On Friday, December 17th, Temple Israel will host the 16th Annual Joy Ungerleider Jewish Book Month Program immediately following the Qabbalat Shabat service. This year, our guest speaker will be Dr. Eliza Slavet, author of Racial Fever: Freud and the Jewish Question. This promises to be a very interesting event. Rabbi Ronne Friedman interviewed Dr. Slavet on his television show, The Jewish Perspective, and was so impressed, he recommended her as a speaker, calling her book, "a magnum opus." For more details on the event, please go to the Library's webpage for the Joy Ungerleider Jewish Book Month Program. The Library has also prepared a list of resources available in the library or online for those interested in reading up on these topics before the event!
Also this month, the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center in Newton is hosting Ted Gup as part of its going 2010 Distinguished Authors Series. On Wednesday, December 8th at 10 am, Mr. Gup will discuss his book on the Depression Era entitled, A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness – And a Trove of Letters – Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression. For more information on this free event, or any of the other upcoming author events in this series, please see the Ryna Greenbaum JCC Boston Jewish Book Fair website.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
RESOURCES FOR CHANUKAH!
Chanukah begins the evening of December 1, so it's not too early for us to post the wonderful Chanukah resources we have in our library, and that are also online.
Chanukah Books, Websites, and DVDs for All Ages
Ages 0-2
Katz, Karen. Where Is Baby's Dreidel? Baby wants to spin the dreidel, but where is it? Lift the flaps to see.
Shostak, Myra. Rainbow Candles : a Chanukah Counting Book. This rhyming board book helps the youngest readers count the eight nights of Chanukah.
Ages 3-6
Modesitt, Jeanne. It's Hanukkah! An adorable mouse family celebrates the Festival of Lights. The Hanukkah story, a Hanukkah blessing and song, directions for playing the game of dreidel, and a recipe for latkes are included.
Moffatt, Judith. Chanukah lights. Rhymes explain the holiday. This book glows in the dark!
Ofanansky, Alison. Harvest of Light. An Israeli girl describes how her family grows and harvests olives to make the oil they use each year in their Hanukkah menorah. In the spring the trees bloom and tiny green olives form; in early fall the family picks and preserves a few green olives for eating; and in late fall they pick, sort, and press ripe black olives for oil.
Older, Effin. My Two Grandmothers. Lily loves spending time with her grandmothers, but they're as different as could be. When she visits Grammy Lane, they ride a tractor or go snowshoeing. then return to the farmhouse to eat red flannel hash. Bubbe Silver, who lives in a tall apartment building in the city, takes Lily to play golf and serves her gefilte fish with extra hot horseradish. Lily goes to Bubbe Silver's apartment for Hanukkah and Grammy Lane's house for Christmas. Lily loves carrying on the family traditions from both sides, so she starts a new one of her own: Grandmothers' Party, bringing Grammy and Bubbe together to enjoy each other's food and company.
Sper, Emily. Hanukkah : a counting book in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish. Readers will learn about Hanukkah, as well as how to count all 8 nights in Hebrew and Yiddish! Pronunciation guides help kids say the words, and die-cuts reveal the candles as they are lit each night.
Zorn, Steve, and Joui Hellel. The Hanukkah family treasury. Includes stories, recipes for latkes and doughnuts, rules of the traditional dreidel game, and classic holiday songs. Ages 7-10
Adler, David A. Chanukah in Chelm. Good-hearted, foolish Mendel can’t find a table for the menorah.
Bunting, Eve. One Candle. Grandma and Great-Aunt Rose keep a tradition alive that began in the concentration camps by lighting one candle in a potato “menorah.”
Cohn, Janice. The Christmas Menorahs. In this true story, after an anti-Semitic incident involving a menorah at a Jewish home in Billings, Montana, Margaret McDonald leads the Billings community in a fight against bigotry by suggesting that as many people as possible place pictures of menorahs in their windows.
Conway, Diane Cohen. Northern Lights: a Hanukkah Story. Sara joins her father on his medical rounds by plane to remote Eskimo villages. When their plane is grounded due to a winter storm, Sara learns about Yupik culture from one of her new Eskimo friends, and in return, shares her story of Hanukkah and its significance.
Goldin, Barbara Diamond. Just Enough is Plenty. At Malka and Zalman’s house, money is tight. Mama has invited fewer people to celebrate Hanukkah with them. As they light the first candle that night, there are barely enough latkes to go around. Then a mysterious peddler arrives at their door. Mama says, "We can stretch the 'just enough.' . . . We are poor, but not so poor." The family and their guest feast and play dreidel; they sing and dance. The old man reaches into his pack and brings out a book full of stories about "Elijah the Prophet who would come back to earth to help someone who was poor but kindhearted."
Howland, Naomi. Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat!
Kimmel, Eric. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. Hershel of Ostropol, a clever wanderer, outwits a group of goblins who have been terrorizing a village at Hanukkah. Caldecott Honor book.
Kimmel, Eric. The Magic Dreidels : a Hanukkah Story. A young boy keeps losing his magic dreidels to an unscrupulous and greedy woman neighbor, but with the help of a goblin he retrieves his dreidels in time to salvage Hanukkah for himself and his family.
Krensky, Stephen. Hanukkah at Valley Forge. In this fictional encounter between General George Washington and a Polish immigrant fighting with the Continental Army, the soldier lights candles tells the general the ancient story of the fight for religious freedom against King Antiochus. An author's note details the historical facts on which the story is based.
Rosen, Michael J. Elijah's Angel : a Story for Chanukah and Christmas. A nine-year-old Jewish boy and an elderly Christian black man, who is a barber and a woodcarver, exchange gifts during the holiday season. The boy wonders if the woodcarver’s angel constitutes a graven image until his parents help him understand the nature and intention of the gift he has received.
Stillerman, Marci. Nine Spoons : a Chanukah story. As her grandchildren cluster around Oma on the last night of Chanukah, she tells them about a long-ago celebration when she was a young woman in a Nazi concentration camp.
Ages 11-14
Jaffe, Ellen S. Feast of Lights. Sarah, age 12, and her parents are mourning the death of her little brother. Sarah's father wants nothing to do with the holiday festivities this year. Sarah and her mother for the first time decide to polish and use her sick great-grandmother’s menorah. Each night when Sarah lights the candles she falls into a reverie which introduces her to her own relatives in generations past during different Hanukkahs in their lives. In some of the eight episodes Sarah is fully a part of history, and in others she is simply an observer. The time travel elements are similar to those in Jane Yolen's "The Devil’s Arithmetic. "
Cooper, Ilene. Sam I Am. Everything falls apart the day the dog knocks over the Hanukkah bush. Twelve-year-old Sam's mother is Christian and his father his Jewish, and their half-hearted attempts to celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah have never really worked. Then the tree goes, and the ornaments with it, and suddenly the whole issue of just what religion their family is going to follow bubbles up. In this funny, revealing book, Sam tries to find the answer to a question lots of families avoid asking.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. The Power of Light : Eight Stories for Hanukkah. Meet a parakeet named Dreidle, two teenagers who escape from the Warsaw ghetto, and a fawn who brings a message of joy to a childless couple.
Schram, Penninah. Eight Tales for Eight Nights. Included are eight stories, in addition to the ancient legend, which reflect the holiday themes and traditions of Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews. There are appendixes of Chanukah music, notes on the story, and a chapter on retrieving family stories. Two family stories told by the authors are also included.
FILMS
Bubbe's Boarding House: Chanukah at Bubbe's. An introduction to the Jewish feast of Hanukkah presented by puppets, including a recreation of the original events that led to the celebration of Hanukkah. 30 minutes. For ages 4 and up.
Lights. Animated program about the history of Chanukah. This animated film introduces children to the story of Hanukkah and the many traditions surrounding this important holiday. In one way, this film is the story of a people struggling to preserve their identity in the face of a cruel world. In another, this film addresses the larger issue of the right to be different. Leonard Nimoy and Judd Hirsch are two of the voices children will hear. Review from All Movie Guide. 30 minutes. For ages 4 and up.
There's No Such Thing As a Chanukah Bush, Sandy Goldstein. In this film, based on the book by Susan Sussman, Robin wants a Christmas tree so badly that she dreams of decorated trees beckoning to her. Despite her mother's explanation that people are Jewish in different ways, which is why her friend Sandy Goldstein can have a Christmas tree and her own family cannot, Robin still desires one of her own. A night out at a Christmas party with her grandfather changes her wishes, though, when she learns that it's OK to enjoy other people's trees as you help them celebrate their holidays, just as they can help you celebrate yours. We also have the book in our library. 23 minutes. For ages 9 and up.
RESOURCES FOR ADULTS
BOOKS
Wolfson, Ron. Hanukkah : the family guide to spiritual celebration.
Zion, Noam Sachs. A different light: the Hanukkah book of celebration. Blessings, songs, stories, readings, games and cartoons to engage adults, teenagers and children on each of the eight nights.
Haneirot Halalu: These Lights are Holy: Prayers, stories, and songs for Chanukah.
MUSIC
Gods of Fire: Hanukkah Gone Metal
A Taste of Chanukah. (FILM AND CD) recorded live at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Starring host Theodore Bikel and Hankus Netsky, Director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, this program features the Boston Community Gospel Choir, Cantor Morton Shames, humorist Chasia Segal and over 150 gifted musicians. Songs include: Oy Chanukah, Ocho Kandelikas, Candle Blessings, Kitaltas, The Miracle of Chanukah, Haneyros Halalu, Al Hanisim, O Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh, Maoz Tzur, Lo B'Chayil, Siete Ijos Tiene Hanna, Fayer, Latke Cooking Demonstration, Mi Yimalel, Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl, I Have a Little Dreydele, Dance Music; Keshenev Bulgar. 1999.
WEBSITES
Aish HaTorah's page of Chanukah stories and activities
Chanukah tips from Union of Reform Judaism. Includes ideas for donations and social action.
We have many more Chanukah books, films and cds in our library, Come visit and see them all!
And check out our online catalog
Pathfinder by Assistant Librarian Wendi Hoffenberg and Librarian Ann Abrams.
Chanukah Books, Websites, and DVDs for All Ages
Ages 0-2
Katz, Karen. Where Is Baby's Dreidel? Baby wants to spin the dreidel, but where is it? Lift the flaps to see.
Shostak, Myra. Rainbow Candles : a Chanukah Counting Book. This rhyming board book helps the youngest readers count the eight nights of Chanukah.
Ages 3-6
Modesitt, Jeanne. It's Hanukkah! An adorable mouse family celebrates the Festival of Lights. The Hanukkah story, a Hanukkah blessing and song, directions for playing the game of dreidel, and a recipe for latkes are included.
Moffatt, Judith. Chanukah lights. Rhymes explain the holiday. This book glows in the dark!
Ofanansky, Alison. Harvest of Light. An Israeli girl describes how her family grows and harvests olives to make the oil they use each year in their Hanukkah menorah. In the spring the trees bloom and tiny green olives form; in early fall the family picks and preserves a few green olives for eating; and in late fall they pick, sort, and press ripe black olives for oil.
Older, Effin. My Two Grandmothers. Lily loves spending time with her grandmothers, but they're as different as could be. When she visits Grammy Lane, they ride a tractor or go snowshoeing. then return to the farmhouse to eat red flannel hash. Bubbe Silver, who lives in a tall apartment building in the city, takes Lily to play golf and serves her gefilte fish with extra hot horseradish. Lily goes to Bubbe Silver's apartment for Hanukkah and Grammy Lane's house for Christmas. Lily loves carrying on the family traditions from both sides, so she starts a new one of her own: Grandmothers' Party, bringing Grammy and Bubbe together to enjoy each other's food and company.
Sper, Emily. Hanukkah : a counting book in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish. Readers will learn about Hanukkah, as well as how to count all 8 nights in Hebrew and Yiddish! Pronunciation guides help kids say the words, and die-cuts reveal the candles as they are lit each night.
Zorn, Steve, and Joui Hellel. The Hanukkah family treasury. Includes stories, recipes for latkes and doughnuts, rules of the traditional dreidel game, and classic holiday songs. Ages 7-10
Adler, David A. Chanukah in Chelm. Good-hearted, foolish Mendel can’t find a table for the menorah.
Bunting, Eve. One Candle. Grandma and Great-Aunt Rose keep a tradition alive that began in the concentration camps by lighting one candle in a potato “menorah.”
Cohn, Janice. The Christmas Menorahs. In this true story, after an anti-Semitic incident involving a menorah at a Jewish home in Billings, Montana, Margaret McDonald leads the Billings community in a fight against bigotry by suggesting that as many people as possible place pictures of menorahs in their windows.
Conway, Diane Cohen. Northern Lights: a Hanukkah Story. Sara joins her father on his medical rounds by plane to remote Eskimo villages. When their plane is grounded due to a winter storm, Sara learns about Yupik culture from one of her new Eskimo friends, and in return, shares her story of Hanukkah and its significance.
Goldin, Barbara Diamond. Just Enough is Plenty. At Malka and Zalman’s house, money is tight. Mama has invited fewer people to celebrate Hanukkah with them. As they light the first candle that night, there are barely enough latkes to go around. Then a mysterious peddler arrives at their door. Mama says, "We can stretch the 'just enough.' . . . We are poor, but not so poor." The family and their guest feast and play dreidel; they sing and dance. The old man reaches into his pack and brings out a book full of stories about "Elijah the Prophet who would come back to earth to help someone who was poor but kindhearted."
Howland, Naomi. Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat!
Kimmel, Eric. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. Hershel of Ostropol, a clever wanderer, outwits a group of goblins who have been terrorizing a village at Hanukkah. Caldecott Honor book.
Kimmel, Eric. The Magic Dreidels : a Hanukkah Story. A young boy keeps losing his magic dreidels to an unscrupulous and greedy woman neighbor, but with the help of a goblin he retrieves his dreidels in time to salvage Hanukkah for himself and his family.
Krensky, Stephen. Hanukkah at Valley Forge. In this fictional encounter between General George Washington and a Polish immigrant fighting with the Continental Army, the soldier lights candles tells the general the ancient story of the fight for religious freedom against King Antiochus. An author's note details the historical facts on which the story is based.
Rosen, Michael J. Elijah's Angel : a Story for Chanukah and Christmas. A nine-year-old Jewish boy and an elderly Christian black man, who is a barber and a woodcarver, exchange gifts during the holiday season. The boy wonders if the woodcarver’s angel constitutes a graven image until his parents help him understand the nature and intention of the gift he has received.
Stillerman, Marci. Nine Spoons : a Chanukah story. As her grandchildren cluster around Oma on the last night of Chanukah, she tells them about a long-ago celebration when she was a young woman in a Nazi concentration camp.
Ages 11-14
Jaffe, Ellen S. Feast of Lights. Sarah, age 12, and her parents are mourning the death of her little brother. Sarah's father wants nothing to do with the holiday festivities this year. Sarah and her mother for the first time decide to polish and use her sick great-grandmother’s menorah. Each night when Sarah lights the candles she falls into a reverie which introduces her to her own relatives in generations past during different Hanukkahs in their lives. In some of the eight episodes Sarah is fully a part of history, and in others she is simply an observer. The time travel elements are similar to those in Jane Yolen's "The Devil’s Arithmetic. "
Cooper, Ilene. Sam I Am. Everything falls apart the day the dog knocks over the Hanukkah bush. Twelve-year-old Sam's mother is Christian and his father his Jewish, and their half-hearted attempts to celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah have never really worked. Then the tree goes, and the ornaments with it, and suddenly the whole issue of just what religion their family is going to follow bubbles up. In this funny, revealing book, Sam tries to find the answer to a question lots of families avoid asking.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. The Power of Light : Eight Stories for Hanukkah. Meet a parakeet named Dreidle, two teenagers who escape from the Warsaw ghetto, and a fawn who brings a message of joy to a childless couple.
Schram, Penninah. Eight Tales for Eight Nights. Included are eight stories, in addition to the ancient legend, which reflect the holiday themes and traditions of Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews. There are appendixes of Chanukah music, notes on the story, and a chapter on retrieving family stories. Two family stories told by the authors are also included.
FILMS
Bubbe's Boarding House: Chanukah at Bubbe's. An introduction to the Jewish feast of Hanukkah presented by puppets, including a recreation of the original events that led to the celebration of Hanukkah. 30 minutes. For ages 4 and up.
Lights. Animated program about the history of Chanukah. This animated film introduces children to the story of Hanukkah and the many traditions surrounding this important holiday. In one way, this film is the story of a people struggling to preserve their identity in the face of a cruel world. In another, this film addresses the larger issue of the right to be different. Leonard Nimoy and Judd Hirsch are two of the voices children will hear. Review from All Movie Guide. 30 minutes. For ages 4 and up.
There's No Such Thing As a Chanukah Bush, Sandy Goldstein. In this film, based on the book by Susan Sussman, Robin wants a Christmas tree so badly that she dreams of decorated trees beckoning to her. Despite her mother's explanation that people are Jewish in different ways, which is why her friend Sandy Goldstein can have a Christmas tree and her own family cannot, Robin still desires one of her own. A night out at a Christmas party with her grandfather changes her wishes, though, when she learns that it's OK to enjoy other people's trees as you help them celebrate their holidays, just as they can help you celebrate yours. We also have the book in our library. 23 minutes. For ages 9 and up.
RESOURCES FOR ADULTS
BOOKS
Wolfson, Ron. Hanukkah : the family guide to spiritual celebration.
