Book Review Index
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Title | Author/Editor | Series | Publisher | Year | Issue | P |
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Last Sunrise, The | Gordon, Harold | H & I Publishing | 1992 | S/O 93 | 18-19 | ||
Struggle for Sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005, The | Beinin, Joel, Stein, Rebecca L. | Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures | Stanford University Press | 2006 | S/O 06 | 35 | |
For Heavens Sake | Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg | Jewish Lights Publishing | 1999 | S/O 00 | 38 | ||
Blackwell Companion to Jewish Culture: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present | Abramson, Glenda | Blackwell | 1989 | F/M 90 | 14 | ||
Passover | Schotter, Roni, Kono, Erin Eitter | On My Own Holiday Series | Little, Brown | 2006 | M/J 06 | 16 | |
Moses: The Long Road to Freedom | Beneduce, Ann Keay, Spirin, Gennady | Scholastic | 2004 | M/J 04 | 28 | ||
Rutkas Notebook: A Voice from the Holocaust | Laskier, Rutka | Yad Vashem | 2008 | S/O 08 | 45 | ||
Voices from a Time: A Novel | Bonucci, Silvia, King, Martha | Steerforth Italia | 2006 | S/O 07 | 42 | ||
Brothers Schlemiel, The | Binder, Mark, Blum, Zevi | JPS | 2008 | M/J 08 | 9 | ||
Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction, The | Baer, Elizabeth R. | Wayne State University Press | 2012 | S/O12 | 24 | ||
Day I Wasnt There, The | Cixous, Helene, Brahic, Beverley Bie | Northwestern University Press | 2004 | S/O 06 | 31 | ||
Holocaust Kids: Stories, The | Pilcer, Sonia | Persea Books | 2001 | F/M 02 | 31 | ||
Jagendorfs Foundry: A Memoir of ht eRomanian Holocaust, 1941-1944 | Jagendorf, Siegfried, Manheimer, Aron Hirt | HarperCollins | 1991 | S/O 91 | 19 | ||
You Dont Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism | Hirschfield, Brad | Harmony Books | 2007 | M/J 08 | 35 | ||
Just Right: The Story of a Jewish Home | Emerman, Ellen, Kranz, Sarah | Hachai | 1999 | M/J 00 | 21 | ||
Sophie and the Shofar: A New Years Story | Manushkin, Fran, Kaye, Rosalind Charney | UAHC Press | 2001 | F/M 02 | 40 | ||
Family Business | Blond, Anthony | Harper & Row | 1978 | Sp79 | 24 | ||
Bedtime | Adelman, Nechama Dina, Blau, Fayge Devora | Hachai | 2003 | N/D 03 | 28 | ||
One Last Thing Before I Go | Tropper, Jonathan | Dutton | 2012 | FM13 | 42-43 | ||
Messes of Dresses | Pertzig, Faigy, Leff, Tova | Hachai | 1995 | N/D 95 | 16 | ||
Remember Who You Are | Hautzig, Esther | Crown | 1990 | N/D 90 | 10 | ||
Triple | Follett, Ken | Arbor House | 1979 | W79 | 23 | ||
Fusion: the Eternal Flame | Lampton, Christopher | W83 | 13 | ||||
Contemporary Jewish-American Dramatists and Poets: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook | Shatzky, Joel, Taub, Michael | Greenwood | 1999 | S/O 00 | 20, 31 | ||
Hidden in France: A Boys Journey under the Nazi Occupation | Jeruchim, Simon | Fithian Press | 2001 | N/D 01 | 8 | ||
Inventory of the Herbert Frommer Collection, An | Kahn, Elliottt, Steinberger, Naomi M. | Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America | 1995 | F/M 96 | 8, 10 | ||
Witnesses to War: Eight True-Life Stories of Nazi Persecution | Leapman, Michael | Viking | 1998 | F/M 99 | 16 | ||
Jews of Eastern Europe, The | Greenspoon, Leonard J., Simkins, Ronald A. Editor, Horowitz, Brian J. | Studies in Jewish Civilization, v. 16 | Creighton University Press | 2006 | M/J 06 | 27 | |
Shiras New Start | Lazewnik, Libby | Feldheim | 1988 | F/M 89 | 13 | ||
Encyclopedia of the Sayings of the Jewish People | Nulman, Macy | Aronson | 1997 | M/J 98 | 10 | ||
Ark, The | Reinhart, Matthew | Simon & Schuster | 2005 | S/O 05 | 9 | ||
Noahs Ark | Caviezel, G., Boldorini, M. G. | Barron's | 2003 | M/J 03 | 27 | ||
