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Anthology

America and I by Joyce Antler
Jewish Tales of Mystic Joy by Yitzhak Buxbaum
Jewish Tales of Holy Women by Yitzhak Buxbaum
Wandering Stars - Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction by Jack Dann
More Wandering Stars by Jack Dann
Voices of the Diaspora by Thomas Nolden and Frances Molino
Mystery Midrash by Lawrence W. Raphael
Celebrating the Jewish Holidays by Steven J. Rubin
Schocken Book of Contemporary Jewish Fiction by Ted Solatoroff and Nessa Rapoport
Because God Loves Stories by Steve Zeitlin

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Bibles

Sefer HaKiddush (Hebrew) by Rafael Abecassis
Five Books of Moses by Robert Alter
Etz Hayim Torah and Commentary by Rabbinical Assembly and USCJ
Etz Hayim Study Companion by Jacob Blumental and Janet L. Liss
Haftarot by Michael Fishbane
Chronicles - News of the Past by Reubeni Foundation
Pirke Avot (Hebrew) by Shaki Freiman
Prayers for Chanukah by Shaki Freiman
Siddur Tefillah (Hebrew) by Shaki Freiman
The Bible With Sources Revealed by Richard Elliott Friedman
The Pentateuch and Haftorahs by Joseph H. Hertz
Sayings of the Fathers by Joseph H. Hertz
The Illustrated Torah by Michael Meron
Torah - A Modern Commentary (Revised Edition) by Gunther Plaut
Passover Haggadah by Heinz Seelig
Pesach Haggadah by Berel Wein
Kestenbaum Edition Tikkun by ArtScroll
Perek Shirah by ArtScroll
Stone Edition Chumash by ArtScroll
Transliterated Linear Siddur by ArtScroll
A Torah Commentary for Our Times by Fields
Survivors' Haggadah by JPS
Passover Haggadah by Shalom of Safed
Haggadah for Passover
JPS Hebrew-English Tanach
Spring Haggadah

Cookbooks

Complete Passover Cookbook by Frances R. AvRutich
Jewish Gardening Cookbook by Michael Brown
Passover Desserts by Penny W. Eisenberg
Kosher by Design by Susie Fishbein
The Essential Book of Jewish Festival Cooking by Phyllis Glazer and Miriam Glazer
Cucina Ebraica by Joyce Goldstein
Saffron Shores by Joyce Goldstein
Sephardic Flavors by Joyce Goldstein
The 2nd Ave. Deli Cookbook by Sharon Lebewohl and Rena Bulkin
The Melting Pot by Tami Lehman-Wilzig and Miriam Blum
1000 Jewish Recipes by Faye Levy
Feast From the Mideast by Faye Levy
Adventures in Jewish Cooking by Jeffrey Nathan
Children's Jewish Holiday Kitchen by Joan Nathan
The Jewish Holiday Baker by Joan Nathan
Chocolate Chip Challah by Lisa Rauchwerger
The Hallah Book by Freda Reider
The Book of Jewish Food by Claudia Roden
My Most Favorite Dessert Company Cookbook by Doris Schechter
Kosher Gourmet Cookbook by Millie Snyder
Fast and Festive Meals for the Jewish Holidays by Marlene Sorosky
The Sephardic Table by Pamela Grau Twena
What Einstein Told His Cook by Robert L. Wolke
The Gourmet Jewish Cook by Judy Zeidler
Jewish Cooking in America

Essays

Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein
1912 Manuscript of the Special Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein
On the Margins of Modernism by Chana Kronfeld
Against Interpretation and Other Essays by Susan Sontag

