Recent Library Acquisitions in Jewish Studies
purchased through the Avi Chai Bookshelf Grant
March 2006

296 	Isaacs, Ronald H.
ISA 	    Amazing Jewish facts and curiosities : can you believe it? / Ronald H. 
 	Isaacs.
	    Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2004.
	    
	 Bialik   296 ISA   BIALIK018715  Available    

296.1 	Neusner, Jacob,
NEU 	    Rabbinic literature : an essential guide / Jacob Neusner.
 	    Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2005.
	    
	 Bialik   296.1 NEU   BIALIK018676  Available    

296.1 	Schwartz, Howard,
SCH 	    Tree of souls : the mythology of Judaism / Howard Schwartz.
 	    New York ; Oxford University Press, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   296.1 SCH   BIALIK018108  Available    

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296.42 	    Around the family table : a comprehensive 'bencher' and companion for 
RIS 	festival meals and other family occasions = Siah shulhan / with insights 
 	and commentary by Shlomo Riskin.
	    Jerusalem : Urim : 2005.
	    
	 Bialik  R 296.42 RIS   BIALIK018718  Available    

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296.437 	    The Chief Rabbi's haggadah / Hebrew and English text with new essays 
CHI 	and commentary by Jonathan Sacks.
 	    London : HarperCollins, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik  R 296.437 CHI   BIALIK018065  Available    

296.437 	Shapiro, David.
SHA 	    Rabbi Joseph B.Soloveitchik on Pesach, Sefirat ha-Omer and Shavu'ot / 
 	David Shapiro.
	    Jerusalem : Urim Publications, 2005.
	    
	 Bialik   296.437 SHA   BIALIK018069  Available    

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296.437 	    Light of redemption : a Passover haggadah based on the writings of 
WEI 	RavKook / Gideon Weitzman.
 	    Jerusalem : Grow Publications, 2005.
	    
	 Bialik  R 296.437 WEI   BIALIK018037  Available    

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296.45 	    My people's prayer book : traditional prayers, modern commentaries, 
MY v.7 	v.7. Shabbat at home / edited  by Lawrence A. Hoffman.
 	    Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Pub., 2004.
	    
	 Bialik  R 296.45 MY v.7   BIALIK017241  Available    

296.46 	Adelman, Penina V.
ADE 	    The Jgirl's guide : the young Jewish woman's handbook for coming of 
 	age / Penina Adelman, Ali Feldman, and Shulamit Reinharz.
	    Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Publishing, c2005.
	    
	 Bialik   296.46 ADE   BIALIK018690  On Loan  3/24/06  

296.46 	Milgram, Goldie,
MIL 	    Make your own bar/bat mitzvah : a personal approach to creating a 
 	meaningful rite of passage / Goldie Milgram.
	    San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   296.46 MIL   BIALIK018636  Available    

296.7 	Olitzky, Kerry M.
OLI 	    The complete how to handbook for Jewish living / Kerry M. Olitzky and 
 	Ronald H. Isaacs ; illustrations by Dorcas Gelabert.
	    Jersey City, N.J. : KTAV Publishing House, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   296.7 OLI   BIALIK018639  Available    

297.7 	Lewis, Bernard.
LEW 	    The crisis of Islam : holy war and unholy terror / Bernard Lewis.
 	    New York : Random House, c2003, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   297.7 LEW   BIALIK017256  Available    

321.8 	Shcharansky, Anatoly.
SCH 	    The case for democracy : the power of freedom to overcome tyranny and 
 	terror / Natan Sharansky with Ron Dermer.
	    New York : PublicAffairs, c2004.
	    
	 Bialik   321.8 SCH   BIALIK018109  Available    

330 	Levitt, Steven D.
LEV 	    Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of 
 	everything / Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.
	    New York : William Morrow, c2005.
	    
	 Bialik   330 LEV   BIALIK018689  Available    

398.2 	Philip, Neil.
PHI 	    The pirate princess and other fairy tales / by Neil Philip ; illustrated by 
 	Mark Weber.
	    New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005.
	    
	 Bialik   398.2 PHI   BIALIK018721  On Loan  3/27/06  

437.947 	Wex, Michael.
WEX 	    Born to kvetch : Yiddish language and culture in all its moods / by 
 	Michael Wex.
	    New York : St.Martin's Press, 2005.
	    
	 Bialik   437.947 WEX   BIALIK018591  On Loan  2/24/06  

782.1 	Most, Andrea.
MOS 	    Making Americans : Jews and the Broadway musical / Andrea Most.
 	    Cambridge, Mass. ; Harvard University Press, 2004.
	    
