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008			140923s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a2013047145
020			_a9781590178140
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aPS3611.I585 _bI5 2014
082	0	0	_aMYS FEU
100	1		_aFeuerman, Ruchama King
245	1	0	_aIn the Courtyard of the Kabbalist _c/ Ruchama King Feuerman
260			_aNew York _b: New York Review Books _c, 2014, c2013.
300			_a267 pages _c; 21 cm
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.
586			_aNational Jewish Book Awards finalist
650			_aJews _v--Fiction
650		0	_aSpiritual life _x--Fiction
651		0	_aIsrael _x--Fiction
655		7	_aMystery fiction
655		7	_aDetective and mystery stories
942			_cMO
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