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Fiction  |   Poetry   

Fiction
1. The Hebrew Tutor of Bel Air
Allan Appel

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2. You or Someone Like You
Chandler Burr

Reviewed in The J., June 19

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3. The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz
Michelle Cameron

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4. The Puzzle King
Betsy Carter

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Hardcover - 352 pages (August 25, 2009)

5. Brodeck: A Novel
Philippe Claudel

Reviewed in NY Times Book Review, Sept. 13

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6. Heroic Measures: A Novel
Jill Ciment

Reviewed in NY Times Book Review, July 5

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Hardcover - 208 pages (June 30, 2009)
7. Shalom India Housing Society (Jewish Women Writers)
Esther David (Author), Jael Silliman (Afterword)

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8. Day After Night: A Novel
Anita Diamant

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9. Red to Black
Alex Dryden

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10. Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel
Rivka Galchen

Reviewed in the NY Times Paperback Row, June 14

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11. The Bride Will Keep Her Name: A Novel
Jan Goldstein

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12. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!
Jonathan Goldstein

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13. The Magicians: A Novel
Lev Grossman

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Hardcover - 416 pages (August 6, 2009)

14. All Other Nights: A Novel
Dara Horn
Reviewed in Moment Mag., May/June; NY Times Book Review, June 21

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15.Pictures at an Exhibition
Sara Houghteling
Reviewed in SF Chronicle, Feb. 22 & Mar. 1; NY Times, Mar. 8; Moment Mag., May/June

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16. The Scenic Route: A Novel (P.S.)
Binnie Kirshenbaum
Reviewed in Time Mag., July 13; San Jose Mercury, July 12

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17. Drawing in the Dust
Zoe Klein

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Hardcover - 368 pages (July 7, 2009)
18.One More Year: Stories
Sana Krasikov

Winner of the Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

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19. The Devil's Company: A Novel
David Liss

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20.The Kindly Ones
Jonathan Littell (Author), Charlotte Mandell (Translator)

Reviewed in The NY Times Book Review, Mar. 8; The Forward, Mar. 13; Moment Mag., May/June

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21. The Essays of Leonard Michaels
Leonard Michaels

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22. A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
Brigid Pasulka

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23. Sotah
Naomi Regan

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Paperback - 512 pages (September 15, 2009)
324. The Jump Artist
Austin Ratner

Reviewed in The Forward, July 10

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Paperback - 300 pages (May1, 2009)
35. Larry's Kidney: Being the True Story of How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Skirting the Law to Get Him a Transplant--and Save His Life
Daniel Asa Rose

Reviewed in The Forward, June 19

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36. Yom Kippur in Amsterdam: Stories (Library of Modern Jewish Literature)
Maxim D. Shrayer

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37. The Septembers of Shiraz: A Novel
Dalia Sofer

Recipient of the Choice Award

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38. Good for the Jews (Michigan Literary Fiction Awards)
Debra Spark

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39. This Is Where I Leave You
Jonathan Tropper

Reviewed in The S.J. Mercury, Aug. 23

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40.A Happy Marriage: A Novel
Rafael Yglesias

Reviewed in The NY Times Book Review, July 19

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Hardcover - 384 pages (July 7, 2009)

Fiction  |   Poetry   

Poetry

1. Open Closed Open: Poems
Yehuda Amichai

Selected for Congregation Kol Emeth's One Shul, One Book program

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Paperback - 204 pages (November 6, 2006)
2. And (American Poets Continuum)
Michael Blumenthal

Reviewed in The Forward, May 8

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3. Away
Joel Thomas Katz

Member of Kol Emeth

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Paperback - 160 pages (October 28, 2007) added 1/8/08
4. Poets on the Edge: An Anthology of Contemporary Hebrew Poetry (S U N Y Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture)
Tsipi Keller

Reviewed in Forward, Feb. 13

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Paperback - 330 pages (September 4, 2008)
5. Thousands of Broadways: Dreams and Nightmares of the American Small Town (Campbell Lectures)
Robert Pinsky

Reviewed in the NY Times Book Review, May 17

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6. Hovering at a Low Altitude: The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch
Dahlia Ravikovitch (Author), Chana Bloch (Translator), Chana Kronfeld (Translator)

Reviewed in The J., May 22; Forward, May 29

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Hardcover - 279 pages (April 27, 2009)

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