Ben Yehuda Press

Step into the vivid, unsettled, and sometimes lonely life of the poet Rosa Nevadoska. With a strong foundation in Jewish and Russian education, Nevadoska's seemingly endless intellectual hunger...

My laughter came tearing out of me, child-eyed, leaping in front of your door, singing Day in the face of Night. Mildred Faintly gives power to female voices from around the world that have not...

In the passed-out light of night when body melts into flesh letters break out of us & gaps are fired into the poem. Take a Breath catapults you right into the frenzy spiral of Yakir Ben-Moshe's...

your palms are sand and wail of oceans misplaced between threadsPoetry is a commentary on life, on the human longing to find shelter in a space where the spiritual and the physical, the holy and the...

A reference to 130 Yiddish stories available in translation. Includes concise plot summaries arranged by subject; bibliographical information; and biographical sketches of authors.Author: Bennett...

Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) was the first chief rabbi of pre-state Israel. A philosopher and a poet, his creative accomplishments have often been overshadowed by his role as the Orthodox rabbi who...

It has been barely 40 years since rabbinical seminaries began ordaining women as rabbis. But women have played a role in Jewish religious leadership from the days of the Bible and even before. Miriam...

The story of Hillel, frozen near-to-death on the snowy roof of the Study Hall, is well-known. In its details, however, the story is impossible. No one could lay under three cubits of snow overnight...

the dramatic adventure tale of seven Israeli children who are saved from a sinking ship and reach a deserted island in their lifeboat. On this tiny island, which they name Tarshish, they battle...

The dramatic adventure tale of seven Israeli children who are saved from a sinking ship and reach a deserted island in their lifeboat. On this tiny island, which they name Tarshish, they battle...

Written with deep knowledge of Indian religions (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism) and of Judaism, as both textual traditions and lived practices, and with an understanding of his American...

The Whole Mishpocho" is a collection of Jewish-themed poetry that explores the intricacies of Jewish life, identity, and heritage through a series of vivid, emotional, and thought-provoking poems...

Who is this Irving Brecher? What was it like to be the only man ever to write two Marx Brothers movies by himself? To be the last of the great MGM roundtable of screenwriters? To be the famous...

"Brecher is the most influential writer you've never heard of in Hollywood. He wrote At the Circus and Go West for the Marx brothers and classics such as Du Barry Was a Lady and Meet Me in St. Louis...

Kabbalah holds the secrets to a path of conscious awareness. In this compact book, noted spiritual teacher DovBer Pinson presents 32 key concepts of Kabbalah and shows their value in opening the...

Torah as a guide to personal growthFollowing the framework of the ancient tradition of weekly Torah reading, Shefa Gold shows us how to find blessing, challenge and the opportunity for spiritual...

Torah Travels delves into the ethical, spiritual, and interpersonal dimensions of the weekly Torah portion and the Jewish holidays, drawing from classical rabbinic texts, Kabbalistic and Chassidic...

In 1924, Rabbi Isidor Signer was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City. He had been born in Romania and raised in Montreal. He would go on to lead congregations in...

What is the meaning of Upsherin, the traditional celebration of a Jewish boy's first haircut at the age of three? This in-depth answer to that question explores as well the questions: Why is a boy's...

Advance Praise for Weaving Prayer "Few discussions of the Jewish prayer book carefully separate their historical, literary, and inspirational commentaries. Hoffman's offering, drawn from years of...

Presented in the form of letters from a rabbi to his sons, Why Israel (and its Future) Matters argues that young Jews need Israel as a source of pride, connection, and Jewish renewal, and Israel...

What do you do when it's late on a Friday afternoon, you're a practicing Orthodox Jew, and your father lies dying in a hospital? This is the dilemma that opens With An Outstretched Arm. The directive...

The book Wrestling Jacob presents close readings of the biblical stories of Jacob from both literary and psychological perspectives. The readings explore the relationship between text and subtext as...