Zion, Noam Sachs. A different light: the Hanukkah book of celebration. Blessings, songs, stories, readings, games and cartoons to engage adults, teenagers and children on each of the eight nights.
Haneirot Halalu: These Lights are Holy: Prayers, stories, and songs for Chanukah.
MUSIC
Gods of Fire: Hanukkah Gone Metal
A Taste of Chanukah. (FILM AND CD) recorded live at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Starring host Theodore Bikel and Hankus Netsky, Director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, this program features the Boston Community Gospel Choir, Cantor Morton Shames, humorist Chasia Segal and over 150 gifted musicians. Songs include: Oy Chanukah, Ocho Kandelikas, Candle Blessings, Kitaltas, The Miracle of Chanukah, Haneyros Halalu, Al Hanisim, O Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh, Maoz Tzur, Lo B'Chayil, Siete Ijos Tiene Hanna, Fayer, Latke Cooking Demonstration, Mi Yimalel, Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl, I Have a Little Dreydele, Dance Music; Keshenev Bulgar. 1999.
WEBSITES
Aish HaTorah's page of Chanukah stories and activities
Chanukah tips from Union of Reform Judaism. Includes ideas for donations and social action.
We have many more Chanukah books, films and cds in our library, Come visit and see them all!
And check out our online catalog
Pathfinder by Assistant Librarian Wendi Hoffenberg and Librarian Ann Abrams.
Monday, November 01, 2010
Upcoming Author and Library Events in the Area
In November, there are a number of author and library events being hosted in the area that may be of interest, including:
November 2nd at 7pm: Joan Leegant will be speaking at Porter Square Books on her new book, Wherever You Go. The novel tells the story of three Jewish Americans who encounter radical political and religious beliefs while in Israel. More information on the event is available on the bookstore’s website: http://www.portersquarebooks.com/event/joan-leegant-wherever-you-go
November 11th at 7pm: Dan Porat will be speaking at the Brookline Booksmith about his new book, The Boy, which is a study of the Warsaw Uprising and in particular one famous image of a boy being brought through a door by three SS officers. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 12th at 7pm: The Brookline Booksmith will host Nicole Krauss for a discussion of her new novel, Great House, which follows a writing desk as it moves between several owners. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 15th at 7pm: David Hazony will discuss his new book, The Ten Commandments, at the Brookline Booksmith. The book looks at all aspects of the Ten Commandments from their history to how they can guide modern life. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 17th at 6:30pm: The Boston Public Library’s Copley Branch will host Carol Clingan, Vice President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, for an Introduction to Jewish Genealogy. More information is available on BPL’s website: http://www.bpl.org/news/local_family_history_series.htm
Jewish book news around the Boston area, by Library Intern, Carli Spina.
November 2nd at 7pm: Joan Leegant will be speaking at Porter Square Books on her new book, Wherever You Go. The novel tells the story of three Jewish Americans who encounter radical political and religious beliefs while in Israel. More information on the event is available on the bookstore’s website: http://www.portersquarebooks.com/event/joan-leegant-wherever-you-go
November 11th at 7pm: Dan Porat will be speaking at the Brookline Booksmith about his new book, The Boy, which is a study of the Warsaw Uprising and in particular one famous image of a boy being brought through a door by three SS officers. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 12th at 7pm: The Brookline Booksmith will host Nicole Krauss for a discussion of her new novel, Great House, which follows a writing desk as it moves between several owners. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 15th at 7pm: David Hazony will discuss his new book, The Ten Commandments, at the Brookline Booksmith. The book looks at all aspects of the Ten Commandments from their history to how they can guide modern life. More information is available on the bookstore’s website: http://brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
November 17th at 6:30pm: The Boston Public Library’s Copley Branch will host Carol Clingan, Vice President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, for an Introduction to Jewish Genealogy. More information is available on BPL’s website: http://www.bpl.org/news/local_family_history_series.htm
Jewish book news around the Boston area, by Library Intern, Carli Spina.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
PATHFINDER ON GRIEF AND MOURNING
Pathfinder: Resources on Grief and Healing for Adults and Children
This pathfinder will focus on resources regarding healing from loss and managing grief. There are many resources in the library that may be able to help those in bereavement. Those interested in laws and customs in Jewish mourning, particularly halachah, should look at section BM712. Most resources meant to provide support and comfort to those in mourning are in section BF575; books on explaining death to children and teenagers are under BF723. These materials are personal, memoir-style accounts of grief and loss, often written poetically, as well as resources from the Jewish tradition looking for insight and comfort.
Adult, Print Resources
Bing, Claudine. Painting out of Sorrow. Font and Center Press, Weston, MA, 1999. BF575 .G7B49. Summary: A book that helps those in mourning cope through artwork and self-expression. The author is a member of Temple Israel.
Blank, Jeanne Webster. The Death of an Adult Child: A book For and About Bereaved Parents. Baywood Publishing Company, Amityville, MI, 1998. BF575 .G7B53. Summary: A valuable and rare resource which focuses on bereaved parents who have lost an adult child.
Brener, Anne. Mourning and Mitzvah: A Guided Journal For Walking the Mourner's Path Through Grief to Healing. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1993. BM712 .B7. Summary: This book draws on mystical traditions within Judaism to help free mourners of the grief in a Jewish way. It includes practical exercises as well as spiritual wisdom.
Brisson, Barbara Schiff. Such is the way of the World: A Journey Through Grief. Paulist Press, Mahwah, NJ, 1997. BF575 .G7B7. Summary: A personal account of grief with coping advice for the reader.
Diamant, Anita. Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead and Mourn as a Jew. Schocken Books, New York, NY, 1998. BM712 .D53. Summary: This book from acclaimed author Anita Diamant explains how to turn Jewish rituals into sources of great comfort for the bereaved. It also explains Jewish mourning customs in an accessible and palatable way. Recommended over the more esoteric explanations of Jewish mourning practice.
Fein, Leonard. Against the Dying of the Light: A Father's Journey Through Loss. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2001. BF575 .G7F4. Summary: A personal account of a father’s loss of his thirty year old daughter, this poetic memoir helps the reader cope with their own tragedies through Jewish tradition and personal experiences.
Gordon, Sol. "Is there anything I can do?": Helping a Friend When Times are Tough. Delcorte Press, New York, NY, 1994. BF575 .F66G6. Summary: A rare book of advice for friends of those in grief or difficult situations, this book provides a wealth of advice for a variety of different situations, from mourning to escaping abuse.
Greenberg, Sidney. A Treasury of Comfort. Hartmore House, Hartford, CT, 1969. BF575 .G7G68. Summary: This collection of wisdom and guidance draws on the best of Jewish tradition, from Midrash to modern poets. Despite its age, the book is still a valuable resource.
Grollman, Earl. Bereaved Children and Teens: A Support Guide for Parents and Professionals. Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1995. BF723 .D3G7. Summary: An important book explaining how to explain death to children and help them deal with loss as a parent. It draws upon material Grollman has used in older books.
Grollman, Earl. Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love. Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1993. BF724.3 .G73G76. Summary: Suggests ways to deal with the grief and other emotions felt after the death of a love one and to discover how to go on living.
Grollman, Earl. What Helped Me When My Loved One Died. Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1981. BF575 .G7G76. Summary: A collection of essays from people involved in various ways with mourning different loved ones, focusing on what helped them recover.
Kushner, Harold. When Bad Things Happen to Good People. NY: Schocken Books, 1981. A personal account of dealing with unjust tragedy, and how the author achieved peace of mind, discussing the questions of life and death, and testing faith. 1981.
BM645 .P7K87
Excerpt from the above book, from My Jewish Learning: http://www.myjewishlearning.com/beliefs/Theology/Suffering_and_Evil/Responses/Modern_Solutions/When_Bad_Things_Happen.shtml
Liebman, Joshua Loth Peace of Mind. NY: Simon & Schuster. 1946.
From the author, who was the Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel, Boston, from 1939-1948. It may seem strange for a man to write a book about peace of mind in this age of fierce turmoil and harrowing doubts. I have written this book in the conviction that social peace can never be permanently achieved so long as individuals engage in civil war with themselves. In this book I try to present some answers that have proved helpful to me about the universal human dilemmas of conscience, love, fear, grief, and God-- crucial problems that present themselves in every kind of society, and, I believe, will present themselves as long as man is man. --Joshua Loth Liebman BF636 .L47
Linzer, Norman. Understanding Bereavement and Grief. Yeshiva University Press, New York, NY, 1974. BF575 .G7U5. Summary: A collection of essays from various perspectives regarding grief, including the position of each person in the process, such as a widow, widower, parent, nurse, etc. Also provides a wealth of spiritual resources in the first section.
Mandell, Sherri. The Blessing of a Broken Heart. Toby Press, New Milford, CT, 2003. BF575 .G7M3. Summary: The account of a mother whose children were murdered in the Judean desert, this book, recommended by the Jerusalem Post, follows the journey of their mother to gain healing and hope in the context of Jewish tradition.
McCracken, Ann and Semel, Mary. A Broken Heart Still Beats: After Your Child Dies. Hazelden Publishers, Central City, MN, 1998. BF575 .G7B74. Summary: A powerful collection of essays from a wide variety of contributors, from Anna Quindlen to Mark Twain, on managing the grief that comes from the loss of a child. This book has received some critical acclaim and is highly recommended.
Rapoport, Nessa. A Woman's Book of Grieving. William Morrow and Company, New York, NY, 1994. BF575 .G7R358. Summary: A book that delves straight into difficult emotions and by its own admission avoids escapism, Nessa Rapoport uses poetic language and women’s friendship to cope with grief.
Rimer, Jack. Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning, Schocken Books, New York, NY, 1995. BM635.4 .W73. Summary: A valuable book that provides comfort and insight on death and mourning using Jewish traditions and sources.
Silverman, William and Cinnamon, Kenneth. When Mourning Comes: A Book of Comfort for the Grieving. Jason Aronson Inc., Northvale, NJ, 1990. BF575 .G7S54. Summary: A collection of comforting poetry, meditations and self-help for a mourner from various traditions, including Jewish texts.
Wolfson, Ron. A Time to Mourn, A Time to Comfort. Federation of Jewish Men, New York, NY, 1993. BF575 .G75W6. Summary: A collection of articles about death and mourning including: the process of dying, medical issues and Jewish law, miscarriage, AIDS-related death, grief, funerals, Kaddish, Shiva, Shloshim, Yizkor.
Children's Print Resources
Buscaglia, Leo. The fall of Freddie the leaf : a story for all ages. CB Slack, 1982. As Freddie experiences the changing seasons along with his companion leaves, he learns about the delicate balance between life and death. Pic Bus.
Dennison, Amy. After You Lose Someone You Love: Advice and Insight from the Diaries of Three Kids Who’ve Been There. Free Spirit Publishing, Minneapolis, MN, 2005. j .BF575 .G7D46. Summary: An accessible book on grief for children focusing on the diaries and experiences of three other children who have lost loved ones.
Gellman, Marc. Lost and Found: A Kid's Book for Living Through Loss. Morrow Junior books, New York, NY, 1999. j. BV4905.2 .G44. Summary: A book focusing on the impact that death has on children and how they can come away from mourning as stronger individuals. Includes a workbook and illustrations.
Grollman, Earl. Talking about Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child. Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1990. j .BF723 .D3G72. Summary: A children's edition of Earl Grollman's book Talking about Death, this guide helps children come to cope with the death of others.
Gootman, Marilyn E. When A Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving and Healing. Free Spirit Publishing, Minneapolis, MN, 1994. p-b YA Goo. Summary: A resource for young adults on help and consolation after the loss of a friend.
Krementz, Jill. How it Feels When A Parent Dies, Knopf Publishing, New York, NY, 1981. j .BF723 .O3K73. Summary: Eighteen young people ranging in age from seven to sixteen discuss the questions, fears and bereavement they experienced when one of their parents died.
Lanton, Sandy. Daddy's Chair. Kar-Ben Copies, Rockville, MD, 1991. Pic Lan. Summary: The story of a child coping with the death of his father while observing Jewish mourning rituals and remembering the positive things about life.
LeShan, Eda J. Learning to say Good-by: When a Parent Dies, MacMillan Publishing, New York, NY, 1976. j. BF723 .D3L4. Summary: Discusses the fears, questions and fantasies many children experience when a parent or someone close to them dies.
Liss-Levinson, Nechama. When a Grandparent Dies: A Kid's Own Workbook for Dealing with Shiva and the Year Beyond. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1995. j. BM712 .L57. Summary: A workbook with exercises and insights for children on how to deal with the death of a grandparent.
Mellonie, Bryan. Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children. Bantam Books, Toronto, ON, CA, 1983. j .BF723 .D3M4. Summary: A book focused on explaining death to children in a positive and uplifting way.
Stein, Sara Bonnett. About Dying: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children Together. Walker Publishing, New York, NY, 1974. j. BF723 .D3S7. Summary: A useful workbook for parents and children to explore the idea of death and dying together.
Techner, David. A Candle for Grandpa. NY: New York URJ Press 1993. A guide to the Jewish funeral for children and parents. Pic Tec.
Viorst, Judith. The tenth good thing about Barney. NY: Aladdin Books, 1971, 1988. In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat.
Adult Online Resources
Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) Resources on death, grief and mourning http://urj.org/life/family/bereavement
The articles here are about death, grief, and mourning, including how to talk to children about death, from a Reform Jewish perspective.
My Jewish Learning : Death and Mourning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/life/Life_Events/Death_and_Mourning.shtml
This website includes articles such as "Shiva, the First Seven Days of Mourning," "Reading & Writing Ethical Wills," "How to Make a Shiva Call," and "Yahrzeit." This website also provides a bibliography of books on the topic and additional sections on topics such as "Death & Mourning 101," "Burial & Mourning," "Practical Aspects," and "Contemporary Issues."
InterfaithFamily.com : Death and Mourning
http://www.interfaithfamily.com/life_cycle/death_and_mourning.shtml
This websites focuses on resources for interfaith families, intermarried couples or individuals who have converted to Judaism. It offers a number of articles, such as "Finding a Way Through Grief," "Grieving in a Different Tradition," and "Jewish Burial and Mourning Practice for Non-Jewish Relatives," as well as the "Guide to Death and Mourning for Interfaith Families," which is available as both a PDF and Word document.
JewishJournal.com : How to Talk to Your Kids About Death
http://www.jewishjournal.com/education/article/how_to_talk_to_your_kids_about_death_20030523/ This article by Rabbi Earl A. Grollman discusses how parents can discuss death and mourning with children and includes tips for the conversation.
Ritual Well : ceremonies for Jewish Living.
http://www.ritualwell.org/
The source for innovative, contemporary, Jewish ritual.
Pathfinder by Library Interns, Jon Cohen and Carli Spina, and Ann Abrams, Librarian.
This pathfinder will focus on resources regarding healing from loss and managing grief. There are many resources in the library that may be able to help those in bereavement. Those interested in laws and customs in Jewish mourning, particularly halachah, should look at section BM712. Most resources meant to provide support and comfort to those in mourning are in section BF575; books on explaining death to children and teenagers are under BF723. These materials are personal, memoir-style accounts of grief and loss, often written poetically, as well as resources from the Jewish tradition looking for insight and comfort.
Adult, Print Resources
Bing, Claudine. Painting out of Sorrow. Font and Center Press, Weston, MA, 1999. BF575 .G7B49. Summary: A book that helps those in mourning cope through artwork and self-expression. The author is a member of Temple Israel.
Blank, Jeanne Webster. The Death of an Adult Child: A book For and About Bereaved Parents. Baywood Publishing Company, Amityville, MI, 1998. BF575 .G7B53. Summary: A valuable and rare resource which focuses on bereaved parents who have lost an adult child.
Brener, Anne. Mourning and Mitzvah: A Guided Journal For Walking the Mourner's Path Through Grief to Healing. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1993. BM712 .B7. Summary: This book draws on mystical traditions within Judaism to help free mourners of the grief in a Jewish way. It includes practical exercises as well as spiritual wisdom.
Brisson, Barbara Schiff. Such is the way of the World: A Journey Through Grief. Paulist Press, Mahwah, NJ, 1997. BF575 .G7B7. Summary: A personal account of grief with coping advice for the reader.
Diamant, Anita. Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead and Mourn as a Jew. Schocken Books, New York, NY, 1998. BM712 .D53. Summary: This book from acclaimed author Anita Diamant explains how to turn Jewish rituals into sources of great comfort for the bereaved. It also explains Jewish mourning customs in an accessible and palatable way. Recommended over the more esoteric explanations of Jewish mourning practice.
Fein, Leonard. Against the Dying of the Light: A Father's Journey Through Loss. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2001. BF575 .G7F4. Summary: A personal account of a father’s loss of his thirty year old daughter, this poetic memoir helps the reader cope with their own tragedies through Jewish tradition and personal experiences.
Gordon, Sol. "Is there anything I can do?": Helping a Friend When Times are Tough. Delcorte Press, New York, NY, 1994. BF575 .F66G6. Summary: A rare book of advice for friends of those in grief or difficult situations, this book provides a wealth of advice for a variety of different situations, from mourning to escaping abuse.
Greenberg, Sidney. A Treasury of Comfort. Hartmore House, Hartford, CT, 1969. BF575 .G7G68. Summary: This collection of wisdom and guidance draws on the best of Jewish tradition, from Midrash to modern poets. Despite its age, the book is still a valuable resource.
Grollman, Earl. Bereaved Children and Teens: A Support Guide for Parents and Professionals. Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1995. BF723 .D3G7. Summary: An important book explaining how to explain death to children and help them deal with loss as a parent. It draws upon material Grollman has used in older books.
