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My personal Judaica library:

Jewish Ethics

"The Jewish Encyclopedia of Moral and Ethical Issues", hc

Nachum Amsel, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1994, $50

"The Kabbalah of Money", hc, Nilton Bonder, Shambhala, Boston, 1996, $18

"The Kabbalah of Envy", hc, Nilton Bonder, Shambhala, Boston, 1997, $18

"The Kabbalah of Food", hc, Nilton Bonder, Shambhala, Boston, 1998, $18

"Ahavath Chesed - The Love of Kindness", (2nd ed.) Pocket size hc

Chofetz Chayim / Trans. Leonard Oschry, Feldheim, Jerusalem, 1967/1976, $8.95

"Contemporary Jewish Ethics and Morality: A Reader", pb, Elliot N. Dorff and Louise E. Newman, $25

"Morality and Power", pb, Ed. Daniel J. Elazar,

The Jerusalem Center of Public Affairs/ Univ. Press of America, MD, 1990. $9.95

"Sefer Chasidim: The Book of the Pious", hc

Yehudah Hechasid/Trans. Avraham Yaakov Finkel, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1997, $40

"The Gate to Perfection", hc, Walter Homolka and Albert H. Friedlander,

Bergham Books/Continuum, NY, 1994, $19.95

"Jewish Ethics: A Study Guide", pb, Ed. Joseph Lowin, Hadassah: The Woman's

Zionist Organization of America", 1986

"The Path of the Upright - Mesillat Yesharim", hc

Moshe Chayim Luzzato / Trans. Mordecai M. Kaplan, Jason Aronson Inc., NY 1936/1995, $35

"Practical Medical Halacha [3rd revised edition]", pb

Fred Rosner and Moshe D. Tendler, Jason Aronson Inc., 1990/97, $30

"Al Chet: Sins in the Marketplace", hc, Meir Tamari, Jason Aronson, NJ, 1996, $30

"The Challenge of Wealth: A Jewish Perspective on Earning and Spending Money", hc

Meir Tamari, Jason Aronson, NY, 1995, $30

"The Genesis of Ethics", Burton L. Visotzky, Crown Publishers, NY. 1996, $20

Also see: This is My Beloved, This is My Friend; You Shall Strengthen Them; The Dynamics of Judaism; and Who Makes People Different, in the section "Conservative Judaism: most topics"

 

Jewish Parenting and Children

"Menoras Hamaor: Parents and Children", pb

Yitzchak Abohav / Trans. Yaakov Yosef Reinman, C.I.S., NJ, 1984

"Jewish Parenting: Rabbinic Insights", pb, Judith Abrams & Steven Abrams, Jason Aronson Inc., pb, 1994, $25

"To Raise a Jewish Child" pb, Hayim Halevy Donin, Basic Books, $13

"Golden Rules",pb, Wayne Dosick, Harper 1996, $13

"The Broken Mirror", hc, Kirk Douglas, Simon & Schuster, 1997, $13

"Elijah's Tears: Stories for the Jewish holidays", Sydelle Pearl, Henry Holt & Co., NY $14.95

"The Wise Men of Helm", pb, Solomon Simon, Behrman House, 1945/1973

"Teaching Your Children About God", Hc, David J. Wolpe, Henry Holt and Co., NY, 1993, $22.50

"Beni's Little Library" 4 book box set, pb, Jane Breskin Zalben, Henry Holt & Co., $19.95

"Beni's Family Cookbook", Hc, Jane Breskin Zalben, Henry Holt & Co., 1996, $19.95

 

Conservative Judaism: misc. topics

[Note: Conservative prayer books are listed under the Tefila category. Also see the Heschel category.]

"Emet Ve-Emunah: Statement of Principles of Conservative Judaism", pb Published jointly by JTS, RA, USCJ: NY, 1990 $4.00

"...Who Makes People Different", pb, Carl Astor, USCJ, 1985

"The Seminary at 100", pb, Ed. Nina Beth Cardin and David Wolf Silverman, the RA and JTS, 1987

"Visions of Holiness in the Everyday", pb, Nina Beth Cardin, USCJ, 1997, $7.00

"The Emergence of Conservative Judaism", hc, Moshe Davis, JPS, 1963

"Conservative Judaism: Our Ancestors to Our Descendants", pb Elliot N. Dorff, USCJ, NY, 1977/1996 $10

"This is My Beloved, This is My Friend: A Rabbinic Letter on Intimate Relations", pb Elliot N. Dorff, The RA, NY, 1996, $2.50

"You Shall Strengthen Then: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor", pb. Elliot N. Dorff and Lee Paskind, The RA, NY, 1999, $2.50

"The Jewish Dietary Laws" (revised and expanded edition), pb

S.H. Dresner, S. Siegel, & D.M. Pollock, The RA, NY 1959/1982, $4.95

"The Conservative Movement In Judaism: Dilemmas and Opportunities", pb, Daniel J. Elazar and Rela Mintz Geffen, SUNY Press, 2000

"A Century of Commitment: One Hundred Years of the Rabbinical Assembly", hc, Ed. Robert E. Fierstein, The RA, 2000, $40

"The Dynamics of Judaism: A Study in Jewish Law", Hc

Robert Gordis, Indiana Univ. Press, 1990, $20

"Understanding Conservative Judaism", Hc, Robert Gordis, The RA, NY, 1978

"Conservative Judaism: The New Century", pb, Neil Gillman, Behrman House, NJ, 1993 $18

