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The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum

The Chosen meets Adam Silvera in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friendship, betrayal, and hatred. Hoodie Rosen’s life isn’t that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked...

The Heresy of Jacob Frank by Jay Michaelson

The Heresy of Jacob Frank by Jay Michaelson

From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth The Heresy of Jacob Frank is the first monograph length study on the religious philosophy of Jacob Frank (1726-1791), who, in the wake of false messiah Sabbetai Zevi,...

Strange Crea­tures by Phoebe North

Strange Crea­tures by Phoebe North

From acclaimed author Phoebe North comes a riveting, unexpected, and beautiful contemporary novel about a girl whose brother mysteriously disappears, the family and friends he leaves behind, and the stories—real and imagined—that they tell...

A Daughter's Kaddish by Sarah Birnbach

A Daughter’s Kaddish by Sarah Birnbach

My Year of Grief, Devotion, and Healing A woman breaks with Jewish tradition to honor her late father in this moving memoir of faith, grief, and transformation. A Daughter’s Kaddish recounts Sarah Birnbach’s year-long...

Siddur Hatefillah by Eliezer Schweid

Siddur Hatefillah by Eliezer Schweid

The Jewish Prayer Book. Philosophy, Poetry, and Mystery Translated from the Hebrew by Gershon Greenberg Hebrew University Professor and Israel Prize recipient Emeritus Eliezer Schweid (1929-2022), widely recognized a one of the greatest historians...