	    ML1711 M74 2004     Available    
	 Bialik   782.1 MOS   BIALIK017145  Available    

810.9 	Reisner, Rosalind.
REI 	    Jewish American literature : a guide to reading interests / Rosalind 
 	Reisner.
	    Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   810.9 REI   BIALIK018726  On Loan  3/27/06  

839.1 	Neugroschel, Joachim.
NEU 	    Radiant days, haunted nights : great tales from the treasury of Yiddish 
 	folk literature / Translated, compiled and introduced by Joachim 
	Neugroschel.
	    New York : Overlook Duckworth, 2005.
	    
	 Bialik   839.1 NEU   BIALIK018592  Available    

892.43 	Oz, Amos.
OZ 	    A tale of love and darkness : a memoir / by Amos Oz.
 	    Orlando : Harcourt, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   892.43 OZ   BIALIK017936  Available    

933 	Kriwaczek, Paul.
KRI 	    Yiddish civilisation : the rise and fall of a forgotten nation / by Paul 
 	Kriwaczek.
	    London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005.
	    
	 Bialik   933 KRI   BIALIK018593  Available    

933.543 	Strom, Yale.
STR 	    A wandering feast : a journey through the Jewish culture of Eastern 
 	Europe / Yale Strom with Elizabeth Schwartz.
	    San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Imprint, c2005.
	    
	 Bialik   933.543 STR   BIALIK017977  Available    

933.971 	
CAN 	    The Canadian Jewish studies reader / edited by Richard Menkis and 
 	Norman Ravvin.
	    Calgary, AL : Red Deer Press, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   933.971 CAN   BIALIK017866  On Loan  6/23/06  

940.5318 	Kacer, Kathy,
KAC 	    The underground reporters / Kathy Kacer.
 	    Toronto : Second Story Press, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   940.5318 KAC   BIALIK018632  Available    

943.8 	Hundert, Gershon David,
HUN 	    Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the eighteenth century : a genealogy of 
 	modernity / Gershon David Hundert.
	    Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
	    
	 Bialik   943.8 HUN   BIALIK017975  On Loan  4/13/05  

956 	Horovitz, David.
HOR 	    Still life with bombers : Israel in the age of terrorism / by David Horovitz.
 	    New York : Knopf, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   956 HOR   BIALIK017108  Available    

956.04 	Ellis, Deborah,
ELL 	    Three wishes : Palestinian and Israeli children speak / Deborah Ellis.
 	    Toronto, ON : Groundwood Books, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   956.04 ELL   BIALIK017987  Available    

956.94 	Greenfeld, Howard.
GRE 	    A promise fulfilled : Theodor Hertzl, Chaim Weitzmann, and David 
 	Ben-Gurion, and the creation of the state of Israel / Howard Greenfeld.
	    New York : Greenwillow Books, c2005.
	    
	 Bialik   956.94 GRE   BIALIK018724  Available    

B 	Crystal, Billy.
CRY 	    700 Sundays / by Billy Crystal.
 	    New York : Warner Books, 2005.
	    
	 Bialik   B CRY   BIALIK018640  On Loan  3/20/06  

B 	Dylan, Bob,
DYL 	    Chronicles / Bob Dylan.
 	    New York : Simon & Schuster, 2004-.
	    
	 Bialik   B DYL   BIALIK017904  Available    

B 	Sawyer, Kem Knapp.
FRA 	    Anne Frank / Kem Knapp Sawyer.
 	    New York : DK Pub., 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   B FRA   BIALIK017672  Available    

B 	MacLeod, Elizabeth.
HOU 	    Harry Houdini : a magical life / by Elizabeth MacLeod.
 	    Toronto : KidsCan, 2005.
	    
	 Bialik   B HOU   BIALIK018719  Available    

B 	Lansky, Aaron,
LAN 	    Outwitting history : the amazing adventures of a man who rescued a 
 	million Yiddish books / by Aaron Lansky.
	    Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   B LAN   BIALIK017991  Available    

B 	Speregen, Devra Newberger.
RAM 	    Ilan Ramon : Jewish star / Devra Newberger Speregen.
 	    Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   B RAM   BIALIK018604  Available    

B 	Borden, Louise.
REY 	    The journey that saved Curious George : the true wartime escape of 
 	Margret and H.A. Rey / by Louise Borden ; illustrated by Allan Drummond.
	    Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
	    
	 Bialik   B REY   BIALIK018677  On Loan  3/15/06  

B 	Dublin, Anne.
ROS 	    Bobbie Rosenfeld : the Olympian who could do everything / by Anne 
 	Dublin.
	    Toronto : Second Story Press, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   B ROS   BIALIK018691  Available    

B 	Senesh, Hannah,
SEN 	    Hannah Senesh : her life and diary / by Hannah Senesh ; foreword by 
 	Marge Piercy ; preface by Eitan Senesh.
	    Woodstock, VT : Jewish Lights Publishing, 2004.