"Louis Ginzberg: Keeper of the Law" [2nd edition with new afterword], pb, Eli Ginzberg, JPS, 1966/96

"Rejoice With Jerusalem", pb, Jules A. Gutin, 1984, $7.00

"The Jewish Dietary Laws: Sanctify Life", pb, James M. Lebeau

USCJ Dept. of Youth Activities, 1983/98, $7.00

"Jewish Leadership and Heroism", pb, Jack Moline, USCJ, 1987, $8.00

"Conservative Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook", hc, Pamella S. Nadell, Greenwood Press, NY , 1988, $75

"Milton Steinberg: Portrait of a Rabbi", Hc, Simon Noveck, Ktav, NY, 1978

"Moreh Derekh: The Rabbinical Assembly Rabbi's Manual", Hc - 2 Volumes, Ed. Perry Raphael Rank and Gordon M. Freeman, The RA, NY, 1998

"Tradition Renewed: A History of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America", Hc, Two Volume Set, Ed. Jack Wertheimer, JTS, NY, 1997, $100

Conservative Judaism: Halakha and responsa

"Life & Death Responsibilities in Jewish Biomedical Ethics", hc, Ed. Aaron L. Mackler, JTS, 2000, $40

"Mitzvah Means Commandment", pb, Elliot N. Dorff, USCJ, 1989

"Matters of Life and Death: Jewish Medical Ethics", hc, Elliot N. Dorff, JPS, PA, 1998, $35

"A Living Tree" Elliot N. Dorff and Arthur Rosett, SUNY Press, 1988, $23.95

"Responsa In A Moment", pb, David Golinkin, Tthe Institute of Applied Halakha, Jerusalem, 2000, $10

"The Responsa of Professor Louis Ginzberg", Hc, Ed. David Golinkin, JTS, 1996, $30

"Halakhah For Our Time: A Conservative Approach to Jewish law", pb, David Golinkin, USCJ, NY, 1991, $3.00

"An Index of Conservative Responsa and Practical Halakhic Studies: 1917-1990", pb, David Golinkin, The RA, 1992, NY $5.00

"The Ordination of Women as Rabbis", pb, Ed. Simon Greenberg, USCJ, NY, $13

"A Tree of Life", 2nd edition, pb, Louis Jacobs, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2000, $25

"A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice (2nd expanded ed.)", Hc, Isaac Klein, supplement by Joel Roth, JTS/Ktav, 1979, 1992, $25.00

"Responsa and Halakhic Studies", Hc, Isaac Klein, Ktav, NY, 1975

"Conservative Judaism and Jewish Law", hc, Ed. Seymour Siegel, The RA/Ktav NY, 1977

"Tradition and Change: The Development of Conservative Judaism", pb, Ed. Mordecai Waxman, The RA/USCJ, 1958/94, $15

"Proceedings of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards 1986-1990", pb, The RA, NY 2001, $25

"Proceedings of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards 1980-1985", pb, The RA, NY 1988, $21.50

"Proceedings of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards 1917-1970",Vols. I, II, III, pb, Ed. David Golinkin, The RA and the Institute of Applied Halakha, Jerusalem, 1997, $55

"Responsa of the Va'ad Halakha of the Rabbinical Assembly of Israel", Ed. David Golinkin

Volumes 2, 3, 4, 5 pb, $10 each: The RA of Israel/ The Masorti Movement, Jerusalem

Volume 6, pb, 1998, $25: The Institute of Applied Halakha at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies

"Summary Index of the CJLS - Through Elul 5758" The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, Ed. Ellen Wolnitz, The RA, 1998.

 

Jewish history, Israel and Jerusalem

"Bialik", pb, David Aberbach, Grove Press, NY, 1988, $7.95

"A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People", Hc, Eli Barnavi, Knopf, 1992, $50

"Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York", Hc

Stephen Birmingham, Harper & Row, 1967

"How Odd of God", Hc, Lewis Browne, The MacMillian Co, NY, 1934

"To The Promised Land: The Birth of Israel", Hc, Uri Dan, Doubleday, 1978, $25

"Heritage: Civilization and the Jews", Hc, Abba Ebban, Summit Books, NY, 1984

"Some of My Best Friends are Jews", Hc, Robert Gessner, Farmer and Rinehart Inc., NY, 1936

"Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict", (6th ed.), pb, Martin Gilbert, Oxford Univ. Press, 1993, $10.95

"Atlas of Jewish History", (3rd ed.), Hc, Martin Gilbert, Dorset Press, 1969/1976/1985, $20

"Heroes of Israel: Profiles of Jewish Courage", Hc, Chaim Herzog, Little Brown & Co. 1989 $22.95

"Israel: Splendors of the Holy Land", Hc, Sarah Kochav, Thames and Hudson, $50, 1995

"The Outsiders: Jews and Corporate America", pb, Abraham K. Korman, Lexington Books, 1988, $12.95

"A History of Zionism", Hc, Walter Laquer, MJF Books, NY, 1972/1998

"Inside the PLO", pb, Neil C. Livingstone and David Harley, Quill/William Morrow, NY, $13.00

"The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel’s Soul" hc, Yoram Hazony, A New Republic Book/Basic Books, 2000, $28

"Jewish History in 100 Nutshells", pb, Naomi Pasachoff and Robert J. Littman, Jason Aronson, 1995

"From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish conflict in Palestine", pb

Joan Peters, Perennial Library, 1984/85, $12.95

"Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews", pb, Fawcett-Crest, NY, 1978

