Book Review Index
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| Author/Editor |
Title |
Place of Publication | Year | Series | ISBN | Issue | P | Review Author | Review format | Review type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benor, Sarah | Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism | 2012 | M/J13 | 19 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| Rene, Alice | Becoming Alice: A Memoir | 2008 | N/D 09 | 14 | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| Gordis, Daniel | Becoming a Jewish Parent: How to Explore Spirituality and Tradition With Your Children | 1999 | S/O 99 | 9 | ||||||
| Weiss, Arnine Cumsky | Becoming a Bat Mitzvah: A Treasury of Stories | 2004 | N/D 05 | 41955 | ||||||
| Hirschhorn, Linda | Becoming (AUDIO) | 2007 | N/D 08 | 24 | ||||||
| Madison, Winifred | Beckys Horse | 1974 | W75 | 29 | ||||||
| Bogot, Howard I., Gorbaty, Norman Z. | Becky and Benny Thank God | 1996 | F/M 97 | 12 | ||||||
| Susan J. Gordon | Because of Eva: A Jewish Genealogical Journey | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 10 | Barbara Krasner | |||||
| Kushner, Lawrence, Kushner, Karen, Majewski, Dawn W. | Because Nothing Looks Like God | 2000 | F/M 01 | 16 | ||||||
| Cognet, Christophe | Because I was a painter | 2013 | F/M 2016 | 29 | Wolfe, Nira | |||||
| Pinkwater, Daniel | Beautiful Yetta’s Hanukkah Kitten | 2014 | N/D 14 | 6 | Marks, Allison | |||||
| Pinkwater, Daniel, Pinkwater, J. | Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken | 2010 | S/O 10 | 9 | ||||||
| Greene, Rhonda Gowler, Wilson, Anne | Beautiful World That God Made, The | 2002 | S/O 02 | 41 | ||||||
| Bark, Sandra | Beautiful as the Moon, Radiant as the Stars: Jewish Women in Yiddish Stories: An Anthology | 2003 | F/M 04 | 12 | ||||||
| Leshem, Ron, Fallenberg, Evan | Beaufort | 2008 | M/J 08 | 20-21 | ||||||
| Martel, Yann | Beatrice and Virgil: A Novel | 2010 | M/J 10 | 25 | ||||||
| Fohrman, David | Beast that Crouches at the Door, The: Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel, and Beyond: A Biblical Exploration | 2007 | S/O 08 | 8 | ||||||
| Rochman, Hazel, McCampbell, Darlene Z. | Bearing Witness: Stories of the Holocaust | 1995 | F/M 96 | 18 | ||||||
| Feingold, Henry L. | Bearing Witness: How America and Its Jews Responded to the Holocaust | 1995 | M/J 96 | 15 | ||||||
| Havazelet, Ehud | Bearing the Body | 2007 | N/D 07 | 25 | ||||||
| Cheng, Andrea | Bear Makers, The | 2008 | F/M 09 | 35 | ||||||
| Azriel, Yakov | Beads for the Messiahs Bride: Poems on Leviticus | 2009 | S/O 10 | 26 | ||||||
| Grossman, David | Be My Knife | 2002 | F/M 03 | 21-22 | ||||||
| Wolfson, Ron | Be Like God: Gods To-Do List for Kids | 2012 | FM13 | 8 | ||||||
| Shlam, Shosh | Be Fruitful and Multiply (VIDEO) | 2005 | M/J 07 | 31 | ||||||
| Goffin, Sherwood | Be a Baal Tefillah: Learn to Lead the Shabbat Davening (AUDIO) | 2007 | S/O 08 | 35 | ||||||
| Polina Shepherd Vocal Experience featuring The Quartet Ashkenazim | Baym Taykh: New Yiddish Song (AUDIO) | 2007 | F/M 10 | 41 | ||||||
| Kramer, Ralph, Schid, Philip | Bay Area Jewish Forum Haggadah, The (Rev. 1986) | 1986 | A/M 86 | 4 | ||||||
| Kramer, Ralph | Bay Area Jewish Forum Haggadah, The | M/J 86 | 4 | |||||||
| Snyder, Laurel, Goldin, David | Baxter: The Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher | 2010 | N/D 10 | 11 | ||||||
