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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapping the Bones | Yolen, Jane | Philomel Books | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 17 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Family with Two Front Doors, The | Ciddor, Anna | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 11 | Dublin, Anne | |
| 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 | |
| Welcome to the Seder: A Passover Haggadah for Everyone | Olitzky, Kerry M. | Behrman House | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 27 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| Israel | Persano, Thomas | Countries we come from | Bearport | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 18 | Rapp, Andrea |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Bubbe’s Got the Beat | Press, Judy, Hall, Mary | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 19 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| Penina Pinkowitz and the Summer Situation | Horowitz, Shayna R. | Menucha Publishers | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 12 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Divrei Mishkan T’filah: Delving into the Siddur | Sarason, Richard S. | Central Conference of American Rabbis | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 28 | Smailes, Suzanne | |
| Bubbe’s Got the Beat | Press, Judy, Hall, Mary | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 19 | Tilman, Ellen | |
| Scarlett and Sam Search for the Shamir | Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica | Scarlett and Same | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 13 | Tilman, Ellen |
| I, Sarah Steinway | Carter, Mary E. | Tovah Miriam | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 35 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Scarlett and Sam Search for the Shamir | Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica | Scarlett and Same | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 13 | Tilman, Ellen |
| Spy Who Played Baseball, The | Jones, Carrie | Kar Ben | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 8 | 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 | |
| What the Night Sings | Stamper, Vesper | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 17 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| Gal Gadot: Soldier, Model, Wonder Woman. | Sherman, Jill | Gateway Biographies | Lerner | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 9 | Dublin, Anne |
| Max Baer and Barney Ross: Jewish Heroes of Boxing | Sussman, Jeffrey | Rowman & Littlefield | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 32 | Share, Ellen | |
| Librarian of Auschwitz, The | Iturbe, Antonio, Thwaites, Lilit | Henry Holt | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 5 | Gershowitz, Elissa | |
| War I Finally Won, The | Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker | Penguin Random House | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 10 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| American Interests in the Holy Land Revealed in Early Photographs | Ben-David, Lenny | Urim Publications | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 21 | Gordon, Ilka | |
| Strangers in Budapest | Keener, Jessica | Algonquin Books | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 36 | Gremillion, Yossi | |
| Backfield Boys: A Football Mystery in Black and White | Feinstein, John | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 14 | Malen, Michal Hoschander | |
| Israel | Klepeis, Alicia Z. | Exploring World Cultures | Cavendish Square | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 18 | Rapp, Andrea |
| Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals: The Talmud after the Humanities | Wasserman, Mira | University of Pennsylvania Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 32 | Sukenic, Harvey | |
| Librarian of Auschwitz, The | Iturbe, Antonio, Thwaites, Lilit | Henry Holt | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 5 | Gershowitz, Elissa | |
| Long Trail Home, The | Burkhart, Kiersi, Keyser, Amber | Quartz Creek Ranch | Lerner | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 11 | McMahon, Martha |
| . Inconsistency in the Torah: Ancient Literary Convention and the Limits of Source Criticism | Berman, Joshua | Oxford University Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 22 | Ben-Gad, Shmuel | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Origins of Midrash: From Teaching to Text, The | Mandel, Paul D. | Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, vol. 180 | Leiden | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 26 | Levy, David B |
| Wailing Wall | Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Davis, Gail | Dog Ear Publishers | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 18 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| Sparks from the fire : Shabbos Drashos Delivered at Keillas Aish Kodesh | Weinberger, Moshe, Wolf, Binyomin | Feldheim Publishers | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 32 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| Ronit & Jamil | Laskin, Pamela | Katherine Tegin Books | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 5 | Citrin, Rena | |
| Bentzi and the Magic Potion | Glick, Shifra | Bentzi | Feldheim | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 10 | Colodny, Debbie |
| Long Trail Home, The | Burkhart, Kiersi, Keyser, Amber | Quartz Creek Ranch | Lerner | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 11 | McMahon, Martha |
| Beginnings of Ladino Literature: Moses Almosnino and his Readers | Borovaya, Olga | Indiana University Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 22 | Belinfante, Randall C. | |
| Tell Me How This Ends Well. | Levinson, David Samuel | Hogarth | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 37 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| 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 |
| Reframing Politics in the Hebrew Bible: a New Introduction with Readings | Morgenstern, Mira | Hackett | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 27 | Silverburg, Sanford R. | |
| Wailing Wall | Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Davis, Gail | Dog Ear Publishers | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 18 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| Sparks from the fire : Shabbos Drashos Delivered at Keillas Aish Kodesh | Weinberger, Moshe, Wolf, Binyomin | Feldheim Publishers | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 32 | Stuhlman, Daniel D. | |
| Girl with the Red Balloon, The | Locke, Katherine | Albert Whitman | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 6 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Bentzi and the Magic Potion | Bentzi | Feldheim | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 10 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Deep Calls to Deep | Medved, Jane | New Rivers Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 37 | Freiband, Susan | |
| 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 |
| e New Babylonian Diaspora: the Rise and Fall of the Jewish Community in Iraq, 16th20th Centuries | Yehuda, Zvi | Brill | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 33 | Simon, Rachel | |
| Have You Heard?: a Child’s Introduction to the Ten Commandments | Glickman, Jeffrey., Krackow, Eric | Schiffer Publishing | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 7 | McMahon, Martha | |
| Mort Ziff Is Not Dead | Fagan, Cary | Penguin | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 11 | Cole, Ellen | |
| When It’s Over | Ridley, Barbara | She Writes Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 39 | Wallerstein, Jane | |
| 13 Stradomska Street: a Memoir of Exile and Return | Potok, Andrew | Mandel Vilar Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 28 | Smith, Sonia | |
| My Sister’s Eyes: a Family Chronicle of Rescue and Loss During World War II | Halperin, Joan Arnay | Sousa Mendes Foundation | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 15 | Levine, Joyce | |
| Building | Wachsler, Leah | Hachai Publishing | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 19 | Levitan, Rebecca | |
| Orchard, The | Brandes, Yochi, Libenson, Daniel | Gefen | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 35 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Have You Heard?: a Child’s Introduction to the Ten Commandments | Glickman, Jeffrey., Krackow, Eric | Schiffer Publishing | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 7 | McMahon, Martha | |
| Metropolitans, The | Goodman, Carol | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 12 | Silver, Linda R. | ||
| Daughters of the Air | Szilagyi, Anca L. | Lanternfish Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 39 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Joseph ibn Kaspi: Portrait of a Hebrew Philosopher in Medieval Provence | Sackson, Adrian | Brill | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 28 | Levy, David B | |
| Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees | Leatherdale, Mary Beth, Shakespeare, Eleanor | Annick Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 16 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary. | Salkin, Jeffrey K. | Jewish Publication Society | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 7 | Bloomfield, Kathy | |
| Orchard, The | Brandes, Yochi, Libenson, Daniel | Gefen | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 35 | Stahl, Sheryl F. | |
| Light that Unites Us, The | Goldscheider, Aaron | Oxford University Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 25 | Freiband, Susan | |
| Barren Island | Zoref, Harris | New Issues Poetry and Prose | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 39 | Schutzman, Laura | |
| Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees | Leatherdale, Mary Beth, Shakespeare, Eleanor | Annick Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 16 | Krasner, Barbara | |
| Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism | Aronson, Marc, Budhos, Marina | Henry Holt | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 8 | Quay, Alex | |
| Orchard, The | Brandes, Yochi | Gefen | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Holocaust: Racism and Genocide in World War II, The | Mooney, Carla, Casteel, Tom | Inquire and Investigate | Nomad Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 16 | Isaac, Fred |
| 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 | |
| Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism | Aronson, Marc, Budhos, Marina | Henry Holt | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 8 | Quay, Alex | |
| Yossi and Laibel’s Shabbos Surprise | Rosenfeld, Dina H., Nodel, Norman | Hachai | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 20 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel | Klagsbrun, Francine | Schocken Books | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 25 | Eltman, George S. | |
| Holocaust: Racism and Genocide in World War II, The | Mooney, Carla, Casteel, Tom | Inquire and Investigate | Nomad Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 16 | Isaac, Fred |
| Children of Château de La Hille | Steiger, Sebastian, Hoy, Jocelyn | Lexographic Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 30 | Smith, Sonia | |
| Yossi and Laibel’s Shabbos Surprise | Rosenfeld, Dina H., Nodel, Norman | Hachai | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 20 | Silver, Linda R. | |
| Come Back for Me | Hart-Green, Sharon | New Jewish Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 35 | Gremillion, Yossi | |
| Miriam’s Secret | Waldman, Debby | Orca | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 13 | Dublin, Anne | |
| Children of Château de La Hille | Steiger, Sebastian, Hoy, Jocelyn | Lexographic Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 30 | Smith, Sonia | |
| Lucky Broken Girl | Behar, Ruth | Nancy Paulsen Books | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 4 | Cole, Ellen | |
| Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature | Balberg, Mira | University of California Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 21 | Belinfante, Randall C. | |
| Inspired by a True Story: Isaac | Karmon, Robert | Pleasure Boat Studio | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 36 | Bibel, Barbara M. | |
| Echo After Echo | Capetta, Amy Rose | Candlewick Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 14 | Quay, Alex | |
| 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 |
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