"Messianism, Zionism and Jewish Religious Radicalism", pb

Aviezer Ravitzky, The Univ. of Chicago Press, 1993

"Every Spy A Prince", pb, Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, Houghton-Mifflin, 1990, $12.95

"Secrets of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount", pb, Leon and Kathleen Ritmeyer, Biblical Archaeology

Society, Washington D.C., 1998

"The Many Faces of Judaism [main text]", pb, Gilbert S. Rosenthal, Behrman House, NY, 1981

"The Many Faces of Judaism - Student Workbook", pb, Moshe Ben-Aharon, Behrman House, NY, 1981

"Contemporary Judaism: Patterns of Survival (second edition)", hc, Gilbert S. Rosenthal, Human Sciences Press, 1986

"A History of the Jewish People", pb, Ed. H. H. Ben-Sasson, Harvard Univ Press, MA, 1969/1976/1994

"The Jews in the United States: A Pictorial History, 1654 to the Present", Hc

Morris U. Schappes, The Citadel Press NY, 1958, $7.50

"Why Didn’t I Learn This In Hebrew School?", hc, Eliezer Segal, Jason Aronson Inc, 1999, $35

"Jerusalem: An Archaeological Biography", hc, Hershel Shanks, Random House, NY, 1995 $45

"Between Past and Present: Archaeology, Ideology and Nationalism in the Modern Middle East", pb, Neil Asher Silerberman, Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1990, $10.95

 

Hasidism and Kabbalah

"The Way of the Jewish Mystics", pb Perle Besserman, Shambhala, Boston, 1994, $8.00

"Tales of the Hasidim: Early Masters", pb Martin Buber, Schocken, NY, 1972, $2.75

"Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust", pb, Yaffa Eliach, Wintage Books/Random House, 1982, $7.95

"The Bahir [Illumination]", pb Aryeh Kaplan, Samuel Weisner Inc, ME, $12.50

"Immortality, resurrection, and the Age of the Universe: A Kabbalistic View", hc, Aryeh Kaplan, Ktav, NJ, 1993

"Innerspace: Introduction to Kabbalah, Meditation and Prophecy", hc

Aryeh Kaplan, Moznaim Publishing Corp, NY, 1990, $15.95

"Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation", Hc Aryeh Kaplan, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ. 1995

"Journeys: An Introductory Guide to Jewish Mysticism", pb, William E. Kaufman, Bloch, 1980, $7.95

"The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism", Hc, Daniel C. Matt, Castle Books, NJ, 1996, $18

"The Sayings of Menachem Mendel of Kotsk", Hc

Simcha Raz / Trans. Edward Levin, Jason Aronson Inc., NY, 1995, $25

"Hasidic Wisdom: Sayings from the Jewish sages", Hc, Simcha Raz,

Trans. Dov Peretz Elkins and Jonathan Elkins, Pub. By Jason Aronson Inc., NY 1981/1997, $35

"Kabbalah", hc, Gershom Scholem, JPS and Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co., 1974

"The Thirteen Petaled Rose", pb, Adin Steinsaltz, Basic Books, 1980, $8.95 [$30 for new Hc]

"Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters", Hc

Elie Wiesel, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1972/1993, $30

"Somewhere A Master: Further Hasidic Portraits and Legends", hc, Elie Wiesel, Summit Books, 1982, $13.95

"Legends of Our Time", pb, Elie Wiesel, Bard Books/Avon, 1968/1970 $1.75

 

Heschel (books by and about)

"A Passion for Truth", hc, Abraham Joshua Heschel, JPS, 1973, $8.95

"God in Search of Man", pb, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Noonday Press, 1998, $16

"Israel: An Echo of Eternity", pb, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux

"Man's Quest for God: Studies in Prayer and Symbolism", Scribners, NY, 1954,, $3.95

"Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays", Hc

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Farrar Strauss & Giroux, NY, 1996

"The Prophets", Volumes I and II, pb, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Harper Torchbooks, 1962/1969 [if new $13 each]

"Prophetic Inspiration After The Prophets", Hc, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Ktav, 1996, $25

"Who is Man?", pb, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Stanford Univ. Press, CA, 1995

"The Genesis of Faith: The Depth Theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel", Hc, John C. Merkle, MacMillan, NY, 1985

 

Holidays

"The Jewish Holy Days: Their Spiritual Significance" pb, R. Yeuhda Aryeh Leib Alter, The Sfas Emes

Trans. Moshe Braunt, Pub. By Jason Aronson Inc., NJ 1996, $40

"The Hanukkah Anthology", Hc, Philip Goodman, JPS, PA, 1976 [$8 for new pb]

"The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays", pb, Irving Greenberg, Touchstone, NY 1988, $13

"The Sabbath", hc, Dr. I. Grunfeld, Philipp Feldheim, 1959

"Haggadah for Yom Ha'Atzmaut", pb, Ed. Etti Serok, Barbara Levin, Avi Lavsky

Pub. by The Education Department of the Jewish Agency for Israel (pub. In Jerusalem), 1998, $6.00

"The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & commentary", pb, Michael Strassfeld, Harper & Row, 1985, $23

"The Shabbat Seder: The Art of Jewish Living", pb, Ron Wolfson, Jewish Lights Publishing, VT, 1985/96, $16.95

 

Holocaust / Shoah

"The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as told in the US Holocaust

Memorial Museum", pb, Michael Berenbaum, Little Brown & Co., 1993, $19.95

"Bound Upon a Wheel of Fire: Who so many German Jews made the tragic decision to remain in Nazi Germany", Hc, John V. H. Dippel, Basic Books, 1997, $27.50

