Two Tales by S.Y. Agnon (BKE-TT) Encyclopedia-Concordances The synopses are breezy and

The synopses are breezy and lighthearted

There is nothing about human existence

This handbook for humanity incorporates surprisingly contemporary messages about gender equality

It is written for the interested lay reader who may be new to Torah study

established so that Jews anywhere in the world could have a homeland

Two Tales by S.Y. Agnon (BKE-TT) Encyclopedia-Concordances The synopses are breezy andTwo newly revised translations from the Hebrew, with new and illustrated annotations, of two novellas by Nobel Laureate S. Y. Agnon. Two stories clearly in dialogue with one another, sharing elements of moonstruck sleepwalkers, disengaged academics, and the typically Agnonian unfulfilled love. In Betrothed, Jacob Rechnitz, a marine biologist arrives in pre World War I Jaffa on the Mediterranean coast of the Land of Israel. His scholarly pursuits and