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Choosing Judaism | Lydia Kukoff | A rundown of what it means to be Jewish, along with the necessary 'utensils' to do it properly. Many… |
The How To Handbook for Jewish Living | Kerry M. Olitzky and Ronald H. Isaacs | A Jewish survival kit which tells you how to and why we do the variety of things we do. Everything f… |
The First Jewish Catalogue | Richard Siegel, Michael Strassfeld, Sharon Strassfeld | A practical guide to the customs and practices of Judaism. Detailed, practical and also academic. A… |
The Second Jewish Catalogue, Sources and Resources | Sharon Strassfeld and Michael Strassfeld | Al the rites of passage covered along with the various holidays, the basics of a synagogue and servi… |
The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning | Maurice Lamm | The whereas and why-whyfores of al the practices associated with death, burial, customs and mourning… |
The Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names | Alfred J. Kolatch | A very useful and complete dictionary/reference book about the origin of many people's names and wel… |
Hanukkah | Jenny Koralek and Juan Wijngaard | The Festival of Lights story written for children with beautiful illustrations. Mean for the child f… |
Florence Grenberg's Jewish Cookbook | Florence Greenberg | Basic Jewish cookbook, the 'bible' of most housewives (and now husbands!) which helped to run a prop… |
Passover | Mordell Klein | History behind the establishment of Passover beginning with the times of slavery in Egypt. The purpo… |
The High Holy Days | Naphtali Winter | Following the observances of the Days of Awe from the month of Elul, through to Rosh HaShannah the t… |
Ages of Man | Lucien Gubbay and Abraham Levy | Rites of passage in Jewish life, basis for various customs and practices and various observances th… |
The Lifetime of a Jew | Hayyim Schauss | The rites of passage of a Jew are told in terms of halacha as well as different customs and practice… |
Jewish as a second language | Molly Katz | Hilarious book of Jewish interpretations of everyday events and reactions. |
Preserving (food) | Oded Schwartz | The Jewish art of pickling knows no bounds. Enjoy! |
A catalogue of the pre-1850 Books in the Cecil Roth Collection | Malcolm C. Davis | Over 900 printed books representing a significant aspect of Cecil Roth's important collection. Roth… |
Tu B'Shevat Seder | David Jay Derovan | Hagaddah for Tu B'shevat Seder plus background history. |
The Many Faces of Judaism | Gilbert S. Rosenthal/Seymour Rossel | Wonderful thumbnail coverage of customs and practices of the Orthodox, Conservative, Reconstructioni… |
For Generations: Jewish Motherhood | Mandy Ross and Ronnie Ranall | Personal commentaries about Jewish women in history, feminist stories and the importance of mothers… |
Laws and Customs of Israel (Chayye Adam and Kizzur Shulchan Arukh | Ben Israel | Lovely, scholarly book in English and Hebrew given as a prise from the Manchester Talmudic College t… |
The Jewish World | Belinda Hollyer; Rabbi Sybil Sheridan, consultant | Light, pictorial 'world book' approach to the Jewish life cycle with good pictures. Everything is co… |
The Jewish Book of Why | Alfred J. Kolatch | All the quirky and not so quirky questions we have about our religious practices. One can even disco… |
The Second Jewish Book of Why | Alfred J. Kolatch | Well, you know the old saying: Ask a Jew a question and he answers with another question! Ergo, we h… |
The Jewish Book of Why | Alfred J. Kolatch | Wonderful Q & A approach to questions you've always had about Judaism and were not afraid to ask. Pl… |
Biblical & Historical Background of Jewish Customs & Ceremonies | Abraham P. Bloch | Practical discussion and explanation of the Jewish life cycle, daily practices, and rituals and cust… |
Evelyn Rose | The Jewish Home | Evelyn Rose's guide to running a Jewish home with the accent, unsurprisingly on food. A bit outdate… |
The Jewish Manual | Anonymous/'Edited by a lady' | The book cover says practical information in Jewish & modern cookery (1846)with a collection of va… |
Kosher Sex, A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy | Shmuley Boteach | Not nearly as scandalous as it sounds and certainly a good way to catch a reader. The popular guide… |
Dating Secrets of the Ten Commandments, | Shmuley Boteach | A loving guide to having respect and concern for the other person and for approaching any intimate r… |
The Jewish Guide to Adultery | Shmuley Boteach | The sub-title says it all: 'How to turn your marriage into a delicious affair'; ergo, not as titilla… |
The First Jewish Catalogue | Richard Siegel, Michael Strassfeld, Sharon Strassfeld | Everything you ever wanted to know or do in relation to Jewish custom, ritual, halacha, or festivals… |