"Atlas of the Holocaust", Hc, Martin Gilbert, William Morrow and Co., 1988/1993, $20

"Auschwitz and the Allies", pb, Martin Gilbert, Henry Holt and Co., 1981

"Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust", hc, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, Knopf, 1996, $30

"Justice in Jerusalem", Hc, Gideon Hamer, Harper and Row, NY, 1966

"Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders: The Jewish Catastrophe 1933-1945" pb, Raul Hilberg, HarperPerennial, 1992, $13.00

"Post-Holocaust Dialogues: Critical Studies in Modern Jewish Thought", pb, Steven T. Katz, New York Univ. Press, 1983

"Historicism, The Holocaust and Zionism: Critical Studies in Modern Jewish Thought and Philosophy", pb, Steven T. Katz, New York Univ. Press, 1992, $18.50

"Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault Upon Truth and Memory", pb, Deborah Lipstadt, Plume, NY, 1993, $10.95

"The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust", Hc, David S. Wyman, Pantheon Books, NY, $19.95

 

Holocaust related theology and halakha

"Theological and halakhic Reflections on the Holocaust", hc, Ed. Bernhard Rosenberg and Fred Heuman, Ktav/RCA, 1992

"The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness - Revised and expanded edition",Hc, Simon Wiesenthal, Schocken, 1997, $24

 

Pesach and Haggadot

"1001 Questions and Answers on Pesach", Hc, Jeffrey M. Cohen, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1996, $40

"The Me'am Loez Haggadah - Ashkenaz edition", Hc, Yaakov Culi / Translated by Aryeh Kaplan, Maznaim Publishing Corp, NY. 1978, $10

"The Kol Dodi Haggadah", pb, David Feinstein, Mesorah Publications, NY, 1990, $15

"The Passover Haggadah", pb, Nathan Goldberg, Ktav, 1987

"The Scholar's Haggadah: Ashkenazic, Sephardic and Oriental Versions", Hc,Heinrich Guggenheimer, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ 1995, $40

"The Haggadah of Passover", (3rd ed.) [Purple felt cover], Hc

Sidney B. Hoenig, Shulsinger Brothers, NY 1961

"The Family Seder: A Traditional Passover Haggadah for the Modern Home", pb, Alfred J. Kolatch, Jonathan David, NY 1967/1991, $3.95

"The Feast of Freedom: Passover Haggadah", pb, Ed. Rachel Anne Rabinowicz, The RA, NY, 1982, $11

"A Passover Haggadah", pb, Ed. Michael Strassfeld, The RA, NY, 1979. This is a special issue of "Conservative Judaism" volume 32(3), spring 1979, $3.50 (back issues now are $10 each)

"A Passover Haggadah", pb, Elie Wiesel, Simon & Schuster, 1993, $14.00

 

Halakha: classical and Orthodox

"Tomeikh KaHalakhah [In Support of Halakha]: Responsa of the Panel of Halakhic

Inquiry, Volume 2", pb, Ed. Wayne R. Allen, The Union for Traditional Judaism, NJ

"The Concise Code of Jewish Law", Volumes I and II, pb, Gersion Appel, Ktav, 1977/1989

"The Concise Book of Mitzvoth", Hc, The Chofetz Chaim, Feldheim, 1990, $15.95

"The Principles of Jewish Law", hc, Menachem Elon, Keter Publishing House/Encyclopaedia Judaica, Jerusalem 1974

"A Practical Guide to Halacha - Vol. I: Based on the Chofetz Chayim's Mishneh Berurah", pb, Dovid Katz and Mordechai Schlang, Morian Offset, NY, 1978

"Menucha V'Simcha: A Guide to Basic Laws and Themes of Shabbos and Yom Tov", pb, Mordechai Katz, Feldheim, NY 1982

"A Practical Guide to Torah Learning", Hc, Dovid Landesman, Jason Aronson Inc., NY, 1995

"Jewish Law: An Introduction", pb, Mendell Lewittes, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1987/1994, $25

"One Man’s Judaism" (new and revised edition), hc, Emanuel Rackman, Gefen Publishing, 2000, $21.95

"Piety and Fanatacism: Rabbinic Criticism of Religious Stringency", Hc, Sara Epstein Weinstein, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1997, $35

 

Torah [Pentateuch] and commentary

The JPS Torah Commentary - Five Volume set. Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia

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"Present at Sinai: The Giving of the Law" , S. Y. Agnon / Trans. Michael Swirsky, JPS, Philadelphia, 1994, $40

"In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah", Hc, Judith Antonelli, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1995, $50

"The Language of Truth: The Torah Commentary of the Sefat Emet", Hc, Trans. Arthur Green, JPS, PA, 1998, $35

"Learning Torah: A Self Guided Journey Through the Layers of Jewish Learning", pb, Joel Laurie Grishaver, UAHc Press, NY, 1990

"The Pentateuch and Haftorahs", Hc, Joseph H. Hertz, Soncino Press, NY, $30

"The Secret of the Torah: A Translation of Ibn Ezra's Sefer Yesod Mora Ve-Sod Ha-Torah", Hc, Abraham Ibn Ezra / Trans. H. Norman Strickman, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1995, $25

"This is the Torah", pb, Alfred J. Kolatch, Jonathan David, NY, 1988/1994, $15.00

"Genesis: A New Translation of the Classic Biblical Stories", Hc. Stephen Mitchell, HarperCollins, 1996

