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Available on Pre-order: Since Sinai: A Convert's Path to Judaism

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  To be released June 15:  Since Sinai: A Convert's Path to Judaism by Shannon Gonyou For more posts on Jewish topics, click HERE . _________________________________ MSI Press  website . MSI Press  wiki page .

Excerpt from Overcoming the Odds (C. Leaver): From Good Blood (Irit Schaffer)

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This book itself contains excerpts from the best of MSI Press's publications on triumphing over difficulties. Want to brighten your day? Find out how others did! From Good Blood by Irit Schaffer -- As soon as I looked into his blue eyes, every cell in my body bubbled with joy. Yes, this must be love. I am in love for the first time. His are the bluest eyes I have ever seen. They are like the deep blue of the ocean on a clear and sunny day. My mom is sitting to my left, my sister, Edna, to my right, and I am falling in love. Ari Ben Canaan is his name. He is in charge of taking a boatload of people to Palestine. The boat, Exodus, is filled with Jewish Europeans planning to make their home in the soon to be independent State of Israel. Unfortunately, the British authorities have detained the boat in Cyprus. They are not allowing Exodus to complete its voyage to Palestine, and Ari has to take charge. His confidence is portrayed in his thin and muscular 5’9” frame. “We can g

Author in the News: Steven Greenebaum Featured in Jewish in Seattle Magazine

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What does being Jewish mean to you? This is the question that Jewish in Seattle Magazine asked of Rev. Steven Greenebaum, an interfaith minister and MSI Press author, on April 9. Read his response in the magazine . (Steven was able to hype -- just a little -- his newest book: One Family Indivisible , a finalist in the American Book Fest's Best Books Awards in the category of religion.) Listen to Steven's podcast as he is interviewed by Anne Laforge. You can find it on the MSI Podcasts page . Read more blog posts by and about Steven and his book HERE .