Book Review Index
FULL TEXT REVIEWS:
Please note that this index does not link to the full text of the book reviews.
Digital copies of AJL Reviews are available back to the Nov/Dec 2007 issue of the AJL Newsletter.
Earlier print back issues are housed in Cincinnati, OH at the Hebrew Union College Library.
| Title | Author/Editor | Series | Publisher |
Year |
Issue | P | Review Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Fine Shabbat | Barash, Chris, Mai-Wyss, Tatjana | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 43 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| . Moadei HaRav: Public Lectures on the Festivals by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik | Pick, Shlomo H. | Urim | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 20 | Levy, David B | |
| Ship to Nowhere: On Board the Exodus, The | Arato, Rona | Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers - Book 15 | Second Story Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 4-5 | Pinchuck, Chava |
| Israel | Edgar, Sherra G. | One World, Many Countries | The Child's World | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 12 | Rapp, Andrea |
| Rendevous with God; Revealing the Meaning of the Jewish Holidays and their Mysterious Rituals | Nathan Laufer | Maggid Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 14 | David Tesler | |
| The Chameleon That Saved Noah's Ark | Molchadsky, Yael, Bergman, Orit | Penguin Random House | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 30 | Gershowitz, Elissa | |
| Og's Ark | Marks, Allison, Marks, Wayne, Peluso, Martina | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 34 | Lurie, Aimee | |
| A Gefilte Fishy Tale | Marks, Allison, Marks, Wayne | MB Publishing | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 39-40 | Citrin, Rena | |
| Gift of Stuttering: Confronting Life’s Challenges: A Personal Journey | Mernick, Moe | Mosaica Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 11 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Shmulik Paints the Town | Rose, Lisa, Echeverri, Catalina | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 45 | McMahon, Martha | |
| Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories | Lempel, Blume, Cassedy, Ellen, Taub, Yermiyahu Ahron | Dryad Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 24-25 | Dwoskin, Beth | |
| Flower Girl Wore Celery, The | Gordon, Meryl G., Clifton-Brown, Holly | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 8 | Cole, Ellen | |
| Anna and the Swallow Man | Savit, Gavriel | Alfred A. Knopf | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 3 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| For those left behind : A Jewish Anthology of Comfort and Healing | Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, Anne E. Pettit | Mazo Publishers | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 5 | Nathan Rosen | |
| And so is the Bus: Jerusalem Stories | Birstein, Yossel, Birstein, Margaret, Inbar, Hana, Manaster, Robert | Dryad Press | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 40 | Share, Ellen | |
| Not This Turkey! | Steinberg, Jessica, Pike, Amanda | Albert Whitman | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 11-12 | Kamin, Rachel Erlich | |
| Because of Eva: A Jewish Genealogical Journey | Susan J. Gordon | Syracuse University Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 10 | Barbara Krasner | |
| On the Edge of the Holocaust, The Shoah in Latin American Literature and Culture | Aizenberg, Edna | Brandeis University Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 1 | Freiband, Susan | |
| Casting Lots : Creating a Family in a Beautiful Broken World | Susan Silverman | Da Capo Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 24 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Little Red Rosie | Kimmel, Eric A., Gutierrez, Monica | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 27-28 | Quay, Alex | |
| Rabbi and Senator Sleep Together: Marrying Religion and Politics. | Foster, Steven, Foster, Joyce, Brovsky, Cindy | Triple D Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 16 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Hanukkah Delight!. | Newman, Leslea, Husband, Amy | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| One Fine Shabbat | Barash, Chris, Mai-Wyss, Tatjana | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 43 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| Dreams Are Forbidden | Banki, Danna, Spira, Susan | CreateSpace | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 5 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Israel | Garfinkle, Adam | Major Nations of the Modern Middle East | Mason Crest | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 12 | Rapp, Andrea |
| Necessary Mourning: Healing the Loss of a Parent through Jewish Ritual | Abraham-Klein, Dahlia | Shamashi Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 1 | Nathan Rosen | |
| That's Why I Married You: How to Dance with Personality Differences | Chana Levitan | Gefen | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 14 | Daniel D. Stuhlman | |
| Sage Advice: Pirkei Avot | Greenberg, Irving | Maggid Books | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 6 | Sukenic, Harvey | |
| The Chameleon That Saved Noah's Ark | Molchadsky, Yael, Bergman, Orit | Penguin Random House | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 30 | Gershowitz, Elissa | |
| The Sparkling Gift: the Story of the Miraculous Mon | Rozen, Abigail, Hammerman, Lisa Cain | Feldheim | 2016 | F/M 16 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Jewish in America: Living George Washington's Promise | Richard R. Rubin | Park International Publishing | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 19 | Laura Schutzman | |
| A Holiday for Ari Ant | Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | F/M 16 | 45 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories | Lempel, Blume, Cassedy, Ellen, Taub, Yermiyahu Ahron | Dryad Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 24-25 | Dwoskin, Beth | |
