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Place of Publication | Year | Series | ISBN | Issue | P | Review Author | Review format | Review type |
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Fohrman, David | Best that Crouches at the Door: Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel, and Beyond: A Biblical Exploration | 2007 | S/O 08 | 8 | ||||||
Hartheimer, Eva Jacobson | Bestenai (adapted from Marcus Lehman) | N/D 84 | 8 | |||||||
Siry, Joseph | Beth Sholom Synagogue: Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern Religious Architecture | 2012 | N/D13 | 38 | ||||||
Agnon, S. Y., Lever, Walter, Waldren, Peter | Bethroed (AUDIO) | 1999 | S/O 01 | 32 | ||||||
Rosenbaum, Eli, Hoffer, William | Betrayal | 1993 | F/M 94 | 9 | ||||||
Goldstein, Rebecca | Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity | 2006 | F/M 07 | 32 | ||||||
Wagner, Eliot | Better Occasions | 1974 | D 74 | 27 | ||||||
Howland, Naomi | Better-Than-Best Purim, The | 2012 | FM13 | 15 | ||||||
Kaplan, Marion A. | Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany | 1998 | F/M 99 | 11 | ||||||
Israel-Cohen, Yael | Between Feminism and Orthodox Judaism: Resistance, Identity and Religious Change in Israel | 2012 | FM13 | 27 | ||||||
Tsadik, Daniel | Between Foreigners and Shiis: Nineteenth-Century Iran and Its Jewish Minority | 2007 | Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture | M/J 08 | 28 | |||||
Sternfled, Lior B. | Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories on Twentieth-Century Iran | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 35-36 | Simon, Rachel | Book | Adult | |||
Myers, David N. | Between Jew & Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rwidowicz | 2008 | Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry Series | M/J 09 | 27 | |||||
Levenson, Alan T. | Between Philosemitism and Anti-semitism: Defenses of Jews and Judaism in Germany, 1871-1932 | 2004 | F/M 05 | 18-19 | ||||||
Lapidus, Rina | Between Snow and Desert Heat: Russian Influences on Hebrew Literature, 1870-1970 | 2003 | Monographs of Hebrew Union College, no. 27 | M/J 05 | 39 | |||||
Etshalom, Yitzchak | Between the Lines of the Bible: Exodus: A Study from the New School of Orthodox Torah Commentary | 2012 | N/D13 | 24-25 | ||||||
Shapiro, Marc B. | Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884-1966 | 1999 | S/O 00 | 19-20 | ||||||
Weinberg, David H. | Between Tradition and Modernity: Haim Zhitlowski, Simon Dubnow, Ahad Ha-Am and the Shaping of Modern Jewish Identity | 1996 | M/J 97 | 9 | ||||||
Lehmann, Marcus | Between Two Worlds | F/M 83 | 5 | |||||||
Kahn, Luther, Hook, Donald D. | Between Two Worlds: A Cultural History of German-Jewish Writers | 1993 | N/D 94 | 7 | ||||||
Blitzer, Wolf | Between Washington and Jerusalem: A Reporters Notebook | 1985 | S/O 86 | 7 | ||||||
Auslander, Shalom | Beware of God: Stories | 2005 | S/O 05 | 38 | ||||||
Schneur of Liadi, Zalman, Wagshul, Yitzchok Dovid | Beyond All Reason: The Purim Discourse | 2006 | N/D 06 | 26 | ||||||
Sanchez, George J. | Beyond Alliances: The Jewish Role in Reshaping the Racial Landscape of Southern California | 2012 | The Jewish Role in Ameriacn Life, vol. 9 | S/O12 | 46 | |||||
Wolf, Diane L. | Beyond Anne Frank | 2007 | S/O 07 | 56 | ||||||
Aiken, Lisa | Beyond Bashert: A Guide to Dating and Marriage Enrichment | 1996 | F/M 97 | 3 | ||||||
Lipstadt, Deborah E. | Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust, 1933-1945 | 1986 | S/O 86 | 7 | ||||||
Rappaport, Doreen | Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust | 2012 | S/O12 | 12 | ||||||
Ellis, Marc H. | Beyond Innocence and Redemption: Confronting the Holocaust… | 1991 | M/J 92 | 15 | ||||||
