Jewish Books

Looking for a good Jewish book? The Jewish Book Mall has thousands of Jewish books and sifrei kodesh, carefully chosen, along with Jewish CDs, Jewish software, and Judaica...now with customer reviews and other info! So, for Jewish books and sefarim, this is the place to start. And we also offer Jewish news headlines, updated every day (with archives going back to May, 2005), so you can get your Jewish news here.

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Finding Jewish Books

There have been Jewish books as long as there have been Jews. The Bible itself refers to other books by name (but those haven't been preserved). These days, there are thousands upon thousands of Jewish books. The problem is finding them and matching up the right Jewish books with the right readers. There is a sea of Jewish knowledge out there in print, even or especially in English, just waiting for you to come and get acquainted, from Talmud to kosher cookbooks, from Jewish dictionaries to news from Israel. Try today's Jewish Book Mall list of bestselling Jewish books!

Sechel and Jewish Literacy

So, in our own small effort to promote Jewish literacy, we've organized Jewish books into categories (with a little Jewish sechel - common sense) to help you find them, and added our own built-in searches to take you straight to the right places on our affiliates' sites. The whole idea is to get you and those Jewish books together. Maybe we should call this the Jewish Book Matchmaking service? Then again, maybe not...

You can browse our categories on the right side of your screen, where you'll also find short introductions to each subject, our featured Jewish books, and links to more Jewish books. Oh, and while we really do love Jewish books, we do also like Jewish software, Jewish magazines and newspapers (including Israeli newspapers) and Jewish music very much, so you can find them here, too.

How to buy a good Jewish book

The Jewish Book Mall is unique on the web, bringing you quality Jewish books and seforim from multiple sources: Amazon, Artscroll, Judaica Press, Judaism, Alljudaica, Jewish Software, all in one place. You can even use our search tool to find used Jewish books from thousands of independent booksellers, in addition to new ones. Plus, we offer Jewish and Israeli posters and artwork from three different sources (Allposters, Art, and Barewalls). So, nu, how about a good Jewish book today?

Bestselling Jewish books:


1.		Have a Little Faith: A True Story from Hyperion Price: $9.99 Customer Review: HAVE A LITTLE FAITH is an excellent, excellent book. Easy to read; profound in content. It's a little like gold mining - just keeping mining and you will turn up surprising gold nuggets of wisdom, compassion and redemption. The fact that is a true story makes it even more compelling and... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		Sacred (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels) from Severn House Publishers Customer Review: I am completely in love with Dennis Lehane's writing, so I may be a tad biased... but I LOVE this book. It's just another piece in the Kenzie / Gennaro series, and it's right on par with the rest. Action packed, well written, you won't be able to put it down. I REALLY hope Lehane writes more books... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		When Bad Things Happen to Good People from Avon Price: $5.19 Customer Review: Bought this book as a gift. It was in like new condition. Purchase was a good buy, and was received in a timely manner. Looking forward to my next great deal.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children from Scribner Price: $6.09 Customer Review: I greatly enjoyed this book and my children are already raised and gone. I'm not sure why I read it, but it was just delightful to read. I'm glad I did. You may not agree with each and everything in the book, but I think most will find something of value. I recommend this book. It will get you... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith from Zondervan Price: $10.56 Customer Review: Short of going to Israel, this book is the best thing I have found to make the Scriptures come alive for me. Well researched and easily readable. I absolutely loved this book!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		The Secret Power of Speaking God's Word (Meyer, Joyce) from FaithWords Price: $5.92 Customer Review: Preachers and Bible scholars state that all of mankinds' problems have an answer within the pages of the Bible. Unfortunately, it is a book composed of 66 individual books, and rarely does one know right where to look for advice on a certain problem or topic. Joyce Meyer's book, "The Secret... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		El poder de la Cabalá (The Power of Kabbalah, Spanish-Language Edition) from Kabbalah Publishing Price: $8.10 Customer Review: Compared to 48 Laws of Power and 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene, this book is worthless. It barely skims the surface of the psychology of influencing people, with little tricks that might be useful sometimes. Robert greene's books improved my entire life. This book is just a novelty.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music from Berkley Trade Price: $8.11 Customer Review: The first, less mystical half, of the book is a lot more interesting and valuable than the second. Once Wooten gets into his magical, mystical, imaginary musical instructor, Michael, he gets carried away with the magic and the story becomes more like Harry Potter than music lesson. I will take some... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money from Wiley Price: $14.33 Customer Review: Every once in a great while I stumble across a book that I love so well I purposely read it very slowly to enjoy the message and the teaching presented. I read a page, set the book down and think, read a little more etc. What a fantastic book this is! The subtitle is not the best, as the book... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.	[no image]	Why Are Jews Liberals? (Vintage) from Vintage Price: $10.88 Customer Review: Why are Jews Liberal? "Why is the Pope Catholic?" was my thought as I began the book. Mr. Podhoretz, in the rather academic, rabbinical tradition of arguing the ancient Torah, points out that most American Jews are nonpracticing and now live by the "Torah of Liberalism" without examining the reality... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (Penguin Classics) from Penguin Classics Price: $7.99 Customer Review: I just bought this edition Feb 2010. As useful as the book might yet be, Vermes and his reviewers seem to have inadvertently omitted: 4Q387a Pseudo-Moses^b, 4Q388a Pseudo-Moses^c, 4Q389 Pseudo-Moses^d They are listed in the scroll catalogue but do not appear where the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.	[no image]	Introduction to the Old Testament from IndyPublish Price: $92.99	Click here for more information