"Exploring Exodus: The Origins of Biblical Israel",pb - with new preface, Nahum Sarna, Shocken, NY 1996, $14

"Notes on The New Translation of The Torah", Hc, Ed. Harry M. Orlinsky, JPS, 1970, $6.50

"The Stone Edition: The Chumash", Hc. Ed. Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, NY 1993, $45

 

Tanakh [Hebrew Bible], midrash, and commentary

"Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text - 1917 version", Hc, JPS, Philadelphia, 1917

"The Tanakh", pb, The New JPS Translation (1985) / Sacred Writings Volume 1: Judaism, The Quality Paperback Book Club, NY, 1992

"The Book of Legends: Sefer Ha-Aggadah", Hc, H. N. Bialik & Y. H. Ravnitsky, Schocken Books, NY, 1992, $75.00

The Soncino Books of the Bible, Soncino Press, Dr. A. Cohen

The Soncino Chumash, revised edition, 1993, $27.50

Joshua and Judges, revised edition, 1982, $16.95

Proverbs, revised edition, 1992. $16.95

Psalms, revised edition, 1992, $16.95

Samuel I & II, 1987, $16.95

"The Artscroll Tehillim", Pocket size Hc, Ed. Hillel Danziger, Mesorah, NY 1988/1995, $14.95

"Who Wrote the Bible?" pb, Richard Elliot Friedman, Summit Books, NY, 1987

"Koheleth - The Man and His World", (third augmented edition) pb, Robert Gordis, Shocken Books, NY, 1968 (reprint 1984), $10.95

"As the Rabbis Taught: Studies in the Aggados of the Talmud - Tractate Megillah", Hc

Dovid Landesman and Chanoch Gebhard, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1996

"Yemenite Midrash: Philosophical Commentaries on the Torah", pb, Trans. Yitzhak Tzvi Langermann, Harper Collins, 1996, $20

"The Midrash: An Introduction", pb, Jacob Neusner, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ. 1990, $20

"Introduction to Rabbinic Literature", Hc, Jacob Neusner, Anchor Bible Reference Library/Doubleday, NY, 1994, $40

"The JPS Bible Commentary: Jonah", hc, Uriel Simon, JPS, PA, 1999, $35

"Biblical Literacy", Hc, Joseph Telushkin, William Morrow and Co., NY, 1997

"Koheles - Ecclesiastes", Hc, Ed. Meir Zlotowitz and Nosson Scherman, Mesorah, NY 1976/1994, $18.99

Project Talmud: A Learning Experience Textbook, revised ed., pb, The Central Shluchim Office of Chabad-Lubavitch, NY 1992

 

Tefila [prayer] Conservative prayerbooks

[Mahzor] "Mahzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipur", 2nd ed., hc, Ed. Jules Harlow, The RA, NY, 1972/1978, $18

[Siddur] "Siddur Sim Shalom", Hc - Conservative, Ed. Jules Harlow, The Rabbinical Assembly/USCJ, NY, 1985 $18.00

[Siddur] "Weekday Prayer Book - Traditional Edition", Hc, Ed. Morris Silverman, Prayer Book Press of Media Judaica Inc., CT, 1972/81

[Siddur] "Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals (uncorrected proof)", pb, Ed. Leonard. S. Cahan, The RA and USCJ, NY, 1997 [distributed free on a limited basis]

[Bentcher] "B'kol Echad : In One Voice", pb, Ed. Jeffrey Shivovitz, USCJ, 1986/1992, $2.50

[Healing] "Under the Wings of the Sh’khinah: A Jewish Healing Service", pb, Ed. Gloria Miller Schwartz, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, NY, 1997, $3.00

 

Tefila [prayer], Siddurim, Machzorim, Benchers and commentary - misc

[Mahzor] "Mahzor L'Rosh Hashanah / Service of the Synagogue: New Year", Hc - Traditional, Ed. Dr. H. Adler, Maimon Publishing Co., NY, 1935

[Mahzor] "Mahzor HaShalem: High Holyday Prayerbook", Hc - Traditional, Ed. Philip Birnbaum, Hebrew Pub. Co.,NY, 1951/1994

[Siddur] "Siddur Tifereth Jehudah", Hc, Ed. A. Hyman Charap, Hebrew Pub. Co., 1912 - Traditional

[Commentary] "Prayer and Penitence: A Commentary on the High Holy Day Mahzor", Hc

- Traditional , Jeffrey M. Cohen, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1983/1994, $30

[Commentary] "A Machzor Companion: The Themes of the High Holy Days", Hc - Traditional. Moshe Eisenman, Mesorah, NY, 1993, 415.99

[Siddur] "The Book of Blessings", Hc, Marcia Falk, HarperCollins, 1996, $50.00 - Reconstructionist

"Higher and Higher: Making Jewish Prayer Part of Us", pb, Steve Brown, USCJ, 1980/96, $7.00

[Commentary] "A Treasury of Thoughts on Jewish Prayer", pb - Traditional, Ed. Sidney Greenberg, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ 1989/1996, 425

[Commentary] "Entering Jewish Prayer", Hc, Reuven Hammer, Schocken, NY 1994, $25, Traditional/ Non-denominational

[Commentary] "Kavvanah: Directing the Heart in Jewish Prayer", Hc - Traditional, Seth Kaddish, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1997, $50.00

[Commentary] "The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer", Hc - Traditional, Macy Nulman, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1993, $50