Grollman, Earl. Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love. Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1993. BF724.3 .G73G76. Summary: Suggests ways to deal with the grief and other emotions felt after the death of a love one and to discover how to go on living.
Grollman, Earl. What Helped Me When My Loved One Died. Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1981. BF575 .G7G76. Summary: A collection of essays from people involved in various ways with mourning different loved ones, focusing on what helped them recover.
Kushner, Harold. When Bad Things Happen to Good People. NY: Schocken Books, 1981. A personal account of dealing with unjust tragedy, and how the author achieved peace of mind, discussing the questions of life and death, and testing faith. 1981.
BM645 .P7K87
Excerpt from the above book, from My Jewish Learning: http://www.myjewishlearning.com/beliefs/Theology/Suffering_and_Evil/Responses/Modern_Solutions/When_Bad_Things_Happen.shtml
Liebman, Joshua Loth Peace of Mind. NY: Simon & Schuster. 1946.
From the author, who was the Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel, Boston, from 1939-1948. It may seem strange for a man to write a book about peace of mind in this age of fierce turmoil and harrowing doubts. I have written this book in the conviction that social peace can never be permanently achieved so long as individuals engage in civil war with themselves. In this book I try to present some answers that have proved helpful to me about the universal human dilemmas of conscience, love, fear, grief, and God-- crucial problems that present themselves in every kind of society, and, I believe, will present themselves as long as man is man. --Joshua Loth Liebman BF636 .L47
Linzer, Norman. Understanding Bereavement and Grief. Yeshiva University Press, New York, NY, 1974. BF575 .G7U5. Summary: A collection of essays from various perspectives regarding grief, including the position of each person in the process, such as a widow, widower, parent, nurse, etc. Also provides a wealth of spiritual resources in the first section.
Mandell, Sherri. The Blessing of a Broken Heart. Toby Press, New Milford, CT, 2003. BF575 .G7M3. Summary: The account of a mother whose children were murdered in the Judean desert, this book, recommended by the Jerusalem Post, follows the journey of their mother to gain healing and hope in the context of Jewish tradition.
McCracken, Ann and Semel, Mary. A Broken Heart Still Beats: After Your Child Dies. Hazelden Publishers, Central City, MN, 1998. BF575 .G7B74. Summary: A powerful collection of essays from a wide variety of contributors, from Anna Quindlen to Mark Twain, on managing the grief that comes from the loss of a child. This book has received some critical acclaim and is highly recommended.
Rapoport, Nessa. A Woman's Book of Grieving. William Morrow and Company, New York, NY, 1994. BF575 .G7R358. Summary: A book that delves straight into difficult emotions and by its own admission avoids escapism, Nessa Rapoport uses poetic language and women’s friendship to cope with grief.
Rimer, Jack. Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning, Schocken Books, New York, NY, 1995. BM635.4 .W73. Summary: A valuable book that provides comfort and insight on death and mourning using Jewish traditions and sources.
Silverman, William and Cinnamon, Kenneth. When Mourning Comes: A Book of Comfort for the Grieving. Jason Aronson Inc., Northvale, NJ, 1990. BF575 .G7S54. Summary: A collection of comforting poetry, meditations and self-help for a mourner from various traditions, including Jewish texts.
Wolfson, Ron. A Time to Mourn, A Time to Comfort. Federation of Jewish Men, New York, NY, 1993. BF575 .G75W6. Summary: A collection of articles about death and mourning including: the process of dying, medical issues and Jewish law, miscarriage, AIDS-related death, grief, funerals, Kaddish, Shiva, Shloshim, Yizkor.
Children's Print Resources
Buscaglia, Leo. The fall of Freddie the leaf : a story for all ages. CB Slack, 1982. As Freddie experiences the changing seasons along with his companion leaves, he learns about the delicate balance between life and death. Pic Bus.
Dennison, Amy. After You Lose Someone You Love: Advice and Insight from the Diaries of Three Kids Who’ve Been There. Free Spirit Publishing, Minneapolis, MN, 2005. j .BF575 .G7D46. Summary: An accessible book on grief for children focusing on the diaries and experiences of three other children who have lost loved ones.
Gellman, Marc. Lost and Found: A Kid's Book for Living Through Loss. Morrow Junior books, New York, NY, 1999. j. BV4905.2 .G44. Summary: A book focusing on the impact that death has on children and how they can come away from mourning as stronger individuals. Includes a workbook and illustrations.
Grollman, Earl. Talking about Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child. Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1990. j .BF723 .D3G72. Summary: A children's edition of Earl Grollman's book Talking about Death, this guide helps children come to cope with the death of others.
Gootman, Marilyn E. When A Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving and Healing. Free Spirit Publishing, Minneapolis, MN, 1994. p-b YA Goo. Summary: A resource for young adults on help and consolation after the loss of a friend.
Krementz, Jill. How it Feels When A Parent Dies, Knopf Publishing, New York, NY, 1981. j .BF723 .O3K73. Summary: Eighteen young people ranging in age from seven to sixteen discuss the questions, fears and bereavement they experienced when one of their parents died.
Lanton, Sandy. Daddy's Chair. Kar-Ben Copies, Rockville, MD, 1991. Pic Lan. Summary: The story of a child coping with the death of his father while observing Jewish mourning rituals and remembering the positive things about life.
LeShan, Eda J. Learning to say Good-by: When a Parent Dies, MacMillan Publishing, New York, NY, 1976. j. BF723 .D3L4. Summary: Discusses the fears, questions and fantasies many children experience when a parent or someone close to them dies.
Liss-Levinson, Nechama. When a Grandparent Dies: A Kid's Own Workbook for Dealing with Shiva and the Year Beyond. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1995. j. BM712 .L57. Summary: A workbook with exercises and insights for children on how to deal with the death of a grandparent.
Mellonie, Bryan. Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children. Bantam Books, Toronto, ON, CA, 1983. j .BF723 .D3M4. Summary: A book focused on explaining death to children in a positive and uplifting way.
Stein, Sara Bonnett. About Dying: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children Together. Walker Publishing, New York, NY, 1974. j. BF723 .D3S7. Summary: A useful workbook for parents and children to explore the idea of death and dying together.
Techner, David. A Candle for Grandpa. NY: New York URJ Press 1993. A guide to the Jewish funeral for children and parents. Pic Tec.
Viorst, Judith. The tenth good thing about Barney. NY: Aladdin Books, 1971, 1988. In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat.
Adult Online Resources
Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) Resources on death, grief and mourning http://urj.org/life/family/bereavement
The articles here are about death, grief, and mourning, including how to talk to children about death, from a Reform Jewish perspective.
My Jewish Learning : Death and Mourning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/life/Life_Events/Death_and_Mourning.shtml
This website includes articles such as "Shiva, the First Seven Days of Mourning," "Reading & Writing Ethical Wills," "How to Make a Shiva Call," and "Yahrzeit." This website also provides a bibliography of books on the topic and additional sections on topics such as "Death & Mourning 101," "Burial & Mourning," "Practical Aspects," and "Contemporary Issues."
InterfaithFamily.com : Death and Mourning
http://www.interfaithfamily.com/life_cycle/death_and_mourning.shtml
This websites focuses on resources for interfaith families, intermarried couples or individuals who have converted to Judaism. It offers a number of articles, such as "Finding a Way Through Grief," "Grieving in a Different Tradition," and "Jewish Burial and Mourning Practice for Non-Jewish Relatives," as well as the "Guide to Death and Mourning for Interfaith Families," which is available as both a PDF and Word document.
JewishJournal.com : How to Talk to Your Kids About Death
http://www.jewishjournal.com/education/article/how_to_talk_to_your_kids_about_death_20030523/ This article by Rabbi Earl A. Grollman discusses how parents can discuss death and mourning with children and includes tips for the conversation.
Ritual Well : ceremonies for Jewish Living.
http://www.ritualwell.org/
The source for innovative, contemporary, Jewish ritual.
Pathfinder by Library Interns, Jon Cohen and Carli Spina, and Ann Abrams, Librarian.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
RESOURCES ABOUT JEWISH COOKING
General cooking
The gefilte variations by Jayne Cohen
Variations on traditional Jewish dishes. TX724 .C54
1,000 Jewish recipes by Faye Levy
An extraordinarily comprehensive Jewish cookbook. TX724 .L4125
The book of Jewish food : an Odyssey from Samarkand to New York by Claudia Roden
Recipes, history, and culture. TX724 .R53
Special occasions
The New York Times Passover cookbook : more than 200 holiday recipes from top chefs and writers edited by Lindwa Amster
Selections from dozens of top chefs and cookbooks. TX739.2 .P37N48
Shabbat shalom : recipes and menus for the Sabbath by Susan R. Friedland
Friedland improvises on traditional foods from across the Jewish world. TX724 .F688
The essential book of Jewish festival cooking : 200 seasonal holiday recipes & their traditions by Phyllis Glazer with Miriyam Glazer
200 recipes organized by festival, from Passover to Purim. TX724 .G595 2004
World cuisine
Aromas of Aleppo : the legendary cuisine of Syrian Jews by Poopa Dweck
A Syrian-Jewish American documents her culture's cuisine with recipes and dazzling photographs. TX724.D88 2007
The world of Jewish cooking by Gil Marks
Jewish recipes and history from around the world, including Italian, Yemenite, Ethiopian, Indian, Romanian, Hungarian, Georgian, Ukranian, Moroccan, German, Alsatian, and Middle Eastern cuisine. TX714 .M3195
The foods of Israel today by Joan Nathan
Captures the rich traditions of contemporary Israeli food. TX724 .N3674
Particular foods
The bagel : the surprising history of a modest bread by Maria Balinska
A history of the bagel from 17th century Poland to America today. TX770 .B3B3
A blessing of bread : the many rich traditions of Jewish bread baking around the world by Maggie Glezer
Breads from the Ashkenazi, Sephardic, North African, and Near Eastern traditions. TX769 .G555
Olive trees and honey : a treasury of vegetarian recipes from Jewish communities around the world by Gil Marks
A tremendous variety of vegetarian Jewish cooking. TX837 .M34 2005
Websites
About.com Kosher Food: http://kosherfood.about.com/
Includes articles exploring Jewish food and explaining kashrut and hundreds of recipes organized by category.
Jewishrecipes.org: http://www.jewishrecipes.org/recipes/index.html
Recipes collected from Jewish cookbooks, organized by category and holiday.
Jewish Recipes at Epicurious: http://www.epicurious.com/tools/browseresults?type=browse&att=17
Browse the user-submitted and reviewed recipes. Also browse their holiday menus at http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/holidays
Pathfinder by Brian Samek, Library Intern.
The gefilte variations by Jayne Cohen
Variations on traditional Jewish dishes. TX724 .C54
1,000 Jewish recipes by Faye Levy
An extraordinarily comprehensive Jewish cookbook. TX724 .L4125
The book of Jewish food : an Odyssey from Samarkand to New York by Claudia Roden
Recipes, history, and culture. TX724 .R53
Special occasions
The New York Times Passover cookbook : more than 200 holiday recipes from top chefs and writers edited by Lindwa Amster
Selections from dozens of top chefs and cookbooks. TX739.2 .P37N48
Shabbat shalom : recipes and menus for the Sabbath by Susan R. Friedland
Friedland improvises on traditional foods from across the Jewish world. TX724 .F688
The essential book of Jewish festival cooking : 200 seasonal holiday recipes & their traditions by Phyllis Glazer with Miriyam Glazer
200 recipes organized by festival, from Passover to Purim. TX724 .G595 2004
World cuisine
Aromas of Aleppo : the legendary cuisine of Syrian Jews by Poopa Dweck
A Syrian-Jewish American documents her culture's cuisine with recipes and dazzling photographs. TX724.D88 2007
The world of Jewish cooking by Gil Marks
Jewish recipes and history from around the world, including Italian, Yemenite, Ethiopian, Indian, Romanian, Hungarian, Georgian, Ukranian, Moroccan, German, Alsatian, and Middle Eastern cuisine. TX714 .M3195
The foods of Israel today by Joan Nathan
Captures the rich traditions of contemporary Israeli food. TX724 .N3674
Particular foods
The bagel : the surprising history of a modest bread by Maria Balinska
A history of the bagel from 17th century Poland to America today. TX770 .B3B3
A blessing of bread : the many rich traditions of Jewish bread baking around the world by Maggie Glezer
Breads from the Ashkenazi, Sephardic, North African, and Near Eastern traditions. TX769 .G555
Olive trees and honey : a treasury of vegetarian recipes from Jewish communities around the world by Gil Marks
A tremendous variety of vegetarian Jewish cooking. TX837 .M34 2005
Websites
About.com Kosher Food: http://kosherfood.about.com/
Includes articles exploring Jewish food and explaining kashrut and hundreds of recipes organized by category.
Jewishrecipes.org: http://www.jewishrecipes.org/recipes/index.html
Recipes collected from Jewish cookbooks, organized by category and holiday.
Jewish Recipes at Epicurious: http://www.epicurious.com/tools/browseresults?type=browse&att=17
Browse the user-submitted and reviewed recipes. Also browse their holiday menus at http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/holidays
Pathfinder by Brian Samek, Library Intern.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Zionism and Israel : Resources for Adults
Most resources on the politics and history of Israel can be found around DS126, which is the Library of Congress call number for books about Israeli history and politics, and DS109. Social and religious issues in Israel can be found in BM390. The adult web resources include current news about Israel, focusing on the recent raid on the flotilla heading to Gaza and the renewal of talks between Egypt, Israel and the PLO.
Adult Print Resources
Cheshin, Amir. Separate and Unequal: the Inside Story of Israeli Rule in East Jerusalem. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999. DS109.94 .C49. Summary: An account by scholars from Jerusalem about Israeli rule of Palestinian East Jerusalem, with detailed analysis of Israeli policy, the politics behind it, and its failures. The book is notably critical of famed mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek.
Efron, Noah. Real Jews: Secular versus Ultra-Orthodox and the struggle for Jewish Identity in Israel. Basic Books, New York, NY, 2003. BM390 .E34 2003. Summary: An account of the religious-secular divide in Israel and its impact on identity and politics in the Jewish state.
Enderlin, Charles. Shattered Dreams: The Failure of the Peace Process in the Middle East, 1995-2002. Other Press LLC, Pittsfield, NH, 2003 (translated from French by Susan Fairfield). DS119.76 .E5913. Summary: Charles Enderlin, a Jerusalem resident since 1968 and Bureau Chief since 1990 for the France 2 TV channel, writes about the peace process from an insider’s perspective, drawing on many of his own interviews as well as archival information. This book is notable for the praise it has received from high level negotiators including former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat.
Gorenberg, Gershom. The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977. Times Books, New York, NY, 2006. DS110 .G67. Summary: In this highly-acclaimed work named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post, Gershom Gorenberg meticulously traces the beginning of the Israeli occupation and colonization of the West Bank. Gorenberg makes extensive use of primary sources, archives and interviews.
Parsi, Trita. Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the U.S. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2007. Summary: A behind-the-headlines book that deeply examines the history of American-Israeli-Iranian relations and exposes this dynamic as more complex than it is often portrayed. Parsi’s biggest revelations come regarding the attitude of Iran, which he regards as that of a normal rather than an ideological state. Parsi includes contemporary declassified information such as a May 2003 peace offer from Iran that was rejected by the United States in the appendices. A timely and fascinating read.
Rabinovich, Abraham. The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter that Transformed the Middle East. Shocken Books, New York, NY, 2004. DS128.1 .R33. Summary: Abraham Rabinovich, a journalist during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, writes an important history about the Yom Kippur War, one of the most important and defining wars in Israeli history. The book, written in a readable journalist’s prose, attracted praise from noted historian Howard Sachar.
Ross, Dennis. The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY 2004. DS 119.76 .R68 2004. Summary: An insider’s account of the long Israeli-Palestinian peace process from the 1991 Madrid accords through the failed 2000 Camp David negotiations. Ross, a former envoy and ambassador, mixes a personal memoir with political history and recalls negotiations, conversations, strategies and personal quirks with minute detail. A recommended companion book to Ross' 2005 lecture at Temple Israel, which is listed under the Media Resources section of this pathfinder.
Sachar, Howard M. A History of Israel, From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time, Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, New York, NY, 2000. DS126.5 .S152. Summary: This exhaustive history, acclaimed by the New York Times and the Washington Post, serves as one of the most important histories of Israel and the Zionist movement. Published in 2000 at the very end of the peace process negotiations, Sachar’s history spans over one hundred years. At over 1,000 pages, this book is recommended for reference and background or for a serious reader regarding pre-2000 Israeli history.
Segev, Tom. One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate. Metropolitan Books, New York, NY, 2000. DS126 .S38. Summary: A comprehensive history of Palestine during the British Mandate era, Segev’s One Palestine, Complete provides important background reading for those looking to be informed about Israel.
Segev, Tom. 1967: Israel, the War and the Year that Transformed the Middle East. Metropolitan Books, New York, NY, 2005. DS127 .S4413. Summary: This history of the war of 1967, which led to Israel’s military ascendancy over the West Bank and Gaza and resulted in a lightning defeat of Egypt and Syria, writes of the forgotten context of the war: economic recession and a climate of doom in Israel. Segev takes the belief that war was not inevitable, but rather the result of panic and blunder by both sides.
