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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Creation Colors | Koffsky, Ann D. | Apples and Honey Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 3 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| Mitzvah Pizza | Scheerger, Sarah Lynn, Melmon, Deborah | Kar Ben | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 16 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| Understand Judaism | Blohm, Craig E. | Understanding World Religions | Reference Point Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 17 | Bloomfield, Kathy |
| Saving Hanno: The Story of a Refugee Dog | Halahmy, Miriam | Holiday House | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 12-13 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| The Cat Who Lived With Anne Frank | Miller, David Lee, Rubin, Steven Jay, Baddeley, Elizabeth | Philomel Books | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 13 | Glasser, Rachel | |
| Aly Raisman: Athlete and Activist | Leigh, Anna | Lerner | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 4-5 | McMahon, Martha | |
| 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 | |
| White Rose | Wilson, Kip | Versify/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 14 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Shimri's Big Idea: A Story of Ancient Jerusalem | Weber, Elka, Bousidan, Inbal Gigi [nid:52277], illustrator | Apples and Honey Press | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 15 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel | Gorfinkel, Jordan B., Erez, Zadok | Koren Publishers | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 2 | Pinchuk, Chava | |
| Simchat Torah is Coming! | Newman, Tracy, Garofoli, Viviana | Kar Ben | 2019 | M/J 2019 | 6-7 | McMahon, Martha | |
| Scarlett and Sam Search for the Shamir | Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica | Scarlett and Same | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 13 | Tilman, Ellen |
| Divrei Mishkan T’filah: Delving into the Siddur | Sarason, Richard S. | Central Conference of American Rabbis | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 28 | Smailes, Suzanne | |
| Genealogy and the Librarian: Perspectives on Research, Instruction, Outreach, and Management | Smallwood, Carol, Gubnitskaia, Vera | McFarland | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 33 | Dwoskin, Beth | |
| I Go to Sleep | Benenfeld, Rikki | Hachai | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 16 | Levine, Joyce | |
| Prodigal children in the house of G-d | Taub, Yermiyahu Ahron | austin macauley Publishers | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 38 | Seigel, Amanda | |
| Noah's Art Animal ABCs | Scudamore, Angelika | Zonderkidz | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 7 | Kamin, Rachel | |
| Gal Gadot: Soldier, Model, Wonder Woman. | Sherman, Jill | Gateway Biographies | Lerner | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 9 | Dublin, Anne |
| Am I My Body's Keeper? Torah, Science, Diet and Fitness- for Life. | Kaufman, Michael | Urim | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 29 | Quinn, Arthur G. | |
| Ben and the Bishop | Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Davis, Gail | Dog Ear Publishers | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 10-11 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| I Have Lost My Way | Forman, Gayle | Viking Books for Young Readers | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 11 | Gershowitz, Elissa | |
| The Italian Executioners: the Genocide of the Jews of Italy | Sullam, Simon Levis, trans. Smyth, Oona, Patane, Claudia | Princeton University Pres | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 33 | Simon, Rachel | |
| We Can Find A Way: A Hachnosas Orchim Inclusion Story | Rosenfeld, Dina H., Wummer, Amy | Hachai Publishing | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 16 | Levitan, Rebecca | |
| The World Needs Beautiful Things | Berkowitz, Leah Rachel, Fabbri, Daniele | Kar Ben | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 6-7 | Cole, Ellen | |
| Two by Two | Stauffer, Lisa Lowe, Scudamore, Angelika | Zonderkidz | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 7 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| Israel | Persano, Thomas | Countries we come from | Bearport | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 18 | Rapp, Andrea |
| Me and My Dog and the Homework Mystery | Adler, David A., Ackerman, Dena | Me and my dog | Menucha Classroom Solutions | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 9 | Pinchuck, Chava |
| A Matter of Geography: A New Perspective on Medieval Hebrew Poetry | Kfir, Uriah | Etudes sur le Judaisme Medieval, 74 | Brill | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 29 | David B. Levy |
| Passport Control | Green, Gila | S & H Publishing | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 11-12 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Hebrew Fascism in Palestine, 1922-1942 | Tamir, Dan | Palgrave Macmillan | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 33-34 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| Where's the Potty on this Ark? | Olizky, Kerry, Tompkins, Abigail | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 3-4 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| Avi for President | Koffsky, Ann D. | Menucha | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 7 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Queen Esther: A Bible Story Retold | Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Gau Family Studio | Dog Ear Publishing | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 10-11 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| The Spy with the Red Balloon | Locke, Katherine | Albert Whitman | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 12 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler: The Forgotten Founder. | Taylor, Derek | Vallentine Mitchell | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 34 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| Anne Frank | Baron, Clementine, Wennagal, Bruno, Nolan, Catherine | Roaring Brook Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 4 | Silverman, Lisa | |
| Bronislaw Huberman | Aronson, Peter | Double M Books | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 7 | Barbara Krasner | |
| A Pizza Contest for Jelly Eli Z. | Adler, David A., Ackerman, Dena | Menucha | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 8 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Bubbe’s Got the Beat | Press, Judy, Hall, Mary | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 19 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| The Rabbinic Conversion of Judaism: the Unique Perspective of the Bavli on Conversion and the Construction of Jewish Identity. | Lavee, Moshe | Brill | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 26 | Scheide, Daniel | |
| The Crate: A Story of War, a Murder, and Justice | Levison, Deborah Vadas | Wildblue Press | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 30 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Rokitno Square | Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Davis, Gail | Dog Ear Publishing | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 10-11 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| Blacklisted: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment | Brimner, Larry Dane | Calkins Creek | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 17 | Quay, Alex | |
| Thought and the Perception of Evil: Aristotle, Plato, the Hebrew Bible, and the Babylonian Talmud | Trachtenberg, Eliezer A. | Geffen | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 34-35 | Randall C. Belinfante [nid:51578] and Anne-Marie Belinfante | |
| Albert Einstein | Crete, Patricia, Wennagal, Bruno, Nolan, Catherine | Roaring Brook Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 4 | Silverman, Lisa | |
| An Unlikely Ballerina | Goddu, Krystyna Poray, Cosei Kawa | Kar Ben | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 7-8 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Teacher Troubles for Jelly Eli Z. | Adler, David A., Ackerman, Dena | Menucha | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 8 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| 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. | |
| Social Skills Around the Clock | Schonfeld, Rifka, Judowitz, Yoel | Feldheim | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 17-18 | Citrin, Rena | |
| (((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 | |
| The Visit to Latrun | Liberman, Judith Weinshall | Dog Ear Publishing | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 11 | Silver, Linda | |
| Let's Meet a Hatzalah Member | Unger, Nissi, Rosner, Hersh | Our Community | Menucha | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 18 | Levine, Joyce |
| Picture Girl | Brill, Marlene Targ | Golden Alley Press | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 9 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| Family with Two Front Doors, The | Ciddor, Anna | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 11 | Dublin, Anne | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Hats of Faith | Cohan, Medeia, Walsh, Sarah | Chronicle Books | 2018 | M/J 2019 | 6 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Penina Pinkowitz and the Summer Situation | Horowitz, Shayna R. | Menucha Publishers | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 12 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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