Category Archives: Book Reviews

September 2022 Jewish Book Carnival

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Barbara Krasner

The Whole Megillah is pleased to once again host the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! The Jewish Book Carnival is a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere. Sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries, it is hosted … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged 100 Life Lessons I've Learned So You Don't Have To, A Jewish Grandmother, Association of Jewish Libraries, Barbara Bietz, batya medad, book of life podcast, Brand-New Bubbe, Chava Pinchuck, Erika Dreifus, Heidi Rabinowitz, Jewish Book Carnival, Jewish Books for Kids, life is like a library, Lily's Promise, My Machberet, Rachack Review, Reuven Chaim Klein, Rosaly Saltsman, Sarah Aronson, Sarah Darer Littman, Sydney Taylor Shmooze, The Whole Megillah | 7 Comments

August 2018 Jewish Book Carnival

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Barbara Krasner

The Whole Megillah is pleased to once again host the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! Here are this month’s links: At Life Is Like a Library, Chava Pinchuck looks at some books that are appropriate for the month of Elul, a time … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged batya medad, book of life podcast, Chava Pinchuck, deborah kalb, Erika Dreifus, Heidi Rabinowitz, Jewish Book Carnival, life is like a library, My Machberet, Shiloh Musings | 3 Comments

March 2018 Jewish Book Carnival

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Barbara Krasner

The Whole Megillah is pleased to once again host the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! Here are this month’s links: Chava Pinchuck spoke with Yael Levy about romance novels and social commentary. Over on My Machberet, Erika Dreifus routinely curates pre-Shabbat Jewish-lit links. Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Barbara Krasner, batya medad, Chava Pinchuck, deborah kalb, Dina Gold, Disillusions a Spiritual GPS, Erika Dreifus, isabelle cardinal, Jill Broderick, margie wolfe, Moriel Rothman-Zecher, My Machberet, pnina bat zvi, Rhapsody in Books, Sadness Is a White Bird, Shiloh Musings, Stolen Legacy, the promise, The Whole Megillah, yael levy, Yemima Bakol | 5 Comments

March 2017 Jewish Book Carnival

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Barbara Krasner

The Whole Megillah is pleased to once again host the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! Here are this month’s links: Deborah Kalb interviews a variety of authors on her website, Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb. She recently interviewed Sarah Kaminsky about her book … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged a different kind of passover, a hat for mrs. goldman, Adolfo Kaminsky, Association of Jewish Libraries, Barbara Bietz, Book of Life, Chutzpah and High Heels, deborah kalb, Erika Dreifus, fig tree books, Hebrew Union, Heidi Rabinowitz, Honey and Me, Jeffrey Konis, Jessica Fishman, Linda Leopold Strauss, Meira Drazin, My Machberet, Needle in the Haystack, Rachel Hall, Sarah Kaminsky, Sarah Wildman, Suzanne Reisman, Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award, The Conversations We Never Had | 7 Comments

June 2016 Jewish Book Carnival

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Barbara Krasner

The Whole Megillah is pleased to once again host the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! Here are this month’s links: From Shiloh Musings, Batya Medad reviews Witness to History by Sybil Kaplan. Medad calls it an amazing book of modern Israeli history … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Across the Alley, angela cerrito, batya medad, Book of Life, booksandblintzes, deborah kalb, Erika Dreifus, fig tree books, Frances Dinkelspiel, Guest at the Shooter's Banquet, Heidi Rabinowitz, Jewish Book Carnival, Jewish Book Council, Jewish book reviews, life is like a library, My Machberet, rabbi deborah miller, Rhapsody in Books, Richard Michelson, Rita Gabis, shilo musings, sybil kaplan, Tangled Vines, the best chapter, the safest lie, The Whole Megillah, Towers of Gold, witness to history | 8 Comments

Book Review: The Wren and the Sparrow by J. Patrick Lewis, ill. by Yevgenia Nayberg

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Barbara Krasner

The Wren and the Sparrow Written by J. Patrick Lewis and illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg 32 pages, Kar-Ben, 2015 In this self-professed fable, an old man called the Wren plays his hurdy-gurdy for the last time, and with the help … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged j. patrick lewis, Kar-Ben, the wren and the sparrow, yevgenia nayberg | 1 Comment

January 2015 Jewish Book Carnival

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Barbara Krasner

The Whole Megillah is pleased to once again host the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! Here are this month’s links: The Fig Tree Books blog reflects on diversity within American Jewish literature. On My Machberet, Erika Dreifus looks back on her year in Jewish books. … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged anita diamant, bagels books and schmooze, batya medad, Book of Life, dark mirror, deborah kalb, enchantress, Erika Dreifus, fig tree books, Heidi Estrin, Jewish Book Carnival, Jewish Book Council, Jewish book reviews, lizzie skirnick books, maggie anton, My Machberet, Prosen People, sara lipton, shilo musings, the best chapter, the boston girl, The Whole Megillah | 6 Comments

April 2014 Jewish Book Carnival

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Barbara Krasner

The Whole Megillah once again hosts the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! Here are this month’s links: On My Machberet, Erika Dreifus hosts Molly Antopol, author of the story collection The UnAmericans, for a Q&A. On the Jewish Book Council’s “The Prosen People,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged another side to the story, Book of Life, Erika Dreifus, Jewish Book Carnival, Jewish Book Council, Jewish book reviews, jewishboston.com, My Machberet, Prosen People, sandor schuman, Susan's Literary Cafe, The Whole Megillah | 1 Comment

Book Review | Leonard Bernstein and American Music by Catherine Reef

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Barbara Krasner

Leonard Bernstein and American Music Morgan Reynolds, 2013, 128 pages I had the pleasure of hearing a medley from West Side Story at the Spanish Synagogue in Prague in 2011. To bear witness, to hear the work of an American Jew … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged Catherine Reef, Leonard Bernstein and American Music, Leonard Bernstein bio for kids, Morgan Reynolds | 2 Comments

July 2013 Jewish Book Carnival

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Barbara Krasner

The Whole Megillah once again hosts the monthly Jewish Book Carnival! Here are this month’s links: From Steve Bergson and Jewish Comics, an interview with graphic novel author/illustrator Barry Deutsch At Life Is Like a Library, Kathe Pinchuck blogs about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Barry Deutsch, Book of Life, children of the ghetto, Erika Dreifus, israel zangwill, Jewish Book Carnival, Jewish book reviews, jewish comics, Kathe Pinchuck, life is like a library, My Machberet, sheri sinykin, steve bergson, The Whole Megillah, zayde comes to live | 3 Comments

Category Archives: Book Reviews

September 2022 Jewish Book Carnival

August 2018 Jewish Book Carnival

March 2018 Jewish Book Carnival

March 2017 Jewish Book Carnival

June 2016 Jewish Book Carnival

Book Review: The Wren and the Sparrow by J. Patrick Lewis, ill. by Yevgenia Nayberg

January 2015 Jewish Book Carnival

April 2014 Jewish Book Carnival

Book Review | Leonard Bernstein and American Music by Catherine Reef

July 2013 Jewish Book Carnival

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