Shindler, Colin. A History of Modern Israel, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2008. DS126.5 .S55. Summary: A more modern and accessible history of Israel than that of Howard Sachar, Colin Shindler details the history of Israel from the 1948 war through to the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the rise of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Tolan, Sandy. The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East. Bloomsbury, USA, New York, NY, 2006. DS126.6 .A2T65. Summary: A remarkable book regarding a chance encounter and the subsequent friendship between a young Jewish woman who meets the Arab man displaced from the home she is living in, this book puts a human face on the sufferings and wars of the Middle East.
Wallach, John. The Enemy has a face: The Seeds of Peace Experience. United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, DC, 2000. DS119.76 .W35. Summary: This book chronicles the Seeds of Peace experience, in which Israeli and Palestinian teenagers meet and camp together in Maine to bond with each other and discuss and focus on peace. It brings the important perspectives of young people on both sides of the conflict into play, but the book is somewhat dated given the events that have taken place after 2000.
Media Resources
Ross, Dennis. Dennis Ross Speech at Temple Israel, Temple Israel, Boston, MA, 2005. AUDIO ARCHIVE DS119.7 .R6. Summary: A speech by former ambassador and negotiator Dennis Ross, with an introduction by Rabbi Ronne Friedman. Ross helped broker the Hebron Accord of 1997 and participated as a special envoy during the Camp David peace talks of 2000. The library has Ross’ memoir and accounts of these events, The Missing Peace.
Tamir, Nadav. A Diplomacy Discussion with Consul General of Israel. Temple Israel, Boston, MA. AUDIO ARCHIVE TAMIR 2009 Summary (from catalog notes): Nadav Tamir joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 and the following year began to serve as the Policy Assistant to the Foreign Minister. He was promoted to the position of Political Officer at the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. in 1997. In 2001, Nadav was granted the position of Advisor to the Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. In 2003 Nadav was chosen as a Wexner Israel Fellow and earned his Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2004.
Web Resources
BBC News, “Netanyahu Meets Mubarak Ahead of New Mid-East Talks”, May 3rd, 2010. URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8658045.stm
BBC News, “PLO Leadership Backs Indirect Peace Talks with Israel”, May 8th, 2010. URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8669886.stm
Gabbatt, Adam. “Israel Flotilla Raid: Reaction and Fallout as it Happened”, Guardian UK World News Blogs, June 1st 2010. URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2010/jun/01/israel-flotilla-raid-fallout-live
Summary: A blog updated minute by minute posting events during the Gaza flotilla raid and reactions from various parties, including the Israeli government.
Gabbatt, Adam. “Israel attacks Gaza flotilla – Live Coverage”, Guardian UK World News Blogs, May 31st 2010. URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2010/may/31/israel-troops-gaza-ships
Summary: A minute-by-minute news blog posting the events of the Gaza flotilla raid the day that it happened.
Israeli Knesset, “English Gateway to the Knesset Website”. URL: http://www.knesset.gov.il/main/eng/home.asp
Summary: The official site of the Knesset provides information on the members of the Knesset (MKs) and ministers of every Israeli government and includes minutes for most of the meetings in the Knesset’s history and other important documents. An important background resource for understanding the Israeli political process.
Medzini, Ronen. “IDF: Wasn’t Possible to Stop Largest Craft”, Ynet News, June 1st, 2010. URL: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3897323,00.html
Mitnick, Joshua. “Israel Announces Gaza Aid Flotilla Inquiry, Turkey Not Satsified”. Christian Science Monitor, June 14th 2010. URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0614/Israel-announces-Gaza-aid-flotilla-inquiry-Turkey-not-satisfied
Mitnick, Joshua. “Israel’s Deadly Gaza Flotilla Raid Sparks Diplomatic Crisis”, Christian Science Monitor, May 31st, 2010. URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0531/Israel-s-deadly-Gaza-flotilla-raid-sparks-diplomatic-crisis
Rachman, Gideon. “How badly has Israel Miscalculated?”, Foreign Times Blogs: Gideon Rachman’s blog, FT.com, May 31st, 2010. URL: http://blogs.ft.com/rachmanblog/2010/05/how-badly-has-israel-miscalculated
Summary: An editorial blog post by Gideon Rachman, 15-year chief correspondent for the Financial Times, predicting the fallout from Israel’s raid on the Gaza flotilla in May 2010.
Ynet News, “Hundreds Detained at Ashdod Port: Soldiers, officers bring passengers of Marmara ship under arrest at Ashdod port, first questioning each separately and then transferring them to Beersheba Prison, where they receive toiletries, meal, and beds”, Ynet Reporters, June 1st, 2010. URL: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3897136,00.html
Pathfinder by Jon Cohen, Library Intern.
Adult Print Resources
Cheshin, Amir. Separate and Unequal: the Inside Story of Israeli Rule in East Jerusalem. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999. DS109.94 .C49. Summary: An account by scholars from Jerusalem about Israeli rule of Palestinian East Jerusalem, with detailed analysis of Israeli policy, the politics behind it, and its failures. The book is notably critical of famed mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek.
Efron, Noah. Real Jews: Secular versus Ultra-Orthodox and the struggle for Jewish Identity in Israel. Basic Books, New York, NY, 2003. BM390 .E34 2003. Summary: An account of the religious-secular divide in Israel and its impact on identity and politics in the Jewish state.
Enderlin, Charles. Shattered Dreams: The Failure of the Peace Process in the Middle East, 1995-2002. Other Press LLC, Pittsfield, NH, 2003 (translated from French by Susan Fairfield). DS119.76 .E5913. Summary: Charles Enderlin, a Jerusalem resident since 1968 and Bureau Chief since 1990 for the France 2 TV channel, writes about the peace process from an insider’s perspective, drawing on many of his own interviews as well as archival information. This book is notable for the praise it has received from high level negotiators including former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat.
Gorenberg, Gershom. The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977. Times Books, New York, NY, 2006. DS110 .G67. Summary: In this highly-acclaimed work named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post, Gershom Gorenberg meticulously traces the beginning of the Israeli occupation and colonization of the West Bank. Gorenberg makes extensive use of primary sources, archives and interviews.
Parsi, Trita. Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the U.S. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2007. Summary: A behind-the-headlines book that deeply examines the history of American-Israeli-Iranian relations and exposes this dynamic as more complex than it is often portrayed. Parsi’s biggest revelations come regarding the attitude of Iran, which he regards as that of a normal rather than an ideological state. Parsi includes contemporary declassified information such as a May 2003 peace offer from Iran that was rejected by the United States in the appendices. A timely and fascinating read.
Rabinovich, Abraham. The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter that Transformed the Middle East. Shocken Books, New York, NY, 2004. DS128.1 .R33. Summary: Abraham Rabinovich, a journalist during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, writes an important history about the Yom Kippur War, one of the most important and defining wars in Israeli history. The book, written in a readable journalist’s prose, attracted praise from noted historian Howard Sachar.
Ross, Dennis. The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY 2004. DS 119.76 .R68 2004. Summary: An insider’s account of the long Israeli-Palestinian peace process from the 1991 Madrid accords through the failed 2000 Camp David negotiations. Ross, a former envoy and ambassador, mixes a personal memoir with political history and recalls negotiations, conversations, strategies and personal quirks with minute detail. A recommended companion book to Ross' 2005 lecture at Temple Israel, which is listed under the Media Resources section of this pathfinder.
Sachar, Howard M. A History of Israel, From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time, Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, New York, NY, 2000. DS126.5 .S152. Summary: This exhaustive history, acclaimed by the New York Times and the Washington Post, serves as one of the most important histories of Israel and the Zionist movement. Published in 2000 at the very end of the peace process negotiations, Sachar’s history spans over one hundred years. At over 1,000 pages, this book is recommended for reference and background or for a serious reader regarding pre-2000 Israeli history.
Segev, Tom. One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate. Metropolitan Books, New York, NY, 2000. DS126 .S38. Summary: A comprehensive history of Palestine during the British Mandate era, Segev’s One Palestine, Complete provides important background reading for those looking to be informed about Israel.
Segev, Tom. 1967: Israel, the War and the Year that Transformed the Middle East. Metropolitan Books, New York, NY, 2005. DS127 .S4413. Summary: This history of the war of 1967, which led to Israel’s military ascendancy over the West Bank and Gaza and resulted in a lightning defeat of Egypt and Syria, writes of the forgotten context of the war: economic recession and a climate of doom in Israel. Segev takes the belief that war was not inevitable, but rather the result of panic and blunder by both sides.
Shindler, Colin. A History of Modern Israel, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2008. DS126.5 .S55. Summary: A more modern and accessible history of Israel than that of Howard Sachar, Colin Shindler details the history of Israel from the 1948 war through to the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the rise of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Tolan, Sandy. The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East. Bloomsbury, USA, New York, NY, 2006. DS126.6 .A2T65. Summary: A remarkable book regarding a chance encounter and the subsequent friendship between a young Jewish woman who meets the Arab man displaced from the home she is living in, this book puts a human face on the sufferings and wars of the Middle East.
Wallach, John. The Enemy has a face: The Seeds of Peace Experience. United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, DC, 2000. DS119.76 .W35. Summary: This book chronicles the Seeds of Peace experience, in which Israeli and Palestinian teenagers meet and camp together in Maine to bond with each other and discuss and focus on peace. It brings the important perspectives of young people on both sides of the conflict into play, but the book is somewhat dated given the events that have taken place after 2000.
Media Resources
Ross, Dennis. Dennis Ross Speech at Temple Israel, Temple Israel, Boston, MA, 2005. AUDIO ARCHIVE DS119.7 .R6. Summary: A speech by former ambassador and negotiator Dennis Ross, with an introduction by Rabbi Ronne Friedman. Ross helped broker the Hebron Accord of 1997 and participated as a special envoy during the Camp David peace talks of 2000. The library has Ross’ memoir and accounts of these events, The Missing Peace.
Tamir, Nadav. A Diplomacy Discussion with Consul General of Israel. Temple Israel, Boston, MA. AUDIO ARCHIVE TAMIR 2009 Summary (from catalog notes): Nadav Tamir joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 and the following year began to serve as the Policy Assistant to the Foreign Minister. He was promoted to the position of Political Officer at the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. in 1997. In 2001, Nadav was granted the position of Advisor to the Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. In 2003 Nadav was chosen as a Wexner Israel Fellow and earned his Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2004.
Web Resources
BBC News, “Netanyahu Meets Mubarak Ahead of New Mid-East Talks”, May 3rd, 2010. URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8658045.stm
BBC News, “PLO Leadership Backs Indirect Peace Talks with Israel”, May 8th, 2010. URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8669886.stm
Gabbatt, Adam. “Israel Flotilla Raid: Reaction and Fallout as it Happened”, Guardian UK World News Blogs, June 1st 2010. URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2010/jun/01/israel-flotilla-raid-fallout-live
Summary: A blog updated minute by minute posting events during the Gaza flotilla raid and reactions from various parties, including the Israeli government.
Gabbatt, Adam. “Israel attacks Gaza flotilla – Live Coverage”, Guardian UK World News Blogs, May 31st 2010. URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2010/may/31/israel-troops-gaza-ships
Summary: A minute-by-minute news blog posting the events of the Gaza flotilla raid the day that it happened.
Israeli Knesset, “English Gateway to the Knesset Website”. URL: http://www.knesset.gov.il/main/eng/home.asp
Summary: The official site of the Knesset provides information on the members of the Knesset (MKs) and ministers of every Israeli government and includes minutes for most of the meetings in the Knesset’s history and other important documents. An important background resource for understanding the Israeli political process.
Medzini, Ronen. “IDF: Wasn’t Possible to Stop Largest Craft”, Ynet News, June 1st, 2010. URL: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3897323,00.html
Mitnick, Joshua. “Israel Announces Gaza Aid Flotilla Inquiry, Turkey Not Satsified”. Christian Science Monitor, June 14th 2010. URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0614/Israel-announces-Gaza-aid-flotilla-inquiry-Turkey-not-satisfied
Mitnick, Joshua. “Israel’s Deadly Gaza Flotilla Raid Sparks Diplomatic Crisis”, Christian Science Monitor, May 31st, 2010. URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0531/Israel-s-deadly-Gaza-flotilla-raid-sparks-diplomatic-crisis
Rachman, Gideon. “How badly has Israel Miscalculated?”, Foreign Times Blogs: Gideon Rachman’s blog, FT.com, May 31st, 2010. URL: http://blogs.ft.com/rachmanblog/2010/05/how-badly-has-israel-miscalculated
Summary: An editorial blog post by Gideon Rachman, 15-year chief correspondent for the Financial Times, predicting the fallout from Israel’s raid on the Gaza flotilla in May 2010.
Ynet News, “Hundreds Detained at Ashdod Port: Soldiers, officers bring passengers of Marmara ship under arrest at Ashdod port, first questioning each separately and then transferring them to Beersheba Prison, where they receive toiletries, meal, and beds”, Ynet Reporters, June 1st, 2010. URL: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3897136,00.html
Pathfinder by Jon Cohen, Library Intern.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Judaica librarians' convention!
In a couple of weeks I'll be heading off to the annual meeting of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL), http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ in Seattle, WA. The AJL is an international organization of Judaica librarians, and, more importantly, an extremely dedicated group of folks who generously share of their expertise. I always learn a tremendous amount at these conventions.
If you're interested in knowing more about this event, please visit the conference blog, and scroll down to the Convention Countdown: http://jewishlibraries.org/blog
I look forward to sharing all that I've learned when I get back!
Ann Abrams, Librarian
If you're interested in knowing more about this event, please visit the conference blog, and scroll down to the Convention Countdown: http://jewishlibraries.org/blog
I look forward to sharing all that I've learned when I get back!
Ann Abrams, Librarian
Friday, March 26, 2010
Health, Medicine and Judaism: Resources in our Library and Beyond
Library Print and Multimedia Resources
Judaism has tackled medical problems from biblical times to modern medical technology. This pathfinder offers resources on Jewish law (halacha) and medical ethics, as well as varying Jewish approaches to healing and an exploration of medicine and healing in traditional Jewish sources. Most of our resources are located under the call numbers R-RG and BM500-600. Jewish Lights Publishing has produced many books on the art of healing and modern medicine and integrated these ideas with Judaism. Authors such as Immanuel Jakobovitz and Fred Rosner appear frequently in this pathfinder with a more traditional approach rooted in Jewish law. This pathfinder touches upon topics such as sexual morality, drug use, AIDS, and mental health issues as well as general wellness and healing guides and women’s health issues.
Alternative Healing, Alternative Medicine and Judaism
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For more information about any of these resources, please contact Ann Abrams, Librarian, aabrams@tisrael.org.
Judaism has tackled medical problems from biblical times to modern medical technology. This pathfinder offers resources on Jewish law (halacha) and medical ethics, as well as varying Jewish approaches to healing and an exploration of medicine and healing in traditional Jewish sources. Most of our resources are located under the call numbers R-RG and BM500-600. Jewish Lights Publishing has produced many books on the art of healing and modern medicine and integrated these ideas with Judaism. Authors such as Immanuel Jakobovitz and Fred Rosner appear frequently in this pathfinder with a more traditional approach rooted in Jewish law. This pathfinder touches upon topics such as sexual morality, drug use, AIDS, and mental health issues as well as general wellness and healing guides and women’s health issues.
Alternative Healing, Alternative Medicine and Judaism
Print Resources
- Siegel, Bernie S., Peace, Love and Healing: Body-mind Communication and the Path to Self-Healing: An Exploration, , Walker, New York, NY, 1990. Summary: An alternative approach to healing, combining Judaism and mysticism with modern self-help. LP R726.5 .S55
- Kleiman, Nancy, A Guided Journey to Healing with the Harp, , Nancy Kleiman, Temple Israel, Boston, 2008, Summary: Soothing harp music set to a guided meditation visualizing healing one’s DNA to reach a strong, healthy and vibrant wholeness. CD MUSIC Kle
Print Resources
- Abraham, A.S., The Comprehensive Guide to Medical Halacha, , Feldheim Publishers, Jerusalem, Israel, 1990. Summary: An update of an earlier work “Medical Halacha for Everyone”, this book is a large scale guide to the treatment of medicine in Jewish law. R694 .A2C6
- Bleich, David J., Judaism and Healing: Halakhic Perspectives, Ktav Publishing House, New York, 1981. Summary: This book is useful in providing the perspective of Jewish law on a very wide range of issues spanning 27 chapters, including taboo topics, and using real-world examples. BM515 .B61
- Freudenthal, Gad, AIDS in Jewish Thought and Law, Ktav Publishing House, New York, 1998. Summary: This work contains responses from rabbis and other interdenominational commentary regarding the AIDS virus. BM538 .H43J4
- Rosner, Fred and Tendler, Moshe, Practical Medical Halachah, Jason Aronson Inc., Northvale NJ, 1997. Summary: A conservative Orthodox perspective on Jewish medical ethics, covering a wide range of topics from sexual taboos to mental illness to dentistry. R694 .R6
- Steinberg, Avraham, Jewish Medical Law: A Concise Response, Beit-Shamai Publications, Woodmere, 1989. Summary: Based on the response of Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg, chief justic of the Rabbinical District Court of Jerusalem, author of Tzitz Eliezer. Deals with medical issues including: physician & patient; medical services and the Shabbat; contraception, fertility, abortion; surgery, psychiatry, death and dying and more. R694 .S74J4 1989
- Various Authors, Medicine and Jewish Law, J. Aronson, Northvale, NJ, 1990, Summary: Proceedings of a conference on medicine and Jewish law sponsored by the Raphael Society of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists. R694 .R53M4 1990 v.1
- Various Authors, Jewish Law in Ancient and Modern Israel: Selected Essays, Ktav Publishing House, New York, 1971, Summary: Includes the essay Jewish Law and Modern Medicine by H. H. Cohn. BM520 .C66
Print Resources
- Cutter, William, Healing and the New Jewish Imagination: Spiritual and Practical Perspectives on Judaism and Health, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT., 2007 Summary: A practical perspective on using spiritual methods for healing. BM538 .H43 H43 2007
- Feldman, David M., Health and Medicine in the Jewish Tradition: L’hayyim – to life, Crossroad, New York, NY, 1986. Summary: A guide to Jewish tradition regarding various modern health issues. R694 .F4H4 1986
- Freeman, David L., and Judith Z. Abrams, editors. Illness and Health in the Jewish Tradition: Writings from the Bible to Today, The Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1999. Summary: A wide-ranging book from rabbis, survivors and physicians regarding Jewish values and modern medical advances. BM538 .H43I45
- Greenblatt, Robert B., Search the Scriptures: A Physician Examines Medicine in the Bible, Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA, 1963. Summary: A Physicians’ take on the flaws and remarkable prescience of medicine as told in the Bible. R135.5 .G7S4
- Maimonides, Moses Ben, Maimonides’ Medical Writings, The Maimonides Research Institute, Haifa, Israel, 1984, Summary: The writings of Moses Maimonides regarding health and medicine in five volumes. R694 .M54 v.1-5
- Odell, Wesley, Towards a Recovery of Prayer: A Reform Response to Healing, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1994.
