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 |
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Little Red Rosie | Kimmel, Eric A., Gutierrez, Monica | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 27-28 | Quay, Alex | |
Israel: Stories of Conflict and Resolution, Love and Death | Zohar, Gil | Voices from Israel | Mitchell Lane | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 36-37 | Quay, Alex |
Potatoes at Turtle Rock. | Schnur, Susan, Schnur-Fishman, Anna, Steele-Morgan, Alex | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Quay, Alex | |
Potatoes at Turtle Rock. | Schnur, Susan, Schnur-Fishman, Anna, Steele-Morgan, Alex | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Quay, Alex | |
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir | Engle, Margarita | Atheneum | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 5 | Quay, Alex | |
Potatoes at Turtle Rock. | Schnur, Susan, Schnur-Fishman, Anna, Steele-Morgan, Alex | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Quay, Alex | |
Lola Levine is Not Mean! | Brown, Monica | Little Brown and Company | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 6 | Quay, Alex | |
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 | |
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 | |
A Whale of a Time and More Stories for Thinking Kids! | Stein, Rachel, Katz, Tova | Feldheim | 2015 | F/M 16 | 37-38 | Quay, Alex | |
Returning Home: Journeys to Israel | Silverman, Erica | Voices from Israel | Mitchell Lane | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 36-37 | Quay, Alex |
A Whale of a Time and More Stories for Thinking Kids! | Stein, Rachel, Katz, Tova | Feldheim | 2015 | F/M 16 | 37-38 | Quay, Alex | |
Americans in the Holy Land | Zohar, Gil | Voices from Israel | Mitchell Lane | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 36-37 | Quay, Alex |
Little Red Rosie | Kimmel, Eric A., Gutierrez, Monica | Apples and Honey Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 27-28 | Quay, Alex | |
Israel: Holy Land to Many | Zohar, Gil | Voices from Israel | Mitchell Lane | 2015 | S/O 2016 | 36-37 | Quay, Alex |
Echo After Echo | Capetta, Amy Rose | Candlewick Press | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 14 | Quay, Alex | |
Universal Art: Hebrew Grammar Across Disciplines and Faiths | Vidro, Nadia, Zweip, Irene E., Olszowy-Schlanger, Judith | Studies in Jewish History and Culture; 46 | Brill | 2014 | F/M 2016 | 25 | Smailes, Suzanne |
The New World Haggadah | Stavans, Ilan, Ballen, Gloria Abella | Gaon Books | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 24 | Smailes, Suzanne | |
The New World Haggadah | Stavans, Ilan, Ballen, Gloria Abella | Gaon Books | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 24 | Smailes, Suzanne | |
Divrei Mishkan T’filah: Delving into the Siddur | Sarason, Richard S. | Central Conference of American Rabbis | 2018 | M/J 2018 | 28 | Smailes, Suzanne | |
Universal Art: Hebrew Grammar Across Disciplines and Faiths | Vidro, Nadia, Zweip, Irene E., Olszowy-Schlanger, Judith | Studies in Jewish History and Culture; 46 | Brill | 2014 | F/M 2016 | 25 | Smailes, Suzanne |
Universal Art: Hebrew Grammar Across Disciplines and Faiths | Vidro, Nadia, Zweip, Irene E., Olszowy-Schlanger, Judith | Studies in Jewish History and Culture; 46 | Brill | 2014 | F/M 2016 | 25 | Smailes, Suzanne |
Writing Jewish Culture: Paradoxes in Ethnography | Andreas Kilcher, Gabriella Safran | Indiana University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 12 | Beth Dwoskin | |
Writing Jewish Culture: Paradoxes in Ethnography | Andreas Kilcher, Gabriella Safran | Indiana University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 12 | Beth Dwoskin | |
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 | |
Necessary Mourning: Healing the Loss of a Parent through Jewish Ritual | Abraham-Klein, Dahlia | Shamashi Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 1 | Nathan Rosen | |
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 | |
Jewish Rites of Death: Stories of Beauty and Transformation | Richard A. Light | Terra Nova Books | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 15 | Nathan Rosen | |
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 Jewish Book of Grief and Healing: A Spiritual Companion for Mourning | Stuart M. Matlins | Jewish Lights | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 16 | Nathan Rosen | |
Remember my Soul: What to Do in Memory of A Loved One; A Path of Reflection and Inspiration for Shiva, the Stages of Jewish Mourning and Beyond | Lori Palatnik, Yaakov Palatnik | K'hal Publishing & Afikim Foundation | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 18 | Nathan Rosen | |
Remember my Soul: What to Do in Memory of A Loved One; A Path of Reflection and Inspiration for Shiva, the Stages of Jewish Mourning and Beyond | Lori Palatnik, Yaakov Palatnik | K'hal Publishing & Afikim Foundation | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 18 | Nathan Rosen | |
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 | |
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 | |
The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France | Ethan B. Katz | Harvard University Press | 2015 | F/ M 2017 | 12 | Randall C. Belinfante | |
Jonah and Amos | Israel Drazin | Gefen | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 5 | Arthur G. Quinn | |