Maiden and the Jew, The: The Story of a Fatal Friendship in Nazi Germany | Kohl, Christine | Steerforth Press | 2004 | F/M 05 | 17-18 | ||
Rabbi and the Nun: A Love Story, The | Schreiber, Mordecai | Shengold | 1991 | F/M 92 | 22 | ||
Time to Love, A | Meyers, Walter Dean, Myers, Christopher | Scholastic | 2003 | S/O 03 | 44 | ||
Childrens Litearutre Dictionary, The: Definitions, Resources, and Learning Activities | Latrobe, Kathy H., Brodie, Carolyn S., White, Maureen | Neal Schuman | 2002 | S/O 03 | 56 | ||
Hanukkah Mice, The | Randall, Ronne, Kneen, Maggie | Chronicle Books | 2002 | F/M 03 | 45 | ||
Ike and Mama and Trouble at School | Snyder, Carol | S/O 84 | 9 | ||||
When Mourning Comes: A Book of Comfort for the Grieving | Silverman, William B., Cinammon, Kenneth M. | Aronson | 1990 | F/M 90 | 17 | ||
Jewish Musical Traditions | Shiloah, Amnon | Wayne State University Press | 1992 | M/J 94 | 9 | ||
Secret Year, A: A Taste of the Jewish Holidays | Podwal, Mark | Doubleday | 2003 | N/D 03 | 29-30 | ||
Dream House | Krich, Rochelle | Ballantine Books | 2003 | S/O 03 | 12 | ||
Am I My Mothers Daughter?: A Search for Identity | Joseph, Julie Stern | Devora | 2005 | S/O 06 | 40 | ||
Mysteries of the Alef-Beis | Dumas, Chava, Mahr, Aryeh | Mahrwood Press | 2008 | N/D 08 | 35 | ||
Light of My Eye | Jacques, Paula, Cohen-Nicole, Susan | Holmes & Meier | 2009 | S/O 09 | 34 | ||
Polish Jewry, 1914-1939 Before the Holocaust | Tamir, Nachman | F/M 83 | 5 | ||||
Temple Scroll: The Hidden Law of the Dead Sea Sect, The | Yadin, Yigael | Random House | 1985 | N/D 85 | 4 | ||
Burning Light, The | Ramsey, Betsy, Katz, Avi | Pitspopany Press | 2002 | N/D 02 | 26 | ||
Good Yontif: A Picture Book of the Jewish Year | Blue, Rose, Feldman, Lynne | Millbrook Press | 1997 | M/J 98 | 19 | ||
Holocuast Survivors Mental Health | Brink, T. L. | Haworth Press | 1994 | N/D 95 | 41797 | ||
Voices from the Holocaust | Roth, Sylvia | N/D 81 | 12 | ||||
Jew of New York: A Historical Romance, The | Katchor, Ben | Pantheon | 1998 | S/O 99 | 14 | ||
Sabbath Epistle of Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra (Iggeret haShabbat), The | Ibn Ezra, Abraham, Goodman, Mordechai S. | Ktav | 2009 | N/D 09 | 22 | ||
Day of Atonement | Kellerman, Faye | Morrow | 1991 | S/O 91 | 21 | ||
"Am I a Murderer?" Testament of a Jewish Ghetto Policeman | Perechodnik, Calel | Westview | 1996 | M/J 96 | 15 | ||
Moshe Dayan: Israels Controversial Hero | Bar-On, Mordechai | Jewish Lives | Yale University Press | 2012 | FM13 | 17-18 | |
Latin American Jewish Studies: An Annotated Guide to the Literature | Elkin, Judith Laikin, Sater, Lya | Bibliographies and Indexes in Ethnic Studies, no. 4 | Greenwood | 1990 | S/O 91 | 21 | |
Passover Feast II (rev ed.) | West Orange Chapter of American Mirachi Women | s.n. | 1979 | Sp80 | 15 | ||
Studies in Biblical Interpretation | Sarna, Nahum M. | JPS | 2000 | F/M 01 | 11 | ||
Jerusalem Diamond, The | Gordon, Noah | Ma 80 | 4 | ||||
Zaddik: The Battle for a Boys Soul, The | Denholtz, Elaine Grudin | Prometheus | 2001 | F/M 02 | 19-20 | ||
Kaddish for Grandpa in Jesus Name, Amen | Howe, James, Stock, Catherine | Atheneum | 2004 | M/J 04 | 39-40 | ||
Sown in Tears | Magid, Beverly | CreateSpace | 2012 | N/D12 | 43-44 | ||
Far Horizons, The | Wagman, Michael, Leitner, Irving A. | Morrow | 1980 | Sp 81 | 6 | ||
Being Happy A Day at a Time | Haddad, Charles S. | Artzy Books | 2007 | F/M 08 | 39 | ||
Open Canon, The: On the Meaning of Halakhic Discourse | Sagi, Avi, Stein, Batya | Kogod Library of Judaic Studies | Continuum | 2007 | S/O 08 | 34 | |
Midlife and Its Rite of Passage Ceremony | Fine, Irene | S/O 83 | 2 | ||||
Rescue in Denmark | Flender, Harold | S/O 81 | 6 | ||||
