This collection of remarkably beautiful, daring and often surprising poems is the first by Israeli poet Miron C. Izakson to appear in a bilingual English-Hebrew edition. Izakson's poetry is many-sided
Mikra and Meaning is a collection of essays by a leading Bible teacher who employs a contemporary, literary-theological method to examine biblical narratives from the life of Abraham to the trials of
A personal account of twentieth-century Jewish history, Balaam's Prophecy tells the story of Naphtali Lau-Lavie, a fourteen-year-old survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald who went on to become one of I
Exploring the wisdom of the great sages of Lithuania, The Legacy presents a moral and spiritual vision for the Jewish people. Providing a glimpse into the world of these sages, their own teachers' rab
Each year on Yom Kippur, fast days, and the days leading up to the High Holidays, Jews around the world recite the Thirteen Midot: “HaShem, HaShem, El Rahum veHanun, Erekh Apayim, veRav Hesed veEmet,
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks is one of the most distinguished rabbinic leaders of our day and a world-renowned spokesman for Judaism. To honor him upon his retirement from the chief rabbinate of the United He
As a New York City bachelor about to complete his medical training, the last place Paul Brief thought he'd end up was Vietnam. The year was 1969, and Brief, an ambitious if irreverent orthopedic surge
To This Day, Nobel prizewinner S. Y. Agnon's last novel (first published in Hebrew in 1952), is also his last to be translated into English. It is a brilliantly accomplished and haunting work. On the
Offers the author's impressions of the 1973 Israel-Arab War as he struggles to come to terms with his war experience and the fate of his childhood friend Dov who was called for service on the same day
A Table for One lifts the veil on the mystery of creativity, with diary entries on the craft of writing. It is set in the cafes of Jerusalem in the 1950s and 1960s, the intimate arena Aharon Appelfeld
How much time should it take to pray? Is one allowed to argue with God? Who can give a blessing? And what is worth crying for? In this page-by-page companion to Berakhot, the first tractate of the Tal
No book in Jewish history has been illustrated more often than the Passover haggada. Signs and Wonders: 100 Haggada Masterpieces is the first work to survey the magnificent history of the illustrated
The Koren Sacks Yom Kippur Mahzor, is a new Hebrew/English prayer book with translation and commentary by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. It is a companion to the Koren Sacks Rosh Hashana Mahzor, and
Offers insight into the Book of Joshua, as the people, exhausted from their journey in the desert, struggle with the cultural values pervasive in Canaan, transition to a settled way of life, and overc
We tend to look at the history of Jewish life in a linear way, ignoring or dismissing the influences and the stimulators from beyond the comfort zone of traditional Judaism. But we must ask ourselves:
In time for the 50th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize to S.Y.Agnin – the first and only such award to a Hebrew author – The Toby Press presents this first-time edition of his posthumous
