Recent Projects Include:
Academic
"Studies in the Making of the Early Hebrew Book" by Marvin Heller (Brill Academic Publishers)
"Marriage and Metaphor: Constuctions of Gender in Rabbinic Literature" by Gail Labovitz (Lexington Books)
"Writing Readable Research" by Beverly Lewin (Equinox Publishing)
"The Targums: A Critical Introduction" by Paul V.M. Flesher and Bruce Chilton (Baylor University Press)
Biography
"Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance" by Janet Mansfield Soares (University Press of New England)
"From Washington Avenue to Washington Street" by Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff (Gefen Publishing House)
"Up the Capitol Steps" by Barbara Roberts (Oregon State University Press)
Business
"Transportation: A Supply Chain Perspective" (7e) by John Coyle (Pre-PressPMG)
Reference
"Opposing Viewpoints: Divorce" edited by Mike Wilson (Greenhaven Press)
"Opposing Viewpoints: Atheism" edited by Beth Rosenthal (Greenhaven Press)
"The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead" by J. Gordon Melton (Visible Ink Press)
"Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside" by Brad Steiger (Visible Ink Press)
"The Handy Physics Answer Book" (2e) by Paul W. Zitzewitz (Visible Ink Press)
"The Handy Science Answer Book" (4e) by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Visible Ink Press)
"The Handy Presidents Answer Book" by David L. Hudson, Jr. (Visible Ink Press)
"African-American Almanac" by Lean'tin Bracks (Visible Ink Press)
Music
"Basic Conducting Techniques" (6e) by Joseph Labuta (Pre-PressPMG)
Television
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion" by Randee Dawn and Susan Green (BenBella Books)
Biology
"Sex and War: How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World" by Malcolm Potts and Thomas Hayden (BenBella Books)
Social Studies
"What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs" (New Village Press)
Computer
"Making Word Work for You: An Editor's Intro to the Tool of the Trade" by Hilary Powers (Editorial Freelancers' Association)
"The Broadband Connection: The Art of Delivering a Winning IT Presentation" by Alan Carroll (BenBella Books)
"AutoCAD 2010 3D Modeling Essentials" by Munir Hamad (Jones & Bartlett Learning)
Education
"Learning and Community: Jewish Supplementary Schools in the Twenty-First Century" by Jack Wertheimer (University Press of New England)
"The Five-Year Party: How Colleges Have Given Up on Educating Your Child and What You Can Do About It" by Craig Brandon (BenBella Books)
Health
"Sensitivities" by Debra Gaffney (Serenity Pass Press)
"The Cure for Alcoholism: Drink Your Way Sober Without Willpower, Abstinence or Discomfort" by Roy Eskapa (BenBella Books)
"Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight" by Linda Bacon (BenBella Books)
"The Great American Heart Hoax: Lifesaving Advice Your Doctor Should Tell You about Heart Disease Prevention (But Probably Never Will)" by Michael Ozner (BenBella Books)
"Health Psychology: A Cultural Approach" by Regan Gurung (Pre-PressPMG)
"The Optimal Health Revolution: How Inflammation Is the Root Cause of the Biggest Killers and How the Cutting-edge Science of Nutrigenomics Can Transform Your Long-term Health" by Duke Johnson (BenBella Books)
"Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Endanger Your Health...and What You Can Do About It" by Samuel Epstein (BenBella Books)
"Getting it Done: Experienced Healthcare Leaders Reveal Field-Tested Strategies for Clinical and Financial Success" by Kenneth Cohn (Health Administration Press)
Fiction
"Romancing Rebecca" by Amber Polo (Wild Rose Press)
"Fortuitous" by Pamela Yakel (Wild Rose Press)
"Autumn Windsong" by Colleen Love (Wild Rose Press)
"Farragut Square" by Bette McNicholas (Wild Rose Press)
"The Selkie and the Siren" by Cillian Burns (Wild Rose Press)
"Desperately Seeking Susie" by Patrice Wilton (Wild Rose Press)
"Visions of Fear" by Donna Wright (Wild Rose Press)
"Timeless Blue" by Adrianna Ravel (Wild Rose Press)
"Operation: After-Life" by Angela Cavener (Wild Rose Press)
"Fourth Time's the Charm" by Lily Rose Moon (Wild Rose Press)
"A Sterling Affair" by Susan Palmquist (Wild Rose Press)
"Christmas on Wherever Island" by Amber Polo (Wild Rose Press)
"The Charlie Factor" by Diana DeRicci (Purple Sword Publications)
"Doing Love Right" by Diana DeRicci (Purple Sword Publications)
"House of Moon Dark" by Crymsyn Hart (Purple Sword Publications)
"And This is The Light" by Lea Goldberg (The Toby Press)
"Shaylee Druid's Staff" by Bret Jordan (Purple Sword Publications)
"Winging It" by Sandra Sookoo (Purple Sword Publications)
"Hell's Gate: Santino" by Crymsyn Hart (Purple Sword Publications)
"Fire for Ice" by Kase J. Reed (Purple Sword Publications)
"The Witch, the Hunter and the Bride" by Bret Jordan (Purple Sword Publications)
"The Silver Scream" by S.D. Grady (Purple Sword Publications)
"Her Guardian's Heart" by Crymsyn Hart (Purple Sword Publications)
"Goblin's Bride" by Anastasia Rabiyah (Purple Sword Publications)
"Seventh Night" by Anastasia Rabiyah (Purple Sword Publications)
"Kindred Blood" by Dawne Dominique (Purple Sword Publications)
"Hell's Gate: Draig" by Crymsyn Hart (Purple Sword Publications)
"Resurrecting Roland" by Anastasia Rabiyah (Purple Sword Publications)
"Loving Jacob" by Lee Brazil (Breathless Press)
"Wallflowers Don't Wilt" by Raven McAllan (Breathless Press)
"Crimson and Steel" by Ric Bern (Breathless Press)
"Dreaming of You" by Crymsyn Hart (Purple Sword Publications)
"Hystera" by Leora Skolkin-Smith (Fiction Std.)