Fiction

The Romance Reader by Pearl Abraham
A Book That Was Lost and Other Stories by S.Y. Agnon
Spirits of the Ordinary by Kathleen Alcala
Tevye the Dairyman and The Railroad Stories by Sholem Aleichem
The Iron Tracks by Aharon Appelfeld
Sanin by Mikhail Artsybashev
Collected Stories by Isaac Babel
Collected Stories by Saul Bellow
Herzog by Saul Bellow
Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow
Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green by Joshua Braff
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Apt. 3w by Gabriel Brownstein
If I Told You Once by Judy Budnitz
The Rise of David Levinsky by Abraham Cahan
Yekl and The Imported Bridegroom by Abraham Cahan
Great Neck by Jay Cantor
The Favorite Game by Leonard Cohen
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander
The Persistence of Memory by Tony Eprile
Fabulous Small Jews by Joseph Epstein
The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank by Ellen Feldman
The Gray Lover by Carl Friedman
The Life Before Us by Romain Gary
The Mind-Body Problem by Rebecca Goldstein
The Family Markowitz by Allegra Goodman
Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
See Under: Love by David Grossman
Someone to Run With by David Grossman
Drohobycz Drohobycz and Other Stories by Henryk Grynberg
Sarah by Marek Halter
Ellis Island by Mark Helprin
The Shurra and the Schmetterling by Yoel Hoffman
Katschen and the Book of Joseph by Yoel Hoffman
In the Image by Dara Horn
The Five by Vladimir Jabotinsky
The Making of Henry by Howard Jacobson
Metamorphosis; The Penal Colony; and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
Liquidation by Imre Kertesz
An Almost Perfect Moment by Bonnie Kirshenbaum
A Disturbance in One Place by Bonnie Kirshenbaum
History on a Personal Note by Bonnie Kirshenbaum
Yosl Raskover Talks to God by Zvi Kolitz
Stone Dial by George Konrad
Blues in the Night by Rochelle Krich
Dream House by Rochelle Krich
Grave Endings by Rochelle Krich
Not Me by Michael Lavigne
The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
An Hour in Paradise by Joan Leegant
A Good Place for the Night by Savyon Liebrecht
The Coffee Trader by David Liss
The Assistant by Bernard Malamud
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
The Source by James A. Michener
The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis
To Know a Woman by Amos Oz
Elsewhere Perhaps by Amos Oz
Don't Call It Night by Amos Oz
Panther in the Basement by Amos Oz
Touch the Water Touch the Wind by Amos Oz
The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick
Quarrel and Quandary by Cynthia Ozick
The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick
Just As I Thought by Grace Paley
The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
The Promise by Chaim Potok
In the Shadow of the Ark by Anne Provoost
The Ghost of Hannah Mendes by Naomi Ragen
Call It Sleep by Henry Roth
Collected Stories by Joseph Roth
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
The Counterlife by Philip Roth
Goodbye Columbus by Philip Roth
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
I Married A Communist by Philip Roth
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz
The Last of the Just by Andre Schwarz-Bart
Responsible Men by Edward Schwarzchild
Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
The Russian Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart
Collected Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Death of Methuselah and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Enemies: A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Satan in Goray by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Far Euphrates by Aryeh Lev Stollman
Shiksa Goddess by Wendy Wasserstein
An American Daughter by Wendy Wasserstein
The Sisters Rosensweig by Wendy Wasserstein
Old Money by Wendy Wasserstein
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
Up From Orchard Street by Eleanor Widmer
The Judges by Elie Wiesel
A Palestine Affair by Jonathan Wilson
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
The Liberated Bride by A.B. Yehoshua
Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon by Richard Zimler
The Other Shulman by Alan Zweibel

Graphic Novels

The Contract with God Trilogy by Will Eisner
The Plot by Will Eisner
The Jew of New York by Ben Katchor
Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis by Peter Kuper
The Story of the Jews by Stan Mack
The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar
Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman
In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman

Hasidism

The Way of Man by Martin Buber
The Besht by Immanuel Etkes
Your Word is Fire by Arthur Green and Barry W. Holtz
Tormented Master by Arthur Green
Toward a Meaningful Life by Simon Jacobson
Values Prosperity and the Talmud by Larry Kahaner
Swimming in the Sea of Talmud by Michael Katz and Gershon Schwarz
The Fourth Commandment by Francine Klogsbrun
Filling Words With Light by Lawrence Kushner and Nehemia Polen
The Lost Princess and Other Kabbalistic Tales by Rebbe Nachmon of Breslav
The Seven Beggars and Other Kabbalistic Tales by Rebbe Nachmon of Breslav
Wrapped in Holy Flame by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Hasidic Tales by Rami Shapiro
Somewhere A Master by Elie Wiesel
Wise Men and Their Tales by Elie Wiesel

