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“Abe Mezrich cuts straight back to the roots of the Midrashic tradition, sermonizing as a poet, rather than ideologue. B...
10/09/2026

“Abe Mezrich cuts straight back to the roots of the Midrashic tradition, sermonizing as a poet, rather than ideologue. Best of all, Abe knows how to ask questions and avoid the obvious answers.”
—Jake Marmer, author of Cosmic Diaspora
"Words for a Dazzling Firmament: Poems/Readings on Bereish*t Through Shemot" by Abe Mezrich

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In "Secrets of Creation," Arthur Green, Howard Smith, and Debra Band translate and expand Ibn Gabbai’s vision into a ric...
10/08/2026

In "Secrets of Creation," Arthur Green, Howard Smith, and Debra Band translate and expand Ibn Gabbai’s vision into a richly illustrated conversation among Jewish mysticism, modern cosmology, and sacred imagination.
Secrets of Creation: Mysticism Meets Science and Art (Based on the Hebrew text Avodat ha-Kodesh by Rabbi Meir Ibn Gabbai)

https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Creation-Mysticism-Science-ha-Kodesh/dp/1963475828/

"You will tell them about helping traumatized evacuees settle into temporary housing in a new city, about the friendship...
10/07/2026

"You will tell them about helping traumatized evacuees settle into temporary housing in a new city, about the friendships that formed with people you would otherwise have never met, and how a traumatized girl came out of her shell for a few hours playing with a friend’s puppy."
—David Selis, "What is the essence of this very day? A reflection on memory, ritual, mourning, and hope in the aftermath of October 7th"

Again at a Crossroads: New Jewish Thought for a Better World

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/benyehuda/again-at-a-crossroads?ref=j12tad

Premised on the principle that the Torah is happening now, and that its stories—from the Creation in Genesis through the...
10/07/2026

Premised on the principle that the Torah is happening now, and that its stories—from the Creation in Genesis through the death of Moses at the end of Deuteronomy—are about each individual’s life journey.

"Torah Journeys: The Inner Path to the Promised Land" by Rabbi Shefa Gold
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"Though my politics have remained consistent, I feel a pendulum swing witnessing others’ online battles. I don’t know ho...
10/06/2026

"Though my politics have remained consistent, I feel a pendulum swing witnessing others’ online battles. I don’t know how many times I’ve thought about posting some kind of decisive, Mercutio-like rant where I criticize everyone for their lazy, thoughtless posts."
—Sarah Seltzer, "A Pickled Diaporist: What being a New Yorker has taught me about tribalism and universalism"

Again at a Crossroads: New Jewish Thought for a Better World

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/benyehuda/again-at-a-crossroads?ref=j12tad

Five hundred years ago, Rabbi Meir Ibn Gabbai’s work Avodat HaKodesh brought the opening chapters of Genesis into conver...
10/06/2026

Five hundred years ago, Rabbi Meir Ibn Gabbai’s work Avodat HaKodesh brought the opening chapters of Genesis into conversation with the kabbalistic teachings reshaping Jewish thought.
Secrets of Creation: Mysticism Meets Science and Art (Based on the Hebrew text Avodat ha-Kodesh by Rabbi Meir Ibn Gabbai)

https://www.benyehudapress.com/books/the-secrets-of-creation/

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