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Beth El Library As of 11.11.17 Title1 Author1 Author2 C Art of Judaic Needlework, The Ita Aber 680.3 A Jewish Life in the Middle Ages Israel Abrahams 730 A Commodore, The Robert Abrahams 799.7 A Faith or Fear Elliott Abrams 661.3 A Sound of Bow Bells Robert Abrams 799.765 A Confronting Anti-Semitism ADL 662 A Israel Handbook ADL 820.9 A Not the Work of a Day ADL 637.7 A Poisoning the Web ADL 662 A Religion in the Public Schools ADL 321 A Itinerary of Benjamin Tudela, The Marcus N. Adler 796.6 A Days of Awe S.Y. Agnon 238.1 A General Sharon's War Against Time Magazine Dov Aharoni 840 A Modern Bible Atlas, The Yohanan Aharoni 830.5 A Warsaw Ghetto Revolt, The Reuben Ainsztein 736.2 A Archeology of Palestine, The W.F. Albright 820.5 A Some Laughter Some Tears Sholem Aleichem 563 A Adventures of Menachem-Mendl, The Sholom Aleichem 563 A Favorite Tales of Sholom Aleichem Sholom Aleichem 553.3 A Old Country Tales Sholom Aleichem 563 A Old Country, The Sholom Aleichem 563 A Tevye's Daughters Sholom Aleichem 563 A Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot, The Trudi Alexy 799 A My Father's House Yigal Allon 820.8 A Zionism and History Shmuel Almog 804 A Stream of Jewish Life, The Dorothy Alofsin 560 A Bible Retold 1, The Michael Alper 003.2 A After the Tradition Robert Alter 360 A Commentary American Jewish Comm. 921 A Between Hammer and Sickle Ben Ami 764 A Amen: Poems Yehuda Amichai 561 A Selected Poetry of Yehudah Amichai, The Yehudah Amichai 510 A Jewish People, A Pictorial History, The Leon Amiel 700 A Understanding the Old Testament Bernhard W. Anderson 003.2 A Prayerbook Hebrew The Easy Way Joseph Anderson 348 A Dybbuk, The S. Ansky 190 A Journey Home, The Joyce Antler 619.6 A Retreat, The Aharon Appelfeld 590 A What Everyone Should Know about Judaism Morton Applebaum 203 A Partisan, The Yitzhak Arad 736.5 A Eichmann in Jerusalem Hannah Arendt 736.3 A New Anti-Semitism The Forster & Benjamin. Epstein Arnold 662 F Torah for Family Reading, The Jason Aronson,Inc. 001 A Justice and Mercy Max Arzt 238.2 A Moses Sholem Asch 008.2 A Kiddush Ha'Shem Sholom Ash 590 A Lightning Out of Israel Associate Press 828.33 A Are We One? Jerold S. Auerbach 655 A Book of Jewish Knowledge, The Nathan Ausubel 900 A Treasury of Jewish Humor, A Nathan (Ed.) Ausubel 550.7 A Tragedy of Zionism,The Bernard Avishai 804.3 A Our Living Bible Michael Avi-Yonah 007 A Benya Krik the Gangster Isaac Babal 563 B Adventures in the Galilee Josephine Bacon 832 B Judaism and Christianity Leo Baeck 290 B Israel Baekeker 830.7 B Dead Sea Scrolls Deception, The Michael & Robert Leigh Baigent 820.5 B Webster's NewWorld Hebrew Dictionary Hayim Baltsan 403.1 B Story of Judaism, The Bernard Bamberger 207 B Everyone in the Bible William P. Barker 008 B Price of Ashes, The Richard & Sam Hertogs Barnard 590 B Treasury of Jewish Quotations, A Joseph Baron 550.8 B Violence and Defense in the Jewish Experience Salo & Geo. Wise (eds.) Baron 700 B Treasure for my Daughter, A Bessie (ed.) Batist 619 B Jacob the Liar Jurek Becker 590 B Carol's Side of the Street Lorraine Beim 560 B Theodore Herzl Alex Bein 799.765 B Class Acts: Plays and Skits for Jewish Settings Stan J. Beiner 550.2 B To Jerusalem and Back-A Personal Account Saul Bellow 797 B Great Jewish Short Stories Saul (ed.) Bellow 563 B Promise to Keep, A Nathan C. Belth 662 B In the Name of Sorrow and Hope Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof 799.8 B Muktzeh Directory, The Rabbi Yehonoson Ben Tzur 900 B Junior Jewish Encyclopedia Naomi (ed.) et al Ben-Asher 900 B In the Shadow of the Temple Meir Ben-Dov 820.5 B Jews in Their Land, The David Ben-Gurion 700 B Rebirth and Destiny of Israel David Ben-Gurion 820 B Entebbe Rescue Yeshayahu Ben-Porat 890.62 B Hellenism Norman Bentwich 660.2 B Exiled and Redeemed, The Itzhak Ben-Zvi 820.7 