Book Review Index
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| Title | Author/Editor | Series | Publisher |
Year |
Issue | P | Review Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defenders of the Faith: Studies in Nineteenth-and-Twentieth Century Orthodoxy and Reform | Bleich, Judith | Touro University Press | 2020 | S/O 2020 | 26 | Lieberman, Eli | |
| Crisis and Creativity Between World Wars, 1918-1939 | Endelman, Todd M., Moore, Deborah Dash | The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Volume 8 | Yale University Press | 2020 | S/O 2020 | 27-28 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. |
| Buen Shabat, Shabbat Shalom | Aroeste, Sarah, Rubio, Ayesha | Kar Ben | 2020 | F/M 2020 | 43 | Silverman, Lisa | |
| The Book of Jeremiah : A Novel in Stories | Zuckerman, Julie | Press 53 | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 36 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Early Israelites: Two Peoples, One History: Rediscovery of the Origins of Ancient Israel | Lipovsky, Igor P. | American Academy Press | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 27 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story | Newman, Leslea, Bates, Amy June | Abrams Books for Young Readers | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 2-3 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Social Change and Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy | Waxman, Chaim I. | Littman Library of Jewish Civilization | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 32 | Tesler, David | |
| Raisins and Almonds: A Yiddish Lullaby | Tarcov, Susan, Sanchez, Sonia | Kar Ben | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 20 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler's Cross: Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate | Nakagaki, T.K. | Stone Bridge Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 27-28 | Lieberman, Eli | |
| Elie Wiesel: An Extraordinary Life and Legacy | Epstein, Nadine | Moment Books | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 15 | Amir, Michlean | |
| Tubercular Capital: Illness and the Conditions of Modern Jewish Writing | Yudkoff, Sunny S. | Stanford University Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 32 | Dr. Yaffa Weisman | |
| Scribes and Scrolls at Qumran | Crawford, Sidnie White | Eerdmans | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 22 | Belinfante, Randall C. & Anne Marie | |
| Long- Haired, Cat-Boy Cub | Keret, Etgar, Basil, Aviel, Silverston, Sondra | Seven Stories Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 19 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Waste Not, Want Not: Kosher Cookbook | Fruchter, Yaffa | Ktav | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 23-24 | Gordon, Ilka | |
| Justice in the West Bank?: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Goes to Court | Bob, Yonah Jeremy | Gefen | 2019 | S/O 2020 | 26-27 | Schutzman, Laura | |
| Creation Colors | Koffsky, Ann D. | Apples and Honey Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 3 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| A World Divided: The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States | Weitz, Eric D. | Princeton University Press | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 32-33 | Quinn, Arthur G. | |
| The Truth About Leaving | Blitt, Natalie | Amberjack Publishing | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 14 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| The 100 Most Jewish Foods | Newhouse, Alana | Artisan | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 28 | Gordon, Ilka | |
| Defending Israel: The Story of My Relationship with My Most Challenging Client | Dershowitz, Alan M. | All Points Books | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 23 | Gordon, Ilka | |
| Noah's Ark | Smith, Brendan Powell | Brick Bible for Kids | Sky Pony Press | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 39-40 | Bloomfield, Kathy |
| Mitzvah Pizza | Scheerger, Sarah Lynn, Melmon, Deborah | Kar Ben | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 16 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| Site of Amnesia: The Lost Historical Consciousness of Mizrahi Jewry | Golan, Yvonne Kozlovsky | Brill | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 24 | Levy, David B. | |
| Print to Fit: The New York Times, Zionism and Israel ( 1896-2016) | Auerbach, Jerold S. | Academic Studies Press | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 9 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Vichy France and the Jews 2nd ed. | Marrus, Michael R., Paxton, Robert O. | Stanford University Press | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 28 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Volume 6 Confronting Modernity 1750-1880 | Carlebach, Elisheva, Moore, Deborah Dash | The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Volume 6 | Yale University Press | 2019 | S/O 2020 | 27 | Levy, David B. |
| Social Vision: The Lubavitcher Rebbe's Transformative Paradigm for the World | Wexler, Philip | Herder & Herder Books | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 33 | Mizrachi, Diane | |
| Wait! It's Friday | Barash, Chris, Grove, Christine | Apples and Honey Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 21 | Cole, Ellen | |
| Kissing Ezra Holtz( and Other Things I Did For Science) | Shrum, Brianna R. | Sky Pony Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 15 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| A Dreidel in Time: A New Spin on an Old Tale | Berneger, Marcia, Castro, Beatriz | Kar Ben | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 20 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Four Rabbis at Lunch: Candid Conversations Among American Clergy | Elkins, Dov Peretz | Ktav | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 33 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Judaism, Addiction, and Recovery | Eisenberg, Richard L. | Mazo Publishers | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 23 | Share, Ellen | |
