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The Art of Jewish Living
by Dr. Ron Wolfson
Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community
Edited by Noach Dzmura
Basic Judaism
by Milton Steinberg
Becoming a Jew
by Rabbi Maurice Lamm
Becoming Jewish: The Challenges, Rewards and Paths to Conversion
by Jennifer Hanin and Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben
The Book of Jewish Values
by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Choosing A Jewish Life: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for their Families and Friends
by Anita Diamant
Choosing Judaism
by Lydia Kukoff
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Judaism
by Benjamin Blech
Conversations with Rabbi Small
Embracing the Covenant: Converts to Judaism Talk About Why & How
by Rabbi Allan Berkowitz and Patti Moskovitz
Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs & Rituals
by George Robinson
The Everything Judaism Book – A Complete Primer
by Richard Bank
The Everything Torah Book
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken
Fast and Festive Meals for the Jewish Holidays: Complete Menus, Rituals and Party Planning Ideas for Every Holiday of the Year
by Marlene Sorosky
Finding a Home for the Soul
by Catherine Hall Myrowitz
Finding God: Selected Responses
by Rifat Sonsino and Daniel B. Syme
Gates of Shabbat
The Handbook for Jewish Living
by Kerry Olitzky and Ronald Isaacs
The How To Handbook for Jewish Living and The Second How to Handbook for Jewish Living
by Ronald H. Isaacs, Dorcas Gelabert and Kerry M. Olitzky
How to Keep Kosher: A comprehensive Guide to Understanding Jewish Dietary Laws
by Lise Stern
How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household
by Blu Greenberg
The Jewish Book of Why – Volumes 1 and 2
by Dr. Ron Wolfson
The Jewish Holidays – a Guide and Commentary
by Michael Strassfeld
Jewish Holidays All Year Round
by Ilene Cooper
The Jewish Home: A Guide for Jewish Living
by Daniel B. Syme
Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know about the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History
by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Jewish Living: A Guide to Contemporary Reform Practice
by Mark Washofsky
The Jewish Way
by Rabbi Irving Greenberg
Jewish Wisdom
by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today’s Families
by Anita Diamant and Howard Cooper
Lovesong: Becoming a Jew
by Julius Lester
My Jewish Year – Celebrating Our Holidays
by Adam Fisher
Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism
by Dennis Prager & Joseph Telushkin
On the Doorposts of Your House: Prayers and Ceremonies for the Jewish Home
by Chaim Stern
Queer Jews
Edited by David Shneer and Caryn Aviv
The Sabbath
by Abraham Joshua Heschel
Seasons of Our Joy
by Arthur Waskow
Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1982
Second How to Handbook for Jewish Living
by Kerry Olitzky and Ronald Isaacs
The Second Jewish Book of Why
by Alfred J. Kolatch
Settings of Silver: An Introduction to Judaism by Stephen Wylen
The Synagogue Survival Kit by Jordan Lee Wagner
The Tribe of Dina, A Jewish Women’s Anthology
Edited by Melanie Kaye-Kantrowitz
This is My God
by Herman Wouk
This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
By Alan Lew
To Be a Jew
by Rabbi Hayim Donin
To Pray as a Jew
by Rabbi Hayim Donin
The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism
By Melanie Kaye-Kantrowitz

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