B Cast a Giant Shadow Ted Berkman 799.8 B Art of Hanukkah, The Nancy Berman 670 B Our Mosaic Sisterhood Beth El Congregation 670 B Children of the Dream, The Bruno Bettelheim 858.6 B Liberal Judaism at Home Morrison David Bial 176 B Eros and the Jews David Biale 135.7 B Women and Jewish Law Rachel Biale 006.22 B Grandees, The Stephen Birmingham 601.9 B Our Crowd Stephen Birmingham 774.11 B Rabbi on 47th Street, The Ann Birstein 799.77 B Standard Machsor, The Bloch 232 B Israeli Stories Joel (ed.) Blocker 556.3 B Anglish/Yinglish Gene Bluestein 435 B Here to Stay Daniel Bly 779.1 B How the Early Hebrews Lived and Learned Edna Bonser 711 B Renewing the Covenant Eugene Borowitz 175 B Understanding Judaism Eugene Borowitz 203 B Reform Judaism Today Eugene B. Borowitz 176 B Nazi Gold Tom Bower 736.9 B Memoirs: David Ben-Gurion Thomas Bransten 799.8 B Schindler's Legacy Elinor Brecher 736.5 B Advice Rabbi Nathan of Breslov Breslov 150 B Shalom/Salaam Gary Bretton-Granatoor 661.5 B Portraits of Israel Moshe Brilliant 820 B Women and Angels Harold Brodkey 590 B Jewish Heroes of America Seymour Brody 798.7 B Strange Gods David Bromley 661.91 B Women's Haggadah, The E.M. Broner 244.29 B And You Shall Teach Them to Your Sons National Federation Temple Brotherhoods 346 N Portrait of a Holocaust Child Rita Brown 736.5 B Wisdom of Israel, The Lewis (Ed.) Browne 700 B I and Thou Martin Buber 136.1 B On Judaism Martin Buber 175 B Tales of the Hasidim:The Early Masters Martin Buber 190.5 B Tales of the Hasidim:The Later Masters Martin Buber 190.5 B Jewish Cooking Helen Burdett 699 B Adventure on Manhattan Island Abraham Burstein 560 B Rise of David Levinsky Abraham Cahan 590 C Yekl and the Imported Bridegroom & Other Stories Abraham Cahan 563 C Sacred Chain: The History of the Jews, The Norman F. Cantor 700 C Jewish Family Celebrations Arlene Rossen Cardozo 236 C Gourmet's Guide to Jewish Cooking, The Bessie & Phyllis Oberman Carr 699 C Gates of Forgiveness CCAR 238.29 C Gates of the House CCAR 231.1 C Passover Haggadah CCAR 244.29 C Union Haggadah CCAR 244.29 S Union Haggadah 1923 CCAR 244.29 S Universalism and Particularism: A symposium CCAR 655 C So Grows the Tree:Creating an Ethical Will Jo Kline Cebuhar 500.6 C Burning Lights Bella & Marc Chagall 764 C Life and Language in the Old Testament Mary Chase 002 C New Left and the Jews, The Mordecai Chertoff 629.9 C Guess Who's Jewish Bobby Chetkin 798.7 C Contemporary Jewish Writing in Britain and Ireland Bryan Cheyette 500 C Unanointed, The Laurene Chinn 563 C Palestine Dances Corinne Chochen 695.3 C Count Your Blessings Israel Chodos 202 C Between East and West: A History of the Jews of North Andre N. Chouraqui 752 C This is Our Strength Henry Christman 799.8 C Sorrow of Belgium, The Hugo Claus 563 C Soncino Chumash, The A. Cohen 001.2 C How Does Jewish Law Work? J. Simcha Cohen 221 C Neppi Modona Diaries, The Kate Cohen 756 C Pathways Through The Bible M. J. Cohen 346 C Shabbat on Wednesdays Maurice S. Cohen 175 C Stories and Fantasies from the Jewish Past Emil Cohn 563 C My King and My God Beryl Cohon 202 C O Jerusalem Larry & Dominique Lapierre Collins 837.14 C Who's Who in Jewish History Joan Comay 798.3 C Songs of Zion Harry (ed.) Coopersmith 882 C Orphan in History, An Paul Cowan 799.77 C Moses, the Man and his Vision David Daiches 008.2 D War Against the Jews 1933-1945, The Lucy S. Davidowicz 736 D Golda Meir Story, The Margaret Davidson 799.8 D Birthday of the World, The Moshe Davis 550.1 D Metsudah Pirkei Avos, The Rabbi Avoham (ed.) Davis 107.12 D From That Place and Time Lucy Dawidowicz 736.5 D Golden Tradition, The Lucy Dawidowicz 601 D Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life Moshe Dayan 799.8 D Israel Journal: June 1967 Yael Dayan 828.33 D Illustrated History of thge Jewish People, The Nicholas (ed.) 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