| Flower Girl Wore Celery, The | Gordon, Meryl G., Clifton-Brown, Holly | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 8 | Cole, Ellen | |
| For those left behind : A Jewish Anthology of Comfort and Healing | Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, Anne E. Pettit | Mazo Publishers | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 5 | Nathan Rosen | |
| Not This Turkey! | Steinberg, Jessica, Pike, Amanda | Albert Whitman | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 11-12 | Kamin, Rachel Erlich | |
| Finding Recovery and Yourself in Torah | Borowitz, Mark | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 2 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Six Memos form the Last Millennium: A Novelist Reads the Talmud | Joseph Skibell | University of Texas Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 24 | Issac, Fred | |
| Rosh Hashanah Is Coming! | Newman, Tracy, Garofoli, Viviana | Kar-Ben | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 28 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| Honorable Mentschen: A Torah-Based Guide to Derech Eretz and Social Skills | Krohn, Genendel, Cohen, Avigayil | Feldheim | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 37 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Jars of Hope: How One Woman Helped Save 2,500 Children during the Holocaust | Roy, Jennifer, Owenson, Meg | Capstone | 2016 | F/M 16 | 42 | Lenson, Heather | |
| Rabbi and Senator Sleep Together: Marrying Religion and Politics. | Foster, Steven, Foster, Joyce, Brovsky, Cindy | Triple D Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 16 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| More than Enough: A Passover Story | Wayland, April Halprin, Kath, Katie | Dial Books for Young Readers | 2016 | F/M 16 | 47 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| Hanukkah Delight!. | Newman, Leslea, Husband, Amy | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Kopecks for Blintzes | Goldman, Judy, Batori, Susan | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 43 | Silverman, Lisa | |
| Me, Myself & God: A Theology of Mindfulness | Roth, Jeff | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 20 | Kohn, Roger S. | |
| Dreams Are Forbidden | Banki, Danna, Spira, Susan | CreateSpace | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 5 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Mitzvah Kids: Learning and Laughing Throughout the Jewish Year | Goren, Michal | Feldheim | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 12-13 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| The Wisdom of Solomon and Us: The Quest for Meaning, Morality, and a Deeper Relationship with God | Angel, Marc D. | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 2 | Harvey Sukenic | |
| Zionists in Interwar Czechoslovakia: Minority Nationalism and the Politics of Belonging | Tatjana Lichtenstein | Indiana University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 14-15 | Hallie Cantor | |
| Zohar: Reception and Impact. | Huss, Boaz | Littman Library of Jewish Civilization | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 8 | Scheide, Daniel | |
| Anne Frank | Parks, Peggy J. | Influential Women | ReferencePoint Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 31 | Citrin, Rena |
| The Sparkling Gift: the Story of the Miraculous Mon | Rozen, Abigail, Hammerman, Lisa Cain | Feldheim | 2016 | F/M 16 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| The Sefiros and the Self: A Divine Blueprint for Self-Discovery and Personal Growth | Yaakov Feder | Feldheim Publishers | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 6 | Nira Wolfe | |
| After the Death of God, a Phenomenological Study of Hebrew Literature | Avi Sagi | Academic Studies Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 19 | David Tesler | |
| Another Me | Wiseman, Eva | Tundra | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 34 | Dublin, Anne | |
| A Holiday for Ari Ant | Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | F/M 16 | 45 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories | Lempel, Blume, Cassedy, Ellen, Taub, Yermiyahu Ahron | Dryad Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 24-25 | Dwoskin, Beth | |
| Massacre in Munich: How Terrorists Changed the Olympics and the World | Nardo, Don | Captured Sports History series | Capstone | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 8 | Dublin, Anne |
| Not This Turkey! | Albert Whitman | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 11-12 | Kamin, Rachel Erlich | ||
| Traveling Homeland: The Babylonian Talmud as Diaspora | Boyarin, Daniel | University of Pennsylvania Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 2 | Finkelman, Yoel | |
| The New World Haggadah | Ilan Stavans, Gloria Abella Ballen | Gaon Books | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 24 | Suzanne Smailes | |
| Rosh Hashanah Is Coming! | Newman, Tracy, Garofoli, Viviana | Kar-Ben | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 28 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| Honorable Mentschen: A Torah-Based Guide to Derech Eretz and Social Skills | Krohn, Genendel, Cohen, Avigayil | Feldheim | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 37 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Jars of Hope: How One Woman Helped Save 2,500 Children during the Holocaust | Roy, Jennifer, Owenson, Meg | Capstone | 2016 | F/M 16 | 42 | Lenson, Heather | |
| Rabbi and Senator Sleep Together: Marrying Religion and Politics. | Foster, Steven, Foster, Joyce, Brovsky, Cindy | Triple D Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 16 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| More than Enough: A Passover Story | Wayland, April Halprin, Kath, Katie | Dial Books for Young Readers | 2016 | F/M 16 | 47 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| Potatoes at Turtle Rock. | Schnur, Susan, Schnur-Fishman, Anna, Steele-Morgan, Alex | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Quay, Alex | |
