Rhythms

Ø      It¹s a Mitzvah - Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson; Behrman House

Ø      Conservative Judaism - Rabbi Neil Gillman; Behrman House

Ø      *The Jewish Holidays - Michael Strassfeld; Harper and Row

Ø      The Shabbat Seder, The Art of Jewish Living Series, Dr. Ron Wolfson; Jewish Lights

Ø      *A Book of Life; Strassfeld

Basic

Ø      The Way Into Series

Ø      The Way into Jewish Prayer, by Lawrence A. Hoffman

Ø      The Way into Encountering God in Judaism, by Neil Gillman

Ø      The Way into the Jewish Mystical Tradition, by Lawrence Kushner

Ø      The Way into Torah, by Norman J. Cohen

Ø      My People: Abba Eban¹s History of the Jews (two volumes), adapted by David Bamberger; Behrman House

Ø      History of the Jews, Paul Johnson

Ø      *The Book of Jewish Practice, Louis Jacobs; Behrman House

Ø      *The Book of Jewish Belief, Louis Jacobs; Behrman House

Ø      Tanakh, Jewish Publication Society

Ø      Etz Chayim: Torah Commentary; JPS

Ø      Siddur Sim Shalom

Jewish Thought

Ø      Sacred Fragments, Rabbi Neil Gillman

Ø      The Death of Death, Rabbi Neil Gillman

Ø      A Jewish Theology, Louis Jacobs

Ø      Healer of Shattered Hearts, Rabbi David Wolpe

Ø      Judaism as a Civilization, Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan

Ø      Does the Soul Survive, Elie Spitz

Jewish History

Ø      Wanderings, Chaim Potok

Ø      A History of the Jewish People, Solomon Grayzel

Ø      History of the Jewish People, Max Margolis and Alexander Marx

Ø      A History of the Jewish People, edited by H. H. Ben-Sasson

Ø      Jews, God, and History, Max Dimont

Ø      Jewish Literacy, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin

Ø      A History of the Jewish Experience, Leo Trepp

Prayer/Liturgy

Ø      To Pray as a Jew, Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin

Ø      Service of the Heart, Evelyn Garfiel

Ø      Entering Jewish Prayer, Reuven Hammer

Ø      My Peoples Prayer Book (6 volumes); Jewish Lights Publications

General Judaica, Jewish Calendar, Life Cycle, Mitzvot

Ø      The Passover Seder, The Art of Jewish Living series, Dr. Ron Wolfson

Ø      A Time to Mourn, A Time to Comfort, Dr. Ron Wolfson

Ø      The Jewish Dietary Laws, James M. Lebeau

Ø      The Sabbath, Abraham Joshua Heschel

Ø      *Jewish Literacy, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin

Ø      *Jewish Wisdom, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin

Ø      The Complete Book of Jewish Observance, Leo Trepp

Ø      The Jewish Book of Why (1 & 2); Koltach

Interfaith Relationships (see http://joi.org/index.shtml)

Ø      Introducing My Faith and My Community: The JOI Guide for the Christian in a Jewish Interfaith Relationship,by JOI Executive Director Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky. Jewish Lights, 2004.

Ø      Interfaith Families : Personal Stories of Jewish-Christian Intermarriage,by Jane Kaplan. Praeger Publishers, 2004.

Ø      Making A Successful Jewish Interfaith Marriage: The Jewish Outreach Institute Guide to Opportunities, Challenges and Resources,by JOI Executive Director Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky with Joan Petterson Littman. Jewish Lights, 2002.

Ø      Mixed Blessings: Overcoming the Stumbling Blocks in an Interfaith Marriage, by Paul Cowan, Rachel Cowan. Penguin USA, 1989.

Ø      The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An Interfaithfamily.com Handbook, by Ronnie Friedland (Editor), Edmund Case (Editor). Jewish Lights, 2001.

Ø      Strangers to the Tribe: Portraits of Interfaith Marriage, by Gabrielle Glaser. Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

Ø      Welcome to the Family! Opening Doors to the Jewish Experience, by Lois Sussman Shenker, White Cloud Press, 2001.

Ø      Clues for Jews Whose Children Intermarry, by Sidney J. Jacobs, Betty J. Jacobs, Jacobs, Ladder, 1988.

Ø      Love and Tradition: Marriage Between Jews and Christians, by Egon Mayer. Plenum Press, 1985.

Ø      The Intermarriage Handbook: A Guide for Jews & Christians,by Judy Petsonk

Ø      What to Do When You're Dating a Jew: Everything You Need to Know from Matzah Balls to Marriage,by Vikki Weiss and Jennifer A. Block, Crown, 2000.

Bible Commentary

Ø      The Five Books of Moses, tr. by Everett Fox, Schocken

Ø      The Book of Job, tr. by Raymond P. Scheindlin

Ø      The Book of J, Harold Bloom

Ø      The Midrash Says (5 volumes)

Ø      What’s Bothering Rashi; Bonchek (5 volumes)