Last Update: 4/21/2021

Jewish Practice

The Biblical and Historical Background of Jewish Customs and Ceremonies
Abraham P. Bloch
Ktav Publishing House, 1980
Available on: amazon

Plants & Food

A Dictionary of Yiddish Slang and Idioms
Fred Kogos
Kensington Publishing Corporation, 1976

Altars Made Easy
A Complete Guide to Creating Your Own Sacred Space
Peg Streep
HarperOne, 1997

Ancient Israelite Religion
Susan Niditch
Oxford University Press, 1998
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Ancient Jewish Philosophy
A Study in Metaphysics and Ethics
Israel I Efros
Block Pub Co., 1997
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Bread, Body, Spirit: Finding the Sacred in Food
Editor: Alice Peck
Skylights Path Publishing, 2008
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Chesed Shel Emet
The Truest Act of Kindness
Rabbi Stuart Kelman
EKS Publishing, 2013

Eating as Tikkun
Susan Schneider
A Still Small Voice, 1996
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Embroideries and Fabrics for Synagogue and Home
Five Thousand Years of Ornamental Needlework
Lillian S. Freehof and Bucky King
Hearthside Press, 1966

Entering Jewish Prayer
A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service
Rueven Hammer
Schoken, 1995
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Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh
Plants of the Bible and the Quran
Lytton John Musselman
Timber Press, 2007
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Food at the Time of the Bible
Miriam Feinberb Vamosh
Palphot, 2007
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Full Moon Feast
Food and the Hunger for Connection
Jessica Prentice
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2006

God in My Throat
The Lilith Poems
Coleen S. Harris
Bellowing Ark Press, 2009

Honey From the Rock
Lawrence Kushner
Jewish Lights, 1977

I Asked for Wonder
A Spiritual Anthology
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Crossroad, 1986

Jewish Fairy Tales
Gerald Friedlander
Dover Publicaions, 2003

Judaic Artifacts
Unlocking the Secrets of Judaic Charms and Amulets
Compiled by Abraham Green
Astrolog Publishing House, 2004
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Kabbalah
and Its Symbolism
Gershom Scholem
Doreset Press, 1987
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Magickal Judaism
Connecting Pagan and Jewish Practice
Jennifer Hunter
Citadel, 2006

Menorahs, Mezuzas, and Other Jewish Symbols
Miriam Chaikin
Clarion Books, 1990

Midwifing the Ritual
Reflections on Spiritual Leader from Kohenet Hebrew Priestesses
Edited and Designed by: Ashirah Marni Rothman
Blurb, 2015

Listen to Her Voice
Women of the Hebrew Bible
Miki Raver
Chronicle Books, 1998

Omer Calendar of Biblical Women
Rabbi Jill Hammer with Shir Yaakov Feit
Romemu, 2012

Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia
How the Whole World is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings
Rob Brezsny
North Atlantic Books, 2009

Return to the Place
The Magic, Mediation, and Mystery of Sefer Yetzirah
Rabbi Jill Hammer
Ben Yehuda Press, 2020

Sacred Narrative
Readings in the Theory of Myth
Edited by Alan Dundes
University of California Press, 1984

Seasons for Celebration
A Contemporary Guide to the Joys, Practices, and Traditions of the Jewish Holidays
Rabbi Karen I. Fox and Phyllis Zimbler Miller
TarcherPerigree, 1992

Seasons of Our Joy
A Modern Guide to the Jewish Holidays
Arthur Waskow
Jewish Publication Society, 2012

Sefer Yetzirah
The Book of Creation
Aryeh Kaplan
Weiser Books, 1997

Sex, Gender and God
Zeek Magazine
Spring, 2009
online archive

Silt
Prose Poems
Aurora Levins Morales
Palabrera Press, 2019

Stories of the Wild Spirit
Poppy Palin
Llewellyn, 1970

The Art of Ritual
A Guide to Creating and Performing Your Own Ceremonies for Growth and Change
Renee Beck & Sydney Barbara Metrick
Apocryophile Press, 2018

The Art of Torah Cantilation
A Step-by-Step Guide to Chanting Torah
Cantor Marshall Portnoy and Cantor Josee Wolff
Behrman House, 2000

The Book of Blessings
New Jewish Prayer for Daily Life, the Sabbath, and the New Moon Festival
Marcia Falk
CCAR Press, 2017

The Book of Letters
A mystical Alef-Bait
Lawrence Kushner
Jewish Lights, 1990
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The Book of Words
Talking Spiritual Life, Living Spiritual Talk
Lawrence Kushner
Jewish Lights, 1993

The Comic Torah
Reimagining the Very Good Book
Aaron Freeman and Sharon Rosenzweig
Ben Yehuda Press, 2010

The Days Between
Blessings, Poems, and Directions of the Heart for the Jewish High Holiday Season
Marcia Falk
Brandeis University Press, 2014
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The Dybbuk and the Yiddish Imagination
A Haunted Reader
Joachim Neugroschel
Syracuse University Press, 2000

The Hebrew Letters Speak
Nancy Handwerger
Create Space, 2003
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The Lost Princess
& Other Kabbalistic Tales of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Translation by: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
Preface by: Rabbi Chaim Kramer
Jewish Lights, 2004
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The New American Judaism
Rabbi Arthur Blecher
Princeton University Press, 2015

The New Jewish Baby Book
Names, Ceremonies & Customs A Guide for Today’s Families
Anita Diamant
Jewish Lights, 2005

The New Jewish Wedding
Anita Diamant
Scribner, 2001

The Path of Blessing
Experiencing the Energy and Abundance of the Divine
Marcia Prager
Jewish Lights, 2003
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The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell
With Bill Moyers
Anchor, 1991
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The Procedure for Setting Aside T’Rumot and Ma’Asrot
Rabbi Shaul Reichenberg, Editor
Feldheim Publishers, 1991
Currently out of print
A copy is listed on eBay

The Rosh Chodesh Table
Foods at the New Moon
Judy Y. Solomon
Biblio Press, 1997
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The Sacred Portal
A Primary Symbol in Ancient Judaic Art
Bernard Goldman
University Press of American, 1986
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The Tarot
History, Symbolism, and Divination
Robert M. Place
TarcherPerigree, 2005

The Tarot Court Cards
Archetypal Patterns of Relationship in the Minor Arcana
Kate Warwick-Smith
Destiny Books, 2003

The Three Temples
On the Emergence of Jewish Mysticism
Rachel Elior
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in Association with Liverpool University Press, 2005

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