- Summary: The senior thesis of Wesley Odell (who later changed his name to Lev Baesh) on Jewish attitudes towards healing, broken down into an analysis of practice in biblical times, Talmudic times and the attitude of modern Reform Jews.The author received rabbinic ordination in 1994. R726.5 .O3
- Press, Julius, Biblical and Talmudic Medicine, Sanhedrin, New York, NY, 1978. Summary: A scholarly examination of biblical and Talmudic attitudes towards sickness, medicine and healing. R135.5 P7413
- Rosner, Fred, Encyclopedia of Medicine in the Bible and the Talmud, Jason Aronson, Inc., Northvale CA, 2000. R135.5 .R663
- Rosner, Fred, Medicine in the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides, Ktav Publishing House, New York, NY, 1984. Summary: A Scholarly examination of Maimonides’ view of medicine as expressed in the Mishneh Torah. R135.5 .R675
- Mehlman, Bernard H., The Jewish Perspective, WNEV-TV, Boston, 1995, Summary: A show in three parts: in part 1, participants discuss Project Yad, a program for the terminally ill. JPERSP COLL VIDEO BM700 v.172
- Friedman, Ronne, The Jewish Perspective. WNEV-TV, Boston, 2000, Summary: In Part 2, Dr. David L. Friedman talks about his book, Illness and Health in the Jewish Tradition: Writings from the Bible to Today. JPERSP COLL VIDEO BM700 v.234
Print Resources
- Berman, Robin, The Hadassah Jewish Family Book of Health and Wellness, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2006. Summary: A comprehensive guide to Jewish approaches to modern problems of health and wellness; this is a comprehensive book that covers a very wide range of medical and personal issues. BM538 .H43 B47 2006
- Cutter, William, Healing and the Jewish Imagination: Spiritual and Practical Perspectives on Judaism and Health, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT., 2007. Summary: A collection of thirteen essays regarding Jewish perspectives on healing and bioethics. BM538 .H43 H43 2007
- Jaffe, Hirshel L., Gates of Healing: A Message of Comfort and Hope, Central Conference of American Rabbis, New York, 1988. BM665 .G31
- Landman, Leo, Judaism and Drugs, Hermon Press, New York, NY, 1973, Summary: Various essays regarding the Jewish approach to drug culture and drug addiction, including methods on reaching alienated youth who turn to drugs. R694 .L23
- Lown, Bernard, The Lost Art of Healing, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1996. Summary: A book examining the doctor-patient relationship and a critique of modern medical practice, explaining how doctors excessively focus on diagnosing and fixing rather than healing. R733 .L684
- Meszker, Rabbi Joseph B., Facing Illness, Finding God: How Judaism Can Help You and Caregivers Cope When Body or Spirit Fails, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2010. Summary: A personal book designed to help readers focus on ‘spiritual well-being as an essential aspect of physical healing and wholeness’ (from the book jacket) for the ill and caregivers alike. This book combines real life experiences with traditional Jewish sources to comfort the ill and those caring for them. BM538 .H43M4
- Moyers, Bill D., Healing and the Mind, Doubleday, New York, NY, 1993. R726.5 M69
- Person, Hara, The Mitzvah of Healing: An Anthology of Essays, Jewish Texts, Personal Stories, Meditations and Rituals, UAHC Press and Women of Reform Judaism, New York, NY, 2003. Summary: A Reform perspective on using traditional Jewish texts as well as modern meditation for healing, including personal stories. BM538 .H43M5
- Various Authors, A Time to Prepare: A Practical Guide for Individuals and Families in Determining a Jewish approach to making personal arrangements, establishing the limits of medical care and embracing rituals at the end of life, , UAHC Press, New York, NY, 2002. R726. A3 2002
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- Berger, Natalia, Jews and Medicine: Religion, Culture, Science, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1997. R135.5 .J49
- Block, Irvin, Neighbor to the World: The Story of Lillian Wald, Crowell, New York, 1969, Summary: A biography of the nurse whose many campaigns, including her reestablishment of the settlement house on Henry Street in New York, introduced the concept of public health nursing to America. BIOG WALD
- Freeman, David, An Act of Worship: Moses Maimonides on Excellence in the Practice of Medicine, JIMA, 1999. Summary: A study of Maimonides’ thoughts on medicine and its linkage to religious practice. VERT FILE FREEMAN
- Heynick, Frank, Jews and Medicine: An Epic Saga, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ, 2002. Summary: An exhaustive history of Jewish participation in healing and medical practice, from the court Jews of medieval times to the modern day doctors. R694 .H4
- Rosner, Fred, The Medical Aphorisms of Moses Maimonides, Bloch Publishing, New York, 1970. BM545 .M54 v.1
- Rosner, Fred, The Medical Encyclopedia of Moses Maimonides, Jason Aronson Inc., Northvale, CA, 1998. R135 .R66
- Siegel, Beatrice, Lillian Wald of Henry Street, Macmillan, New York, 1983, Summary: A biography of an urban pioneer who evolved new concepts of public health, led the movement for peace, and pressed governments to assume responsibility for the economic well-being of its citizens. BIOG WALD
- Siegel, Rachel and Cole, Ellen, Jewish Women in Therapy: Seen but not Heard, Harrington Park Press, New York, NY, 1991. Summary: A survey of Jewish woman therapists and patients who examine the cultural effects of Jewishness in therapy, treatment and their personal lives and passions. RC451.5 .J4J49
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- Dorff, Elliot N., Matters of Life and Death, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1998. Summary: A Jewish professor approaches moral and sexual issues as well as end of life care in Jewish law and tradition. R694 .D6
- Jakobovits, Immanuel, Jewish Medical Ethics: A Comparative and Historical Study of the Jewish Religious Attitude to Medicine and its Practice, Bloch Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1975. Summary: An academic, historical approach to the study of Jewish medical treatment, focusing on traditional and medieval practices. R694 .J21
- Meier, Levi, Jewish Values in Health and Medicine, University Press of America, Lanham, 1990. Summary: A survey of Jewish responses and tradition regarding modern medical dilemmas. R725.57 J493 1990
- Rosner, Fred, Modern Medicine and Jewish Ethics, Ktav Publishing, Hoboken, N.J., 1986. Summary: A traditionalist view of the effects of Jewish traditions on modern medicine. R724 .R624
- Mehlman, Rabbi Bernard, Chapin, David and Levin, Susan, Medical Ethics Symposium: The Beginning of Life – Ethical Dilemmas for Families and Physicians, Temple Israel, Boston, 1991. Summary: Topics: Ethical Dilemmas from a physician’s perspective, the conflicts families present to clinicians and a reform rabbi’s response to Jewish/medical/ethical issues surrounding the beginning of life. AUDIO ARCHIVE R724 1991
- Mehlman, Bernard H. and Terry Bard, Medical Ethics Symposium, Temple Israel, Boston, 1993. Summary: Health Care Rationing?: Presented by Rabbi Bernard Melman and Rabbi Terry Bard at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston in two volumes. AUDIO ARCHIVE R724 1993 v.1-2
- Various Participants, Medical Ethics Symposium: The Right to Die, Temple Israel, Boston, 1990. Summary: Part I Side A: What Judaism teaches us about decisions near the end of life; Rabbis Bernard Mehlman and Ronne Freidman. Side B: Forum: A time to die – how do we decide? Panel with Dr. Lowell Schnipper, Chief of Oncology, Beth Israel Boston, Alex Moschella, Esq., Board Member of Law Medicine Inc., Naomi Stearns, LICSW, Dir. Of Social work at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. AUDIO ARCHIVE R724 1990 v.1-2
Print Resources
- Address, Richard F, Caring for the Soul: R’fuat hanefesh: a Mental Health Resource and Study Guide, UAHC Press, New York, NY, 2003. Summary: Caring for the Soul: R’fuat hanefesh was created as a response to the need to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma within congregations regarding individuals and families who are dealing with mental health issues. RC541 .C3
- Clark, David C., Clergy Response to Suicidal Persons and their Family Members: An Interfaith Resource book for Clergy and Congregations, Exploration Press, Chicago, Ill., 1993. BV4330 .C54
- Siegel, Rachel and Cole, Ellen, Jewish Women in Therapy: Seen but not Heard, Harrington Park Press, New York, NY, 1991. Summary: A survey of Jewish woman therapists and patients who examine the cultural effects of Jewishness in therapy, treatment and their personal lives and passions. RC451.5 .J4J49
- Wechsler, James, In a Darkness, Norton, New York, 1972. Summary: A memoir about a man facing a severe mental illness and his eventual suicide. f. Wec
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- Butler, Sandra, Cancer in Two Voices, Spinsters Book Co., San Francisco, CA, 1991. Summary: From book jacket: ‘This collaboration began when Barbara Rosenblum was diagnosed with breast cancer. Using essays, journal entries and letters, Sandy and Barbara share the experience of living with cancer and being the partner who survives. Cancer in Two Voices is a subversive book in the best sense of the word – it provokes you to be engaged with all of your life’s choices: goals and values, work and friendship, lovers and family. It will nourish and sustain you, leaving you with fewer certainties but more compassion and generosity.’ RC280 .B8B85
- Cardin, Rabbi Nina Beth, Tears of Sorrow, Seeds of Hope: Jewish Spiritual Companion for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1999. BM667 .W6T4
- Falk, Sandy and Judson, Rabbi Daniel, The Jewish Pregnancy Book: A Resource for the Soul, Body and Mind during Pregnancy, Birth and the First Three Months, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT., 2004. RG525 .F34 2004
- Frymer-Kensky, Tikva, Motherprayer: The Pregnant Woman’s Spiritual Companion, Riverhead Books, New York, NY, 1995. Summary: A book of prayers and history that covers Jewish tradition regarding motherhood and pregnancy. BM667 .W6F78.
- Temple Israel/Beth Israel Hospital Panel, Women Helping Women: a Women’s Health Program, Temple Israel, Boston, 1992. Summary: A women’s health group discussing various issues with patients at the Beth Israel Hospital. VISUAL ARCHIVE R694
- Breslev.co.il, Medicine in Judaism Articles http://www.breslev.co.il/categories/family/health_and_fitness/medicine_in_judaism.aspx?category=211&chapter=180&pageid=1&language=english, Summary: A traditional Hasidic Jewish approach to medicine and wellness
- Hebrew Union College Kalsman Institute, http://huc.edu/kalsman/, HUC’s organization dedicated to dialogue between rabbis and health care professionals.
- JPsych, Judaism and Mental Health, http://www.jpsych.com/, Summary: A premier site on research regarding Judaism and mental health; it is frequently updated and contains advanced research.
- Judaism, Science and Medicine Group, Arizona State University Jewish Studies Program, http://jewishstudies.clas.asu.edu/science, Summary: This is an international group of physicians, rabbis and scholars who debate together over Jewish values and medicine. The group publishes articles and anyone can join.
- My Jewish Learning, Jews and Mental Illness, http://www.myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ethics/Our_Bodies/Themes_and_Theology/Mental_Illness.shtml, Summary: Section on non-denominational My Jewish Learning about mental illness
- National Association of Judaism and Medicine, http://www.nijm.org/, Summary: A Chabad-funded group bringing together Judaism and modern health and medical professionals through annual conferences
- Nefesh, http://www.nefesh.org/, Summary: An association of Orthodox Jewish mental health professionals
- Nishmat, http://www.jewishwomenshealth.org/, Summary: An Orthodox organization discussing women’s health
- URJ: Health and Wellness, http://urj.org/life/health/, Summary: The official URJ website pertaining to health and wellness; it includes many health and wellness resources and women’s and mental health and addiction sections at http://urj.org/life/health/mentalhealth/
- Pathfinder by Library Intern Jonathan Cohen, March, 2010.
For more information about any of these resources, please contact Ann Abrams, Librarian, aabrams@tisrael.org.
Friday, March 05, 2010
Resources for Torah Study - Advanced List
Torah Study Pathfinder
As among the oldest and perhaps the most fundamental activities of Judaism, Torah study holds a special place for most Jews. It is one of the most important rites of passage, bonding for Jewish communities and also among the most important ways to learn about Judaism. This pathfinder will focus on advanced resources, including scholarly examination of the Torah and advanced and medieval commentaries. This pathfinder will include a diverse array of resources to help students of all ages further their study of Torah through audio, visual, print and online sources of Torah, as well as a wide variety of commentaries.
Print Sources
• Torahs:
o English Torahs:
Friedman, Richard Elliott, Commentary on the Torah with a new English Translation and the Hebrew Text BS1225 .3 .F7 Harper
Plaut, Gunther, “The Torah: A Modern Commentary”, BS1225.3 P55 UAHC, New York, NY, 1981
Stein, David, “The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the JPS Translation”, BS1223 .S74 2006, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
Various Authors, “The Jewish Study Bible: A Tanach Translation”, BS895 .J4 2004, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2004
• Medieval Commentaries:
o Moses Maimonides:
Hartman, David, “Maimonides: Torah and Philosophic Quest”, B759 .M34H36 2009, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
Maimonides, Moses, “The Code of Maimonides, (A translation of Mishneh Torah),” BM545 .M54 v.2-4, 8-9, 11-12, 14-16, 19, 21, New Haven, Yale University Press, Volumes 2-5, 8-9, 11-12, 14-16, 19, 21
o Nachmanides:
Nachman, Rabbi Moses ben, “Ramban: Comentary on the Torah”, BS490 .C40 v.1-5, Shilo Publishing House, New York, NY, 1971, edited by Rabbi Doctor Charles B. Chavel, in 5 volumes
o Rashi:
Isaiah, Rabbi Abraham ben and Sharfman, Rabbi Benjamin, “The Pentateuch and Rashi’s Commentary”, BS1225 .B4 v.1-5, “Rashi’s Commentary on the Torah in five volumes”, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1976
o Other Medieval Commentaries:
Pelcovitz, Rabbi Raphael, “Sforno: Commentary on the Torah”, BS1225 .S44, Mesorah Publications, 2001, “A Commentary by 16th century Italian Rabbi Ovadiah ben Josef Sforno”
Loez, Me-am, “The Torah Anthology: MeAm Loez”, BS1225 .M4 v.1-19, Moznaim Publishing, New York, NY, 1987, “A nineteen-volume Sephardic Torah commentary, translated from Ladino”
• Modern and Women’s Commentaries:
o Modern Commentaries:
Kasher, Menahem, “Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation: A Millenial Anthology”, BS1225 K363 v.1-9, New York, American Bible Encyclopedia Society, “The Text of the Pentateuch with Commentary and Talmudic-Midrashic Interpretations, Volumes 1-9
Kripke, Rabbi Myer, “Insight and Interpretation: Reflections on the Weekly Sidrah”, BS 1225 .K75 1988, Town House Press, Chestnut Ridge, NY, 1988
Kushner, Lawrence S., “Sparks Beneath the Surface: A Spiritual Commentary on the Torah”, BS 1225.3 .K87 1993 Northvale, N.J. Aronson, 1993
Various Authors, “The JPS Bible Commentary: Volumes 1-7”,
BS1225 .J4 v.1-7, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2001
o Women’s Commentaries:
Antonelli, Judith, “In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah”, BS1225.3 .A58, Jason Aronson Inc., Northvale, NJ, 1995
Goldstein, Rabbi Elyse, “The Women’s Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions”, BS1225.3 .G6, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2000
Newsom, Carol A. and Ringe, Sharon H., “Women’s Bible Comentary: Expanded Edition”, BS491.2 .W66 1998, Westminster John Knox Press, Lexington, KY, 1998
• Torah Study
o Torah Study and the Broader World:
Carmell, Aryeh, “Challenge: Torah Views on Science and its Problems”, BM538 .S3C45, London: Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, 1976
Lamm, Norman, “Torah Umadda: the Encounter of Religious Learning and Worldly Knowledge in Jewish Tradition,” BM 538 .S3L34 1990, Northvale N.J. Aronson, 1990
Petuchowski, Jakob Josef, “Ever Since Sinai: A Modern View of Torah”, BM560 .PK44, New York, Scribe Publications, 1961
o Critical and Historical Scholarship of the Torah:
Fishbane, Michael, “Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel”, BS1186 .F57 1984, Clarendon Press, New York, 1984
Friedman, Richard Elliot, “The Hidden Book in the Bible: The Discovery of the first Prose Masterpiece”, BS1181.4 .F72, Harper, San Francisco, 1998
Friedman, Richard Elliot, “Who Wrote the Bible?”, BS1225.2 .F75 1997, Harper, San Francisco, 1997
Knohl, Israel, “The Divine Symphony: The Bible’s Many Voices”, BS1192.5 .K545 2003, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Levenson, Jon D., “The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament and Historical Criticism”, BS476 .L48, Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville, KY 1985
o Resources on Torah Study:
Rosenak, Michael, “Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge: Conversations with the Torah”, BM103 .R635, Boulder Westview Press, 2001
URJ Press, “Living Torah: Selections from Seven Years of Torat Chayim”, BS1225.52 L58, URJ Press, New York, NY, 2005
Heschel, Abraham Joshua, “Heavenly Torah: As Refracted Through the Generations”, BM504.3 .H4713 2005, Continuum Publishing, New York, NY, 2007
Sipure Hasidim, “A Treasury of Chasidic Tales on the Torah: A Collection of Inspirational Chassidic Stories Relevant to the Weekly Torah Readings”, BM532 .Z2 v.1-2, Mesorah, New York, NY, 1980, in Two Volumes
Zolty, Shoshana, “And all your Children Shall be Learned: Women and the Study of Torah in Jewish Law and History”, BM726 .Z65 1993, Northvale, N.J. Aronson, 1993
o Women’s Resources:
Bach, Alice, “Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader”, BS1199 .W7W65, Routledge, New York, NY, 1999
Goldstein, Elyse, “ReVisions: Seeing Torah Through a Feminist Lens”, BS1199 .W7G6, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1998
Meyers, Carol, “Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, The Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament”, REF BS575 .W5, Houghton-Mifflin, Boston, 2000
Ronson, Barbara, “Women in the Torah: Commentaries from the Talmud, Midrash and Kabbalah”, BS680 .W7R66, Jason Aronson Inc., New Jersey, 1999
Shanks, Hershel, “Feminist Approaches to the Bible”, BS521.4 .F44 1995, Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington D.C., Various Authors, 1995
Multimedia
• Audio (also see Audio Meah Lectures)
o Ba’esh, Rabbi Lev, “Introduction to Judaism”, AUDIO ARCHIVE BM700 .I59 v.4 no.1, Temple Israel Boston/Union for Reform Judaism, 2004, Volume 4: Jewish History: Biblical to Rabbinic, Torah and Jewish Texts
o Carmell, Aryeh, “Challenge: Torah Views on Science and its Problems”, BOCD DS 113 .R8 v.2 London, Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, 1976
o Firestone, Reuven, “Burstein Scholar in Residence-2007,” Temple Israel Boston, 2007, Summary: “The Torah portion that will be read this morning is Lekh L’kha when God calls to Abraham and he answers Hineni I am here, I will follow you, God. So was he really the first Jew, or does Muslim tradition have equal or superior claim to him as the first Muslim? Using eerily similar Muslim and Jewish midrashic texts, Dr. Firestone will uncover the roots of Abraham’s stature in both religions. Light refreshments to follow.”
