Tomie Depaola Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experience at home and in school when he was a boy. January 1, 2000 by Scholastic

Carol Shields and Blanche Howard In an original collaboration two award-winning authors, Carol Shields and Blanche Howard, have written an immensely enjoyable novel which give us both sides of a story...

Moan Zion and Barbara Spectre January 1, 2000 by Devora Publishing

Moan Zion and Barbara Spectre A how-to guide for a creative celebration of candle lighting, blessings, songs, stories, and readings for adults, teenagers, and children features "The Maccabees' Megillah," which...

Murray W. Enkin, Marc Keirse, James Neilson, Caroline Crowther, Lelia Duley, Ellen Hodnett, Justus Hofmeyr McMaster Univ., Canada. Based on systematic reviews of the research literature, this text summarizes evidence...

Rabbi Adin SteinsaltzFrom one of the world's most famous and respected rabbis—"a practical explanation of Jewish worship from a spiritual slant" (Detroit Free Press).For both the novice and for those...

Simon Schama History clings tight but it also kicks loose', writes Simon Schama at the outset of this, the first book in his epic three-volume journey into Britain's past. 'Disruption...

Stephen C Reif Explains how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a number of colourful figures brought about the...

AB Yehoshua In the year 999, when Ben Attar, a Moroccan Jewish merchant, takes a second wife, he commits an act whose unforeseen consequences will forever alter his family, his...

Author: Deborah Weisgall In A Joyful Noise, Deborah Weisgall tells a moving story of her turbulent coming-of-age in the shadow of two remarkable men who lived life as if they...

William SouderIn the summer of 1995, a group of Minnesota children came upon a pond populated by frogs with nine legs, missing legs, a row of limbs fanning out from...

Wendy Shalit Where once a young woman had to be ashamed of her sexual experience, today she is ashamed of her sexual inexperience. Where not long ago an unmarried woman...