Dear Friends and Colleagues: For the previous Judaica catalog we quoted from Carlos Zafon’s Shadow of the Wind. To continue that tradition here is a quote from a mystery, set in a Brooklyn bookshop. "That’s why I call this place the Haunted Bookshop. Haunted by the ghosts of the books I haven’t read. Poor uneasy spirits, they walk and walk around me."~The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley Some years ago we described our bookshop in the firehouse as follows: "In the spirit of The Haunted Bookshop, perusing the stacks here you might bump into Franz Kafka reading an insurance text, Theodor Herzl reading a work on Palestine in the 19th century, Sigmund Freud pondering a piece by Stekel, Abraham Heschel reading a tome on mysticism and Bruno Schulz chatting under the sign of the crocodiles. Wandering the aisles is an intellectual journey that stretches into 19th century Vienna and Berlin and ends up in the modern world. It is the kind of place to linger and delight in the journeys of others and commence your own pilgrimage. It is a respite from the maddening pace and pressures of modern life, a place of solace and also community." May your journey in this [ new Judaica catalog ]( http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001uLIRjYdP7YlDguPAsv0541lD8lgmRiUct1KNKD68FgKTEQqAwVFTAwgHbtcKMNrt6StSL1ueC-OvBYWg1uzcinCJpfKrcJJcae7NpEArT2ihoThDB_lQJgMga1J0wxOi8nmKi8JQdEnjUKvdbo5Ye4PGVqcqGXDpNtBiG55Hs0odjUCkHANp4jUgBiNmtA8Q4LbJebO3JwpnXIn3qaxoYQEdhuKiAjuRKVwdC88rjj0=&c=17RVyEa2SvR9Rm4UCEv5P6AjBsBiJEQ6Crx10oHqIRxVw59sCVqeCg==&ch=2Ai90nMjqCc8azUDP5xYLrGDvLoe8dnyikzml3gMgUSFO0hmjTLbhA== ) offer you both solace and delight in a time of much upheaval and confusion--perhaps a volume will appear that appeals to your curiosity… as always, the catalog is also available on [ our website ]( http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001uLIRjYdP7YlDguPAsv0541lD8lgmRiUct1KNKD68FgKTEQqAwVFTAwgHbtcKMNrtH7oQEH_3nVlfAit7kBCG2zIpjm7S-zLYp--cDeC8HTuwOHUv4rauKC5G2Hqz4z7ot5PoopSG2EkMTh6C9OwaytWiTDnpB-pAv_FgCnRt6ULRg33GhxgIVw==&c=17RVyEa2SvR9Rm4UCEv5P6AjBsBiJEQ6Crx10oHqIRxVw59sCVqeCg==&ch=2Ai90nMjqCc8azUDP5xYLrGDvLoe8dnyikzml3gMgUSFO0hmjTLbhA== ). It is now two years since Hanna Jane’s death and I want in her memory to share something she wrote: "When our daily life is touched by beauty, we are affected profoundly. Good design of ordinary tools and materials is a true blessing. When these items are also beautiful our spirit soars. In Jewish custom, we perform a mitzvah when we raise the common to the level of princes. This act is called hiddur mitzvah. So we embroider challah covers, we sculpt menorahs we weave colorful prayer shawls, and we bind a siddur…our hands direct our hearts toward the Creator." May her memory be for a blessing. Ken aka Yekutiel Schoen Schoen Books [ www.schoenbooks.com ]( http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001uLIRjYdP7YlDguPAsv0541lD8lgmRiUct1KNKD68FgKTEQqAwVFTA9tYi0RqCRKUcpEHb3fXGBFJM5LFHwSIUsoe6HZsCTLh6vNLuElL2ZYk9Wkmj1rQ1I2DCHcumGr6k7uOOIYnv3l-aPFrEQq-CA==&c=17RVyEa2SvR9Rm4UCEv5P6AjBsBiJEQ6Crx10oHqIRxVw59sCVqeCg==&ch=2Ai90nMjqCc8azUDP5xYLrGDvLoe8dnyikzml3gMgUSFO0hmjTLbhA== ) Books with a past, looking for a future.
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