o Rosen, Jonathan, “Torah and the Internet”, AUDIO ARCHIVE Ros, Temple Israel, Boston, 2000, “Jonathan Rosen Speaks about his New Book, Torah and the Internet”
o Zecher, Elaine, “Torah: A Woman’s Commentary”, AUDIO ARCHIVES Torah Study
• Software
o Kolel, “Gates of Torah”, CD-ROM BM657 .G3, Kolel, 1999
Websites
• Advanced Torah Study Websites:
o Chaver.com, http://www.chaver.com/
“An innovative resource with online ‘woven text’, displaying simultaneously Torah portions and the entire Mishnah in Hebrew”
o Jewish Agency for Israel, “Iyunim – Weekly Insights on the Parsha with Nehama Liebowitz”, http://www.jafi.org.il/education/torani/nehama/indexgil.html
“An advanced-level commentary on weekly Torah portions”
o Tanach.org, http://www.tanach.org/
“An expert-level, comprehensive resource in English and Hebrew on Torah Commentary”
• Torah Study from a Reform Perspective:
o Bluethread, “Torah Portions”, http://www.bluethread.com/torah.htm
“A list of Torah portions and commentary, as well as other Jewish resources, from a Reform/non-denominational perspective”
o Temple Emanu-el, “Weekly Torah Commentary: Archive”, http://www.emanuelnyc.org/torah_archive.php
Weekly Reform commentaries on the Torah from a large NYC Temple”
o Union for Reform Judaism, “Torah Study”, http://urj.org/learning/torah/
“Torah portions and Rabbinical Commentary from the official Reform Jewish website”
o Westchester Reform Temple Torah Study Blog, http://wrttorahstudy.blogspot.com/
“A blog mixing Reform Jewish torah study with practical advice on daily matters – an excellent, frequently updated blog”
o Women of Reform Judaism, “Torah Study Website”, http://www.womenofreformjudaism.org/the-Torah-a-womens-commentary/the-torah-a-womens-commentary-study-guide-program
“The Women of Reform Judaism organization’s website on Torah commentary; a useful general resource”
• Torah Study from a Non-Denominational Perspective
o My Jewish Learning, “Torah Study: Jewish Learning”, http://www.myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ritual/Torah_Study.shtml
“Resources on the practice of Torah Study and actual commentaries, including valuable guides to writing a D’var Torah or independent commentary”
o Shamash.org, “Divrei Torah – Commentaries” http://shamash.org/tanach/dvar.shtml
“A search engine featuring a large section of full-text Torah commentaries, mostly at advanced levels”,
o Torah from Dixie, “A selection of Torah commentaries from Atlanta, GA”, http://www.tfdixie.com/
o Torahnet.org, http://torahnet.org/
“A very comprehensive, multidenominational list of online Torah resources”
• Additional Resources
o I Love Torah Learning Site, http://www.ilovetorah.com/, “A website featuring hundreds of video and audio lessons on the Torah, from a Kabbalist/Orthodox perspective”
o Torah Educational Software, http://www.jewishsoftware.com, “A website with a large selection of educational materials for all ages and study levels”
As among the oldest and perhaps the most fundamental activities of Judaism, Torah study holds a special place for most Jews. It is one of the most important rites of passage, bonding for Jewish communities and also among the most important ways to learn about Judaism. This pathfinder will focus on advanced resources, including scholarly examination of the Torah and advanced and medieval commentaries. This pathfinder will include a diverse array of resources to help students of all ages further their study of Torah through audio, visual, print and online sources of Torah, as well as a wide variety of commentaries.
Print Sources
• Torahs:
o English Torahs:
Friedman, Richard Elliott, Commentary on the Torah with a new English Translation and the Hebrew Text BS1225 .3 .F7 Harper
Plaut, Gunther, “The Torah: A Modern Commentary”, BS1225.3 P55 UAHC, New York, NY, 1981
Stein, David, “The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the JPS Translation”, BS1223 .S74 2006, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
Various Authors, “The Jewish Study Bible: A Tanach Translation”, BS895 .J4 2004, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2004
• Medieval Commentaries:
o Moses Maimonides:
Hartman, David, “Maimonides: Torah and Philosophic Quest”, B759 .M34H36 2009, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
Maimonides, Moses, “The Code of Maimonides, (A translation of Mishneh Torah),” BM545 .M54 v.2-4, 8-9, 11-12, 14-16, 19, 21, New Haven, Yale University Press, Volumes 2-5, 8-9, 11-12, 14-16, 19, 21
o Nachmanides:
Nachman, Rabbi Moses ben, “Ramban: Comentary on the Torah”, BS490 .C40 v.1-5, Shilo Publishing House, New York, NY, 1971, edited by Rabbi Doctor Charles B. Chavel, in 5 volumes
o Rashi:
Isaiah, Rabbi Abraham ben and Sharfman, Rabbi Benjamin, “The Pentateuch and Rashi’s Commentary”, BS1225 .B4 v.1-5, “Rashi’s Commentary on the Torah in five volumes”, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1976
o Other Medieval Commentaries:
Pelcovitz, Rabbi Raphael, “Sforno: Commentary on the Torah”, BS1225 .S44, Mesorah Publications, 2001, “A Commentary by 16th century Italian Rabbi Ovadiah ben Josef Sforno”
Loez, Me-am, “The Torah Anthology: MeAm Loez”, BS1225 .M4 v.1-19, Moznaim Publishing, New York, NY, 1987, “A nineteen-volume Sephardic Torah commentary, translated from Ladino”
• Modern and Women’s Commentaries:
o Modern Commentaries:
Kasher, Menahem, “Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation: A Millenial Anthology”, BS1225 K363 v.1-9, New York, American Bible Encyclopedia Society, “The Text of the Pentateuch with Commentary and Talmudic-Midrashic Interpretations, Volumes 1-9
Kripke, Rabbi Myer, “Insight and Interpretation: Reflections on the Weekly Sidrah”, BS 1225 .K75 1988, Town House Press, Chestnut Ridge, NY, 1988
Kushner, Lawrence S., “Sparks Beneath the Surface: A Spiritual Commentary on the Torah”, BS 1225.3 .K87 1993 Northvale, N.J. Aronson, 1993
Various Authors, “The JPS Bible Commentary: Volumes 1-7”,
BS1225 .J4 v.1-7, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2001
o Women’s Commentaries:
Antonelli, Judith, “In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah”, BS1225.3 .A58, Jason Aronson Inc., Northvale, NJ, 1995
Goldstein, Rabbi Elyse, “The Women’s Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions”, BS1225.3 .G6, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2000
Newsom, Carol A. and Ringe, Sharon H., “Women’s Bible Comentary: Expanded Edition”, BS491.2 .W66 1998, Westminster John Knox Press, Lexington, KY, 1998
• Torah Study
o Torah Study and the Broader World:
Carmell, Aryeh, “Challenge: Torah Views on Science and its Problems”, BM538 .S3C45, London: Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, 1976
Lamm, Norman, “Torah Umadda: the Encounter of Religious Learning and Worldly Knowledge in Jewish Tradition,” BM 538 .S3L34 1990, Northvale N.J. Aronson, 1990
Petuchowski, Jakob Josef, “Ever Since Sinai: A Modern View of Torah”, BM560 .PK44, New York, Scribe Publications, 1961
o Critical and Historical Scholarship of the Torah:
Fishbane, Michael, “Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel”, BS1186 .F57 1984, Clarendon Press, New York, 1984
Friedman, Richard Elliot, “The Hidden Book in the Bible: The Discovery of the first Prose Masterpiece”, BS1181.4 .F72, Harper, San Francisco, 1998
Friedman, Richard Elliot, “Who Wrote the Bible?”, BS1225.2 .F75 1997, Harper, San Francisco, 1997
Knohl, Israel, “The Divine Symphony: The Bible’s Many Voices”, BS1192.5 .K545 2003, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Levenson, Jon D., “The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament and Historical Criticism”, BS476 .L48, Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville, KY 1985
o Resources on Torah Study:
Rosenak, Michael, “Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge: Conversations with the Torah”, BM103 .R635, Boulder Westview Press, 2001
URJ Press, “Living Torah: Selections from Seven Years of Torat Chayim”, BS1225.52 L58, URJ Press, New York, NY, 2005
Heschel, Abraham Joshua, “Heavenly Torah: As Refracted Through the Generations”, BM504.3 .H4713 2005, Continuum Publishing, New York, NY, 2007
Sipure Hasidim, “A Treasury of Chasidic Tales on the Torah: A Collection of Inspirational Chassidic Stories Relevant to the Weekly Torah Readings”, BM532 .Z2 v.1-2, Mesorah, New York, NY, 1980, in Two Volumes
Zolty, Shoshana, “And all your Children Shall be Learned: Women and the Study of Torah in Jewish Law and History”, BM726 .Z65 1993, Northvale, N.J. Aronson, 1993
o Women’s Resources:
Bach, Alice, “Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader”, BS1199 .W7W65, Routledge, New York, NY, 1999
Goldstein, Elyse, “ReVisions: Seeing Torah Through a Feminist Lens”, BS1199 .W7G6, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1998
Meyers, Carol, “Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, The Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament”, REF BS575 .W5, Houghton-Mifflin, Boston, 2000
Ronson, Barbara, “Women in the Torah: Commentaries from the Talmud, Midrash and Kabbalah”, BS680 .W7R66, Jason Aronson Inc., New Jersey, 1999
Shanks, Hershel, “Feminist Approaches to the Bible”, BS521.4 .F44 1995, Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington D.C., Various Authors, 1995
Multimedia
• Audio (also see Audio Meah Lectures)
o Ba’esh, Rabbi Lev, “Introduction to Judaism”, AUDIO ARCHIVE BM700 .I59 v.4 no.1, Temple Israel Boston/Union for Reform Judaism, 2004, Volume 4: Jewish History: Biblical to Rabbinic, Torah and Jewish Texts
o Carmell, Aryeh, “Challenge: Torah Views on Science and its Problems”, BOCD DS 113 .R8 v.2 London, Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, 1976
o Firestone, Reuven, “Burstein Scholar in Residence-2007,” Temple Israel Boston, 2007, Summary: “The Torah portion that will be read this morning is Lekh L’kha when God calls to Abraham and he answers Hineni I am here, I will follow you, God. So was he really the first Jew, or does Muslim tradition have equal or superior claim to him as the first Muslim? Using eerily similar Muslim and Jewish midrashic texts, Dr. Firestone will uncover the roots of Abraham’s stature in both religions. Light refreshments to follow.”
o Rosen, Jonathan, “Torah and the Internet”, AUDIO ARCHIVE Ros, Temple Israel, Boston, 2000, “Jonathan Rosen Speaks about his New Book, Torah and the Internet”
o Zecher, Elaine, “Torah: A Woman’s Commentary”, AUDIO ARCHIVES Torah Study
• Software
o Kolel, “Gates of Torah”, CD-ROM BM657 .G3, Kolel, 1999
Websites
• Advanced Torah Study Websites:
o Chaver.com, http://www.chaver.com/
“An innovative resource with online ‘woven text’, displaying simultaneously Torah portions and the entire Mishnah in Hebrew”
o Jewish Agency for Israel, “Iyunim – Weekly Insights on the Parsha with Nehama Liebowitz”, http://www.jafi.org.il/education/torani/nehama/indexgil.html
“An advanced-level commentary on weekly Torah portions”
o Tanach.org, http://www.tanach.org/
“An expert-level, comprehensive resource in English and Hebrew on Torah Commentary”
• Torah Study from a Reform Perspective:
o Bluethread, “Torah Portions”, http://www.bluethread.com/torah.htm
“A list of Torah portions and commentary, as well as other Jewish resources, from a Reform/non-denominational perspective”
o Temple Emanu-el, “Weekly Torah Commentary: Archive”, http://www.emanuelnyc.org/torah_archive.php
Weekly Reform commentaries on the Torah from a large NYC Temple”
o Union for Reform Judaism, “Torah Study”, http://urj.org/learning/torah/
“Torah portions and Rabbinical Commentary from the official Reform Jewish website”
o Westchester Reform Temple Torah Study Blog, http://wrttorahstudy.blogspot.com/
“A blog mixing Reform Jewish torah study with practical advice on daily matters – an excellent, frequently updated blog”
o Women of Reform Judaism, “Torah Study Website”, http://www.womenofreformjudaism.org/the-Torah-a-womens-commentary/the-torah-a-womens-commentary-study-guide-program
“The Women of Reform Judaism organization’s website on Torah commentary; a useful general resource”
• Torah Study from a Non-Denominational Perspective
o My Jewish Learning, “Torah Study: Jewish Learning”, http://www.myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ritual/Torah_Study.shtml
“Resources on the practice of Torah Study and actual commentaries, including valuable guides to writing a D’var Torah or independent commentary”
o Shamash.org, “Divrei Torah – Commentaries” http://shamash.org/tanach/dvar.shtml
“A search engine featuring a large section of full-text Torah commentaries, mostly at advanced levels”,
o Torah from Dixie, “A selection of Torah commentaries from Atlanta, GA”, http://www.tfdixie.com/
o Torahnet.org, http://torahnet.org/
“A very comprehensive, multidenominational list of online Torah resources”
• Additional Resources
o I Love Torah Learning Site, http://www.ilovetorah.com/, “A website featuring hundreds of video and audio lessons on the Torah, from a Kabbalist/Orthodox perspective”
o Torah Educational Software, http://www.jewishsoftware.com, “A website with a large selection of educational materials for all ages and study levels”
Resources for Torah Study - Beginner's List
Torah Study Pathfinder – Beginner’s List
As among the oldest and perhaps the most fundamental activities of Judaism, Torah study holds a special place for most Jews. It is one of the most important rites of passage, bonding for Jewish communities and also among the most important ways to learn about Judaism. This pathfinder will include a diverse array of resources to help students of all ages further their study of Torah through audio, visual, print and online sources of Torah, as well as a wide variety of commentaries. This beginner’s version will focus on introductory, easy to read, and newer English-language materials.
A note: This pathfinder includes Torahs and resources on Torah study and scholarship, but not books and scholarship on individual portions of the Torah.
