In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist

2013 National Jewish Book Award Finalist 

American Library Association Sophie Brody Medal Honor title 2015

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 Am…