| Katz, Robert | Battle for Rome: The Germans, The Allies, the Partisans, and the Pope, September 1943-June1944 | 2003 | N/D 03 | 13 | ||||||
| Rubanenko, Diana | Bat-Chen Diaries, The | 2008 | M/J 08 | 13 | ||||||
| Meiseles, Shayna, Lax, Lean | Bat Mitzvah Club: Debbies Story, The | 2001 | N/D 02 | 28 | ||||||
| Goldin, Barbara Diamond | Bat Mitzvah | 1995 | F/M 96 | 16 | ||||||
| Steinberg, Milton | Basic Judaism | 1987 | N/D 87 | 15 | ||||||
| Hackett, Jo Ann | Basic Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, with CD | 2010 | N/D 10 | 20 | ||||||
| Megdal, Howard | Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseballs Chosen Players, The | 2009 | S/O 10 | 35 | ||||||
| Zoref, Harris | Barren Island | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 39 | Schutzman, Laura | Book | Adult | |||
| Muhlstein, Anka | Baron James: the Rise of the French Rothschilds | S/O 84 | 6 | |||||||
| Chazan, Robert | Barcelona and Beyond: The Disputation of 1263 and its Aftermath | 1992 | F/M 93 | 21-22 | ||||||
| Ramati, Alexander | Barbed Wire on the Isle of Man | N/D 81 | 16 | |||||||
| Lewin, Jane, Epstein, Ellen | Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planbook, The | 1991 | S/O 91 | 19-20 | ||||||
| Lewit, Jane | Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planbook, The | N/D 82 | 2 | |||||||
| Hilton, Michael | Bar Mitzvah: A history | 2014 | N/D 14 | 22 | Isaac, Fred | |||||
| Nebens, Amy, Sternfeld, David Lewis | Bar Mitzvah/ Bat Mitzvah: Planning the Perfect Day | 2005 | N/D 05 | 10 | ||||||
| Metter, Bert | Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah: The Ceremony, the Party, and How the Day Came to Be | 2007 | N/D 07 | 22 | ||||||
| Metter, Bert | Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah | S/O 84 | 10 | |||||||
| Uhlberg, Myron, Arcabascio, Carolyn | Bar Mitzvah Boys | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 18 | Cole, Ellen | Book | Juvenile | |||
| Paterson, Moira | Bar Mitzvah Book, The | 1975 | W77 | 28 | ||||||
| Nebens, Amy, Silverman, Ellen, Sternfeld, David Lewis | Bar Mitzvah / Bat Mitzvah: Planning the Perfect Day | 2005 | N/D 05 | 10 | ||||||
| Greenfeld, Howard | Bar Mitzvah | N/D 81 | 15 | |||||||
| Kimmel, Eric A. | Bar Mitzvah | 1995 | F/M 96 | 16 | ||||||
| Mamet, David, Sultan, Donald | Bar Mitzvah | 1999 | M/J 99 | 16-17 | ||||||
| Walker, Robert | Bar and Bat Mitzvahs | 2012 | Celebrations in My World | FM13 | 12 | |||||
| Bob, Steven M., Howard, Lisa Bob | Bar and Bat Mitzvah Manual, The: Six Steps to a Memorable Family Celebration | 2008 | N/D 08 | 35 | ||||||
| Isaacson, Judith, Rosenbloom, Deborah | Bar and Bat Mitzvah in Israel: The Ultimate Family Sourcebook | 1998 | S/O 98 | 41986 | ||||||
| Novack, Miriam Selden | Bar / Bat Mitzvah Autograph Book | 1993 | F/M 94 | 9 | ||||||
| Schwartzbaum, Avraham | Bamboo Cradle: A Jewish Fathers Story | 1988 | N/D 88 | 7 | ||||||
| Levin, Martin | Balm in Gilead | 1974 | Ap 74 | 25-26 | ||||||
| Lenhard, Elizabeth, Wolff, Jason | Ball of Clay that Rolled Away, The | 2012 | M/J 12 | 11 | ||||||
| Rakoff, Alvin | Baldwin Street | 2007 | N/D 07 | 26 | ||||||
| Denholtz, Elaine Grudin | Balancing Work and Love: Jewish Women Facing the Family-Career Challenge | 2000 | S/O 01 | 11 | ||||||
| Somekh, Sasson | Baghdad, Yesterday: The Making of an Arab Jwe | 2007 | S/O 08 | 24 | ||||||
| Balass, Joe | Baghdad Twist (VIDEO) | 2007 | F/M 09 | 23 | ||||||