Print Sources
• Torahs:
o English Torahs:
Friedman, Richard Elliott, Commentary on the Torah with a new English Translation and the Hebrew Text, BS1225 .3 .F7 Harper
Plaut, Gunther, The Torah: A Modern Commentary, BS1225.3 P55 UAHC, New York, NY, 1981
Scharfstein, Sol, The Five Books of Moses: An Easy-to-Read Torah Translation, BS1223 .S43, Ktav Publishing House, Jersey City, NJ, 2005
Stein, David, The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the JPS Translation, BS1223 .S74 2006, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
Various Authors, The Jewish Study Bible: A Tanach Translation, BS895 .J4 2004, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2004
• Modern and Women’s Commentaries:
o Modern Commentaries:
Grishaver, Joel Lurie, Learn Torah With…5756 Torah Annual: A Collection of the Year’s Best Torah, BS1225 .L35 5756, Alef Design Group, 1999
Rossel, Seymour, The Torah: Portion-by-Portion, BS1225 .R6, Torah Aura Productions, LA, 2007
o Women’s Commentaries:
Antonelli, Judith, In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah, BS1225.3 .A58, Jason Aronson Inc., Northvale, NJ, 1995
Frankel, Ellen, The Five Books of Miriam: A Woman’s Commentary on the Torah, BS1225.3 .F67, Grosset/Putnam, New York, 1996
Goldstein, Rabbi Elyse, The Women’s Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions, BS1225.3 .G6, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2000
• Torah Study
o Introductory Materials for Torah Study
Cohen, Norman, The Way into Torah, BM71 .C64, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2000
Cherry, Shai, Torah Through Time: Understanding Bible Commentary from the Rabbinic Period to Modern Times, BS 476 .C477 2007, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2007
Isaacs, Rabbi Ronald H., Entering the Biblical Text: Exploring Jewish Values in the Torah, BS1225.3 .I82, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ, 2001
Kugel, James L., How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, then and Now, BS 1171.3 .K84 2007, Free Press, San Francisco, 2007
Mandel, David, Who’s Who in the Jewish Bible, BS 570 .M36 2007, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2007
Reis, Pamela, Reading the Line: A Fresh Look at the Hebrew Bible, BS1188 .R45 2002, Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, MA, 2002
Wolbe, Rabbi Shlomo, Pathways, a Brief Introduction to the world of the Torah, BM560 .W83, Feldheim, New York, 1993
o Resources on Torah Study and Critical Scholarship:
Carmell, Aryeh, Challenge: Torah Views on Science and its Problems, BM538 .S3C45, London: Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, 1976
Friedman, Richard Elliot, Who Wrote the Bible?, BS1225.2 .F75 1997, Harper, San Francisco, 1997
Knohl, Israel, The Divine Symphony: The Bible’s Many Voices, BS1192.5 .K545 2003, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Lamm, Norman, Torah Umadda: the Encounter of Religious Learning and Worldly Knowledge in Jewish Tradition, BM 538 .S3L34 1990, Northvale N.J. Aronson, 1990
Rosenak, Michael, Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge: Conversations with the Torah, BM103 .R635, Boulder Westview Press, 2001
URJ Press, Living Torah: Selections from Seven Years of Torat Chayim, BS1225.52 L58, URJ Press, New York, NY, 2005
Zolty, Shoshana, And all your Children Shall be Learned: Women and the Study of Torah in Jewish Law and History, BM726 .Z65 1993, Northvale, N.J. Aronson, 1993
o Women’s Resources:
Bach, Alice and Exum, J. Cheryl, Miriam’s Well: Stories about Women in the Bible, j .BS551 .2 .B23, Delacorte Press, New York, 1991
Bach, Alice, Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader, BS1199 .W7W65, Routledge, New York, NY, 1999
Goldstein, Elyse, ReVisions: Seeing Torah Through a Feminist Lens, BS1199 .W7G6, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1998
Ronson, Barbara, Women in the Torah: Commentaries from the Talmud, Midrash and Kabbalah, BS680 .W7R66, Jason Aronson Inc., New Jersey, 1999
o Other Resources
Frankel, Ellen, The Illustrated Hebrew Bible: 75 Selected Stories, BS550.2 .F73, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, New York, 2000
Multimedia
• Audio (also see Audio Meah Lectures)
o Ba’esh, Rabbi Lev, Introduction to Judaism, AUDIO ARCHIVE BM700 .I59 v.4 no.1, Temple Israel Boston/Union for Reform Judaism, 2004, Volume 4: Jewish History: Biblical to Rabbinic, Torah and Jewish Texts
o Rosen, Jonathan, Torah and the Internet, AUDIO ARCHIVE Ros, Temple Israel, Boston, 2000, Jonathan Rosen Speaks about his New Book, Torah and the Internet
o Zecher, Elaine, Torah: A Woman’s Commentary, AUDIO ARCHIVES Torah Study
• Software
o Kolel, Gates of Torah, CD-ROM BM657 .G3, Kolel, 1999
Websites
• Introductory Websites/Articles on Torah Study
o The Movement for Reform Judaism, A to Z of Reform Judaism: Torah, http://www.reformjudaism.org.uk/a-to-z-of-reform-judaism/?id=154
A quick, introductory article on the Torah and Torah Study from a Reform Jewish perspective
o Jewish Virtual Library, Torah Study, http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/talmudtorah.html
An article introducing the history and ideas of Torah Study to the learner
Torah Study from a Reform Perspective:
Bluethread, Torah Portions, http://www.bluethread.com/torah.htm
A list of Torah portions and commentary, as well as other Jewish resources, from a Reform/non-denominational perspective
Temple Emanu-el, Weekly Torah Commentary: Archive, http://www.emanuelnyc.org/torah_archive.php
Weekly Reform commentaries on the Torah from a large NYC Temple
Union for Reform Judaism, Torah Study, http://urj.org/learning/torah/
Torah portions and Rabbinical Commentary from the official Reform Jewish website
Westchester Reform Temple Torah Study Blog, http://wrttorahstudy.blogspot.com/
A blog mixing Reform Jewish torah study with practical advice on daily matters – an excellent, frequently updated blog
Women of Reform Judaism, Torah Study Website, http://www.womenofreformjudaism.org/the-Torah-a-womens-commentary/the-torah-a-womens-commentary-study-guide-program
The Women of Reform Judaism organization’s website on Torah commentary; a useful general resource
Torah Study from a Non-Denominational Perspective
My Jewish Learning, Torah Study: Jewish Learning, http://www.myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ritual/Torah_Study.shtml
Resources on the practice of Torah Study and actual commentaries, including valuable guides to writing a D’var Torah or independent commentary
Torah from Dixie, A selection of Torah commentaries from Atlanta, GA,
http://www.tfdixie.com/
• Additional Resources
Torah Educational Software, http://www.jewishsoftware.com/
A website with a large selection of educational materials for all ages and study levels
As among the oldest and perhaps the most fundamental activities of Judaism, Torah study holds a special place for most Jews. It is one of the most important rites of passage, bonding for Jewish communities and also among the most important ways to learn about Judaism. This pathfinder will include a diverse array of resources to help students of all ages further their study of Torah through audio, visual, print and online sources of Torah, as well as a wide variety of commentaries. This beginner’s version will focus on introductory, easy to read, and newer English-language materials.
A note: This pathfinder includes Torahs and resources on Torah study and scholarship, but not books and scholarship on individual portions of the Torah.
Print Sources
• Torahs:
o English Torahs:
Friedman, Richard Elliott, Commentary on the Torah with a new English Translation and the Hebrew Text, BS1225 .3 .F7 Harper
Plaut, Gunther, The Torah: A Modern Commentary, BS1225.3 P55 UAHC, New York, NY, 1981
Scharfstein, Sol, The Five Books of Moses: An Easy-to-Read Torah Translation, BS1223 .S43, Ktav Publishing House, Jersey City, NJ, 2005
Stein, David, The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the JPS Translation, BS1223 .S74 2006, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
Various Authors, The Jewish Study Bible: A Tanach Translation, BS895 .J4 2004, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2004
• Modern and Women’s Commentaries:
o Modern Commentaries:
Grishaver, Joel Lurie, Learn Torah With…5756 Torah Annual: A Collection of the Year’s Best Torah, BS1225 .L35 5756, Alef Design Group, 1999
Rossel, Seymour, The Torah: Portion-by-Portion, BS1225 .R6, Torah Aura Productions, LA, 2007
o Women’s Commentaries:
Antonelli, Judith, In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah, BS1225.3 .A58, Jason Aronson Inc., Northvale, NJ, 1995
Frankel, Ellen, The Five Books of Miriam: A Woman’s Commentary on the Torah, BS1225.3 .F67, Grosset/Putnam, New York, 1996
Goldstein, Rabbi Elyse, The Women’s Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions, BS1225.3 .G6, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2000
• Torah Study
o Introductory Materials for Torah Study
Cohen, Norman, The Way into Torah, BM71 .C64, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2000
Cherry, Shai, Torah Through Time: Understanding Bible Commentary from the Rabbinic Period to Modern Times, BS 476 .C477 2007, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2007
Isaacs, Rabbi Ronald H., Entering the Biblical Text: Exploring Jewish Values in the Torah, BS1225.3 .I82, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ, 2001
Kugel, James L., How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, then and Now, BS 1171.3 .K84 2007, Free Press, San Francisco, 2007
Mandel, David, Who’s Who in the Jewish Bible, BS 570 .M36 2007, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2007
Reis, Pamela, Reading the Line: A Fresh Look at the Hebrew Bible, BS1188 .R45 2002, Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, MA, 2002
Wolbe, Rabbi Shlomo, Pathways, a Brief Introduction to the world of the Torah, BM560 .W83, Feldheim, New York, 1993
o Resources on Torah Study and Critical Scholarship:
Carmell, Aryeh, Challenge: Torah Views on Science and its Problems, BM538 .S3C45, London: Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, 1976
Friedman, Richard Elliot, Who Wrote the Bible?, BS1225.2 .F75 1997, Harper, San Francisco, 1997
Knohl, Israel, The Divine Symphony: The Bible’s Many Voices, BS1192.5 .K545 2003, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Lamm, Norman, Torah Umadda: the Encounter of Religious Learning and Worldly Knowledge in Jewish Tradition, BM 538 .S3L34 1990, Northvale N.J. Aronson, 1990
Rosenak, Michael, Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge: Conversations with the Torah, BM103 .R635, Boulder Westview Press, 2001
URJ Press, Living Torah: Selections from Seven Years of Torat Chayim, BS1225.52 L58, URJ Press, New York, NY, 2005
Zolty, Shoshana, And all your Children Shall be Learned: Women and the Study of Torah in Jewish Law and History, BM726 .Z65 1993, Northvale, N.J. Aronson, 1993
o Women’s Resources:
Bach, Alice and Exum, J. Cheryl, Miriam’s Well: Stories about Women in the Bible, j .BS551 .2 .B23, Delacorte Press, New York, 1991
Bach, Alice, Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader, BS1199 .W7W65, Routledge, New York, NY, 1999
Goldstein, Elyse, ReVisions: Seeing Torah Through a Feminist Lens, BS1199 .W7G6, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1998
Ronson, Barbara, Women in the Torah: Commentaries from the Talmud, Midrash and Kabbalah, BS680 .W7R66, Jason Aronson Inc., New Jersey, 1999
o Other Resources
Frankel, Ellen, The Illustrated Hebrew Bible: 75 Selected Stories, BS550.2 .F73, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, New York, 2000
Multimedia
• Audio (also see Audio Meah Lectures)
o Ba’esh, Rabbi Lev, Introduction to Judaism, AUDIO ARCHIVE BM700 .I59 v.4 no.1, Temple Israel Boston/Union for Reform Judaism, 2004, Volume 4: Jewish History: Biblical to Rabbinic, Torah and Jewish Texts
o Rosen, Jonathan, Torah and the Internet, AUDIO ARCHIVE Ros, Temple Israel, Boston, 2000, Jonathan Rosen Speaks about his New Book, Torah and the Internet
o Zecher, Elaine, Torah: A Woman’s Commentary, AUDIO ARCHIVES Torah Study
• Software
o Kolel, Gates of Torah, CD-ROM BM657 .G3, Kolel, 1999
Websites
• Introductory Websites/Articles on Torah Study
o The Movement for Reform Judaism, A to Z of Reform Judaism: Torah, http://www.reformjudaism.org.uk/a-to-z-of-reform-judaism/?id=154
A quick, introductory article on the Torah and Torah Study from a Reform Jewish perspective
o Jewish Virtual Library, Torah Study, http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/talmudtorah.html
An article introducing the history and ideas of Torah Study to the learner
Torah Study from a Reform Perspective:
Bluethread, Torah Portions, http://www.bluethread.com/torah.htm
A list of Torah portions and commentary, as well as other Jewish resources, from a Reform/non-denominational perspective
Temple Emanu-el, Weekly Torah Commentary: Archive, http://www.emanuelnyc.org/torah_archive.php
Weekly Reform commentaries on the Torah from a large NYC Temple
Union for Reform Judaism, Torah Study, http://urj.org/learning/torah/
Torah portions and Rabbinical Commentary from the official Reform Jewish website
Westchester Reform Temple Torah Study Blog, http://wrttorahstudy.blogspot.com/
A blog mixing Reform Jewish torah study with practical advice on daily matters – an excellent, frequently updated blog
Women of Reform Judaism, Torah Study Website, http://www.womenofreformjudaism.org/the-Torah-a-womens-commentary/the-torah-a-womens-commentary-study-guide-program
The Women of Reform Judaism organization’s website on Torah commentary; a useful general resource
Torah Study from a Non-Denominational Perspective
My Jewish Learning, Torah Study: Jewish Learning, http://www.myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ritual/Torah_Study.shtml
Resources on the practice of Torah Study and actual commentaries, including valuable guides to writing a D’var Torah or independent commentary
Torah from Dixie, A selection of Torah commentaries from Atlanta, GA,
http://www.tfdixie.com/
• Additional Resources
Torah Educational Software, http://www.jewishsoftware.com/
A website with a large selection of educational materials for all ages and study levels
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Resources about Israel
Pathfinder for Israel Trip
This pathfinder is a list of resources in print and online that will help adults and children of all ages become acquainted with the history, leaders, places, and culture of Israel, as well as the lives of Israelis of all ages. It includes age-appropriate books, websites, DVDs and other multimedia that will introduce you to both modern Israel and ancient Jewish history. This is just a taste of what we have in our library, and of what’s available on the Internet. Please contact Ann Abrams, Librarian, if you’d like to borrow any of these materials, or if you have any questions about them.
BOOKS FOR ADULTS AND TEENS
Feiler, Bruce S. Walking the Bible : a journey by land through the five books of Moses The story of Bruce Feiler's 10,000-mile trek from Mount Ararat to Mount Nebo, undertaken for reasons he did not understand at the outset and accompanied by a companion who was very nearly a stranger.
Gavron, Daniel. Walking Through Israel.
Daniel Gavron, one of Israel’s best-known journalists, set out to know his country in a way few people ever have—by walking it on foot from end to end.
Gluzman, Michael. Israel : a traveler's literary companion / This is the fourth in a series of collected short fiction depicting contemporary life in a locale popular with tourists (previous volumes are on Costa Rica, Prague, and Vietnam). The editors, travelers and journalists, have selected 16 recent essays grouped under the headings Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Eilat, kibbutz, land, borders, and pilgrimage, all written in Hebrew and translated into English. The authors are mostly Israeli, e.g., Amos Oz ("Thank God for His Daily Blessings," about Jerusalem); David Grossman ("Barta'a," which focuses on the West Bank border), and Ofra Rizenfeld ("What's There and What Isn't," concerning kibbutzim). The pieces reveal a cross section of people in situations tender, sad, angry, and funny. Collectively, the pieces present a view of Israeli life seldom encountered by tourists or other outsiders, as well as suggesting the rich state of creative writing in the country today. A good foreword and preface place the essays in context for the reader. From Library Journal
Hoffman, Lawrence. Israel: A Spiritual Travel Guide.
Combining, in quick reference format, ancient blessings, medieval prayers, biblical references, and modern poetry, it helps today’s pilgrim tap into the deep spiritual meaning of the ancient—and modern—sites of the Holy Land.
Michener, James. The Source. The author sweeps us back through time to the Holy Land, thousands of years ago. By exploring the lives and discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the site of Tell Makor, Michener vividly re-creates life in and around an ancient city during critical periods of its existence, and traces the profound history of the Jews, including that of the early Hebrews and their persecution, the impact of Christianity on the Jewish world, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition.
Let's Go Travel Guide: Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Budget travel guide
Rosenthal, Donna. The Israelis: ordinary people in an extraordinary land.
Depending upon the source of the report, Israelis are either portrayed to Americans as stalwart but beleaguered allies in the war against terror or frequently brutal colonizers determined to maintain control over justifiably resentful Palestinians. Of course, both images can be true, and both can be terrible distortions of reality. Rosenthal, a journalist, television news producer, and lecturer at Hebrew University, has written a broad portrait of a people and of individual Israeli citizens that is interesting, compelling, and often surprising. As revealed by Rosenthal, Israel is a vibrant and amazingly diverse nation. Ultra-Orthodox Jews wait for the Messiah and hunt down and abuse "immodestly" dressed women in Jerusalem streets. Nearby, twenty-first-century entrepreneurs break new ground in high-tech industries. Children of Bedouin families strive to carve a niche for themselves in a relentlessly modernizing society, while other Israeli Arabs struggle to define their identity in a Jewish state. This is a refreshing book that humanizes people and helps to counteract news reports that usually stress acts of savage inhumanity. Booklist.
