Book Review Index
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| Title | Author/Editor | Series | Publisher |
Year |
Issue | P | Review Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Aramaic Poetry from Late Antiquity: Translations and Commentaries | Lieber, Laura Suzanne | Brill | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 30 | Levy, David B | |
| The Sinking of the Patricia | Liberman, Judith Weinshall | Dog Ear Publishing | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 11 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| Conversations with Colleagues: On Becoming an American Jewish Historian | Gurock, Jeffrey S. | Academic Studies Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 28 | Levy, David B | |
| Social Skills Around the Clock | Schonfeld, Rifka, Judowitz, Yoel | Feldheim | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 17-18 | Citrin, Rena | |
| The Women of Obernheide: Forced Jewish Women Labourers in Bremen, 1944-1945 | Muller, Helmut | Valentine Mitchell | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 32 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Resurrection Lily: The BRCA Gene, Hereditary Cancer & Lifesaving Whispers from the Grandmother I Never Knew; a Memoir | Shainman, Amy Byer | Archway Publishing | 2018 | F/M 2020 | 30 | Schutzman, Laura | |
| (((Semitism))): Being Jewish in the Age of Trump | Weisman, Jonathan | St. Martin's Press | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 35 | Lieberman, Eli | |
| Yanky's Amazing Discovery | Bauman, Reuven | Menucha | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 8 | Citrin, Rena | |
| Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History | Zipperstein, Steven J. | Liverlight | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 38 | Cantor, Hallie | |
| The Jewish Museum: History and Memory, Identity and Art from Vienna to the Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem | Berger, Natalia | Jewish Identities in a Changing World; 29 | Brill | 2018 | F/M 2019 | 2 | Kohn, Roger S. |
| Shani's Shoebox | Hoffer, Rinat | Green Bean Books | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 21 | Levitan, Rebecca | |
| The Visit to Latrun | Liberman, Judith Weinshall | Dog Ear Publishing | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 11 | Silver, Linda | |
| Beyond Routine: Turning Ritual into Meaningful Jewish Practice | Grunstein, Rabbi Yehoshua C. | Urim Publications | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 28-29 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Let's Meet a Hatzalah Member | Unger, Nissi, Rosner, Hersh | Our Community | Menucha | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 18 | Levine, Joyce |
| How It Happened: Documenting the Tragedy of Hungarian Jewry | Munkacsi, Erno | McGill-Queen's University Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 34 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Picture Girl | Brill, Marlene Targ | Golden Alley Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 9 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| The Taster:A Novel | Alexander, V.S. | Kensington Publishing | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 38 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |
| How the Other Half Looks: The Lower East Side and the Afterlives of Images | Blair, Sara | Princeton University Press | 2018 | F/M 2019 | 2-3 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |
| Family with Two Front Doors, The | Ciddor, Anna | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 11 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Unreasonable Doubts | Gentin, Reyna Marder | She Writes Press | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 35 | Levine, Joyce | |
| From Krakow to Berkeley: Coming Out of Hiding. An Immigrant's Search for Identity and Belonging | Rabkin, Anna | Valentine Mitchell | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 31 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |
| Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment | Patterson, James, Grabenstein, Chris, Johnson, Bev | Jimmy Patterson Books | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 11 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Siddur Avodat Halev | Herring, Rabbi Basil | The Toby Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 29 | Gordon, Ilka | |
| First Generation: 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great | Wallace, Sandra Neil, Wallace, Rich, Nowicka, Agata | Little Brown and Company | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 5-6 | Quay, Alex | |
| Kids Speak 10 | Walder, Chaim, Benedict, Devorah | Kids Speak | Feldheim | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 18 | Glasser, Rachel |
| The Day I Met Father Isaac at the Supermarket: Lesson in how to live from the Jewish Tradition | Riemer, Jack | Ktav | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 34 | Isaac, Fred | |
| We Want Mashgiach Now! Tales from a Kosher Cop | Lieberman, Allan | self-published | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 26 | Sukenic, Harvey | |
| Ezekiel 38-48: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary | Cook, Stephen L. | Yale University Press | 2018 | S/O 2019 | 13 | Knafl, Anne K. | |
| A Fist Around the Heart | Chisvin, Heather | Second Story Press | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 36 | Lieberman, Eli | |
| All About Anne | Metsellar, Menno, Scarry, Harry | Second Story Press | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 8-9 | Flax, Shoshana | |
| 12 Before 13 | Greenwald, Lisa | Katherine Tagen Books- HarperCollins | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 9 | Flax, Shoshana | |
| The Paris Photo: A Novel | Gabin, Jean S. | Wisdom House | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 38-39 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |
| Miracle Nation: Seventy Stories about the Spirit of Israel: A Tribute to Rebirth in the Land of our Ancestors | Meyerson, Israela | Mazo Publishers | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 17 | Isaac, Fred | |
| One of the Thirty-Six Hidden Tzaddikim: HaGaon Rav Yitzchak Zilber zt"l- his life and legacy as told by his students and those close to him | Cohen, Abraham | Feldheim | 2018 | F/M 2019 | 3 | Levy, David B | |
| Welcome to the Seder: A Passover Haggadah for Everyone | Olitzky, Kerry M. | Behrman House | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 27 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| Jewish Libya: Memory & Identity in Text & Image | Roumani, Jacques, Meghnagi, David, Roumani, Judith | Syracuse University Press | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 31 | ||
| The Montefiores: Champions of the Jewish People | Zakon, Rabbi Nachman | Great Jewish Lives | Menucha | 2018 | F/M 2020 | 43 | Isaac, Fred |
| All Three Stooges | Perl, Erica | Random House | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 12 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Gila Makes Aliyah | Blacher, Ariel Augenbraun, Koppel, Shana | Menorah Books | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 14-15 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| A River Could be a Tree: A Memoir | Himsel, Angela | Fig Tree Books | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 29-30 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Hats of Faith | Cohan, Medeia, Walsh, Sarah | Chronicle Books | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 6 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories | Simkovitch, Malka Z. | JPS | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 34-35 | Finkelman, Yoel | |
| What the Night Sings | Stamper, Vesper | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 17 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| The Four Corners of the World, Stories | Nadelson, Scott | Engine Books | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 36 | Freiband, Susan | |
| Equality Lost:Essays in Torah Commentary, Halacha, and Jewish Thought | Henkin, Yehuda | Second Issue | Urim Publications | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 28 | Levy, David B |
| The Story of Rebbetzin Henny Machlis: Her Amazing Home and Family | Zakon, Rabbi Nachman, Zakon, Miriam | Artscroll/Mesorah | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 9 | Pinchuk, Chava | |
| A Promise Stitched in Time | Kosinski, Colleen Rowan | Schiffer Publishing | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 10 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Phantom Nation: Inventing the "Palestinians" as the Obstacle to Peace | Ben-Tekoa, Sha'i | Gefen | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 24 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Katz or Cats of How Jesus Became My Rival in Love | Leviant, Curt | DZANC Books | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 39 | Gordon, Ilka | |
| Warsaw is My Country: The Story of Krstyna Bierzynska | Holmgren, Beth | Academic Studies Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 30 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Make it Concrete | Sivan, Miryam | Cuidono Press | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 35-36 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Three Founders of Israel | Schreiber, Mordecai | Amazon | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 32 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation | Folman, Ari, Polonsky, David [nid:52283], illustrator | Pantheon Books | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 1 | Levitan, Rebecca | |
| I Look Up to... Ruth Bader Ginsberg | Membrino, Anna, Burke, Fatti | Random House | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 6 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Mapping the Bones | Yolen, Jane | Philomel Books | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 17 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| I, Sarah Steinway | Carter, Mary E. | Tovah Miriam | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 35 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Memento Park | Sarvas, Mark | Farar, Straus & Giroux | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 38 | Weisman, Yaffa | |
| Walter’s Welcome: The Intimate Story of a German-Jewish Family Flight from the Nazis to Peru | Echenberg, Eva Neisser, Rasminsky, Judy Sklar | Skyhorse Publishing | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 23 | Share, Ellen | |
| Wine, Whisky & Halacha | Kallus, HaRav Shraga, Rabbi Abraham Chaim Slansky | Second Edition | Orot Chaim | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 28 | Chava,Pinchuck |
| A Cage Without Bars | Dublin, Anne | PBK | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 9-10 | Levine, Joyce | |
| Bold as a Leopard ( The Chronicles of Meir ben Yaakov) | Walfish, Miriam | Judaica Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 10 | Levine, Joyce | |
| Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and World War II | Bessner, Ellin | New Jewish Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 24 | Smith, Sonia | |
| Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the Twentieth Century | Jarausch, Konrad H. | Princeton Univerity Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 30 | Wolfe, Nira | |
| The Art of Yannai | Fine, Gary M. | Independently Published | 2018 | F/M 2019 | 3-4 | Wolfe, Nira | |
| Penina Pinkowitz and the Summer Situation | Horowitz, Shayna R. | Menucha Publishers | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 12 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| The Family Tabor: A Novel | Wolas, Cherise | Flatiron Books | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 36 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Hearts and Minds: Israel and the Battle for Public Opinion | Shai, Nachman | SUNY Press | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 32 | Isaac, Fred | |