13.		A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from Gramercy Price: $13.99 Customer Review: This is one of my favorite books which i have given to so many people. It clarifies so many things. What I find most striking is to understand that all religions are not static but change with time. Christianity is now so different from the religion in the first century and so are all relions... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses from William Morrow Price: $7.99 Customer Review: I love this book so much! My daughter saw how much I enjoyed it and ... well, stole it! :) Okay, I allowed her to take it. But when it became obvious she wasn't going to give it back, I ordered one for her! :) I taught Old Testament theology for six years at Life Training Center in Longwood,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		A History of the Jews from Harper Perennial Price: $6.71 Customer Review: Good book, hard read. It's filled with detailed information. . It's a miracle that I even finished it.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith from Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Price: $13.63 Customer Review: The book was delivered on time and having briefly scanned it I find it to be very informative and it makes me think. The only problem I have with its delivery it was placed in a box to big for it.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind from Arrow Books Ltd Customer Review: It's too bad I couldn't give this book a better review, as there is a lot of fascinating information in it, and I agree with several of Hancock's conclusions. For example, his criticism of David Lewis-Williams' view of the nature of visionary experiences and therianthropic forms. Also, his "filter"... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		Survival in Auschwitz from Scribner Paper Fiction Price: $7.49 Customer Review: For historians who represent the past, and for authors such as Mr. Levi, the greatest fear about history is society forgetting integral parts of its existence. I won't forget it. His story is significant so please read this book. First, my words bow to the author with the deepest respect.... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		The Invention of the Jewish People from Verso Price: $11.53 Customer Review: This book must has been amazing in its original language but translation has made it un-interesting and difficult to read. On top of it the font used is small an weird that gives headache after reading few lines. Looks like profit has been put ahead of customers. I hope next edition will make better... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths (P.S.) from Harper Perennial Price: $5.64 Customer Review: THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ABRAHAM. IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER IF THE AUTHOR WOULD ALSO HAVE READ THE LDS BOOK CALLED THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE!! IT GIVES AN EVEN BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ABRAHAM	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


21.		The SCIENCE OF GOD from Free Press Price: $23.99 Customer Review: This was one of the best books on the compatability of science and religion I have read -- to the point that I was moved to send a copy to my skeptical friend for Christmas as well. The book is excellent precisely, as the author writes, because a Science 101 preacher was not attempting to... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.		The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy from Dover Publications Price: $12.11 Customer Review: Just started reading this book. But I just wanted to comment on the graphics. The illustrations are not that good in this version. I saw the 2003 version at borders ($25) and the graphics in that one is in color and is easier to see. I am purchasing the 2003 version for my library.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures--The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text from Jewish Publication Society of America Price: $12.00 Customer Review: Although this is a paperback volume, it's well crafted and intended for long life. This is labeled "The Jewish Bible", but it is in essence, the Old Testament, the core of my Christian belief. With 1600 pages, I don't think I'll read it cover to cover, but it is very readable and I do enjoy... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		Living a Life That Matters: Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success from Pan Publishing Price: $9.97 Customer Review: Harold Kushner writes in a style that is engaging. This was not a book that requires you to muscle through a difficult opening to get to a good book, it's good from cover to cover...and at times, great. I've read several of his books now, and this one is my favorite to date and has inspired me... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		The Works of Josephus from Hendrickson Publishers Price: $15.00 Customer Review: One of the best resources that I have found outside of the Bible that contains accurate historical data. Josephus was a Jewish historian within the first century. This is a great historical resource to use in your biblical studies or apologetic reasoning's. The purpose of this is to provide further... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		Rashi (Jewish Encounters) from Schocken Price: $11.53 Customer Review: Too short. Not enough material. I expected more. What there was of it was wonderful. With a combination of Rashi and Wiesel it should have been a terrific project. Oh well. Leshalom Y	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		The New Jewish Wedding, Revised from Scribner Price: $5.40 Customer Review: I read so many great reviews and just didn't find it that fascinating or original! Be creative and come up with some of your own ideas...that's what I'm doing!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		The Golden Bough: Abridged Edition (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) from Penguin Classics Price: $4.97 Customer Review: For anyone serious about mythology, folklore, fairy tales, this book is a must-have. While this book might have never been heard of my many people today who enjoy myths and fairytales, it's a solid classic reference book and was an ambitious project for its time. I can't say much that the other... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.		Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Price: $13.85 Customer Review: Save The Deli is as a book as much about a people as it is about the Jewish deli. It tells about the history of the Jews--region by region, deli by deli and about the deli's gradual decline due to high rent, the Jewish move to the suburbs, high meat costs, and (most important) the indifference many... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


31.		My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging from Riverhead Trade Price: $5.23 Customer Review: The book came in good condition and in a timely manner considering the Holiday season. Thanks	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information