My Name is Isaiah by Debbie Strom
My heart pounded in time with my horse’s hoofbeats, my cloak whipping behind me. I prayed the darkness would conceal us from our pursuers. But in the distance, I heard the unmistakable sound of...
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The Möbius Strip Club of Grief by Bianca Stone
The Möbius Strip Club of Grief is a collection of poems that take place in a burlesque purgatory where the living pay―dearly, with both money and conscience―to watch the dead perform scandalous acts otherwise...
God, Man and Nietzsche: A Startling Dialogue between Judaism and Modern Philosophers by Zev Golan
What if a believer in God wants to adopt the atheistic teachings of Nietzsche? Golan shows Nietzsche can deepen ones religious experience and explain eternal life. Did Nietzsche love or hate Jews? Golan presents...
Artisans of Israel: Transcending Tradition by Lynn Holstein
Forty artisans give a comprehensive insight into the current arts-and-crafts movement in Israel The personal stories create a sensitive and inspiring portrait of the young country Contains a diverse selection of photographs from the...
Sonora by Hannah Lillith Assadi
Ahlam, the daughter of a Palestinian refugee and his Israeli wife, grows up in the arid lands of desert suburbia outside of Phoenix. In a stark landscape where coyotes prowl and mysterious lights occasionally...
Greetings From Angelus: Poems by Gershom Scholem
Translator: Richard Sieburth A bilingual collection of poetry from pioneering scholar in Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism, Gershom Scholem. With this volume, Scholem’s work reaches beyond the confines of the academy and enters a literary...
From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism by Andrei A. Orlov
This volume represents the first attempt to study Slavonic pseudepigrapha collectively as a unique group of texts that share common theophanic and mediatorial imagery crucial for the development of early Jewish mysticism.
Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement by Joyce Antler
Jewish women were undeniably instrumental in shaping the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Yet historians and participants themselves have overlooked their contributions as Jews. This has left many vital questions...
When History Is Personal by Mimi Schwartz
When History Is Personal contains the stories of twenty-five moments in Mimi Schwartz’s life, each heightened by its connection to historical, political, and social issues. These essays look both inward and outward so that...
The Jewish Baseball Card Book by Bob Wechsler, Peter McDonald, & Martin Abramowitz
The definitive chronicle of Jews in baseball through rich images of their cards, this coffee table book also follows the history of baseball cards. Illustrated with 698 cards depicting the first 170 Jewish major-league...