History/Politics

Jerusalem: 1 City 3 Faiths by Karen Armstrong
Complete Idiot's Guide to Middle East Conflict by Mitchell G. Bara
Insider/Outsider by David Biale and Michael Galchinsky and Susannah Heschel
Mordecai by Emily Bingham
Complete Idiot's Guide to Jewish History and Culture by Benjamin Blech
Antisemitism and Its Opponents in Modern Poland by Robert Blobaum
Postville by Stephen G. Bloom
The Private Adam by Shmuley Boteach
A Land of Two Peoples by Martin Buber
Breaking Ranks by Ronit Chacham
How Israel Lost by Richard Ben Cramer
The Fragility of Empathy by Carolyn J. Dean
The Vanishing American Jew by Alan Dershowitz
The Pity of it All by Amos Elon
Zion in America by Henry Feingold
The Everything Middle East Book by Jacob Fellure
The Rebbe's Army by Sue Fishkoff
Never Again? by Abraham Foxman
Jew vs. Jew by Samuel Freedman
The New Rabbi by Stephen Fried
From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman
Unfinished People by Ruth Gay
Letters to Auntie Fori by Martin Gilbert
The Jewish State by Yoram Hazony
Jews by Arthur Hertzberg and Aron Hirt-Manheimer
The Zionist Idea by Arthur Hertzberg
The Fate of Zionism by Arthur Hertzberg
One People Two Worlds by Ammiel Hirsch and Yosef Reinman
After Such Knowledge by Eva Hoffman
Children of Israel Children of Palestine by Laurel Holliday
A History of the Jews by Paul Johnson
Aliya by Liel Leibovitz
Not the Gemans Alone by Isaac Levendel
History on Trial by Deborah Lipstadt
Parallels Meet by Ehud Luz
The Rabbi and the Hit Man by Arthur Magida
War Orphan in San Francisco by Phyllis Mattson
The Ornament of the World by Maria Menocul
Foiled: Hitler's Jewish Olympian by Milly Mogalof
Raised on Radio by Gerald Nachman
Anarchy State and Utopia by Robert Nozick
And the Dead Shall Rise by Steve Oney
Under One Canopy by Karen Primack
Auschwitz by Laurence Rees
The Battle with the Slum by Jacob Riis
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
Visions of Reform by Fred Rosenbaum
The Israelis by Donna Rosenthal
Bummy Davis vs. Murder Inc. by Ron Ross
The Wandering Jews by Joseph Roth
Diamond Stories by Rene Shield
Maus (I and II) by Art Spiegelman
Benevolence and Betrayal by Alexander Stille
The Jewish 1960's by Michael Straub
The Sea of Galilee Boat by Shelley Wachsman
Under the Vine and Fig Tree by Lin Weber

Holidays

Rosh Hashanah - A Family Service by Judith Z. Abrams
Simchat Torah - A Family Celebration by Judith Z. Abrams
Days of Awe by S.Y. Agnon
Celebrate by Gilda Berger
Jewish Holiday Style by Rita Miles Brownstein
Jewish Holiday Traditions by Linda Burghardt
Yom Kippur Readings by Dov Peretz Elkins
On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur by Cathy Goldberg Fishman
The Rosh Hashanah Anthology by Philip Goodman
The Sukkot/Simhat Torah Anthology by Philip Goodman
The Yom Kippur Anthology by Philip Goodman
Entering the High Holy Days by Reuven Hammer
The Shofar Calls to Us by Katherine Janus Kahn
Wonders and Miracles by Eric A. Kimmel
It's Sukkah Time by Latifa Berry Knopf
High Holy Days by Camille Kress
Preparing Your Heart for the High Holy Days by Kerry M. Olitzky and Rachel T. Sabath
Celebrating the Jewish Holidays by Steven J. Rubin
Tashlich by Artscroll

Intro to Judaism

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Judaism by Benjamin Blech
Judaism for Everyone by Shmuley Boteach
The Dictionary of Judaism by Citadel Press
The Jewish Life by Debra B. Darvick
To Be A Jew by Hayim Halevy Donin
Judaism by Eyewitness Books
Ask the Rabbi by Ron Isaacs
The Jewish Book of Why by Alfred J. Kolatch
The Second Jewish Book of Why by Alfred J. Kolatch
The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin
Who We Are by Derek Rubin
The Jewish Book of Lists by Joel Samberg
The Jewish 100 by Michael Shapiro
The First Jewish Catalog by Richard Siegel and Michael and Sharon Strassfeld
The Second Jewish Catalog by Michael Strassfeld and Sharon Strassfeld
The Soul of the Story by David Zeller