| Davis, Aubrey, Petricic, Dusan | Bagels from Benny | 2003 | N/D 03 | 25 | ||||||
| Stuchner, Joan Betty | Bagels Come Home! | 2014 | M/J 15 | 6 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |||||
| Stevens, Serita, Moore, Rayanne | Bagels and Tea | 1993 | N/D 93 | 7 | ||||||
| Moses, Jennifer Anne | Bagels and Grits: A Jew in the Bayou | 2007 | S/O 08 | 25 | ||||||
| Blau, Judith Hope | Bagel Baker of Mulliner Lane, The | 1976 | F/M 92 | 20 | ||||||
| Joffo, Joseph | Bag of Marbles, A | 1974 | D 74 | 28-29 | ||||||
| Appelfeld, Aharon | Badenheim 1939 | S/O 81 | 7 | |||||||
| Gellman, Marc, Hartman, Thomas | Bad Stuff in the News: A Guide to Handling the Headlines | 2002 | M/J 02 | 23 | ||||||
| Kahn, Daniel | Bad Old Songs (AUDIO) | 2013 | S/O13 | 50 | ||||||
| Yolen, Jane, Stemple, Heidi E. Y., Guay, Rebecca | Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Muderesses, Thieves & Other Female Villians | 2013 | S/O13 | 3 | ||||||
| Feinstein, John | Backfield Boys: A Football Mystery in Black and White | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 14 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | Book | Juvenile | |||
| Waysman, Dvora | Back of Beyond: A Bar Mitzvah Journey | 1996 | F/M 97 | 11 | ||||||
| Fowles, Shelley | Bachelor and the Bean, The | 2003 | M/J 03 | 30 | ||||||
| Neusner, Jacob | Babylonian Talmud, The: A Translation and Commentary | 2005 | S/O 06 | 41-42 | ||||||
| Esler, Anthony | Babylon | F/M 81 | 5 | |||||||
| Blau, Sara, Leff, Tova | Baby of Our Own | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 7 | Isaac, Fred | |||||
| Dublin, Anne | Baby Experiment, The | 2012 | M/J 12 | 1 | ||||||
| Zalben, Jane Breskin, Chess, Victoria | Baby Babka, the Gorgeous Genius | 2004 | S/O 04 | 53 | ||||||
| Halperin, Liora | Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948 | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 21 | Cantor, Hallie | |||||
| Lumer, Marc, Burston, Chaim, Naiditch, DovBer | Babel | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 29 | Cole, Ellen | |||||
| Baal Teshuva Survival Guide, The | 2009 | N/D 09 | 20 | |||||||
| Yolen, Jane, Stemple, Adam | B.U.G. (BIG UGLY GUY) | 2013 | N/D13 | 7 | ||||||
| Pap, Karoly, Olchvary, Paul | Azarel | 2001 | F/M 02 | 30-31 | ||||||
| Axum | Axum (AUDIO) | 2010 | S/O 10 | 40 | ||||||
| Bitton, Yosef | Awesome Creation: A Study of the First Three Verses of the Torah | 2013 | S/O13 | 21 | ||||||
| Bloom, Amy | Away | 2007 | N/D 07 | 25 | ||||||
| Hirschmann, Ira Authur | Awakening, the Story of the JNF, The | 1981 | W82 | 11 | ||||||
| Laitman, Michael | Awakening to Kabbalah: The Guidling Light of Spiritual Fulfillment | 2006 | M/J 06 | 28 | ||||||
| Schiff, Ellen | Awake and Sing!: Six Great American Jewish Plays | 2004 | S/O 04 | 24 | ||||||
| Blumberg, Margie, McGaw, Laurie | Avrams Gift | 2003 | F/M 04 | 34-35 | ||||||
| Kardos, Gyorgy, Manheim, Ralph | Avrahams Good Week | 1975 | W76 | 17 | ||||||
| Fuchs, Menucha, Haas, Esti | Avigayil and the Little Student | 2006 | Smile with Avigayil Series, The | M/J 07 | 9 | |||||
| Fuchs, Menucha | Avigayil and the Little Chick | 2008 | Smile with Avigayil Series, The, #4 | F/M 09 | 48 | |||||
| Fuchs, Menucha, Haas, Esti | Avigayil and Her Little Friends | 2008 | Smile with Avigayil Series (book 3) | F/M 09 | 50 |
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