	 Bialik   B SEN   BIALIK018674  Available    

B 	Finkelstein, Norman H.
SHA 	    Ariel Sharon / Norman H. Finkelstein.
 	    Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c2005.
	    
	 Bialik   B SHA   BIALIK018723  Available    

B 	Zipper, Yaakov,
ZIP 	    The journals of Yaakov Zipper, 1950-1982 : the struggle for Yiddishkeit / 
 	Translated from the Yiddish and edited by Mervin Butovsky and Ode 
	Garfinkle.
	    Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   B ZIP   BIALIK017243  Available    

F 	Chotjewitz, David.
CHO 	    Daniel, half-human : the Nazis come to power / David Chotjewitz ; 
 	translated by Doris Orgel.
	    New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   F CHO   BIALIK018687  On Loan  3/24/06  

F 	Hesse, Karen.
HES 	    The cats in Krasinski Square / by Karen Hesse ; illustrated by Wendy 
 	Watson.
	    New York : Scholastic Press, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   F HES   BIALIK018720  Available    

F 	Kass, Pnina.
KAS 	    Real time : a novel / by Pnina Moed Kass.
 	    New York : Clarion Books, c2004.
	    
	 Bialik   F KAS   BIALIK018688  Available    

FR 	Némirovsky, Irène.
F 	    Suite française : roman / Préface de Myriam Anisimov.
NEM 	    Paris : Denoël, 2004.
 	    
	 Bialik  FR F NEM   BIALIK017849  Available    

F 	Ragen, Naomi.
RAG 	    The covenant / Naomi Ragen.
 	    New York : St. Martin's Press, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   F RAG   BIALIK018682  On Loan  3/24/06  

F 	Ravel, Edeet,
RAV 	    Look for me : a novel / Edeet Ravel.
 	    Toronto, ON : Random House Canada, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   F RAV   BIALIK017986  Available    

Y 	Rey, H.A.
F 	    Curious George = George der Naygeriker / by H.A.Rey.  Translated into 
REY 	Yiddish by Sholem Berger.
 	    New York : Yiddish House, 2005.
	    
	 Bialik  Y F REY   BIALIK018590  Available    

F 	Rosenbloom, Fiona.
ROS 	    You are so not invited to my Bat Mitzvah! / by Fiona Rosenbloom.
 	    New York : Hyperion, 2005.

F 	Weil, Sylvie.
WEI 	    My guardian angel / Sylvie Weil ; translated by Gillian Rosner.
 	    New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2004.

	 Bialik   F WEI   BIALIK018725  Available    

PB 	Horowitz, Anthony,
HOR 	    The Falcon's Malteser : a Diamond brothers mystery / Anthony Horowitz.
 	    New York : Philomel Books, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   PB HOR   BIALIK017989  Available    

PB 	Kacer, Kathy.
KAC 	    Margit: Book Two : a bit of love and a bit of luck / Kathy Kacer.
 	    Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2005.
	    
	 Bialik   PB KAC   BIALIK018716  Available    

PB 	Krich, Rochelle Majer.
KRI 	    Grave endings : a novel of suspense / Rochelle Krich.
 	    New York : Ballantine Books, c2004.
	    
	 Bialik   PB KRI   BIALIK018685  On Loan  3/27/06  

PB 	McKay, Sharon E.
MCK 	    Esther / Sharon E. McKay.
 	    Toronto, ON : Penguin Canada, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   PB MCK   BIALIK017978  Available    
	 Bialik   PB MCK c.2   BIALIK017996  Available    

PB 	Ozick, Cynthia.
OZI 	    Heir to the glimmering world / Cynthia Ozick.
 	    Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
	    
	 Bialik   PB OZI   BIALIK018631  Available    

PB 	Silva, Daniel,
SIL 	    Prince of fire / Daniel Silva.
 	    New York : Signet, 2006.
	    
	 Bialik   PB SIL   BIALIK018683  On Loan  3/3/06  

SC 	
TEL 	    Telling tales / edited by Nadine Gordimer.
 	    New York : Picador, c2004.
	    
	 Bialik   SC TEL   BIALIK018106  Available    

 	Langer, Adam.
	    Crossing California / by Adam Langer.
	    New York : Riverhead, c2004, 2005.

 	Bloom, Harold.
	    Where shall wisdom be found? / Harold Bloom.
	    New York : Riverhead Books, c2004.
	    
	 Bialik   297 CHR   BIALIK017905  Available