sherman Mystics and Missionaries: The Jews in Palestine, 1799-1840 1992 S/O 93 19
Lucas, Eric Sovereigns, The: A Jewish Family in the German Countryside 2001 S/O 01 18
Fleming, K. E. Greece: A Jewish History 2008 S/O 08 15
Walfish, Miriam Libas Palace 2012 Jewish Girls Around the World S/O13 4
Stevens, Serita, Moore, Rayanne Red Sea, Red Sea 1992 S/O 92 22
Bender, Sara, Lucien Lazare, eds. Encyclopedia of the Righteous Among the Nations: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust 2003 France M/J 06 27
Nason, Ruth Jewish Faith, The 2005 Start-Up Religion Series N/D 05 20
Bogacki, Tomek Champion of Children: The Story of Janusz Korczak, The 2009 S/O 09 12
Solomon, Norman Historical Dictionary of Judaism 1998 S/O 99 14
Krich, Rochelle Majer Angel of Death 1994 N/D 94 11
Katz, Nathan Who Are the Jews of India? 2000 F/M 01 10
Weilerstein, Sadie Rose Ten and a Kid (rev. ed.) 2008 F/M 09 42
Rosner, Fred Medical Encyclopedia of Moses Maimonides 1998 F/M 99 41986
Boyarsky, Abraham Schreiber F/M 83 2
Bohlman, Philip V.,, Holzapfel, Otto Folk Songs of Ashkenaz, The 2001 F/M 02 18-19
Klawans, Jonathan Josephus and the Theologies of Ancient Judaism 2012 N/D13 30
Wrtheimer, Jack People Divided: Judaism in Contemporary America, A 1997 N/D 97 9, 11
Langer, Ruth Cursing the Christians? A History of the Birkat HaMinim 2012 M/J 12 34
Goldberg, Lester In Siberia It Is Very Cold 1987 N/D 87 6
Abramson, Ruth Benjamin: Journey of a Jew 1987 S/O 87 6
Cohen, Michael J. Truman and Israel 1990 N/D 90 10
Koffsky, Ann D. My Jewish Holiday Fun Book 2000 S/O 00 36
Ofek, Uriel, Taslit, Israel I., Bloom, Lloyd Smoke over Golan 1979 W79 25
Wisniewski, David Golem 1996 M/J 97 13
Grief, Howard Legal Foundation and Borders of Israel Under International Law, The: A Treatise on Jewish Sovereignty Over the Land of Israel 2008 S/O 09 39
Dresner, Samuel H. Rachel 1994 S/O 96 5
Franciosi, Robert Elie Wiesel: Conversations 2002 M/J 03 15
Kaufman, David E. Jewhooing the Sixties: America Celebrity and Jewish Identity 2012 S/O13 31-32
Sachs, Marilyn Call Me Ruth N/D 82 7
Bellow, Saul Henderson, The Rain King 1965 Sp77 30
Meir, Mira Alina: A Russian Girl Comes to Israel N/D 82 8
Schur, Maxine Rose, Pinkney, Brian When I Left My Village 1996 M/J 97 13
Goodman, Naomi On Borrowed Time: Poems of Two Centuries 2005 F/M 06 26
Stiffel, Frank Tale of the Ring: A Kaddish, The 1994 M/J 94 10
Kranzler, David Man Who Stopped the Trains to Auschwitz, The: George Mantello, El Salvador, and Switzerlands Finest Hour 2000 S/O 01 17
Lau, Binyamin Sages: Character, Context & Creativity, The 2013 N/D13 31
Labinsky, Baruch Financial Guide to Aliyah and Life in Israel 2012 FM13 29
Stillman, Norman A. Jews of Arab Lands, The 1979 W80 16
Hameiri, Avigdor, Penalosa, Fernando Parodies of An-skys "The Dybbuk" 2012 N/D13 43
Wiesel, Elie, Heffner, Richard D., Vinciguerra, Thomas J. Conversations with Elie Wiesel 2001 N/D 02 16
Lehrer, Alice Becker If We Could Hear Them Now: Encounters with Legendary Jewish Heroines 2009 M/J 10 35
Kramer, Ralph Bay Area Jewish Forum Haggadah, The M/J 86 4
Vorspan, Albert, Saperstein, David Tough Choices: Jewish Perspectives on Social Justice 1992 F/M 93 26
Bellow, Saul Mr. Sammlers Planet 1970 Sp77 30
Bokrullen, Flygande Shuff! (AUDIO) 2007 N/D 08 24
Winecki, Christine Girl in the Check Coat: Survival in Nazi-Occupied Poland and a New Life in Australia, The 2007 The Library of Holocaust Testimonies F/M 08 45
Hecht, Jacob J. Lag BOmer Book S/O 83 4
Schotter, Roni Purim Play 1998 F/M 98 16
Lasky, Kathryn Dreams in the Golden Country Dear America series F/M 99 19
