**“Electrifying…sparkles with Manger’s song and poetry, and is brilliantly layered with literary and folkloric references.” — Tablet“There is something joyous about Manger’s playful language.” — The Jewish ChronicleThe raucously witty Yiddish classic about a Jewish Paradise afflicted by very human temptations and pains — a delightful new translation perfect for fans of Michael Chabon**Witty, playful and slyly profound, thisstory of a young angel ex...

In the years between 1929 and 1939, when Itzik Manger wrote most of the poetry and fiction that made him famous, his name among Yiddish readers was a household word. Called the Shelley of Yiddish, he was characterized as being drunk with talent.” This book-the first full-length anthology of Manger’s work-displays the full range of his genius in poetry, fiction, and criticism.The book begins with an extensive historical, biographical, and literary-critical introduction to Manger’s ...

Based on Scripture and resonating with historical detail comes a beautiful, fully imagined story of a young child and his role in the Last Supper of Jesus Christ.When Nehemiah, the child of Jewish exiles, begins hearing whispers and experiencing portentous visions, it quickly becomes clear to his father and his rabbi that the young cupbearer is meant for a higher purpose . . . but what? Certain that the Messiah is alive at that very moment, the family waits for the...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER and winner of the International Literature Prize. At once an exquisite love story and a coming-of-age novel, an allegory for the state of Israel and for the biblical tale from which it draws its title, Judas is one of Amos Oz’s most powerful novels.Jerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a biblical scholar, is adrift in his young life when he finds work as a caregiver for a brilliant but cantankerous old man named Gershom Wald. There is, howe...

Help your child see how every story in the Bible points to Jesus and discover God's great love through beautifully illustrated Bible stories from the Old and New Testaments. Trusted and treasured by millions of families for 20 years, The Jesus Storybook Bible invites families and children to grow their faith and explore Scripture in an easy to understand, accessible way with a simple message—Jesus is at the heart of everything.From creation and Noah to Mos...

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award : "A page-turner that brings to life turn-of-the-century New York's Lower East Side." — Library JournalBorn in a Russian-Jewish settlement, Gutke Gurvich is a midwife who immigrates to New York's Lower East Side with her partner, a woman passing as a man. Their story crosses with that of Chava Meyer, a girl who was attended by Gutke at her birth and was later orphaned during the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. C...

An inventive literary debut, Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter is a sweeping Yiddish-inflected immigrant saga and love story about a young translator, an aging poet, and the faith in words that survives even the death of a language.Summer, sweltering, 1996. A book warehouse in western Massachusetts. A man at the beginning of his adult life—and the end of his career rope—becomes involved with a woman, a language, and a great lie that will define his future. ...

With a simple hobbit in a simple hobbit-hole, J. R. R. Tolkien opened the window on a whole new world that has captured the imaginations of millions. But The Hobbit—now a major motion picture—is far more than goblin attacks, dragon-hoards, and riddles in the dark. It’s a journey that changes a simple hobbit named Bilbo—and us—along the way.In Finding God in The Hobbit, Jim Ware, coauthor of the popular Finding God series, unlocks the mysteries of Middle-earth, sha...

"A layered, sweeping panorama of 20th Century Jewish life and identity." — Publishers WeeklyYoram Kaniuk has been hailed as "one of the most innovative, brilliant novelists in the Western World," and The Last Jew is his exhilarating masterwork ( The New York Times).Like Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Last Jew is a sweeping saga that captures the troubled history and culture of an enti...

The Sacrifice is a haunting depiction of one family and its often tragic attempts to come to terms with a new life in a new country. It is a moving, almost biblical story of a father possessed by his hope for his only son; of a son who rebels against his father’s ideals, yet sacrifices himself to preserve what his father most prizes; and of a grandson who must reconcile the flaws in his inheritance.

Children and their parents will enjoy meeting Adam and Eve and the sneaky snake; brave Daniel in the lions' den; Jonah and the enormous whale, and Joseph and his rough-tough brothers. These nine tales, full of lively characters, make the perfect introduction to Bible stories."Positively jaunty in tone, and Nicola Smee's friendly illustrations make this collection very accessible"- Parenting MagazineContents:How the World Was MadeThe Story of Ad...

Cover art by noted artist Maurice Sendak. Major New York production of A Dybbuk scheduled for 1997. The volume also includes never-before-translated tales by S. Ansky.