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001 2013047145
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008 131230s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2013047145
020 $a9781590178140 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aPS3611.I585$bI5 2014
082 00 $a813/.6$223
084 $aFIC046000$aFIC044000$aFIC026000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFeuerman, Ruchama King
245 10 $aIn the Courtyard of the Kabbalist /$cRuchama King Feuerman.
264 1 $aNew York City :$bNew York Review Books,$c2014.
300 $a267 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"An eczema-riddled Lower East Side haberdasher, Isaac Markowitz, moves to Israel to repair his broken heart and becomes, much to his own surprise, the assistant to a famous old rabbi who daily dispenses wisdom (and soup) to the troubled souls who wash up in his courtyard. It is there that he meets the flame-haired Tamar, a newly religious young American hipster on a mission to live a spiritual life with a spiritual man. Into both of their lives comes Mustafa, a devout Muslim, deformed at birth, a janitor who works on the Temple Mount, holy to both Muslims and Jews. When Mustafa finds an ancient shard of pottery that may date back to the first temple, he brings it to Isaac in friendship. That gesture sets in motion a series of events that land Isaac in the company of Israel's worst criminal riff raff, put Mustafa in mortal danger, and Tamar trying to save them both. As these characters - immigrants and natives; Muslim and Jewish; prophets and lost souls - move through their world, they are never sure if they will fall prey to the cruel tricks of luck or be sheltered by a higher power"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aJews$zIsrael$vFiction.
650 0 $aSpiritual life$xJudaism$vFiction.
651 0 $aIsrael$vFiction.
650 7 $aFICTION / Jewish.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Contemporary Women.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Religious.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aMystery fiction.$2gsafd
856 42 $3Cover image$u9781590178140.jpg