Mudman by James Hunter
A Dark Urban Fantasy Adventure (Yancy Lazarus) Levi Adams is a soft spoken, middle-aged Mennonite man—at least he tries to be when he’s not murdering people.Levi’s a golem, a Mudman, crafted from the muck,...
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Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir In Archives by Amelia Possanza
For readers of Saidiya Hartman and Jeanette Winterson, Lesbian Love Story is an intimate journey into the archives—uncovering the romances and role models written out of history and what their stories can teach us...
Absurdity and Meaning in Contemporary Philosophy and Jewish Thought by Alan L. Mittleman
There is a lively discussion in contemporary philosophy that explores the meaning of life or, more modestly, meaning in life. Philosophers, for the most part, assume that religion has little to contribute to this...
The Island of Extraordinary Captives by Simon Parkin
A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp The “riveting…truly shocking” (The New York Times Book Review) story of a Jewish orphan who fled Nazi...
The Jewish Underground of Samarkand by Hillel Zaltzman
How Faith Defied Soviet Rule A portal into the perseverance of Jewish culture in the face of attempts to destroy it. To answer his son’s question: what was it like growing up in Samarkand? Rabbi...
Two Roads Home by Daniel Finkelstein
Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family In Two Roads Home beloved British journalist Daniel Finkelstein tells the extraordinary story of the years before his mother met his father—years of war and...
From Time to Time: Journeys in the Jewish Calendar by Rabbi Dalia Marx, PhD
Foreword by Rabbi David Ellenson, PhD Time is fundamental to the human experience, and in Judaism it is even more—time is sanctified. Understanding the Jewish calendar is thus essential for fully comprehending Judaism. In...
A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee
Elisheva Cohen has just returned to New York after almost a decade away. The wounds of her past haven’t fully healed, but four years of sobriety and a scholarship to study photography with art...
New Each Day: A Spiritual Practice for Reading Psalms by Rabbi Debra J. Robbins
Foreword by Rabbi Andrea L. Weiss, PhD Every day of the year, Jewish liturgy includes the Shir Shel Yom, a psalm recited to mark the day of the week. New Each Day by Rabbi...
Off to Join the Circus by Deborah Kalb
Off to Join the Circus focuses on an overly enmeshed, neurotic Jewish family in the Washington, D.C., area, and what happens when a relative returns after 64 years. Adele Pinsky ran away as a...