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 | |
Converting Masters: World Famous Masterpieces with a Jewish Twist | Etsy Frankel-Fersel | Menorah Books | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 6 | Nira Wolfe | |
The Jewish Fact Finder: A Bookful of Important Torah Facts and Handy Jewish Information | Yaffa Ganz | Feldheim Publishers | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 8 | Nira Wolfe | |
Saved to Remember: Raoul Wallenberg, Budapest 1944 and After | Frank Vajda | Monash University Publishing | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 25-26 | Nira Wolfe | |
Happiness the Jewish Way: A Practical Guide to Happiness through the Lens of Jewish Wisdom | Olga Gilburd | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | 2015 | F/ M 2017 | 8-9 | Nira Wolfe | |
Tiferet Yisrael: Translation and Commentary: Volume 1: Introduction and Chapters 1-9. | Loew, Yehudah ben Bezalel, Widmonte, Ramon | Urim Publications | 2016 | M/J 2018 | 26 | David B. Levy | |
The Zohar: Pritzker Edition Volume 11 | Joel Hecker | Stanford University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 6 | David B. Levy | |
The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume 10 | Nathan Wolski | Stanford University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 26 | David B. Levy | |
Tiferet Yisrael: Translation and Commentary: Volume 1: Introduction and Chapters 1-9. | Loew, Yehudah ben Bezalel, Widmonte, Ramon | Urim Publications | 2016 | M/J 2018 | 26 | David B. Levy | |
My Own Words | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Simon and Schuster | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 9 | Rachel Simon | |
Because of Eva: A Jewish Genealogical Journey | Susan J. Gordon | Syracuse University Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 10 | Barbara Krasner | |
Clepsydra: Essay on the Plurality of Time in Judaism | Sylvie Anne Goldberg, Benjamin Ivry | Stanford University Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 9-10 | Roger S. Kohn | |
Clepsydra: Essay on the Plurality of Time in Judaism | Sylvie Anne Goldberg, Benjamin Ivry | Stanford University Press | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 9-10 | Roger S. Kohn | |
Jewish and Non-Jewish Spaces in the Urban Context | Alina Gromova, Felix Heinert, Sebastian Voigt | Neofelis Verlag GmbH | 2015 | F/M 2017 | 10 | Pinchas Roth | |
Jewish and Non-Jewish Spaces in the Urban Context | Alina Gromova, Felix Heinert, Sebastian Voigt | Neofelis Verlag GmbH | 2015 | F/M 2017 | 10 | Pinchas Roth | |
Jewish and Non-Jewish Spaces in the Urban Context | Alina Gromova, Felix Heinert, Sebastian Voigt | Neofelis Verlag GmbH | 2015 | F/M 2017 | 10 | Pinchas Roth | |
Maimonides: Between Philosophy and Halakhah: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Lectures on the Guide of the Perplexed | Lawrence Kaplan | Urim Publications | 2016 | F/M 2017 | 11-12 | Yoel Finkelman | |
Jewish Voices in Feminism: Transnational Perspectives | Nelly Las, Ruth Morris | University of Nebraska Press | 2015 | F/ M 2017 | 13 | Suzanne Smailes | |
Jewish Voices in Feminism: Transnational Perspectives | Nelly Las, Ruth Morris | University of Nebraska Press | 2015 | F/ M 2017 | 13 | Suzanne Smailes | |
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 | |
After the Death of God, a Phenomenological Study of Hebrew Literature | Avi Sagi | Academic Studies Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 19 | David Tesler | |
The Koren Succot Mahzor Hebrew/English edition | Koren Publishers | 2015 | F/ M 2017 | 15 | David Tesler | ||
Zionists in Interwar Czechoslovakia: Minority Nationalism and the Politics of Belonging | Tatjana Lichtenstein | Indiana University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 14-15 | Hallie Cantor | |
Style and Seducation: Jewish Patrons, Architecture, and Design in Fin de Siecle Vienna | Elana Shapira | Brandeis University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 21 | Hallie Cantor | |
Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict & the Movement to Boycott Israel | Cary Nelson | Indiana University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 18 | Marion M. Stein | |
Reframing Holocaust Testimony | Noah Shenker | Indiana University Press | 2015 | F/ M 2017 | 21-22 | Joy Kingsolver | |
Girls of Liberty: The Struggle for Suffrage in Mandatory Palestine | Margalit Shilo | Brandeis University Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 22 | Dr. Yaffa Weisman | |
Six Memos form the Last Millennium: A Novelist Reads the Talmud | Joseph Skibell | University of Texas Press | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 24 | Issac, Fred | |
Kosher Taste | Amy Stopniki | Feldheim Publishers | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 25 | Debbie Feder | |
Jewish Participation in the Fire Service in the Second World War: Last Voices | Martin Sugarman | Vallentine Mitchell | 2016 | F/ M 2017 | 25 | Marlene Schiffman | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Building | Wachsler, Leah | Hachai Publishing | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 19 | Levitan, Rebecca | |
Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel | Klagsbrun, Francine | Schocken Books | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 25 | Eltman, George S. |