A beautiful Tarot deck and booklet revealing the lost and forgotten Jewish origins of the Tarot—featuring a foreword by poet Ariana Reines.

For hundreds of years, the original meaning of the Tarot de Marseille, the artistic ancestor of the contemporary Tarot, has been a source of mystery, speculation, and debate. When Torah student Stav Appel encountered the Jean Noblet Tarot—one of the oldest preserved decks in the tradition of the Tarot de Marseille—he found something curious: the Magician held his arms in the shape of the Hebrew letter aleph א, the Hermit wore a Jewish prayer shawl, and three pieces of matzah hid beneath the Moon. 

In The Torah in the Tarot, Appel carefully analyzes the Noblet Tarot, uncovering a rich array of Jewish symbols ingeniously concealed in its images. Given the deck’s origin circa 1650, during the Catholic Church’s centuries-long campaign to eradicate Judaism, Appel argues persuasively that its secret content suggests it originally served as a tool for clandestine Jewish education. Writing in a rich style that draws on rabbinic literary forms, Appel has presented a landmark contribution to the field of Tarot studies—revealing that when we perceive the Tarot through a Jewish lens, we can, at long last, recognize the Torah hidden in the Tarot.

The Torah in the Tarot includes a booklet written by Stav Appel with a foreword by Ariana Reines, as well as a historically accurate, 78-card color reproduction of the Jean Noblet Tarot—the only modern copy that preserves the full scope of the deck’s original Judaica—created by the French artist Florent Giraud of Tarotgraphe.

When a garlic-loving, Yiddish-speaking family is forced out of their garlic-bulb house, they must search for a new place, and a new community, to call home.

The Garlic Eaters live underground in a cozy house made entirely out of garlic. They love how the plant smells and tastes; they even wear garlic peels and sleep on garlic cloves. Then one day, a very large mole storms through their beloved home, forcing them to leave. And so begins the family's journey to find a new place to live—and a community that will embrace them, and their favorite food, just the way they are.

Full of heart, whimsy, and Yiddish vocabulary, The Garlic Eaters introduces young readers to a universal story: being exiled and alienated because of one's identity, starting over somewhere else, and the repair that can be found in community care.

Reboot Studios is a Presenting Partner on The Garlic Eaters, supporting its development, release, and educational impact.

When a garlic-loving, Yiddish-speaking family is forced out of their garlic-bulb house, they must search for a new place, and a new community, to call home.

The Garlic Eaters live underground in a cozy house made entirely out of garlic. They love how the plant smells and tastes; they even wear garlic peels and sleep on garlic cloves. Then one day, a very large mole storms through their beloved home, forcing them to leave. And so begins the family's journey to find a new place to live—and a community that will embrace them, and their favorite food, just the way they are.

Full of heart, whimsy, and Yiddish vocabulary, The Garlic Eaters introduces young readers to a universal story: being exiled and alienated because of one's identity, starting over somewhere else, and the repair that can be found in community care.

Reboot Studios is a Presenting Partner on The Garlic Eaters, supporting its development, release, and educational impact.

An innovative look at the interplay between the mystical traditions of Sufism and Hasidism from a leading practitioner-scholar.

In The Merging of Two Oceans, Pir Netanel Miles-Yépez follows his In the Teahouse of Experience with a new collection of talks, laying the foundations for understanding the historical and spiritual connections between Sufism and Hasidism, two of the world’s great mystical traditions. Through a masterful weave of storytelling and scholarship, Miles-Yépez explores a series of significant  ‘meetings’ between these two traditions in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, details his own role in the formation of a new Sufi lineage connected with Hasidism, and offers a veritable bouquet of potent teachings drawing on the wisdom of both traditions. The Merging of Two Oceans is a boundary-pushing book that will fascinate and inspire admirers of these mystical traditions and their teachings, as well as spiritual seekers from all religious backgrounds.

The Merging of Two Oceans was published by Albion-Andalus and is distributed by Ayin Press (via Publishers Group West).

The magisterial graphic novel of the Book of Esther, now back in an enhanced edition.

For more than twenty years, JT Waldman's Megillat Esther has remained the gold standard for what an illustrated book of the Bible can be. Long out of print, this new full-color edition enhances the black-and-white original and brings Waldman's vision to a new generation of readers—featuring both English and Hebrew.

Across more than 150 gorgeous pages, Waldman brings the story of Purim to life in illustrations that will impress kids and adults alike. At turns provocative and mysterious, Megillat Esther brings emotional brilliance to this age-old story, interspersing its narrative with a hidden backstory. Never before or since has a book of the Bible been illustrated with such grandeur and beauty. This expanded edition adds new layers of delight and depth to each and every page.

Megillat Esther: The Graphic Tale was published by Print-O-Craft and is distributed by Ayin Press (via Publishers Group West).