"Hot Shots Vol. 2" (Breathless Press)
"The Librarian: by Lee Brazil (Breathless Press)
"Honey Wine" by Brieanna Robertson (Purple Sword Publications)
"Kadar's Mystery Shop" by Anastasia Rabiyah (Purple Sword Publications)
"Daring to Love" by Karina Buchanan (Breathless Press)
"Reaping Shadows" by Jamieson Wolf (Breathless Press)
Travel
"Nicky Fifth at the Jersey Shore" by Lisa Willever (Franklin Mason Press)
"New York, New York" by Hilary Geary Ross (powerHouse Books)
Cookbooks
"The Miami Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight and Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease with 300 Delicious Recipes" by Michael Ozner (BenBella Books)
Self-Help
"Why Loyalty Matters: The Groundbreaking Approach to Rediscovering Happiness, Meaning and Lasting Fulfillment in Your Life" by Timothy Keiningham, Lerzan Aksoy and Luke Williams (BenBella Books)
Philosophy
"For the Love of God and People: A Philosophy of Jewish Law" by Elliot Dorff (Jewish Publication Society)
"A Philosophy of Mitzvot" by Gersion Appel (Yashar Books)
"In the Footsteps of the Kuzari", volume 2 by Shalom Rosenberg (Yashar Books)
"The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy" (8e) by Robert C. Solomon (Pre-PressPMG)
Law
"Closing Arguments: Child Injury, Child Wrongful Death" by Don Keenan (Balloon Press)
History
"Flags Over the Warsaw Ghetto" by Moshe Arens (Gefen Publishing House)
"Mielec, Poland: The Shtetl That Became a Nazi Concentration Camp" by Rochelle G. Saidel (Gefen Publishing House)
Hasidism
"Tract on Prayer" by Shalom Dovber Schneersohn (Kehot Publication Society)
"The Simple Servant" (Kehot Publication Society)
"Eight Chanukah Tales" (Kehot Publication Society)
"The Unbreakable Soul" by Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Kehot Publication Society)
"The Principles of Education and Guidance" by Yosef Y. Schneersohn (Kehot Publication Society)
"The Majestic Bride" by Yosef Y. Schneersohn (Kehot Publication Society)
"Rabbi, Mystic, Leader: The Life and Times of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson" by Naftali Tzvi Gottleib (Kehot Publication Society)
"The Great Mission" by Eli Friedman (Kehot Publication Society)
"Pirkei Avot: Ethics of the Fathers" (2e, 3e) by Yossi Marcus (Kehot Publication Society)
"The Path to Selflessness" by Shmuel Simpson (Kehot Publication Society)
"The Educator's Privilege" by Nissan Mindel (Kehot Publication Society)
"Full Devotion" by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Kehot Publication Society)
"Feminine Faith" by Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn (Kehot Publication Society)
"Torah Studies" by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Kehot Publication Society)
"Staying the Course" by Shmuel Simpson, trans. (Kehot Publication Society)
"The Passover Haggadah" by Rabbi Yosef Marcus (Kehot Publication Society)
"Maaneh Lashon" by Eliyahu Touger, trans. (Kehot Publication Society)
"My Prayer, Vol. 1" by Nissan Mindel (Kehot Publication Society)
"Tzavaat Harivash" by J. Immanuel Schochet, trans. (Kehot Publication Society)
"The Doll Maker's Gift" (Kehot Publication Society)
"Studies in Rashi - Bereishit" (Kehot Publication Society)
Kabbalah
"You Are What You Hate: A Spiritually Productive Approach to Enemies" by Sarah Schneider (A Still Small Voice)
General Judaica
"Flipping Out? Myth or Fact: The Impact of the 'Year in Israel'" by Shalom Berger (Yashar Books)
"My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries", volume 2 (Jewish Lights Publishing)
"Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: Power", by Elliott Dorff and Lewis Newman, eds. (Jewish Publication Society)
"Divine Footsteps: Chesed and the Jewish Soul" by Daniel Feldman (Lambda Publishers, Inc.)
