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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max & Morris: Everyone’s After the Loot | Goldwasser, Jacob | SISU Entertainment | 2015 | n | 45 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Momo Fox Learns How to Be a Good Neighbor | Hermelin, Aviva | Animals Build Character Series: Listen and Learn from the Animals | Chaim Mazo | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 31-32 | Pinchuck, Chava |
| The Koren Children’s Siddur | The Magerman Edition | Koren Publishers | 2014 | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Orchard, The | Brandes, Yochi | Gefen | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Dialogues with Elie Wiesel and Richard D. Heffner: The Moral Responsibility of the Individual in a Changing World | Wiesel, Elie, Heffner, Richard D. | SISU Entertainment | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 29-30 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Ambassador, The | Avner, Yehuda, Rees, Matt | Toby Press | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 39 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Shimmy Shambone Will Not Take a Bath | Zoldan, Yael | Feldheim | 2014 | F/M 16 | 41 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Havana Curveball | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 10 | Pinchuck, Chava | |||
| She’s Got It | Goldwasser, Jacob | SISU Entertainment | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 45 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Excitement in the Air for All! | Hermelin, Aviva | Animals Build Character Series: Listen and Learn from the Animals | Chaim Mazo | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 31-32 | Pinchuck, Chava |
| The Koren Youth Siddur | The Magerman Edition | Koren Publishers | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| e Mountains of Israel: A Taste of Heaven, The | Lode, Britt, Naki, Yitschak, Undheim, Kristoffer | Gefen | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 16 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Literature of the Holocaust | Rosen, Alan | Cambridge University Press | 2013 | N/D 2015 | 29 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Shimmy Shambone Will Not Go to Bed! | Zoldan, Yael, Salanitro, Robert | Feldheim | 2016 | F/M 16 | 41 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| I Live with My Mommy | Ehrlich-Klein, Tzvia | Menucha Publishers | 2014 | S/O 2015 | 35 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| When Memory Comes: A Film about Saul Friedländer | Diamand, Jack | Icarus Films | 2012 | N/D 2015 | 45 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| The Koren Ani Tefilla Siddur: A Summer Camp Siddur and Humash for Reflection, Connection, and Learning | The Magerman Edition | Koren Publishers | 2014 | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| e Mountains of Israel: A Taste of Heaven, The | Lode, Britt, Naki, Yitschak, Undheim, Kristoffer | Gefen | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 16 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Beyond Trochenbrod: The Betty Gold Story | Gold, Betty, Hodermarsky, Mark | Kent State University Press | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 18 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Rest for the Dove: Reading for Shabbat | Sabato, Haim | Maggid/Koren Publishers | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 34 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Shimmy Shambone Will Not Go to Bed! | Zoldan, Yael, Salanitro, Robert | Feldheim | 2016 | F/M 16 | 41 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Mountains of Israel: A Taste of Heaven, The | Lode, Britt, Naki, Yitschak | Gefen | 2015 | F/M 16 | 16 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Ishmael’s Oranges | Hajaj, Claire | Oneworld Publications | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 42 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| A Guide to the Koren Children’s Siddur: An Educator’s Companion | Rose, Daniel | Koren Publishers | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 32-33 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| e Mountains of Israel: A Taste of Heaven, The | Lode, Britt, Naki, Yitschak, Undheim, Kristoffer | Gefen | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 16 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Chaim Ephraim and the Shabbos Guests | Holzman, Lori | Feldheim | 2015 | M/J 2016 | 15-16 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| Beyond Trochenbrod: The Betty Gold Story | Gold, Betty, Hodermarsky, Mark | Kent State University Press | 2014 | N/D 2015 | 18 | Pinchuck, Chava | |
| More than Enough: A Passover Story | Wayland, April Halprin, Kath, Katie | Dial Books for Young Readers | 2016 | F/M 16 | 47 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| Wailing Wall | Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Davis, Gail | Dog Ear Publishers | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 18 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| More than Enough: A Passover Story | Wayland, April Halprin, Kath, Katie | Dial Books for Young Readers | 2016 | F/M 16 | 47 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| Wailing Wall | Liberman, Judith Weinshall, Davis, Gail | Dog Ear Publishers | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 18 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| Sadie and Ori and the Blue Blanket | Korngold, Jamie | Kar-Ben | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 8-9 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark | Hopkinson, Deborah | Scholastic Press | 2015 | N/D 2016 | 6 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| Jodie’s Shabbat Surprise | Levine, Anna | Kar-Ben | 2015 | S/O 2015 | 35 | Eskin, Marcie | |
| Human Nature in Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case for Why Persons Matter | Mittleman, Alan L. | Princeton University Press | 2015 | F/M 2016 | 16 | Finkelman, Yoel | |
| Human Nature in Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case for Why Persons Matter | Mittleman, Alan L. | Princeton University Press | 2015 | F/M 16 | 16 | Finkelman, Yoel | |
| Traveling Homeland: The Babylonian Talmud as Diaspora | Boyarin, Daniel | University of Pennsylvania Press | 2016 | S/O 2016 | 2 | Finkelman, Yoel | |
| Becoming Un-Orthodox: Stories of Ex-Hasidic Jews | Davidman, Lynn | Oxford University Press | 2015 | N/D 2015 | 16 | Finkelman, Yoel | |
| Radical American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan, The | Scult, Mel | Indiana University Press | 2014 | S/O 2015 | 19 | Finkelman, Yoel | |
| War I Finally Won, The | Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker | Penguin Random House | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 10 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Like Finding My Twin: How an Eighth-Grade Class Reunited Two Holocaust Refugees | Chapman, Fern Schumer, Greensfelder, Tom | Gussie Rose Press | 2015 | F/M 16 | 32 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Hanukkah Delight!. | Newman, Leslea, Husband, Amy | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Like Finding My Twin: How an Eighth-Grade Class Reunited Two Holocaust Refugees | Chapman, Fern Schumer, Greensfelder, Tom | Gussie Rose Press | 2015 | F/M 16 | 32 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Hanukkah Delight!. | Newman, Leslea, Husband, Amy | Kar-Ben | 2016 | N/D 2016 | 2 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Bentzi and the Magic Potion | Glick, Shifra | Bentzi | Feldheim | 2017 | M/J 2018 | 10 | Colodny, Debbie |
| On One Foot | Glaser, Linda, Balaguer, Nuria | Kar-Ben | 2015 | F/M 16 | 32-33 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| On One Foot | Glaser, Linda, Balaguer, Nuria | Kar-Ben | 2015 | F/M 16 | 32-33 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| All Three Stooges | Perl, Erica | Random House | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 12 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| Shalom, Everybodeee! Grover's Adventures in Israel | Balsley, Tilda | Kar-Ben | 2016 | M/J 2016 | 11-12 | Colodny, Debbie | |
| 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 | |
| Yael and the Party of the Year | Lane, Tamsin | Simon & Schuster | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 10 | 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 | |
| Broken Carousel: German Jewish Soldier-Poets of the Great War | Appelbaum, Peter C. , Scott, James W | Stone Tower Books | 2017 | N/D 2018 | 36 | Smailes, Suzanne | |
| Broken Carousel: German Jewish Soldier-Poets of the Great War | Appelbaum, Peter C. , Scott, James W | Stone Tower Books | 2017 | N/D 2018 | 36 | 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 | |
| (((Semitism))): Being Jewish in the Age of Trump | Weisman, Jonathan | St. Martin's Press | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 35 | Lieberman, Eli | |
| A Fist Around the Heart | Chisvin, Heather | Second Story Press | 2018 | N/D 2018 | 36 | Lieberman, Eli | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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