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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