The Secret That Is Not a Secret
Ten Heretical Tales

Jay Michaelson is an incredibly talented and versatile writer. Last year, he won a Jewish Book Award for his scholarly work on Jacob Frank. Now, we have a collection of short fiction, The Secret That Is Not a Secret: Ten Heretical Tales. All of Michaelson’s books share common features, but there are......more

Delicious! An absolutely delicious group of ecstatic stories to enlighten the mind and heart.......more

i found this book very delicious! i was much more into the plots of the stories than the semi dense talmudic parts, but i think upon a reread they’ll stick better. each one of these stories was like a little plum. will be recommending this to the many jewish freaks in my life.......more

Piousness in Judaism, although complex and debated through centuries, geographies, and diverging religious movements, might be fairly summarized as the striving to follow both outer norms of Jewish law and to live a Godly inner life in one's heart. However, earning eternal reward or punishment based......more

This is what I’ve been waiting for. This book is something special and profound; I have been longing to read stories written like this forever. Every story rests peacefully within a honest world. Characters yearn for connection with the Divine simultaneously living from their very human selves. Mich......more