| Lady Amelie Jakobovits: Queen of Kindness | Gebber, Leah | Great Jewish Lives | Menucha | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 40-41 | Gann, Marjorie |
| Understand Judaism | Blohm, Craig E. | Understanding World Religions | Reference Point Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 17 | Bloomfield, Kathy |
| Long Summer Nights | Appelfeld, Aharon, Mintzi, Vali, Green, Jeffrey | Seven Stories Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 10 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Religious Changes and Cultural Transformations in the Early Modern Western Sephardic Communities | Kaplan, Yoseph | Brill | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 24 | Levy, David B. | |
| The Jewish Journey Haggadah: Connecting the Generations | Berkowitz, Rabbanit Adena | Gefen | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 11 | Freiband, Susan | |
| Memoirs of a False Messiah | Becker, Pamela | self-published | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 34 | Lieberman, Eli | |
| Shabbos Treats: Delightful Stories of Devotion to Our Holy Shabbos | Krohn, Genendel, Katz, Tova | Feldheim | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 21 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Someday We Will Fly | DeWoskin, Rachel | Viking | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 15 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Josephus in Modern Jewish Culture | Schatz, Andrew | Studies in Jewish History and culture ;55 | Brill | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 29 | Levy, David B |
| Chelm for the Holidays | Frankel, Valerie, Wimmer, Sonja | Kar Ben | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 20-21 | Glasser, Rachel | |
| Jewish Renaissance: A Voice from the Chorus 3 vol. | Feuerstein, Malcolm | self-published | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 34 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |
| Jewish Theology for a Postmodern Age | Feldmann, Kaye Miriam | Littman Library of Jewish Civilization | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 23-24 | Levy, David B | |
| Saving Hanno: The Story of a Refugee Dog | Halahmy, Miriam | Holiday House | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 12-13 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| The Jewish Spiritual Path: The Way of the Name | Golding, Joshua L. | Urim Publications | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 28 | Kohn, Roger S. | |
| A Whale of a Tale | Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica | Scarlett and Sam | Kar Ben | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 10-11 | Bloomfield, Kathy |
| Shadow Strike: Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power | Katz, Yaakov | St. Martin's Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 25 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Eric Mendelsohn's Synagogues in America | Palmer, Michael Craig | Houghton Lund Humphries | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 30 | Gordon, Ilka | |
| A Joy to Be Hidden: A Novel | Freedman, Ariela | Linda Leith Publishing | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 34 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Matzah Belowstairs | Meyer, Susan Lynn, Engell, Mette | Kar Ben | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 21-22 | Silverman, Lisa | |
| Room For One More | Polak, Monique | Kar Ben | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 16 | Flax, Shoshana | |
| Maimonides' Grand Epistle to the Scholars of Lunel: Ideology and Rhetoric | Sheer, Charles H. | Academic Studies Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 29 | Levy, David B | |
| Shabbat Treasure | Goldfinger, Evelyn, Groenman, Marcelo | Torahtron | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 21 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Portland Zionists Unite! And Other Short Stories | Flamm, Eric | Inkwater Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 34 | Dwyer, Taylor | |
| Wounds into Wisdom: Healing Intergenerational Jewish Trauma | Firestone, Tirzah | Monkfish Book Publishing | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 24 | Kohn, Roger S. | |
| Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice | Levy, Debbie, Gardner, Whitney | Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 41-42 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| The Cat Who Lived With Anne Frank | Miller, David Lee, Rubin, Steven Jay, Baddeley, Elizabeth | Philomel Books | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 13 | Glasser, Rachel | |
| The Brave Cyclist: A True Story of a Holocaust Hero | Hoffman, Amalia, Fedele, Chiara | Capstone | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 11 | Cole, Ellen | |
| Horace Kallen Confronts America: Jewish Identity, Science, and Secularism | Kaufman, Matthew | Syracuse University Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 25 | Isaac, Fred | |
| On the Word of a Jew: Religion, Reliability, and the Dynamics of Trust | Caputo, Nina, Hart, Mitchell B. | Indiana University Press | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 11-12 | Stein, Marion M | |
| Aly Raisman: Athlete and Activist | Leigh, Anna | Lerner | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 4-5 | McMahon, Martha | |
| Rashi's Commentary on the Torah: Canonization and Resistance in the Reception of a Jewish Classic | Lawee, Eric | Oxford University Press | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 16-17 | Scheide, Daniel | |
| Annelies: A Novel of Anne Frank | Gillham, David R. | Penguin | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 34-35 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |
| Around the Passover Table | Newman, Tracy, Santos, Adriana | Albert Whitman | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 22 | Silverman, Lisa | |
| The Girl in the Haystack | MacWilliams, Bryon | Serving House Books | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 16 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Sing This At My Funeral: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons | Slucki, David | Wayne State University Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 30 | Schlitt, David | |
