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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.
Nonfiction The Nazi Séance: The Strange Story of The Jewish Psychic in Hitler’s Circle Arthur J. Magida