Jewish Life and Culture

Jewish Family and Life by Yosef I. Abramowitz and Susan Silverman
With All My Heart With All My Mind by Sandy Asher
The Tapestry of Jewish Time by Nina Beth Cardin
The Jewish Lights Book of Fun Classroom Activities by Danielle Dardashti and Roni Sarig
Living A Jewish Life by Anita Diamant and Howard Cooper
The JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions by Ronald L. Eisenberg
The Jewish Journaling Book by Janet Ruth Falon
The Jewish Calendar by David Feinstein
Kosher for Everybody by Trudy Garfunkel
How to Run A Traditional Jewish Household by Blu Greenberg
The Journey Home by Lawrence A. Hoffman
Small Miracles for the Jewish Heart by Yitta Halberstam Judith and Leventhal
Not to Worry by Michele Klein
Handbook for the Jewish Home by Alfred J. Kolatch
The Book of Customs by Scott-Martin Kosofsky
The Book of Jewish Sacred Practices by Irwin Kula and Vanessa L. Ochs
From Generation to Generation by Arthur Kurzweil
Jewish Cultural Tapestry by Steven M. Lowenstein
How to Be A Perfect Stranger by Stuart M. Matlins and Arthur J. Magida
A Bintel Brief by Isaac Metzker
The Jewish Dream Book by Vanessa L. Ochs
Aleph-Bet Youga by Steven A. Rapp
Circle Spinning by Cherie Karo Schwartz
From the Ten Commandments to Chicken Soup by Michael Shapiro
How to Keep Kosher by Lise Stern
Seasons of Our Joy by Arthur Waskow
The Rhythm of Jewish Life by Vicki L. Weber

Kabbalah

The Enneagram and Kabbalah by Howard A. Addison
The Way by Michael Berg
The Essential Zohar by P.S. Berg
Jewish Tales of Mystic Joy by Yitzhak Buxbaum
Seek My Face by Arthur Green
Awakening to Kabbalah by Michael Laitma
Kabbalah Month by Month by Melinda Ribner
On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead by Gershon Scholem
On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism by Gershon Scholem
Connecting to God by Abner Weiss
Practical Kabbalah by Laibl Wolf

Language

Beautiful as the Moon Radiant as the Stars by Sandra Bark
Meridian Hebrew/English English/Hebrew Dictionary by Dov Ben-Abba
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Hebrew) by Eric Carle
New Bantam-Megiddo Hebrew and English Dictionary by Reuven Sivan Edward A. and Levenston
The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic
Noah's Ark (Hebrew and English) by Alison Greengard
Rebecca (Hebrew and English) by Alison Greengard
The Tower of Babel (Hebrew and English) by Alison Greengard
Gut Yontif Gut Yohr by Marie B. Jaffe
Passport Picture Dictionary by Lonnie Kahn
Dictionary of Yiddish Slang and Idioms by Fred Kogas
Darkonim (also Teacher's Guide) by Dolly and Uri Korin
In-flight Hebrew by Living Language
Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky
101 Hebrew Roots and the Stories They Tell by Joseph Lowin
No Star Too Beautiful by Joachim Neugroschel
George der Naygericker (Curious George) by H. A. Rey and Sholem Berger
The New Joys of Yiddish by Leo Rosten
Where the Wild Things Are (Hebrew) by Maurice Sendak
The Cat in the Hat (Hebrew) by Dr. Seuss
Di Kats der Payats (The Cat in the Hat) by Dr. Seuss and Sholem Berger
Green Eggs and Ham (Hebrew) by Dr. Seuss
Mr. Brown Can Moo Can You (Hebrew) by Dr. Seuss
To Life! L'chaim! by Michael Shire
Ha-Yesod: Fundamentals of Hebrew by Luba Uveeler and Norman M. Bronznick
Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary by Uriel Weinreich
Yiddish Folktales by Beatrice Silverman Weinrib
Yiddish - A Nation of Words by Miriam Weinstein
AlephBet Wheels
Og the Terrible (6 issues) - comic book introduction to prayerbook Hebrew
Prayerbook Flashcards

