New Jewish Books
This book describes a circle of Eastern European Kabbalists that established Hasidism, an important movement that has influenced Jewish Mysticism, Yiddish culture and Hebrew literature. It uncovers the messianic motivation, concealed in Hasidic writings...
From the end of the 19th century until his death, one of history’s most brilliant mathematicians languished in an asylum. The Mystery of the Aleph tells the story of Georg Cantor (1845-1918), a Russian-born...
This study offers a fresh reinvestigation to the Sod ha-Egoz texts, the earliest known commentaries to Ezekiel’s Chariot (Ma’aseh Merkavah) from the medieval Jewish mystics of Europe. The texts, ascribed to Eleazar of Worms...
“Magic culture is certainly fascinating. But what is it? What, in fact, are magic writings, magic artifacts?” Originally published in Hebrew in 2010, Jewish Magic Before the Rise of Kabbalah is a comprehensive study...
I found in Tablet Magazine a note about Peter Cole dropping “a new anthology of poetry in translation today, The Poetry of Kabbalah: Mystical Verse from the Jewish Tradition.” Here is the official description from...
You can read on lots of sites the standard description of Rachel Elior‘s book from last year: Dybbuks and Jewish Women in Social History, Mysticism, and Folklore, and I will share it at the...
Hot Indie News‘ review of Heather Mendel‘s new book, “Dancing in the Footsteps of Eve: Retrieving the Healing Gift of the Sacred Feminine for the Human Family through Myth and Mysticism”, devotes one paragraph...
The Book Giveaway is a simple website, where every week anyone can enter to win one of five books, no strings attached. This week, till Friday, one of the selected books are M.J. Rose‘s...
Forward has a detailed review of Moshe Halbertal‘s “Concealment and Revelation: Esotericism in Jewish Thought and Its Philosophical Implications.” Here is the key of the article: As Moshe Halbertal shows in his brilliant new...
Yesterday I visited the central branch of the local library for the first time. (In the past I usually went to the local branch.) They have about 30-40 books on or related to Jewish...