[Bentcher] "The NCSY Bencher", pb - Orthodox, Ed. David M. Olivestone, NCSY/OU, 1983/1992, $2.50

"Jewish Liturgy As A Spiritual System" Arnold S. Rosenberg, Jason Aronson Inc, 1997, $40

[Bentcher] "The Family Zemiros: Grace after meals and Sabbath songs" (2nd ed.), pb - Orthodox, Ed. Nosson Scherman and Meir Zlotowitz, Mesorah Publications, NY, 1981, $2.50

[Siddur] "The Complete Artscroll Siddur - Nusach Ashkenaz", (2nd ed.) Hc - Orthodox, Ed. Nosson Scherman, Mesorah, NY 1986/1989

[Siddur] "Daily Prayers", Hc, Ed. Dr. M. Stern, Hebrew Publishing Co. 1928, Hc - Traditional

 

Tefila : Reform prayerbooks

"Union Prayer Book - I" (revised edition) - Shabbat, Weekdays and Festivals, CCAR, NY, 1961

"Union Prayer Book - II" (revised edition) - High Holy Days, CCAR, NY, 1962

"Shaarei Tefila: Gates of Prayer -The New Union Prayerbook", Hc [Weekdays, Shabbat and Festivals], Ed. Chaim Stern, CCAR, NY 1975

"Shaarei Hashuvah: Gates of Repentance - The New Union Prayerbook for the Days of Awe", CCAR, 1978, Ed. Chaim Stern

"Shaarei Habayit: Gates of the House - The New Union Home Prayer Book", Hc, Ed. Chaim Stern, CCAR, 1977

 

Jewish humor

"Adventures of Mottel the Cantor's Son", pb, Shalom Aleichem / Trans. Tamara Kahana, Collier Books, 1953/1972, $1.25

"A Treasury of Jewish Humor", pb, Ed. Nathan Ausubel, paperback Library 1951/1967 $1.75

"The Wit of the Jews", Hc, Lore and Maurice Cowan, Aurora Publishers Inc., 1970

"The Golden Book of Jewish Humor", Hc, Harry Golden, Putnam, 1972

"How to be a Jewish mother", Dan Greenberg, Price Sloan & Stern, 1964

"Encyclopedia of Jewish Humor", Hc, Ed. Henry D. Spalding, Jonathan David, NY 1969/1976, $12.50

 

Lifecycle, marriage and sexuality

"Does God Belong In the Bedroom?", Hc, Michael Gold, JPS PA, 1992

"God, Love, Sex and Family", Hc, Michael Gold, Jason Aronson Inc. NJ, 1998, $40

"Jewish Marriage: Rabbinic Law, Legend and Custom", Hc, Mendell Lewittes, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1994, $30

"A Guide to Life: Jewish Laws and Customs of Mourning", pb, Tzvi Rabinowicz, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1989/1994

 

Antisemitism

"The Jewish Christian Debate in the High Middle Ages: A Critical Edition of the  Nizzahon Vitus", pb, David Berger, Jason Aronson Inc., NY, 1996, $40

"The Satanizing of the Jews: Origin and Development of Mystical Antisemitism", pb, Joel Carmichael, Fromm, NY, 1993

"Antisemitism in the New Testament", pb, Lillian C. Freudmann, Univ. Press of America, NY, 1994

"Jews in the Japanese Mind", Hc, David M. Goodman and Masanori Miyazawa, The Free Press, NY 1995, $24.95

"The Jew and the Christian Missionary", Hc, Geard Sigal, Ktav, NY 1981, $14.95

 

Maimonides

"The Guide for the Perplexed: Moreh Nevuchim" [2nd ed.] pb, Maimonides / Trans. M. Friedlander, Dover Publishing, NY, $8.95

"Mishneh Torah - Sefer Hamada'ah: The Book of Knowledge", hc, Maimonides / Trans. Moses Hyamson, Feldheim, NY,1981 $20

"Interpreting Maimonides", pb, Marvin Fox, The Univ. of Chicago Press, 1990

"Maimonides: Torah and Philosophic Quest", hc, David Hartman, 1976, JPS,$7.95

"Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People", pb, Menachem Kellner, SUNY Press, 1991, $21.95

"Must a Jew Believe Anything?" Menachem Kellner, The Littman Library, 1999

"The Guide of the Perplexed", pb, Maimonides, Trans. Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1999, $25

"Maimonides: A Guide for Today's Perplexed", pb, Kenneth Seeskin, Behrman House, 1991

"A Maimonides Reader", pb, Ed. Isadore Twersky, Behrman House Inc., 1972, $19.95

 

Misc. Judaica

"Exploring Judaism: A Reconstructionist Approach", pb, Rebecca Albert and Jacob Staub, The Reconstructionist Press, 1988

"Greatest Jewish Short Stories", pb, Ed. Saul Bellow, Dell, 1963

"Challenge: Torah Views on Science and its Problems" [2nd ed.] Hc, Ed. Aryeh Carmel & Cyril Domb, Feldheim, NY., 1976/1988

"Lessons in Modern Hebrew - Level I", pb, Edna Amir coffin, The Univ. of Michigan Press, 1977/96

"Chutzpah", Hc, Alan M. Dershowitz, Little Brown and Co., 1991, $22.95

"Contrary to Popular Belief", Hc, Alan M. Dershowitz, Little Brown and Co., 1992, $22.95

"To Be a Jew" 1972, pb, $13 "To Pray as a Jew" 1977, pb, $11, Hayim Halevy Donin, Basic Books