| Kopecks for Blintzes | Goldman, Judy, Batori, Susan | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 43 | Silverman, Lisa | |
| e Marriage Plot: or How Jews Fell in Love with Love, and Literature, The | Seidman, Naomi | Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture | Stanford University Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 22 | Kohn, Roger S. |
| Trapped Behind Enemy Lines: The Story of the U.S. Army Air Force 807th Medical Evacuation Squadron | Braun, Eric | Capstone Young Readers | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 5 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Nietzsche’s Jewish Problem: Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism | Holub, Robert C | Princeton University Press | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 31 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| Royal Attire: On Karaite and Rabbanite Beliefs | Ben Nisan, Hakham Moredechai, Gabriel Wasserman | The Karaite Jews of America Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 2 | Randall C. Belinfante | |
| Jewish Rites of Death: Stories of Beauty and Transformation | Richard A. Light | Terra Nova Books | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 15 | Nathan Rosen | |
| Kelev's Journey: A Jewish Dog Wanders Home | Hammerstein, David, Shems, Ed | Wyndebirk Books | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 31 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Converting Masters: World Famous Masterpieces with a Jewish Twist | Etsy Frankel-Fersel | Menorah Books | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 6 | Nira Wolfe | |
| From Mouring to Morning: A Comprehensive Guide to Mourning, Grieving, and Bereavement with Special Emphasis on the Shiva Call | Simeon Schreiber | Urim Publications | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 20 | Nathan Rosen | |
| The Boy at the Top of the Mountain | undefined | Henry Holt | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Ora de Despertar | Aroeste, Sarah | Aroeste Music | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 40 | Levine, Joyce | |
| A Place for Elijah | Ruben, Kelly Easton, Friar, Joanne | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 45-46 | Feit, Shelly | |
| Avi the Ambulance to the Rescue | Carlson, Claudia | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 9 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Radioactive! How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World | Conkling, Winifred | Random House | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 4-5 | Lenson, Heather | |
| Potatoes at Turtle Rock. | Schnur, Susan, Schnur-Fishman, Anna, Steele-Morgan, Alex | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Quay, Alex | |
| Pesach Guess Who? A Lift-the-Flap Book | Stern, Ariella, Argoff, Patti | Hachai | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 12 | Kamin, Rachel Erlich | |
| Lingering Bilingualism: Modern Hebrew and Yiddish Literatures in Contact | Brenner, Naomi | Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art | Syracuse University Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 2 | Dwoskin, Beth |
| The New World Haggadah | Ilan Stavans, Gloria Abella Ballen | Gaon Books | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 24 | Suzanne Smailes | |
| Sky-High Sukkah | Packer, Rachel Ornstein, Zemke, Deborah | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 28 | Cole, Ellen | |
| How It's Made: Torah Scroll | Ofanansky, Allison, Alpern, Eliyahu | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 37-38 | Lisa Silverman | |
| Saving the Persecuted | Williams, Brian, Williams, Brenda | Heroes of World War II Series | Heinemann-Raintree | 2016 | F/M 16 | 42-43 | Isaac, Fred |
| Architect of Liberal Judaism | Fox, Pam, Mattuck, Israel Isidor | Valentine Mitchell | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 16 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Miriam’s Song: The Story of Miriam’s Peretz | Shir, Smadar | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 15 | Share, Ellen | ||
| Shh... Shh... Shabbat | Marshall, Linda Elovitz, Golubeva, Evgenia | Kar-Ben | 2016 | F/M 16 | 44 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| To Our Children: Memoirs of Displacement: A Jewish Journey of Hope and Survival in Twentieth-Century Poland and Beyond | Szer, Wlodzimier | Academic Studies Press | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 22 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Front Lines | Grant, Michael | HarperCollins | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 5-6 | Kamin, Rachel Erlich | |
| Vladimir Jabotinsky’s Story of My Life | Jabotinsky, Vladimir, Horowitz, Brian, Katsis, Leonid | Wayne State University Press | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 31 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| Anti-Semitism: Jewish Immigrants Seek Safety in America (1881-1914) | Pressberg, Dava | Rosen Publishing Group | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 13 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Royal Attire: On Karaite and Rabbanite Beliefs | Ben Nisan, Hakham Moredechai, Gabriel Wasserman | The Karaite Jews of America Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 2 | Randall C. Belinfante | |
| Gam hem ḳeruyim adam : ǂb ha-nokhri be-ʻene ha-Rambam = They too are called human : gentiles in the eyes of Maimonides | Kellner, Menachem | Bar-Ilan University Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 8 | Scheide, Daniel | |
| Kelev's Journey: A Jewish Dog Wanders Home | Hammerstein, David, Shems, Ed | Wyndebirk Books | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 31 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| The Zohar: Pritzker Edition Volume 11 | Joel Hecker | Stanford University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 6 | David B. Levy |
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