National Jewish Book Month

Web Resources:

• About.Com: Judaism
• Calendar of Jewish Holidays
• Chanukah Gateway
• EMET News Service: Israel News, Analysis and Commentary
• FAQ: KosherFood
• Jewish History Resource Center
• JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy
• KosherQuest
• Ritualwell.org- Ceremonies for Jewish Living

Note: Although we have tried to provide sites that are current, the Internet is a constantly evolving resource. Therefore, there are no guarantees for the types of materials accessible via these sites.

Fiction

The Seventh Beggar
Abraham, Pearl

The Wonder Spot
Bank, Melissa

Feathers
The Pure Element of Time
Be’er, Haim

Natasha and Other Stories
Bezmozgis, David

The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green
Braff, Joshua

Much Ado About Jessie Kaplan
Cohen, Paula Marantz

The Big Book of Jewish Conspiracies
Deutsch, David

The Red Tent
Diamant, Anita

98 Reasons for Being
Dudman, Clare

Fabulous Small Jews
Epstein, Joseph

The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Feldman, Ellen

Love With Noodles: An Amorous Widower’s Tale
Freud, Harry

The Place Will Comfort You: Stories
Goldstein, Naama

Drohobycz and Other Stories: True Tales from the Holocaust and Life After New York
Grynberg, Henryk

Snow in August
Hamill, Pete

Ritual Bath
Kellerman, Faye

Seven Blessings
King, Ruchama

The Autobiography of God
Lester, Julius

The Coffee Trader
Liss, David

The Outside World
Mirvis, Tova

The Days of Awe
Nissenson, Hugh

The Chosen
Davita’s Harp
The Gates of November
My Name is Asher Lev
Old Men at Midnight
The Promise
Potok, Chaim

The J.A.P. Chronicles
Rose, Isabel

The Human Stain
Operation Shylock: a Confession
The Plot Against America
Portnoy’s Complaint
Zuckerman Unbound
Roth, Philip

Joy Comes in the Morning
Rosen, Jonathan

The Time of the Uprooted
Wiesel, Elie

Up From Orchard Street
Widmer, Eleanor

Songbird : a novel
Zacharius, Walter

Nonfiction

Religion

154.63 SHA Kabbalah and the Power of Dreaming: Awakening the Visionary Life. Shainbberg, Catherine. 2005.

296 KUS Jewish Spirituality: a Brief Introduction for Christians. Kushner, Lawrence. 2001.

296.311 GIL The Jewish Approach to God: a Brief Introduction for Christians. Gillman, Neil. 2003.

296.311 GIL The Way into Encountering God in Judaism. Gillman, Neil. 2000.

296.31155 JEW The Jewish Prophet: Visionary Words from Moses and Miriam to Henrietta Szold and A. J. Heschel. Jewish Lights. 2001.

296.36 BRO Broken Tablets: Restoring the Ten Commandments and Ourselves. Jewish Lights. 1999.

296.396 KLI Why the Jews Rejected Jesus: the Turning Point in Western History. Klinghoffer, David. 2005.

296.45 OLI Jewish Ritual: a Brief Introduction for Christians. Olitsky, Kerry M. and Ju, Daniel. 2005.

296.7 ISA Kosher Living: It’s More than Just the Food. Isaacs, Ronald H. 2005.

296.7 JEW The Jewish Lights Spirituality Handbook: a Guide to Understanding, Exploring & Living a Spiritual Life. Jewish Lights. 2001.

Folklore

398.204391 YID Yiddish Folktales. Schocken Books. 1997

Cooking

641.5676 FIS Kosher by Design: Picture-Perfect Food for the Holidays & Every Day. Fishbein, Susie. 2003.

641.5676 GOO Jewish Food: the World at Table. Goodman,Matthew. 2005.

641.5676 HYM The Jewish Kitchen: Recipes and Stories from Around the World. Hyman, Clarissa. 2004.

641.5676 LEV Jewish Cooking for Dummies. Levy, Faye. 2001.

641.5676 SOB New Jewish Cuisine: Contemporary Kosher Cooking from Around the World. Sobell, Carole. 2002.

Fine Arts

OVERSIZE 708.1474 JEW Masterworks of the Jewish Museum. Berger, Maurice and Rosenbaum, Joan. 2004.

781.62924 COM The Complete Jewish Songbook: Shireinu=Our Songs: The Definitive Collection of Jewish Songs. Transcontinental Music. 2002.

OVERSIZE 781.64089924 GOT Funny, It Doesn’t Sound Jewish: How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood. Gottlieb, Jack. 2004.

History

909.04924 CAH The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels. Cahill, Thomas. 1998.

909.04924 GIL Letters to Auntie Fori: the 5000-year History of the Jewish People and Their Faith. Gilbert, Martin. 2002.

909.04924 HYM “Who is a Jew?”: Conversations, not Conclusions. Hyman, Meryl. 1998.

909.04924 SAC A History of the Jews in the Modern World. Sachor, Howard Morley. 2005.

This list was prepared by the St. Charles Public Library

JHL
11/05