"Jewish Law and Modern Ideology", pb, Elliot N. Dorff, USCJ, NY, 1970, $6.50

"The Best is Yet to Be: Renewing American Judaism", Hc, Wayne Dosick, Town House Press, NY, 1988

"Living Judaism", Hc, Wayne Dosick, HarperCollins, 1995, $27.50

"Issac Bashevis Singer: Conversations", pb, Ed. Grace Farrell, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1992

"The Joys of Hebrew", pb, Lewis Glinert, Oxford Paperbacks, 1992, $8.95

"What Did They Think of the Jews?", pb, Ed. Allen Gould, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1991/1997, $40

"A Rage to Nosh", [cookbook] Hc, Ruth & Bob Grossman, Galahad Books, NY, 1966

"201 Hebrew Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Forms", pb, Abraham S. Halkin, Barron's Educational Series Inc., $10.95

"Harry Lieberman: A Journey of Remembrance", pb, Stacey C. Holland, Dutton Studio Books, NY, 1991, $19.95

"From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Personal  History", hc Arthur Kurzweil, $27.50

"To Life! A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking", hc, Harold Kushner, Little, Brown and Co., 1993, $21.95

"Piety & Power: The World of Jewish Fundamentalism", hc, David Landan, Hill & Wang, NY, 1993, $27.50

"The Book of Modern Jewish Etiquette", pb, Helen Later, Harper & Row, 1981/1986, $9.95

"The 2nd Ave Deli Cookbook", hc, Sharon Lebewohl, Villard, $24.95

"Masterpieces of Hebrew Literature", pb, Ed. Curt Leviant, Ktav 1969

"The Tabernacle: Its Structure and Utensils", Hc, Moshe Levine / Trans. Esther J. Ehrman, Soncino Press, NY, USA and Melechet HaMishkan, Tel Aviv, Israel, $125

"Ibn Gabriol", pb, Raphael Loewe, pub. by Grove Weidenfeld, NY, 1989/1991, $9.95

"The Book of Jewish Customs", pb, Harvey Lutske, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1986/1995, $24.95

"A Gathering of Angels: Angels in Jewish Life and Literature", pb, Morris B. Margolies, Ballantine Books, NY, 1994, $10.00

"The World of Jewish Entertaining", [Cookbook] Hc, Gil Marks, Simon & Schuster, NY, $30

"Folktales of Israel", Hc, Ed. Dov Noy, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1963/1969

"Prayer & Community: The Havurah in American Judaism", pb, Riv-Ellen Prell, Wayne State Univ. Press, 1989

"The Jewish Guide to Boston and New England", pb, Rosie Rosenzweig, The Jewish Advocate, 1995, $19.95

"The Joys of Yiddish", pb, Leo Rosten, Pocket Book, 1968/1970

"The Joys of Yiddish", Hc, Leo Rosten, McGraw-Hill, 1968, $10.00

"Mashiach [Messiah]", [3rd, expanded edition] pb, Jacob Immanuel Schochet, S.I.E., NY, 1992, complimentary

"Genesis and the Big Bang", pb, Gerald L. Schroeder, Bantam Books NY, 1990, $10.95

"Shakespeare and the Jews" Hc, James Shapiro, Columbia University Press, NY, 1996, 429.50

"The Golem", Hc, Issac Bashevis Singer, Farrar Strauss & Giroux, $11.95

"Jewish Contemporaries of Jesus", pb, Gunter Stemberger, Fortress Press, MN, 1995

The (First) Jewish Catalog, 1973, pb, Richard Sigel, Michael Strassfeld, Sharon Strassfeld, $18

The Second Jewish Catalog, 1976, pb, Sharon and Michael Strassfeld, $18

The Third Jewish Catalog, 1980, pb, Sharon and Michael Strassfeld, $18, JPS, Philadelphia

"Temple Tifereth Israel - Dedication Journal", Hc, 1965, Winthrop, MA

"Say It In Yiddish" [phrase book], pb, Ed. Uriel & Beatrice Weinreich, Dover, NY, 1958, $2.95

"Judaism and Christianity: The Differences", pb, Trude Weiss-Rosmarin, Jonathan David, NY 1943/1970, $6.95

"Legends of Our Time", pb, Elie Wiesel, Bard Books/Avon, NY, 1968, $1.75

"Gender and Judaism: The Transformation of Tradition", pb, Ed. Tamar R. Rudavsky, New York Univ. Press, 1995

"A People Divided: Judaism in Contemporary America", pb, Jack Wertheimer, Basic Books, 1993, $14

"Why Kosher? An Anthology of Answers", hc, Irving Welfeld, Jason Aronson Inc., 1996, $30

"And They Shall Be My People: An American Rabbi and His Congregation", hc, Paul Wilkes, The Atlantic Monthly Press, NY, $23

 

Misc. Rabbinics

"Rabbinical Mathematics and Astronomy" [3rd, corrected edition] pb, W. M. Feldman, Sepher-Herman Press, NY 1978/1991, $12.95

"From Text to Tradition", pb, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Ktav, NJ, 1991, $18

"Back To The Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts",pb, Ed. Barry W. Holtz, Summit Books, NY, 1984, $15

"The Aryeh Kaplan Anthology", Volumes I and II, Hc

Aryeh Kaplan, OU/NCSY/Mesorah Publications, NY, 1994, $51.99 for both volumes

 

Talmud

"Rereading the Rabbis: A Woman's Voice", Hc, Judith Hauptman, Westview, $26, 1998

