Recommended Reading

Basic Judaism
by Milton Steinberg
The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism
by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin
Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People & History
by Joseph Telushkin
God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
by Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Jewish Religion: A Companion
by Louis Jacobs
What is a Jew?
by Morris Kertzer
The Jewish Book of Why (Vol 1 & 2)
by Alfred Kolatch
The Jewish Home
by Daniel Syme

The Book of Jewish Values
by Joseph Telushkin
The Way of Man
by Martin Buber
A Code of Jewish Ethics (Vol 1 & 2)
by Joseph Telushkin
Pirke Avot: A Modern Commentary on Jewish Ethics
by Leonard Kravitz and Kerry Olitzky
The Jewish Moral Virtues
by Eugene Borowitz and Frances Weinman Schwartz

A Holocaust Reader: Responses to the Nazi Extermination
by Michael L. Morgan
The War Against the Jews
by Lucy Dawidowicz
Night
by Elie Wiesel
Holocaust: Religious & Philosophical Implications
edited by John K. Roth & Michael Berenbaum
Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault of Truth and Memory
by Deborah Lipstadt
The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
by Simon Wiesenthal

A Guide to Jewish Prayer
by Adin Steinsaltz
Entering Jewish Prayer: A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service
by Reuven Hammer

Choosing a Jewish Life
by Anita Diamant
Choosing Judaism
by Lydia Kukoff
Embracing the Covenant: Converts to Judaism talk about Why and How
by Rabbi Allan L. Berkowitz & Patti Moskovitz.
Making a Successful Jewish Interfaith Marriage
by Kerry Olitzky
If I’m Jewish and You’re Christian, What Are the Kids? A Parenting guide for Interfaith Families
by Andrea King
Reform Judaism
American Reform Judaism: An Introduction
by Dana Evan Kaplan
Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement
by Michael Meyer
The Reform Jewish Reader: North American Documents
by Michael Meyer & Gunther Plaut
Liberal Judaism
by Eugene Borowitz

A Book of Life: Embracing Judaism as a Spiritual Practice
by Michael Strassfeld
The Journey Home: Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of Jewish Tradition
by Lawrence Hoffman
Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide
by Aryeh Kaplan

The Soul of the Text: An Anthology of Jewish Literature
by the Great Books Foundation
Invitation to Talmud
by Jacob Neusner
Walking the Bible
by Bruce Feiler
Back to the Sources: Reading The Classic Jewish Texts
edited by Barry Holtz
Who Wrote the Bible?
by Richard Friedman
Taking Hold of Torah
by Arnold Eisen

The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
by Wendy Mogul
How to Raise a Jewish Child
by Anita Diamant
Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah
by Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin