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Items with the tag:

mysticism

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Chil­dren’s
Elisha David­son and the Shamir
M.R. Attar
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Non­fic­tion
A Remem­brance of His Won­ders: Nature and the Super­nat­ur­al in Medieval Ashkenaz
David I. Shyovitz
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Non­fic­tion
Where the Heav­ens Kiss the Earth
Rabbi Karmi David Ingber
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Fic­tion
The Golem On Fire Mountain
Char­layne A. Crawford
Cover of Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul
Non­fic­tion
Ein­stein and the Rab­bi: Search­ing for the Soul
Nao­mi Levy
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Non­fic­tion
The Zohar: Recep­tion and Impact
Boaz Huss
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Non­fic­tion
Jew­ish Mag­ic before the Rise of Kabbalah
Yuval Harari
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Visu­al Arts
Anselm Kiefer: A Monograph
Dominique Baque
Cover of Elisha Davidson and the Letters of Fire
Chil­dren’s
Elisha David­son and the Let­ters of Fire
M. R. Attar
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Non­fic­tion
The Rose Temple
Mitchell Weitzman and Lucia Weitzman
Essay

Golem Sto­ries, from Mys­ti­cism to Fic­tion to the Realm of Plausibility

Ear­li­er this week, Matthew Kres­sel explored the Jew­ish sources under­ly­ing Leonard Nimoy’s Vul­can salute and fan­ta­sy literature’s great­est time-trav­el­ing epics. He is…
Matthew Kres­sel
April 1, 2016
Essay

Do (Jew­ish) Ghosts Exist?

Michelle Adel­man​’s debut nov­el Piece of Mind is told from the per­spec­tive of a young woman with a brain injury forced to con­tend with the dif­fi­cul­ties of…
Michelle Adel­man
February 22, 2016
Cover of Elisha Davidson and the Ispaklaria
Chil­dren’s
Elisha David­son and the Ispaklaria
M. R. Attar
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Non­fic­tion
The Kab­bal­is­tic Tree / האילן הקבלי
J. H. Chajes
Essay

My Very Unortho­dox Kabbalist

Recent­ly named Opin­ion Edi­tor at the For­ward, Sigal Samuel is the author of The Mys­tics of Mile End, a nov­el bend­ing stan­dard con­cepts of com­mu­ni­ty, gen­der, and…
Sigal Samuel
December 21, 2015
Interview

Inter­view: Sigal Samuel

by Elie LichtscheinSigal Samuel is the author of the debut nov­el The Mys­tics of Mile End, pub­lished this Octo­ber by William Morrow.Elie Lichtschein: The Mys­tics of Mile End…
Elie Lichtschein
October 4, 2015
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