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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
Excerpt A Glimpse Into the Editing Process: What Didn’t Make it Into the Book Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a founding editor of Ms. magazine, is the author of eleven books, most recently the just-published Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate.… Letty Cottin Pogrebin May 18, 2015
Essay The Power of the Aleph Rachel Cantor is the author of the novel A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World (Melville House). In addition to… Rachel Cantor January 13, 2014
Nonfiction Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life Laura Arnold Leibman
Nonfiction Filling Words With Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer Lawrence Kushner; Nehemia Polen
Fiction The Lost Princess and Other Kabbalistic Tales of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov Rabbi Nachman; Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, trans.