Zakutinsky, Rivka, Drus-Goetz, Bracha | Beyond Pearls and Merchant Ships: Finding the Woman of Valor | 1996 | S/O 96 | 12 | ||||||
Jacobs, Louis | Beyond Reasonable Doubt | 1999 | N/D 99 | 10 | ||||||
Grunstein, Rabbi Yehoshua C. | Beyond Routine: Turning Ritual into Meaningful Jewish Practice | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 28-29 | Pinchuck, Chava | Book | ||||
Tepe, Sultan | Beyond Sacred and Secular: Politics and Religion in israel and Turkey | 2008 | F/M 09 | 19 | ||||||
Ferziger, Adam S. | Beyond Sectarianism: The Realignment of American Orthodox Judaism. | 2015 | F/M 16 | 9 | Tesler, David | |||||
Aschheim, Steven E. | Beyond the Border: The German-Jewish Legacy Abroad | 2007 | F/M 08 | 35 | ||||||
Pitt, Nancy | Beyond the High White Wall | 1986 | F/M87 | 7 | ||||||
Dykewomon, Elana | Beyond the Pale | 1997 | F/M 99 | 15 | ||||||
Collins, John J. | Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls | 2010 | S/O 10 | 30 | ||||||
Kwalwasser, Eugene I. | Beyond the Tears | 2006 | S/O 07 | 50 | ||||||
Kwalwasser, Eugene I. | Beyond the Tears: Helping Jewish Kids Cope with Death | 2006 | F/M 07 | 17 | ||||||
Weinberg, Norbert | Beyond the Wall | 1978 | W78 | 24 | ||||||
Merbeck, Mitchell B. | Beyond the Yellow Badge: Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism in Medieval and Early Modern Visual Culture | 2008 | Brills Series in Jewish Studies, v. 37 | F/M 09 | 15 | |||||
Auerbacher, Inge | Beyond the Yellow Star to America | 1995 | M/J 95 | 18 | ||||||
Rosenfeld, Ruth, Dorsett, Thomas | Beyond These Shores: 1939-1940: Poems and Diary of a Jewish Girl Who Escaped from Nazi Germany | 1996 | M/J 96 | 15 | ||||||
Gold, Betty, Hodermarsky, Mark | Beyond Trochenbrod: The Betty Gold Story | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 18 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Sheraton, Mimi | Bialy Eaters: The Story of a Bread and a Lost World, The | 2000 | N/D 00 | 13 | ||||||
Collins, John J. | Bible After Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age, The | 2005 | F/M 07 | 31-32 | ||||||
Flint, Peter W. | Bible at Qumran. Text, Shape, and Interpretation, The | 2001 | S/O 01 | 12 | ||||||
Becker, Joyce | Bible Crafts | N/D 82 | 11 | |||||||
Rossel, Seymour | Bible Dreams: The Spiritual Quest, How the Dreams in the Bible Speak to Us Today | 2003 | N/D 03 | 17 | ||||||
Kallvig, Christine Petrell, Skarl, Eric | Bible Folding Stories: Old Testament Stories and Paperfolding Together As One | 1993 | F/M 94 | 14 | ||||||
Adelman, Penina | Bible from Alef to Tav, The | 1998 | N/D 99 | 18-19 | ||||||
Adler, David A. | Bible Fun Book: Puzzles, Riddles, Magic & More | O 79 | 7 | |||||||
Eisenberg, Ann, Schanzer, Rosalyn | Bible Heroes I Can Be | 2004 | N/D 04 | 13 | ||||||
Eisenberg, Ann, Schanzer, Rosalyn | Bible Heroes I Can Be | 1990 | M/J 90 | 15 | ||||||
Baretz, Julie | Bible on Location: Off the Beaten Path in Ancient & Modern Israel, The | 2015 | F/M 16 | 4 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |||||
Brinn, Ruth Esrig, Springer, Sally | Bible Story Crafts for Little Hnads | 2000 | S/O 01 | 40 | ||||||
Nelson, Zev K. | Bible Windows, The | 1988 | S/O 89 | 8 | ||||||
Swados, Elizabeth | Bible Women (AUDIO) | 1995 | S/O 96 | 16 | ||||||
Chagall, Marc | Bible: Genesis, Exodus, the Song of Solomon, The | 2007 | M/J 08 | 19 | ||||||
Delaveau, Martine, Hillard, Denise | Bibles Imprimees du Xve au XVIIIe siecle Conservees a Paris … : Catalogue collectif | 2002 | S/O 03 | 19 | ||||||
Bloch, Abraham | Biblical and Historical Background of Jewish Customs and Practices, The | F/M 81 | 6 | |||||||
Harduf, David Mendel | Biblical and Midrashic Hebrew in the Writings of S. Y. Agnon = Mikhlol hu-shemot be-khitev Shmuel Yosef Agnon | 2002 | M/J 03 | 17 | ||||||
