Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora Fantasy Longlisted for the Center for

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

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

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Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora Fantasy Longlisted for the Center forEmbracing 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