Introduction to the Jewish Experience
Suggested Reading & Library Materials
Jewish Literacy – Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Judaism’s 10 Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers – Arthur Green
The Five Books of Miriam – Ellen Frankel
Tanakh – JPS Version
The Bible for the Clueless and Curious – Nachum Braverman
The Shabbat – Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Jewish Home; A Guide for Jewish Living – Rabbi Daniel B. Syme
Jewish Days: A Book of Jewish Life and Culture Around the Year – Mark Podwal
Living a Jewish Life – Anita Diamant
What to Do When You’re Dating a Jew: Everything You Need to Know from Matzah Balls to Marriage – Vicki Weiss & Jennifer A Block
The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia – Stephanie Butnick, Liel Leibovitz, Mark Oppenheimer The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History – Sir Martin Gilbert
An Introduction to Early Judaism – James C. VanderKam
Yiddish Civilization – Paul Kriwaczek
Jews of Brooklyn – Ilana Abramovich & Sean Galvin, eds.
Nazi Germany and the Jews, Vol 1: The Years of Persecution – Saul Friedlander
They Fought Back; the Story of Jewish Resistance in Europe – Yuri Suhl
Legends of Our Time – Elie Wiesel
The Holocaust – Raul Hilberg
From Beirut to Jerusalem – Thomas Friedman
Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean – Edward Kritzler
The Marranos – Cecil Roth
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food – Rabbi Gil Marks
The Book of Jewish Food – Claudia Rodan
The 100 Most Jewish Foods (A Highly Debatable List) – Alana Newhouse, ed. Olive Trees and Honey: A Treasury of Vegetarian Jewish Recipes from Around the World – Rabbi Gil Marks
The Aromas of Aleppo – Poopa Dweck
The Red Tent – Anita Diamant