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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
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
Nonfiction Kabbalah: A Neurocognitive Approach to Mystical Experiences Shahar Arzy and Moshe Idel