Orthodox Fiction

"In this sequel to An Unorthodox Match, Gabra Zackman returns to narrate the story of secular-born Jewish Leah and her Orthodox Jewish husband, Yaakov, a widower. Zackman expertly creates the watchful atmosphere of their insular Brooklyn neighborhood." -AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner...

For many generations, a wealthy Russian-American family has been tracking down an important and priceless ancient family relic; the Holy Chalice of their ancestors. This is the gilded cup used by the clergy to serve the Mystery of the Eucharist to the ancient Emperors of Byzantium, and their successors after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. With nothing but dead ends and hard stops to show for their efforts, the family turns to employ Thomas Fernandes, a former Roman Catholic priest who himself was once called upon to recover a holy relic for the Vatican. But the family is not the only ...

A longing for something beyond his daily routine leads a young man into the world of meditation and gurus in rural India. His search takes him beyond his wildest dreams to a conclusion he could never have foreseen. Behind The Veil depicts a man's descent into occult powers, where earthly and spiritual forces drag him beyond his worst fears, and into a battle for his soul.

The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of the international sensation The Rule of Four combines a lost gospel, a contentious relic, and a dying pope’s final wish into a “deliciously labyrinthine” (Providence Journal) intellectual thriller that “kicks off at ninety mph and...

An Unorthodox Match is a powerful and moving novel of faith, love, and acceptance, from author Naomi Ragen, the international bestselling author of The Devil in Jerusalem. California girl Lola has her life all set up: business degree, handsome fiancé, fast track career, when suddenly, without...

Sometimes poignant, sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes convicting, these stories of life in an inner-city immigrant Orthodox parish are guaranteed to shake your assumptions and make you see your life and faith in a new way. They are not for the faint of heart, but they are very much for all who want to embrace the truth more fully!

From the author of the Edgar-nominated Invisible City comes another timely thriller that illuminates society’s darkest corners. Told in part through the eyes of a jittery eyewitness and the massacre’s sole survivor, Julia Dahl's Conviction examines the power—and cost—of community...

In this freewheeling romp by the author of the post-Holocaust novel Not Me (“Nothing short of brilliant” —Baltimore Sun), the final pilgrimage of the great Andalusian Hebrew poet Yehuda Halevi frames a tale of Jews getting into trouble across centuries and continents, still looking for...

A Hasidic Jewish woman who is past prime marrying age and unhappy with her life meets a nice single guy her age working at a supermarket. He isn't Jewish but she agrees to go out on a date with him.

Aviva Kagan was a just a teenager when she left her Hasidic Jewish life in Brooklyn for a fling with a smiling college boy from Florida-and then disappeared. Twenty-three years later, the child she walked away from is a NYC tabloid reporter named Rebekah Roberts. And Rebekah isn't sure she wants...

A love story duet of from the Pine Cottage Series: Lady Adaline's Autumn Ball & Christmas at Pine Cottage. Two warm-hearted historical love stories that span from 1864 to 1906

A National Jewish Book Award finalist! A smart and powerful story set in the Orthodox Jewish community about what it means to fit in, break out, and find your own way, by the award-winning author of The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen. This book is Gossip Girl + My Name Is Asher Lev + I Am Not...

Who was the last man to see Christ alive - and the only one entrusted with His Mother? From the shadows of Golgotha to the storm-swept shores of Patmos, Beloved Disciple: Guardian of the Holy Virgin unravels one of the most mysterious and powerful stories of early Christianity. Saint John the Theologian. The only apostle who stood at the Cross. The one who outran Peter to the tomb. The one who never died. In this gripping, cinematic retelling, Saint John is more than a Gospel writer - he is a man on the run, a secret guardian, and the keeper of a divine promise. After Christ entrusts him ...

In Wiliamsburg, Brooklyn, wird Surie Eckstein, 57 Jahre alt, bald Urgroßmutter. Ihre 10 Kinder sind zwischen 14 und 39 Jahre alt. Sie und Yidel heirateten als Surie 16 Jahre alt war und führen eine glückliche Ehe. Doch dann findet Surie heraus, dass sie schwanger ist. Mit 57 Jahren. Sie ist geschockt, schämt sich und fühlt sich ausgeliefert. Sie traut sich nicht ihrer Familie die Nachrichten mitzuteilen, nicht einmal ihrem Mann erzählt sie etwas von Ihrer Schwangerschaft und so kommt es, dass sie zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben ein Geheimnis hat. Ein Geheimnis, dass sie schleichend und immer weiter von ihrer Gemeinschaft trennt.

Izdanie vkljuchaet v sebja 27 pravoslavnyh molitv za detej: Molitva o pros'be rodit' mal'chika. Molitva o vskarmlivanii grud'ju mladencev. Molitvennoe vozdyhanie hristianskoj suprugi vo vremja beremennosti....

Shalom Auslanders Jugend ist geprägt von einem schrecklichen Respekt vor Gott...