Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora Fantasy Secrets that make Lorelei question

Secrets that make Lorelei question whether justice is worth pursuing

But the doll’s true powers are unknowable

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

The artist has chosen ancient Japanese symbols for the Minors: traditional swords

to produce profound meditative state

Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora Fantasy Secrets that make Lorelei questionEmbracing Exile analyzes biblical and rabbinic texts, philosophical treatises, studies of Kabbalah, Hasidism, and a multiplicity of modern expressions for a comprehensive history of Jewish responses to and justifications of their diasporas. It shows that Diaspora Jews through the ages insisted that God joined them in their exiles, that "Zion" was found in Babylon and Eastern Europe, and that, as citizens of the world, Jews could only live throughout