Salkin, Jeffrey (ed.) A Dream of Zion: American Jews Reflect on Why Israel Matters to Them.
What keeps American Jews connected to Israel? How does Israel fit in their sense of what it means to be Jewish and American? This moving collection presents answers from American Jews of many different religious, political, and professional backgrounds.
St. John, Robert. Tongue of the prophets; the life story of Eliezer Ben Yehudah. A very engaging historical novel about the man who practically single-handedly transformed Hebrew from a language of prayer and study to a spoken language.
Singer, Alex.
Alex, building a life : the story of an American who fell defending Israel /
Wolman, Baron. Above the Holy Land: Israel from the Air.
A colorful introduction for those who are anticipating their first trip to the Holy Land.
YOUNG ADULT BOOKS (5TH GRADE AND UP)
Allon, Hagit. The Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
What Daniel really wants is to be a detective, but so far he hasn't been having much luck. That is, not until he is assigned a project on the Dead Sea Scrolls and discovers that there are even bigger mysteries than burglaries and murders.
Feiler, Bruce. Walking the Bible, kids’ version. While in Jerusalem, Feiler, the author of the adult book by the same name, walked across the Middle East, exploring the places where the biblical stories ostensibly took place. He began at the intersection of the Tigeris and Eurphrates rivers, a likely spot for the Garden of Eden, then headed to Turkey to find Noah's Ark; to Ur and Abraham's home; to Egypt, Moses and Joseph's adopted land; and finally to Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments. This volume, aimed at young people, has been trimmed considerably, and at times, the cuts seem to have been made with a hacksaw rather than a scalpel, making the version shorter but not always shaped for its intended audience. Still, readers won't be disappointed by the material. Feiler writes in a conversational way that will draw them close, and his significant descriptive abilities will ground familiar stories in reality. Effective black-and-white photographs and evocative line drawings are scattered throughout. Booklist.
Goldreich, Gloria. Lori.
Though her parents claim it will be a broadening experience, a sixteen-year-old New Yorker is uncertain about the merits of spending 18 months with an Israeli family.
Kort, Michael. Yitzhak Rabin: Israel’s Soldier-Statesman.
The story of the growth of a man and the birth of a modern nation
Maltz, Fran. Keeping Faith in the Dust.
Sixteen-year-old Hannah describes the events that lead her family from their home near Dead Sea to the fortress at Masada, where a group of Jews hold out against the Romans for seven years.
Rossel, Seymour. Israel: Covenant People, Covenant Land.
Samuels, Gertrude. B-G: Fighter of Goliaths, the Story of Ben-Gurion.
A biography of the Israeli statesman which is also an account of modern Israel's fight for recognition, independence, and survival.
Sherman, Josepha. Your Travel Guide to Ancient Israel.
Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in Israel at the time of King Solomon, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.”
Silverman, Maida. Israel: The Founding of a Modern Nation.
The story of how the nation of Israel came to be is a drama filled with heroes and villains, promises broken and kept, bloody battles and miraculous events. But above all, it is a story about hope.
CHILDREN’S BOOKS (1ST-4TH GRADE)
Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Israel.
An introduction to the history and geography of Israel
Adler, David A. Our Golda: The Story of Golda Meir.
A biography of the Israeli prime minister and world leader, emphasizing her early childhood and youth in Russia and America.
Burstein, Chaya. A Kid’s Catalog of Israel
Examines the history, customs, language, crafts, recipes, geography, and music of Israel.
Carmi, Giora. And Shira Imagined….
A young girl visits Israel and envisions the history of the sites she sees. Fiction, picture book.
Mayers, Florence. ABC, The Alef-Bet Book
Presents the Hebrew alphabet, using each letter to introduce the Israeli and Judaica collections of the Israel Museum.
Paris, Alan. Jerusalem 3000: Kids Discover the City of Gold.
Your guides, Shalom and Tamar, are waiting to lead you along the trail of ancient landmarks that have made Jerusalem the magical, mystical and very real center of Jewish history.
Podwal, Mark. Jerusalem Sky: Stars, Crosses and Crescents. Beautiful illustrations of Jerusalem
Rivlin, Lilly. Welcome to Israel! Illustrations, photographs, maps, and text introduce the history, culture, religions, and peoples of Israel.
Rouss, Sylvia A. Sammy Spider’s First Trip to Israel.
Sammy Spider joins the Shapiro family on a vacation, and he uses his five senses to experience Israel.
Sofer, Barbara. Keeping Israel safe : the Israel Defense Forces /
Taitz, Emily. Israel: A Sacred Land.
Describes the land and people of Israel today and in the past.
MULTIMEDIA
Drishat Shalom : Israeli TV on DVD. For teens and adults
Milk, Honey, Chocolate and Falafel.
American Jewish children ask questions about Israel; Israeli children currently living in the Boston area answer. The American children are students in Zivit Davidovitch's 5th grade class at Temple Israel, Boston. Zivit, a film student at Boston University, produced and directed this film.” (VHS) All ages.
Fliegel’s Flight: A Bird’s-Eye View of Jewish History. (DVD) All ages.
The Wonder of Israel.
Topics include: Geography, History, Government, People, Lifestyles, Economy, The Search for peace.” (VHS) Grade 3 and up.
Israel Beyond Our Borders.
The historical significance of Israel can be felt in its other name, the Holy Land, and in sites such as the Western Wall, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and Al Aqsa Mosque, holy places of three religions. But it is best known as the home of modern Jews, so the old and new exist side by side in places and cities such as Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, or ruins of several civilizations that have come and gone.... (DVD) Grade 3 and up.
Shalom Sesame: This series of dvds has the cast of Sesame Street and guests giving us a tour of Israel, teaching us Hebrew and about Jewish holidays. Geared for American Jewish children grades 1 and up.
Children of Jerusalem: Asya, Tamar, Ibrahim, Yacoub, Neveen, Gesho, Yehuda.
This is a series of seven documentaries about the lives of Arab and Jewish children in Jerusalem, sometimes focusing on holidays. (VHS). Grades 3 and up.
WEBSITES FOR ALL
Akhlah – Fast Facts about Israel for Kids http://www.akhlah.com/israel/israel_facts.php
Frommer’s Guide to Israel
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/israel
Up-do-date advice on what to do in Israel
Israeli Embassy’s Kids Website (for young children)
http://www.israelemb.org/kids
Includes games, pictures and information for young children
Israel For Kids
http://www.israelforkids.com/
Fun facts, cool news and games
Israel Wonders
http://www.goisrael.com/
Official Tourism Site of the Israeli Government
My Jewish Learning’s Israel Articles
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/israel.shtml
Information on Israeli history, politics and culture
New York Times Online Article, In Israel, History with a Whiff of Adventure, May 17th, 2009
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/travel/17kids.html
Article on traveling with kids in Israel
Travel for Kids
www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Israel/israel.htm
Fun activities to do with kids in Israel
This Pathfinder was a collaboration between Library Interns Jon Cohen and Kim Kennedy, with a little help from Assistant Librarian Marie Cloutier and Librarian Ann Abrams
This pathfinder is a list of resources in print and online that will help adults and children of all ages become acquainted with the history, leaders, places, and culture of Israel, as well as the lives of Israelis of all ages. It includes age-appropriate books, websites, DVDs and other multimedia that will introduce you to both modern Israel and ancient Jewish history. This is just a taste of what we have in our library, and of what’s available on the Internet. Please contact Ann Abrams, Librarian, if you’d like to borrow any of these materials, or if you have any questions about them.
BOOKS FOR ADULTS AND TEENS
Feiler, Bruce S. Walking the Bible : a journey by land through the five books of Moses The story of Bruce Feiler's 10,000-mile trek from Mount Ararat to Mount Nebo, undertaken for reasons he did not understand at the outset and accompanied by a companion who was very nearly a stranger.
Gavron, Daniel. Walking Through Israel.
Daniel Gavron, one of Israel’s best-known journalists, set out to know his country in a way few people ever have—by walking it on foot from end to end.
Gluzman, Michael. Israel : a traveler's literary companion / This is the fourth in a series of collected short fiction depicting contemporary life in a locale popular with tourists (previous volumes are on Costa Rica, Prague, and Vietnam). The editors, travelers and journalists, have selected 16 recent essays grouped under the headings Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Eilat, kibbutz, land, borders, and pilgrimage, all written in Hebrew and translated into English. The authors are mostly Israeli, e.g., Amos Oz ("Thank God for His Daily Blessings," about Jerusalem); David Grossman ("Barta'a," which focuses on the West Bank border), and Ofra Rizenfeld ("What's There and What Isn't," concerning kibbutzim). The pieces reveal a cross section of people in situations tender, sad, angry, and funny. Collectively, the pieces present a view of Israeli life seldom encountered by tourists or other outsiders, as well as suggesting the rich state of creative writing in the country today. A good foreword and preface place the essays in context for the reader. From Library Journal
Hoffman, Lawrence. Israel: A Spiritual Travel Guide.
Combining, in quick reference format, ancient blessings, medieval prayers, biblical references, and modern poetry, it helps today’s pilgrim tap into the deep spiritual meaning of the ancient—and modern—sites of the Holy Land.
Michener, James. The Source. The author sweeps us back through time to the Holy Land, thousands of years ago. By exploring the lives and discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the site of Tell Makor, Michener vividly re-creates life in and around an ancient city during critical periods of its existence, and traces the profound history of the Jews, including that of the early Hebrews and their persecution, the impact of Christianity on the Jewish world, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition.
Let's Go Travel Guide: Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Budget travel guide
Rosenthal, Donna. The Israelis: ordinary people in an extraordinary land.
Depending upon the source of the report, Israelis are either portrayed to Americans as stalwart but beleaguered allies in the war against terror or frequently brutal colonizers determined to maintain control over justifiably resentful Palestinians. Of course, both images can be true, and both can be terrible distortions of reality. Rosenthal, a journalist, television news producer, and lecturer at Hebrew University, has written a broad portrait of a people and of individual Israeli citizens that is interesting, compelling, and often surprising. As revealed by Rosenthal, Israel is a vibrant and amazingly diverse nation. Ultra-Orthodox Jews wait for the Messiah and hunt down and abuse "immodestly" dressed women in Jerusalem streets. Nearby, twenty-first-century entrepreneurs break new ground in high-tech industries. Children of Bedouin families strive to carve a niche for themselves in a relentlessly modernizing society, while other Israeli Arabs struggle to define their identity in a Jewish state. This is a refreshing book that humanizes people and helps to counteract news reports that usually stress acts of savage inhumanity. Booklist.
Salkin, Jeffrey (ed.) A Dream of Zion: American Jews Reflect on Why Israel Matters to Them.
What keeps American Jews connected to Israel? How does Israel fit in their sense of what it means to be Jewish and American? This moving collection presents answers from American Jews of many different religious, political, and professional backgrounds.
St. John, Robert. Tongue of the prophets; the life story of Eliezer Ben Yehudah. A very engaging historical novel about the man who practically single-handedly transformed Hebrew from a language of prayer and study to a spoken language.
Singer, Alex.
Alex, building a life : the story of an American who fell defending Israel /
Wolman, Baron. Above the Holy Land: Israel from the Air.
A colorful introduction for those who are anticipating their first trip to the Holy Land.
YOUNG ADULT BOOKS (5TH GRADE AND UP)
Allon, Hagit. The Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
What Daniel really wants is to be a detective, but so far he hasn't been having much luck. That is, not until he is assigned a project on the Dead Sea Scrolls and discovers that there are even bigger mysteries than burglaries and murders.
Feiler, Bruce. Walking the Bible, kids’ version. While in Jerusalem, Feiler, the author of the adult book by the same name, walked across the Middle East, exploring the places where the biblical stories ostensibly took place. He began at the intersection of the Tigeris and Eurphrates rivers, a likely spot for the Garden of Eden, then headed to Turkey to find Noah's Ark; to Ur and Abraham's home; to Egypt, Moses and Joseph's adopted land; and finally to Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments. This volume, aimed at young people, has been trimmed considerably, and at times, the cuts seem to have been made with a hacksaw rather than a scalpel, making the version shorter but not always shaped for its intended audience. Still, readers won't be disappointed by the material. Feiler writes in a conversational way that will draw them close, and his significant descriptive abilities will ground familiar stories in reality. Effective black-and-white photographs and evocative line drawings are scattered throughout. Booklist.
Goldreich, Gloria. Lori.
Though her parents claim it will be a broadening experience, a sixteen-year-old New Yorker is uncertain about the merits of spending 18 months with an Israeli family.
Kort, Michael. Yitzhak Rabin: Israel’s Soldier-Statesman.
The story of the growth of a man and the birth of a modern nation
Maltz, Fran. Keeping Faith in the Dust.
Sixteen-year-old Hannah describes the events that lead her family from their home near Dead Sea to the fortress at Masada, where a group of Jews hold out against the Romans for seven years.
Rossel, Seymour. Israel: Covenant People, Covenant Land.
Samuels, Gertrude. B-G: Fighter of Goliaths, the Story of Ben-Gurion.
A biography of the Israeli statesman which is also an account of modern Israel's fight for recognition, independence, and survival.
Sherman, Josepha. Your Travel Guide to Ancient Israel.
Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in Israel at the time of King Solomon, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.”
Silverman, Maida. Israel: The Founding of a Modern Nation.
The story of how the nation of Israel came to be is a drama filled with heroes and villains, promises broken and kept, bloody battles and miraculous events. But above all, it is a story about hope.
CHILDREN’S BOOKS (1ST-4TH GRADE)
Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Israel.
An introduction to the history and geography of Israel
Adler, David A. Our Golda: The Story of Golda Meir.
A biography of the Israeli prime minister and world leader, emphasizing her early childhood and youth in Russia and America.
Burstein, Chaya. A Kid’s Catalog of Israel
Examines the history, customs, language, crafts, recipes, geography, and music of Israel.
Carmi, Giora. And Shira Imagined….
A young girl visits Israel and envisions the history of the sites she sees. Fiction, picture book.
Mayers, Florence. ABC, The Alef-Bet Book
Presents the Hebrew alphabet, using each letter to introduce the Israeli and Judaica collections of the Israel Museum.
Paris, Alan. Jerusalem 3000: Kids Discover the City of Gold.
Your guides, Shalom and Tamar, are waiting to lead you along the trail of ancient landmarks that have made Jerusalem the magical, mystical and very real center of Jewish history.
Podwal, Mark. Jerusalem Sky: Stars, Crosses and Crescents. Beautiful illustrations of Jerusalem
Rivlin, Lilly. Welcome to Israel! Illustrations, photographs, maps, and text introduce the history, culture, religions, and peoples of Israel.
Rouss, Sylvia A. Sammy Spider’s First Trip to Israel.
Sammy Spider joins the Shapiro family on a vacation, and he uses his five senses to experience Israel.
Sofer, Barbara. Keeping Israel safe : the Israel Defense Forces /
Taitz, Emily. Israel: A Sacred Land.
Describes the land and people of Israel today and in the past.
MULTIMEDIA
Drishat Shalom : Israeli TV on DVD. For teens and adults
Milk, Honey, Chocolate and Falafel.
American Jewish children ask questions about Israel; Israeli children currently living in the Boston area answer. The American children are students in Zivit Davidovitch's 5th grade class at Temple Israel, Boston. Zivit, a film student at Boston University, produced and directed this film.” (VHS) All ages.
Fliegel’s Flight: A Bird’s-Eye View of Jewish History. (DVD) All ages.
The Wonder of Israel.
Topics include: Geography, History, Government, People, Lifestyles, Economy, The Search for peace.” (VHS) Grade 3 and up.
Israel Beyond Our Borders.
The historical significance of Israel can be felt in its other name, the Holy Land, and in sites such as the Western Wall, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and Al Aqsa Mosque, holy places of three religions. But it is best known as the home of modern Jews, so the old and new exist side by side in places and cities such as Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, or ruins of several civilizations that have come and gone.... (DVD) Grade 3 and up.
Shalom Sesame: This series of dvds has the cast of Sesame Street and guests giving us a tour of Israel, teaching us Hebrew and about Jewish holidays. Geared for American Jewish children grades 1 and up.
Children of Jerusalem: Asya, Tamar, Ibrahim, Yacoub, Neveen, Gesho, Yehuda.
This is a series of seven documentaries about the lives of Arab and Jewish children in Jerusalem, sometimes focusing on holidays. (VHS). Grades 3 and up.
WEBSITES FOR ALL
Akhlah – Fast Facts about Israel for Kids http://www.akhlah.com/israel/israel_facts.php
Frommer’s Guide to Israel
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/israel
Up-do-date advice on what to do in Israel
Israeli Embassy’s Kids Website (for young children)
http://www.israelemb.org/kids
Includes games, pictures and information for young children
Israel For Kids
http://www.israelforkids.com/
Fun facts, cool news and games
Israel Wonders
http://www.goisrael.com/
Official Tourism Site of the Israeli Government
My Jewish Learning’s Israel Articles
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/israel.shtml
Information on Israeli history, politics and culture
New York Times Online Article, In Israel, History with a Whiff of Adventure, May 17th, 2009
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/travel/17kids.html
Article on traveling with kids in Israel
Travel for Kids
www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Israel/israel.htm
Fun activities to do with kids in Israel
This Pathfinder was a collaboration between Library Interns Jon Cohen and Kim Kennedy, with a little help from Assistant Librarian Marie Cloutier and Librarian Ann Abrams
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