Creiger, Joyce, Serfaty, Raphaella Izzy Iguana is Invited to Israel 2009 S/O 09 21
Roskies, David G. Bridge of Longing: The Lost Art of Yiddish Storytelling, A 1995 N/D 95 41860
Michelson, Richard, Lewis, E. B. Across the Alley 2006 S/O 06 22
Kacer, Kathy We Are Their Voice: Young People Respond to the Holocaust 2012 FM13 9
Shenker, Israel Noshing is Sacred: The Joys and Oys of Jewish Food 1979 Sp80 15
Bar-El, Dan, Manders, John Such a Prince 2007 N/D 07 15
Rabinowicz, Tzvi M. Hasidism in Israel: A History of the Hasidic Movement and Its Masters in the Holy Land 2000 N/D 00 12
Pitman, Walter Louis Applebaum: A Passion for Culture 2002 N/D 03 15-16
Fierman, Floyd S. Roots and Boots: From Crypto-Jew in New Spain to Community Leader in the American Southwest 1987 M/J 88 11
Kellerman, Faye False Prophet 1992 S/O 92 21
Jewish Travel Guide 2007 International Edition 2007 F/M 08 40
Kerr, Judith Other Way Round, The W75 29-30
Shires, Linda M. Coming Home: A Womans Story of Conversion to Judaism 2003 F/M 04 20
Weiner, Ellis, Davilman, Barbara How to Raise a Jewish Dog 2007 M/J 08 40, 42
Schwartz, Amy Yossel Zissel and the Wisdom of Chelm 1986 F/M 87 8
Swinsky, Michael At the Threshold: Jewish Meditations on Death 1995 S/O 96 12
Kopelev, Lev, Austin, Anthony To B Preserved Forever 1977 Sp78 23
Breuer, Mordechai, Petuchowski, Elizabeth Modernity within Tradition: The Social History of Orthodox Jewry in Imperial Germany 1992 F/M 93 21
Sofer, Barbara Shalom Haver 1996 S/O 96 16
Aidinoff, Elsie Garden, The 2004 N/D 04 14
Feltquate, Barbara, Post, Tom Kiddish Yiddish: Jewish Tradition and Culture and Rhyme 2008 N/D 08 35-36
Cohn, Bariel H., Fisch, Harold Prayer in Judaism 1996 S/O 96 11
Levinas, Emmanuel Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism 1998 N/D 98 8, 10
Bard, Mitchell Israel Matters: Understand the Past-Look to the Future 2012 N/D12 9-10
Gries, Zeev Book in the Jewish World 1700-1900, The 2007 F/M 08 39
Wallerstein, Jane Voices from the Paterson Silk Mills 2000 S/O 01 21-22
Schwatz, Howard, Waldman, Neil Next Year in Jerusalem: 3000 Years of Jewish Stories 1996 N/D 95 16-17
Josephson, Erland, Greenwald, Roger Story About Mr. Silberstein, A 1995 S/O 96 15
Potts, Steve Hanukkah 2005 N/D 05 17
Margolin, Miriam, Ryback, Issachar Little Stories for Little Children 1986 F/M 87 8
Hoffman, Lawrence A. Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life 2006 M/J 07 26
Raviv, Dan, Melman, Yosel Every Spy a Prince 1991 S/O 91 20
Danan, Julie Hilton Jewish Parents Almanac, The 1993 S/O 94 9
Schleimer, Sarah M., Klineman, Harvey One Good Turn 1990 N/D 90 41955
Herczl, Moshe Y., Lerner, Joel Christianity and the Holocaust of Hungarian Jewry 1993 F/M 94 9
Wood, Angela Gluck Holocaust: The Events and Their Impact on Real People 2007 N/D 07 10
Rubin, Steven J. Writing Our Lives: Autobiographies of American Jews, 1890-1990 1991 M/J 92 19
Senker, Cath Arab-Israeli Conflict, The 2004 Questioning History Series F/M 05 33
Leapman, Michael Witness to War: Eight True-Life Stories of Nazi Persecution 1998 F/M 99 16
Hepker, Sue, Wummer, Amy This Is the Challah 2012 FM13 14-15
Ray, Brenda Midwifes Song: A Story of Moses Birth, The 2000 15
Anidjar, Gil Semites: Race, Religion, Literature 2008 Cultural Memory in the Present M/J 08 32-33
Nigosian, S. A. From Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts: The Old Testament and Apocrypha 2004 M/J 05 40
Lehrman, Robert Juggling N/D 82 8
Roumani, Jacques, Meghnagi, David, Roumani, Judith Jewish Libya: Memory & Identity in Text & Image 2018 N/D 2018 31 Book Adult

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