Feldman, Emanuel | Biblical Echo: Reflectiosn on Bible, Jews and Judaism, The | 1986 | M/J 87 | 3 | ||||||
Brams, Steven J. | Biblical Games | 1980 | W80 | 18 | ||||||
Waskow, David | Biblical Israel: One Land, One People / Rabbinic Judaism: One People, Many Lands | 2000 | Torah of the Earth: Exploring 4000 Years of Ecology in Jewish Thought | M/J 01 | 12 | |||||
Polachek, Shlomo, Himelstein, Shmuel | Biblical Outlook: Topics in Jewish Philosophy, The | 2012 | N/D12 | 34 | ||||||
Schwartz, Matthew B., Kaplan, Kalman J. | Biblical Stories for Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Sourcebook | 2004 | F/M 05 | 23 | ||||||
Biblical Studies: Meeting Ground of Jews & Christians | F/M 82 | 2 | ||||||||
Liptzin, Sol | Biblical Themes in World Literature | 1985 | N/D 85 | 4 | ||||||
Hyman, Naomi Mara | Biblical Women in the Midrash: A Sourcebook | 1997 | M/J 97 | 4 | ||||||
Wasserman, Henry | Bibliographie des Judischen Schrifttums in Deutschland 1933-1943 | 1989 | N/D 90 | 11 | ||||||
Rubinger, Ami, Baitner, Ray | Big Cat, Small Cat | 2008 | S/O 10 | 19 | ||||||
Finkelstein, Ruth, Touson, Esther | Big Like Me!: A New Baby Story | 2001 | F/M 02 | 33-34 | ||||||
Forest, Heather, Greenstein, Susan | Big Quiet House, A | 1996 | F/M 97 | 13 | ||||||
Goldwasser, Jacob | Big Shots | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 45 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||||
Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Big Silence, The | 2000 | F/M 01 | 12 | ||||||
Nobleman, Marc Tyler, Templeton, Ty | Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman | 2012 | FM13 | 2 | ||||||
Swartz, Daniel J. | Bim and Bom. A Shabbat Tale | 1996 | S/O 96 | 15 | ||||||
Dan, Joseph | Binah: Studies in Jewish History, Thought and Culture vol. 3 Middle Ages | 1995 | N/D 95 | 5 | ||||||
Cohen, Barbara | Binding of Isaac, The | S 78 | 6 | |||||||
Bodoff, Lippman | Binding of Isaac: Religious Murders and Kabbalah, The | 2005 | M/J 06 | 24 | ||||||
Metzker, Isaac | Bintel Brief, A | S/O 90 | 10 | |||||||
Metzker, Isaac, Metzker, Bella S., Levy, Diana Shalet | Bintel Brief, V.I., A | 1981 | W 82 | 13-14 | ||||||
Metzker, Bella S., Levy, Diana Shalet | Bintel Brief, vol. II: Letters to the Jewish Daily Forward, 1950-1980, The | 1981 | F 81 | 13-14 | ||||||
Metzker, Isaac | Bintel Brief: Sixty Years of Letters from the Lower East Side to the Jewish Daily Forward, A | 1990 | S/O 90 | 10 | ||||||
Bleich, J. David | Bioethical Dilemmas: A Jewish Perspective | 1998 | F/M 99 | 6 | ||||||
Mack, Tracy | Birdland | 2003 | F/M 04 | 32 | ||||||
Stein, Michal, Kroizer, Devorah | Birkas Hachaim, The Wonders of Our Body | 2009 | F/M 10 | 18-19 | ||||||
Teppler, Yaakov Y., Weingarten, Susan | Birkat haMinim: Jews and Christians in Conflict in the Ancient World | 2007 | Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism | N/D 08 | 21, 23 | |||||
Flapan, Simha | Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities, The | 1987 | N/D 87 | 4 | ||||||
Steinberg, Fannie, Hanushak, Luba | Birthday in Kishinev | 1979 | SP79 | 27 | ||||||
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, Schories, Pat | Biscuits Hanukkah | 2005 | F/M 06 | 16 | ||||||
Kacer, Kathy | Bit of Love And a Bit of Luck. Margit, Book Two, A | 2005 | Our Canadian Girl Series | S/O 05 | 11 | |||||
Reinhartz, Henia | Bits and Pieces: Memoirs | 2007 | Holocaust Survivor Memoirs | S/O 08 | 18 | |||||
Cohen, Barbara | Bitter Herbs and Honey | 1976 | W76 | 19 | ||||||
Lustig, Arnost | Bitter Smell of Almonds: Selected Fiction, The | 2001 | M/J 02 | 17 | ||||||
Ehrenburg, Ilya, Levine, James S. | Black Book, The | 1981 | W 82 | 14 | ||||||
Ehrenburg, Ilya, Levine, James S. | Black Book, The | 1981 | F 81 | 14 | ||||||
Carmel, Herman | Black Days, White Nights | 1984 | A/M 86 | 3 |