"The Yerushalmi: An Introduction", Hc, Jacob Neusner, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1993, $30

"The Essential Talmud", pb, Adin Steinsaltz, Basic Books, 1976, $13 [new Hc for $30]

The Talmud: The Steinsaltz Edition - by Adin Steinsaltz, Hc, Random House, NY. (15 volumes)

 

Theology, Philosophy and Spirituality

"Three Jewish Philosophers: Philo, Saadya Gaon , Jehudah Halevi", pb, Atheneum, NY, 1982, $7.95

"The Condition of Jewish Belief", pb A Symposium compiled by the editors of Commentary Magazine, MacMillian, NY, 1966 [$30 for a new pb]

"The Story of Jewish Philosophy", Hc, Joseph Blau, Random House, 1962, $5.00

"Knowing God: Jewish Journeys to the Unknowable", pb, Elliot N. Dorff,  Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1992, $24.95

"Dancing With God: Everyday Steps to Jewish Renewal", Hc, Wayne Dosick, Harper Collins, 1997, $22

"What is Judaism? An Interpretation for the Present Age", pb, Emil L. Fackenheim, Collier Books, NY, 1987, $10.95

"Sacred Fragments", pb, Neil Gillman, JPS, 1990/92, $15

"God Was Not In The Fire: The Search for a Spiritual Judaism", hc, Daniel Gordis, Scribner, 1995, NY $22

"Does the World Need the Jews?", hc, Daniel Gordis, Scribner, NY, 1997, $24

"The Philosophies of Judaism: The History of Jewish Philosophy from Biblical Times to Franz Rosenzweig", hc, Julius Guttmann / Trans. David W. Silverman, JPS, 1964, $7.50

"The God I Believe In", Hc, Ed. Joshua O. Haberman, Free Press, 1994, $24.95

"The Duties of the Heart" [Choves Ha'Levevos], Hc, Bachya Ibn Pakuda / Trans. Yaakov Feldman, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ. 1996, $40

"Every Person’s Guide to Jewish Philosophy and Philosophers", hc, Ronald H. Isaacs, Jason Aronson Inc., 1999, $40

"We Have Reason to Believe", (fourth edition with a new preface), pb, Louis Jacobs, Vallentine Mitchell, OR, 1995, $10

"If You Were God", pb, Aryeh Kaplan, NCSY/Orthodox Union, 1983, $7.99

"Judaism As a Civilization", pb, Mordecai M. Kaplan, JPS / Reconstructionist Press, 1934/1981, $10.95 (with an introduction by Arthur Hertzberg)

"Contemporary Jewish Philosophies" William E. Kaufman, Reconstructionist Press and Behrman House, , 1976

"The Case for God", pb, William E. Kaufman, Chalice Press, MO, 1991, $10

"A Question of Faith: An Atheist and a Rabbi Debate the Existence of God", pb, William E. Kaufman and Morton Shor, Jason Aronson Inc.,NJ, 1994, $15.95

"How Good Do We Have To Be?", pb, Harold Kushner, Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Co., 1996/97, $10.95

"When Bad Things Happen to Good People", pb, Harold Kushner, Avon Books, NY, 1983, $5.99

"Who Needs God" Harold Kushner, pb, Pocket Books, 1989, $5.95

"The Lights of Penitence, The Moral Principles, Lights of Holiness, Essays, Letters and Poems",  pb, Abraham Issac Kook / Trans. Ben Zion Bokser, Paulist Press, 1978, $10.95

"Orot: The Annotated Translation of R. Abraham Isacc Kook's Seminal Work", pb, Abraham Issac Kook / Trans. Bezalel Naor, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1993, $24.95

"Arguing With God: A Jewish Tradition", Hc, Anson Laytner, Jason Aronson Inc., NY, 1990

"Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence", Hc, Jon D. Levenson, Harper & Row, 1988, $18.95

"Jewish Thought and Process Theology", pb, Ed. Sandra B. Lubarsky and David Ray Griffin, SUNY Press, NY, 1996, $22

"Great Jewish Thinkers: Their Lives and Work" Naomi Pasachoff, Behrman House, 1992

"Jewish Views of the Afterlife", hc, Simcha Paull Raphael, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ, 1994

"The Gift of a New Beginning: Meditations and Practical Exercises", pb, Mindy Ribner, The Jewish Meditation Circle, NY, 1996

"Finding God: Ten Jewish Responses", hc, Rifat Sonsino and Daniel B. Syme, Jason Aronson Inc., NJ 1993, $22.50

Also see: "Visions of Holiness in the Everyday" and "Conservative Judaism: Our Ancestors to Our Descendants" in the section "Conservative Judaism: Most Topics", and most of the books in the "Heschel" category.


Abbreviations:

AAAS = American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C.

Barron’s = Barron’s Educational Services, NY

CCAR = Central Conference of American Rabbis, NY [Reform]

Ed. = Edited by (often giving additional commentary or introductory material).

hc = Hardcover book

JPS = Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA

JTS = Jewish Theological Seminary of America, NY [Conservative]

NCSY = National Council of Synagogue Youth, a division of the OU [Orthodox]

OU = Union of Orthodox Congregations of America, NY [Orthodox]

pb = Paperback book

RA = The Rabbinical Assembly, NY [Conservative]

RCA = Rabbinical Council of America

RPG = Role playing game

SUNY Press = State University of New York Press

Trans. = Translated by (often giving additional commentary or introductory material).

UAHc = Union of American Hebrew Congregations [Reform]

USCJ = United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism [Conservative]

 

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