"Light in the Closet" by Arthur Goldberg (Red Heifer Press)
"Posts Along the Way, Volume 1: Shuls" by Gil Student (Yashar Books)
"Jewish Living: A Guide to Contemporary Reform Practice" by Mark Washofsky (URJ Press)
Association of Jewish Libraries reviews:
Book reviews:
Roslyn Bresnick-Perry: I Loved My Mother On Saturdays and Other Tales from the Shtetl and Beyond
Lisa Fineberg Cook: Japan Took the J.A.P. Out of Me
Dov Peretz Elkins: Jewish Stories From Heaven and Earth
Rabbi Baruch and Michal Finkelstein: Delivery From Darkness
Jeroen Gunning: Hamas in Politics: Democracy, Religion, Violence
Sherre Hirsch: We Plan, God Laughs: What to Do When Life Hits You Over the Head
Yossi Ives: There Must Be a Better Way: Life Coaching Strategies for Successful Living
William Kaufman: The Day My Mother Changed Her Name and Other Stories
Jurgen Matthaus, ed. Approaching an Auschwitz Survivor: Holocaust Testimony and its Transformations
Sherri Mandel: The Blessing of a Broken Heart
Michael J. Salamon: The Shidduch Crisis: Causes and Cures
Rachel Shukert: Have You No Shame? And Other Regrettable Stories
Debra Spark: Good For the Jews
Mark Werner: Army Fatigues: Joining Israel's Army of International Volunteers
Lewis L. Zickel: The Jews of West Point in the Long Gray Line
CD reviews:
Neshama Carlebach: One and One
Rocky the Rabbi: Kosher for Passover
Yidcore: They Tried to Kill Us, They Failed, Let's Eat!
DVD reviews:
Yisrael Campbell: Circumcise Me
Indexing column for Israeli freelance organization Elephant:
Indexing in Israel (3/25/08)
The Importance of Indexes (4/9/08)
Index vs. Concordance (4/29/08)
A History of Index Creation (5/9/08)
The Process of Index Creation (5/25/08)
Interviews with Indexers (6/9/08)
Starting an Indexing Business, Part 1: Training (6/25/08)
Starting an Indexing Business, Part 2: Marketing (7/9/08)
Articles and books I've written or been quoted in:
"How we index, then and now," The Indexer, September 2008
One-Minute Interviews by inDocs indexing services
"Jewish Blogging: the Wave of the Future", AJL Newsletter, Nov./Dec. 2008 issue
"Marketing Your Indexing Services" by Anne Leach, ed.
What people are saying about Shoshana Hurwitz...
Indexing Reviews
“I just want to say what a miraculous thing this is and what a powerful
positive impact it has for me and my family to read. Thank you so much…we are
so grateful to you for unlocking so much richness contained in these
interviews.”
--Martin Kaminer, author
"It is a real pleasure dealing with a professional like yourself. I am sure I will be sending more books your way when they come up."
--Gil Student, Yashar Books
Editing Reviews
"You have made this entire editing process painless. I
still hear horror stories and I am so glad that has not been my experience. You
did make it 'just tough enough.' I learned a lot and hope we'll have a chance
to work together again."
--Amber Polo, author
"I want to thank you and let you know how much I appreciate your faith in
me and my story. It looks amazing to see what I worked so hard on coming to
life right before my eyes...without you this would still be nothing more than a
dream."
--Pamela Yakel, author
"I want to take a moment to thank you for all the hard work you do, and
your quick response to any queries I have. Also, thank you for discovering
Susie, and giving her such a good home. I am so happy that she will be
published. Thank you, thank you!"
--Patrice Wilton, author
"Thank you so much for all of your help in making my story the best it could be! You've made my experience with The Wild Press one that will keep me coming back again and again!"
--Colleen Love, author
"I actually got tears in my eyes reading this feedback - it made me that happy!!!"
--Angela Cavener, author
AJL Book/CD Review Reviews
"I saw the review that you wrote about the new CD and I
thought it was great. You really hit home on the point that American rock and
Jewish lyrics can be woven in to something really worthwhile, and it was nice
to finally see somebody other than ourselves put that into public writing. We
sincerely thank you for your kind words."
--Mort Friedland, manager of Levitikus