Library

The Congregation Beth Sholom Irving Shaken Library seeks to provide congregants with research, educational, and recreational material which promotes the study of Judaism and general topics of Jewish interest and includes current adult fiction and non-fiction. The Children’s and Young Adult collections emphasize holidays, Bible stories, and juvenile fiction.

The Library offers a pleasant atmosphere conducive to reading and learning for browsers, readers, and borrowers.

The Library is accredited by the Synagogue, School and Community Centers Division of the Association of Jewish Libraries. 

Hours:
Shabbat from 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Please call the synagogue office for access outside of published Library Hours.

BOOK REVIEWS
by Kalman Goldstein

Click here for a review of this month's book:
The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance
by Rebecca Clarren
 

Click here for a review of:
The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline, and Renewal of a Jewish Community
By Jeffrey S. Gurock

Click here for a review of:
One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
by Michael Frank

Click here for a review of:
Escaping Extermination: Hungarian Prodigy to American Musician, Feminist, and
Activist
By Agi Jambor

Click here for a review of:
Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure
by Menachem Kaiser

Click here for a review of:
Admiral Hyman Rickover
by Marc Wortman

Click here for a review of:
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
by Rosemary Sullivan

Click here for a review of:
Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture
by Annelise Heinz

Click here for a review of,
Let There Be Light:The Real Story of the Creation
by Liana Finck

Click here for a review of,
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains
By Ariana Neumann

Click here for a review of, 
Is Superman Circumcised? The Complete Jewish History of the World’s Greatest Hero.
By Roy Schwartz

Click here for a review of:
The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln
Marvin Lowenthal, translator.

Click here for a review, 
The Dairy Restaurant, by Ben Katchor