Life Cycle

The J Girl's Guide by Penina Adelman and others
The World is a Narrow Bridge by Diane Arieff
The Complete Book of Jewish Weddings by Lea Bayers Rapp
Mourning and Mitzvah by Anne Brener
The Bar and Bat Mitzvah Book by Linda Burghardt
The Ultimate Bar/Bat Mitzvah Book by Jayne Cohen and Lori Weinrott
Beyond the Chuppah by Joel Crohn and others
How to Be a Jewish Parent by Anita Diamant and Karen Kushner
The New Jewish Baby Book by Anita Diamant
The New Jewish Wedding by Anita Diamant
Saying Kaddish by Anita Diamant
Tough Questions Jews Ask by Edward Feinstein
Illness and Health in the Jewish Tradition by David L. Freeman and Judith Z. Abrams
Changing Course by Yitta Halberstam
Meeting at the Well by Daniel Judson and Nancy H. Weiner
Creative Jewish Wedding Book by Gabrielle Kaplan-Meyer
A Time to Be Born by Michele Klein
Best Baby Names for Jewish Children by Alfred J. Kolatch
When Children Ask About God by Harold S. Kushner
Consolation by Maurice Lamm
Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah by Goldie Milgram
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel
For Kids - Putting God on Your Guest List by Jeffrey Salkin
The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Book by Jeffrey K. Salkin and Nina Salkin
Welcome Baby by James Saunders
From Age-ing to Sage-ing by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Taking Care of Mom Taking Care of Me by Devorah Schloss
Circumcision by Ed Schoen
Make Your Own Jewish Wedding by Ava Schwartzman and Zoe Francesca
Kaddish by Leon Wissletter
A Time to Mourn a Time to Comfort by Ron Wolfson
Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Handbook by Behrman House
The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Book by Chronicle Books
To Raise a Jewish Child by Hayim Halevy Donin
The New Jewish Baby Album by Jewish Lights

Poetry

Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai
The Song of Songs by Marcia Falk
Winter Numbers by Marilyn Hacher
Poems of Paul Celan by Michael Hamburger
Picture Window by John Hollander
New Addresses by Kenneth Koch
Sloan-Kettering by Abba Kovner
Selected Poems by Emma Lazarus
The Lost Lunar Baedeker by Mina Loy
Drunk From Bitter Truth by Anna Margolin
Zelda: The Spectacular Difference by Zelda Mishkovsky and Marcia Falk
Last News of Mr. Nobody by Emmanuel Moses
The Last Uncle by Linda Pastan
The Art of Blessing the Day by Marge Piercy
The Figured Wheel by Robert Pinsky
Your Native Land Your Life by Adrienne Rich
The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich
New Selected Poems by Jerome Rothenberg
Summer Knowledge by Delmore Schwartz
National Cold Storage Company by Harvey Shapiro
With Teeth in the Earth by Malka Tussman
Art and Poetry in Bloom by JCCSF
A Muriel Rukeyser Reader

Prayerbooks

Mahzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur by Rabbinical Assembly and USCJ
Siddur Sim Shalom for Weedays by Rabbinical Assembly and USCJ
Siddur Chaveirim Kol Yisraeil by Progressive Chavurah
To Pray As A Jew by Hayim Halevy Donin
Tehillim Treasury by Avrohom Chaim Feuer
Shabbat at Home by Lawrence A. Hoffman
The Sh'ma and Its Blessings by Lawrence A. Hoffman
The Way Into Jewish Prayer by Lawrence A. Hoffman
Jewish Liturgy and Its Development by A. Z. Idelsohn
Chanting the Hebrew Bible by Joshua R. Jacobson
Filling Words with Light by Lawrence Kushner and Nehemiah Polen
Talking to God by Naomi Levy
Siddur Shilo by Richard N. Levy
Megillat Esther by Sol Scharfstein
Siddur Avodat Israel by Sinai Publishing
Gates of Joy by Chaim Stern and Donna Berman
Day of Days - Creating Family Shabbat Through Song by Mah Tovu
Shabbos Shiron by Yonah Weinrib
Shabbat Seder by Ron Wolfson
The Kaddish Prayer by ArtScroll
Megillah Lipman Edition by ArtScroll
Russian/Hebrew Siddur Ashkenaz by ArtScroll
Sabbath - Its Essence and Significance by ArtScroll
Siddur for Sabbath and Festivals with Interlinear Translation Sefard by ArtScroll
Tehillim by ArtScroll
The Three Portions of the Shema by ArtScroll
Transliterated Linear Siddur Ashkenaz Sabbath and Festival by ArtScroll
Transliterated Linear Siddur Ashkenaz Weekday by ArtScroll
Yom Kippur Transliterated Linear Machzor by ArtScroll
Pray Tell by Hadassah and Jules Harlow
On Wings of Light by Hillel
Siddur for Weekdays with Interlinear Translation Sefard

Telushkin

Biblical Literacy by Joseph Telushkin
The Book of Jewish Values by Joseph Telushkin
Jewish Humor by Joseph Telushkin
Jewish Literacy by Joseph Telushkin
The Ten Commandments of Character by Joseph Telushkin