Turned Away: The World War II Diary of Devorah Bernstein | Matas, Carol | Dear Canada Series | Scholastic Canada | 2005 | F/M 06 | 12 | |
Blessed Are You: Traditional Everyday Hebrew Prayers | Edwards, Michelle | Lothrop, Lee and Shepard | 1993 | M/J 93 | 16 | ||
Gefil Verter: Geshprakh un Lider far Yange Kinder | Margalit, Tsilah, Pollack, G. | Kazron | M/J 03 | 29-30 | |||
Cooking the Israeli Way | Bacon, Josephine | Lerner | 2002 | N/D 02 | 23 | ||
Isaac Abarbanels Stance toward Tradition: Defense, Dissent, and Dialogue | Lawee, Eric | SUNY Press | 2001 | M/J 02 | 13 | ||
Womens Rites | Byrne, Beverly | Villard Books | 1985 | S/O 85 | 3 | ||
Jews of Tin Pan Alley, The | Kanter, Kenneth Aaron | S/O 82 | 7 | ||||
Sholoms Treasure: How Sholom Aleichem Became a Writer | Silverman, Erica, Gerstein, Mordicai | Farrar | 2005 | M/J 05 | 19 | ||
Entertainer and the Dybbuk, The | Fleischman, Sid | HarperCollins | 2008 | N/D 07 | 7 | ||
As Big As an Egg: A Story About Giving | Sandman, Rochel, Zakashanskaya, Chana | Hachai | 1995 | N/D 95 | 15 | ||
Nobodys Sorry He Got Killed | Goldstein, Arthur D. | Random House | 1976 | Sp76 | 24 | ||
Malkas Secret Recipe: A Hanukkah Story | Adler, David A., Halpern, Joan | Kar-Ben | 1989 | N/D 89 | 13 | ||
Rabbinic Culture and Its Critics: Jewish Authority, Dissent, and Heresy in Medieval and Early Modern Times | Frank, Daniel, Goldish, Matt | Wayne State University Press | 2008 | F/M 09 | 41892 | ||
To Jerusalem and Back | Bellow, Saul | Viking | 1976 | Sp77 | 27 | ||
For the End of Time: the Story of the Messiaen Quartet | Rischin, Rebecca | Cornell University | 2003 | S/O 04 | 22-23 | ||
Christian Theology of Judaism, A | Thoma, Clemens | F/M 82 | 6 | ||||
Happy Birthday to Me! | Lieberman, Channah, Argoff, Patti | Hachai | 2006 | M/J 06 | 13 | ||
Imaginary Number, The | Oren, Yitzhak | Benmir Books | 1986 | M/J 87 | 41765 | ||
Where Did All These Leaves Come From?: A Story About Hashem | Diamond, Shani, Teleshevsky, Sarah Baila, Niasoff, Nissa | Mish and Mush, book 4 | Feldheim | 2002 | N/D 02 | 29 | |
Jewish Pregnancy Book: A Resource for the Soul, Body & Mind During Pregnancy, Birth, & the First Three Months, The | Falk, Sandy, Judson, Daniel | Jewish Lights Publishing | 2004 | M/J 04 | 14 | ||
Sefer B. Isaacs | Nobel, Morris | Rabbi Max Weine | 1977 | Sp78 | 23 | ||
Dybbuk (Between Two Worlds), The | Ansky, S., Penalosa, Fernando | Tsiterboym Books | 2013 | N/D13 | 43 | ||
Americas Prophet: Moses and the American Story | Feiler, Bruce | Morrow | 2009 | N/D 09 | 21 | ||
Naamah, Noahs Wife | Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg, Anderson, Bethanne | Skylight Paths Publishing | 2002 | M/J 03 | 27-28 | ||
Lionhearts: Heroes of Israel | Bar-Zohar, Michael | Warner Books | 1998 | N/D 98 | 6 | ||
Porridge is Ready, But Something is Missing!: A Story About Brochos | Diamond, Shani, Teleshevsky, Sarah Baila, Niasoff, Nissa | Mish and Mush, book 3 | Feldheim | 2002 | N/D 02 | 29 | |
Terorrism: Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints | Friedman, Lauri S. | Greenhaven | 2005 | F/M 06 | 21-22 | ||
Calebs Hanukkah | Bullard, Lisa, Basaluzzo, Constanza | Millbrook Press | 2013 | N/D12 | 7 | ||
Grandmas Soup | Karkowsky, Nancy, Haas, Shelly O. | Kar-Ben | 1989 | S/O 89 | 10 | ||
Hooray for Hanukkah! | Manushkin, Fran, Croll, Carolyn | Random House | 2001 | F/M 02 | 40 | ||
Wall of Two: Poems of Resistance and Suffering from Krakow to Buchenwald and Beyond, A | Karmel, Henia, Karmel, Ilona | University of California Press | 2007 | M/J 08 | 20 | ||
Jewish Answers to Medical Ethics Questions: Questions and Answers from the Medial Ethics Department of the Office of the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain | Shulman, Nisson E. | Aronson | 1998 | M/J 99 | 8 |