Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse
Stars: **** Letters from Rifka is a kid’s novel that is a good read if you want to know more about life as a Jew in the past. Rifka is a girl whose family is trying to flee Russia’s horrible treatment...
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Stars: **** This book truly is Every Person’s Guide to Judaism. It was well thought out, easy to understand and set out nicely too. The text was just the right size and was seperated just well enough...
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The Rabbi’s Girls by Johanna Hurwitz
Stars: **** This is a novel for ages 8-12, mostly for girls. It’s the story of the daughters of Rabbi Levin after they move to Lorain, Ohio in 1923. There are good things and bad things that happen,...
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Emil and Karl by Yankev Glatshteyn
Stars: ***** This book was read for the Jewish Literature Challenge and Book Awards challenge. Unlike most books about the Holocaust, this one was written before WW II even started. It was originally...
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A Woman in Jerusalem by A.B. Yehoshua
Stars: **** This book was read for the Jewish Literature, Initials, What’s in a Name? and Book Around the World challenges. This is a very interesting novel by a Jewish author. It’s written...
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The Secret World of Kabbalah by Judith Z. Abrams
Stars: ***** I read this book for the Spirituality Challenge. This is the first book of Kabbalah that actually made any sense to me. It’s truly an introduction. Every other book about this subject...
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Crafting Jewish by Rivky Koenig
Subtitle: Fun holiday crafts and party ideas for the whole family Stars: ****1/2 I received this book for review many months ago and I finished it almost right away. So why hasn’t the review been...
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Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish edited by Shana Liebman + giveaway
This week is all about SEX! You can read more here but check back every day this week for reviews and giveaways. Well today’s the last day of my Week With No Name event. I hope you’ve enjoyed yourself...
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God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World – and Why Their...
This review is part of a TLC Book Tour. Stars: **** HarperOne (2010)Adult Nonfiction388 pages Summary: Stephen Prothero doesn’t believe that all religions are paths to the same place like the popular...
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