Sefer So Good  January 2008

 

New on the Shelf Since We Last Spoke

For Our Youngest Readers and Those Who Read to Them

J Bo    A Little Child’s Story of Noah –a board book

J Eh    The Story of Hanukkah

J Fr     Read Me the Haggadah

J Ki     Sound the Shofar!  A Story of Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

J Kr     Hanukkah at Valley Forge—Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner             2007

J Ku    The Golden Dreydl—Gift of Sid Marshall

J Ni     Zayda Was a Cowboy—Gift of Arthur and Lynn Biderman in honor of “The Texas Rabbi,”     Michael Goldstein

J Pa    The Angel and the Donkey

J Sc    The Tie Man’s Miracle;  A Chanukah Tale

J Sh    The Odd Potato:  A Chaunkah Story—gift of Maura Resnikoff

Young Adult Non-Fiction

Y 290 Mc Ways We Worship

Adult Fiction

F An    Rashi’s Daughters:  Book 1—Joheved—Donated in memory of Muriel Dulberger by Lee Alexander

F Ca   Triple Identity:  a novel

F Ch    The Yiddish Policeman’s Union: a novel—Gift of Be Yeamans

F Gr    The Queen’s Fool—Gift of Kathy Dweck

F Ka    Never Nosh a Matzo Ball:  A Ruby, the Rabbi’s Wife Mystery—gift of  Ronnie Walerzak    

F Ke    Straight into Darkness—Gift of Howard Wiener

F Ke    Trouble—Gift of Howard Wiener

F Ke    Obsession:  An Alex Delaware novel—Gift of Howard Wiener

F Ku    Murder at the Minyan:  a novel—gift of Robert R. Dweck

F Le    The Witch of Cologne

F Ra    The Saturday Wife—Gift of Shelley Kaplan

F Sh    The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey:  A Graphic Novel of Jewish Wisdom & Wit in the Wild West

F Sf     Klezmer:  Tales of the Wild East—a graphic novel

F Zu    The Book Thief—gift of Sid Marshall—Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner for Teens 2007

Adult Non-Fiction

220.75 Bl       Etz Hayim Study Companion

220.75 Ja       The Year of Living Biblically:  One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible—Gift of Be Yeamans

220.75 Ku      The Bible as It Was

220.75 Ro      Biblical Women Unbound:  Counter-tales—Gift of Be Yeamans

240 Ma           Jewish Holiday Home Companion:  A Parent’s Guide to Family Celebration

259 Go           Gonzo Judaism:  A Bold Path for Renewing an Ancient Faith

262 Sc            The Structure of the Siddur—Gift of Rabbi Jacob Friedman

262,5 Ha        Haggadah for Passover:  A Jewish Heritage Large Print Publication—Gift of Rabbi Michael Goldstein

274 Sh            Getting Our Groove Back:  How to Energize American Jewry

304.21 Do      “This is My Beloved, This is My Friend:”  A Rabbinic Letter on Intimate Relations

304.5 Do        Parenting Jewish Teens:  A Guide for the Perplexed—Gift of Sid Marshall

362.4 Sh        I Seek My Brethren:  Ralph Goldman and “The Joint”:  Rescue, Relief, and Reconstruction—The Work of the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

641.5 Am       The New York Times Jewish Cookbook

641.5 Na        Helen Nash’s Lower-Fat Kosher Kitchen

641.5 Ro        New Kosher Cooking

641.5 Si         From Lokshen to Lo Mein:  The Jewish Love Affair with Chinese Food:  The Kosher Chinese Cookbook

641.5 Sp        The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

759.13 Ad      Adolph Gottlieb:  A Survey Exhibition:  IVAM Centre Julio Gonzales February 1-April 22, 2001

759.36 Bo      Otto Wagner, Gustav Klimt

759.7 Bo        Chagall

759.7 Ha         Marc Chagall

914.3 Ap        Schlepping Through the Alps:  My Search for Austria’s Jewish Past with its Last Wandering Shepherd

951 Ar                        Blue and White in Color:  Visual Images of Zionism, 1897-1947

973 Gu           History of the Jews in America—Gift of Lawrence & Judi Wigdortz

973.4 Mo        GI Jews:  How World War II Changed a Generation

974.9 Ab        From Horse and Buggy to the Moon, 1920-2006:  A Collection of Essays—Gift of the Author, Ruth Jobrack Abramowitz

974.9 Gr         Nazis in Newark—Gift of Eva & Howard Wiener

 

For Your Reading and Listening Pleasure

780 Is              Jewish Music as Midrash:  What Makes Music Jewish? Includes 2 CDs of musical examples

For Your Listening Pleasure

CD 784 Ca    The Very Best of Shlomo Carlebach, v. 2—Gift of Sandi Friedman

For Your Viewing Pleasure

DVD 940.44 Gr         The Grey Zone—Gift of Randi Kervick