| Intersection on Neptune | Gelagotis Lee, Donna | Poetry Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 34-35 | Gordon, Ilka | |
| Holocaust Memory and Racism in the Postwar World | Gilbert, Shirli, Alba, Avril | Wayne State University Press | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 24 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life and Work | Ortiz, Victoria | Clarion Books | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 42 | Flax, Shoshana | |
| Hand in Hand | Rosenbaum, Andria Warmflash, Shleifer, Maya | Apples and Honey Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 14 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Anne Frank: Get to Know the Girls Beyond Her Diary | Radomski, Kassandra | Capstone | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 5 | Issac, Fred | |
| Jewish Veganism and Vegetarianism: Studies and New Directions | Labendz, Jacob Ari, Yanklowitz, Shmuly | State University of New York Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 25-26 | Kohn, Roger S. | |
| Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America: Restoring the Synagogue Soundtrack | Cohen, Judith M. | Indiana University Press | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 12 | Pinnolis, Judith S. | |
| Getting Good at Getting Older | Siegel, Richard, Geller, Laura | Behrman House | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 30 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| 21 Terrible Lies Against the Jews | Arie, Nansen | Propeller Publishing | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 20 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| The History of Soul 2065 | Krasnoff, Barbara | Mythic Delirium Books | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 35 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Esther's Gragger | Simpson, Martha Seif, Bernhard, Durga Yael | Wisdom Tales | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 22 | Glasser, Rachel | |
| In the Jerusalem Forest | Busheri, Devora, Kelner, Noa | Kar Ben | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 17 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Arab-Jewish Literature: The Birth and Demise of the Arab Short Story | Snir, Reuven | Brill | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 30 | Dr. Yaffa Weisman | |
| A New Vision of Southern Jewish History | Bauman, Mark K. | University of Alabama Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 21-22 | Isaac, Fred | |
| Unlocking the Haggada: The Complete Haggadah with In-Depth Commentary | Goldin, Shmuel, Goldin, Shifra | Gefen Publishing House | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 24 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| Miep and the Most Famous Diary: The Woman Who Rescued Anne Frank's Diary | Pincus, Meeg, Solano, Jordi | Sleeping Bear Press | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 42 | McMahon, Martha | |
| White Rose | Wilson, Kip | Versify/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 14 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Get to Know the Justice Who Speaks Her Mind | Micklos, John Jr. | Capstone | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 12 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Inhabiting the Promised Land: Exploring the Complex Relationship Between Archaeology and Ancient Israel as Depicted in the Bible | Steiner, Margreet L. | Oxbow Books | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 31 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| At the Narrow Waist of the World: A Memoir | Baraf, Marlena Maduro | She Writes Press | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 20 | Freiband, Susan | |
| The Rabbi Finds Her Way: A Pearl Ross Levy Novel | Schoen, Robert, DeCuir, Catherine | Stone Bridge Press | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 35 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |
| The King's Horse: A Purim Story | Sokol, Leah, Boroda, Joni Aliza | Mosaica Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 23 | Chava,Pinchuck | |
| The Return of Cavajal: a Mystery | Stavans, Ilan | Pennsylvania University Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 30-31 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| Cardozo on the Parashah: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: The Book of Genesis | Cardozo, Nathan Lopes | Kasva Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 22 | Belinfante, Randall C. & Anne Marie | |
| Floating in the Neversink: a Novel in Stories | Simon, Andrea | Black Rose Publishing | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 35 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Covenant Brothers: Evangelicals, Jews and U.S.-Israeli Relations | Hummel, Daniel G. | University of Pennsylvania Press | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 25-26 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank | Churnin, Nancy, Nayberg, Yevgenia [nid:50827] illustrator | Creston Books | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 19 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| One Yellow Daffodil: A Chanukah Story | Adler, David A., Katz, Avi | Menucha Classroom Solutions | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 12-13 | Chava,Pinchuck | |
| The Book of Sarah | Lightman, Sarah | Pennsylvania University Press | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 26 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Dissident Rabbi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas | Dweck, Yaacob | Princeton Univerity Press | 2019 | S/O 2019 | 13-14 | Scheide, Daniel | |
| The Steinsaltz Nevi'im ( Hebrew and English Edition) | Steinsaltz, Adin | Koren Publishers | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 31 | Tesler, David | |
| The Satan: How God's Executioner Became God's Enemy | Stokes, Ryan | Eerdmans | 2019 | N/D 2019 | 31 | Lieberman, Eli | |
| Sin:a:gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought | Bashevkin, David | Cherry Orchard Books | 2019 | F/M 2020 | 20-21 | Sukenic, Harvey |
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