I've been reviewing books with Jewish content for the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) Newsletter and Jewish Book World (JBW) since 1999.
Copyright restrictions prevent me from putting more than a handful of my JBW reviews online, but I'll be rotating the reviews from time to time. In the meantime, I'm providing references for the periodicals. I hope you'll search them out at your local library. Your feedback is welcome.
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AJL = AJL Newsletter; JBW = Jewish Book World
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Title |
Author |
Reference |
Ratings |
|
A Year of Jewish Stories: 52 Tales for Children and Their
Families |
Maisel,
Grace Ragues and Samantha Shubert |
AJL Nov/Dec 2004 |
2/5 |
|
Meltzer,
Milton |
AJL Feb/March 2008 |
4/5 | |
| Alef-Bet Yoga for Children | Goldeen, Ruth | AJL Feb/March 2009 | 3/5 |
|
Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust |
Lee, Carol
Ann |
JBW Spring 2007 |
4/5 |
|
Schwartz,
Howard and Arielle North Olson |
AJL Sept/Oct.
1999 |
3/5 | |
|
|
AJL Sept/Oct.
2007 |
0/5 | |
|
Rogasky,
Barbara |
AJL Nov/Dec 2005 |
2/5 | |
|
Mindel,
Nissan |
AJL Feb/March
2008 |
0/5 | |
|
Elie Wiesel: Surviving the Holocaust, Speaking Out Against
Genocide |
Moore, Lisa |
JBW Summer 2006 |
3/5 |
| Elvina's Mirror | Weil, Simone | AJL May/Jun 2009 | 4/5 |
|
Fleischman,
Sid |
AJL Feb/March
2007 |
4/5 | |
|
Matthews,
Caitlin |
AJL Feb/March
2008 |
4/5 | |
|
Rau, Dana
Meachen |
AJL Sept/Oct
2001 |
3/5 | |
|
Hear Her Voice!: Twelve Jewish Women Who Changed the World |
Feinberg,
Miriam P. and Miriam Klein Shapiro |
JBW Fall 2007 |
1/5 |
|
Slier,
Deborah and Ian Shine |
JBW Spring 2008 |
5/5 | |
|
Stuchner,
Joan Betty |
AJL Feb/March
2008 |
4/5 | |
|
How I Celebrate: A Young Person's Guide to the Festivals of the
World |
Robson, Pam |
AJL Sept/Oct.
2002 |
3/5 |
| In The Beginning:The Art of Genesis | Fischer, Chuck | AJL Nov/Dec 2009 | 3/5 |
| JPS Illustrated Children's Bible | Frankel, Ellen | AJL Sept/Oct 2009 | 5/5 |
|
Jacob's Travels |
Greengard,
Alison |
JBW Fall 2006 |
4/5 |
|
|
AJL Feb/March
2007 |
0/5 | |
|
Greengard,
Alison |
AJL May/June
2008 |
4/5 | |
|
Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me |
Taback,
Simms |
JBW Winter 2005 |
3/5 |
| Kristallnacht | Fitzgerald, Stephanie | pending | |
|
Sachs,
Marilyn |
AJL May/June
2005 |
4/5 | |
|
Memories of
Survival |
Krinitz,
Esther Nisenthal and Bernice Steinhardt |
JBW Spring 2006 |
5/5 |
|
Mightier Than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys |
Yolen, Jane |
JBW Fall 2004 |
3/5 |
| My First Yiddish Word Book | Sussman, Joni Kibort, ed | AJL Feb/Mar 2009 | 2/5 |
|
My Name is... Albert Einstein |
Cugota Lluis |
JBW Spring 2007 |
3/5 |
|
Weltman,
June |
AJL Sept/Oct
2004 |
0/5 | |
| Not the End of the World | McCaughrean, Geraldine | JBW Spring 2006 | 5/5 |
| On Noah's Ark | Brett, Jan | AJL May/Jun 2009 | 4/5 |
|
Run, Boy, Run |
Orlev, Uri |
JBW Winter 2003 |
3/5 |
|
Something Remains |
Barth-Grozinger, Inge |
JBW Spring 2007 |
4/5 |
|
Bar-el, Dan |
JBW Summer 2008 |
5/5 | |
|
Fagan, Cary |
JBW Summer 2007 |
5/5 | |
| The Bar and Bat Mitzvah Manual | Bob, Steven M. and Lisa Bob Howard | AJL Nov/Dec 2008 | 1/5 |
|
Greif,
Jean-Jacques |
AJL Feb/March
2007 |
4/5 | |
| The Hungry Clothes and Other Jewish Folktales | Schram, Peninnah | pending | |
|
The Life and Times of George Gershwin |
Whiting, Jim |
JBW Winter 2005 |
2/5 |
|
Spirin,
Gennady (ill.) |
AJL May/June
2008 |
3/5 | |
|
The Minstrel and the Storyteller: Stories and Songs of the
Jewish People |
Edery,
Gerard and Peninnah Schram |
AJL Feb/March
2000 |
4/5 |
|
Taylor,
|
JBW Summer 2007 |
5/5 | |
|
The
Silver Cup |
Leeds,
Constance |
JBW Winter 2007 |
3/5 |
|
This is What I Pray Today: The Divine Hours Prayers for Children |
Tickle,
Phyllis |
JBW Winter 2007 |
2/5 |
| Three Across: The Great Transatlantic Air Race of 1927 | Finkelstein, Norman H. | AJL Nov/Dec 2008 | 3/5 |
|
Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak |
Ellis,
Deborah |
JBW Spring 2005 |
3/5 |
|
Hamilton,
Martha and Mitch Weiss |
AJL Sept/Oct.
2002 |
4/5 | |
|
Nason, Ruth |
AJL Nov/Dec 2005 |
4/5 | |
| Voyage | Geras, Adele | unpublished | 2/5 |
| Where God Dwells | Fine, Steven and Leah Bierman Fine | AJL Sept/Oct 2000 | 3/5 |
| Where the Shouting Began | Sher, Steven | AJL Sept/Oct 2009 | 2/5 |
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