| I Want a Friend! Stories for Learning Essential Social Skills | Benedict, Devorah | Feldheim | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 15 | Glasser, Rachel | |
| The Astronaut's Son: A Novel | Seigel, Tom | Woodhall Press | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 38 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| My Sometimes Feelings | Rubabshi, Leah, Wummer, Amy | Hachai Publishing | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 19-20 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World | Mnookin, Robert | Public Affairs Books | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 27 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Spy Who Played Baseball, The | Jones, Carrie | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 8 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| Hasidic Art and the Kabbalah | Goldman-Ida, Batsheva | (Brill’s Series in Jewish Studies, Volume 59 | Brill | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 23 | Levy, David B |
| Scholarly Man of Faith: Studies in the Thought and Writings of Rabbi Josephy B. Soloveitchik | Kanarfogel, Ephraim, Schwartz, Dov | Ktav | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 28-29 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| Yael and the Party of the Year | Lane, Tamsin | Simon & Schuster | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 10 | Quay, Alex | |
| Welcome Back, Madame Chamberlaine | Wolner, Tzipie | Menucha | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 11 | Pinchuk, Chava | |
| On the Landing: Stories | Mash, Yenta | Northern Illinois University Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 39-40 | Taub, Yermiyahu Ahron | |
| The Heart Shaped Leaf | Gefen, Shira, Polonsky, David [nid:52283], illustrator | Green Bean Books | 2018 | N/D 2019 | 18-19 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Wailing Wall | Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Davis, Gail | Dog Ear Publishers | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 18 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| Inspired by a True Story: Isaac | Karmon, Robert | Pleasure Boat Studio | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 36 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |
| Light that Unites Us, The | Goldscheider, Aaron | Oxford University Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 25 | Freiband, Susan | |
| Lyrical Eroticism in Judeo-Spanish Songs | Hamui Sutton, Silvia | Gaon Books | 2017 | F/M 2019 | 4 | Pinnolis, Judith S. | |
| Miriam’s Secret | Waldman, Debby | Orca | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 13 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Educational Oases in the Desert: the Alliance Israélite Universelle’s Girls’ Schools in Ottoman Iraq, 1895-1915 | Sciarcon, Jonathan | SUNY Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 30 | Simon, Rachel | |
| Strangers in Budapest | Keener, Jessica | Algonquin Books | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 36 | Gremillion, Yossi | |
| Expulsion | Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Davis, Gail | Dog Ear Publishers | 2017 | N/D 2018 | 10-11 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| Echo After Echo | Capetta, Amy Rose | Candlewick Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 14 | Quay, Alex | |
| Children of Château de La Hille | Steiger, Sebastian, Hoy, Jocelyn | Lexographic Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 30 | Smith, Sonia | |
| The Courage Club | Goetz, Bracha, Younger, Devora | Jewish Children's Book Club | 2017 | N/D 2018 | 7 | Chava,Pinchuck | |
| Building | Wachsler, Leah | Hachai Publishing | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 19 | Levitan, Rebecca | |
| Words for Blessing the World: Poems in Hebrew and English | Levine, Herbert | Jewish Poetry Project | Ben Yehuda Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 36 | Pinchuck, Chava |
| Bentzi and the Magic Potion | Glick, Shifra | Bentzi | Feldheim | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 10 | Colodny, Debbie |
| Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel | Klagsbrun, Francine | Schocken Books | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 25 | Eltman, George S. | |
| Tales in context: Sefer ha-Ma'sim in medieval Northern France | Kushelevsky, Rella, Ruchie Avital, Chaya Naor, Elisheva Baumgarten | Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Ms. Bodl, Or. 135 | Wayne State University Press | 2017 | N/D 2018 | 29-30 | Kohn, Roger S. |
| Backfield Boys: A Football Mystery in Black and White | Feinstein, John | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 14 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| Max Baer and Barney Ross: Jewish Heroes of Boxing | Sussman, Jeffrey | Rowman & Littlefield | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 32 | Share, Ellen | |
| Tell Me How This Ends Well. | Levinson, David Samuel | Hogarth | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 37 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Lucky Broken Girl | Behar, Ruth | Nancy Paulsen Books | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 4 | Cole, Ellen | |
| Bentzi and the Magic Potion | Bentzi | Feldheim | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 10 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Children of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II | Golabek, Mona , Cohen, Lee, Sher, Emil | Young Readers Edition | Little, Brown Books for Young People | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 15 | Levitan, Rebecca |
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