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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: New York Review Books; Main edition (March 25, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1590178149
  • ISBN-13: 978-1590178140
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars"As deliciously satisfying, rich and authentic as a fresh Jerusalem pita still warm from the bakery."
By Carol Levin on December 25, 2013
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In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist is an engaging, beautifully crafted and courageous novel that shatters stereotypes, going beyond the geopolitical tension of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount to reveal the internal struggles and compassion of the heart. Against this backdrop is a multi-layered story of friendship between a lonely Arab janitor -- afflicted with a crooked neck and abandoned by his family -- and a single Jewish man who leaves his unfulfilling life in New York and finds his way as the assistant to a rabbi with “a gift for analyzing difficulties of the soul.”

The story deepens with both intrigue as the Jerusalem police tail Isaac – he accepted as a gift a rare antiquity from the Temple Mount, thereby endangering the State of Israel -- and a budding romance between Isaac and the beautifully quirky Tamar. As in her previous novel, Seven Blessings, Feuerman has a gift for capturing the pulse of Jerusalem in the details, from riding the buses and blind dating at a hotel lobby to buying vegetables in the souk. Here, her writing soars in the deep compassion she evokes for the broken supplicants who drift into the courtyard of the kabbalist’s cottage waiting their turn for his life-sustaining words.

The poignant and sometimes hilarious descriptions -- a man weeping behind his briefcase, a barren midwife, an old lady in pink biker shorts -- suggest that everyone needs fixing and spiritual sustenance in some way or other. Feuerman beautifully captures the transformative power of a kind word spoken when Isaac tells the lonely Mustafa he is doing holy work by keeping the Temple Mount clean. He is lifted by his newfound dignity.

Feuerman weaves a multiplicity of themes into a story as deliciously satisfying, rich and authentic as a fresh Jerusalem pita still warm from the bakery.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA fable of fables
By D on January 6, 2014
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Amazing story written beautifully. I have never read anything like it. By the time I got toward the end I realized how much I was enjoying it. The characters in the beginning seemed rather thin. Simpletons was the word I kept thinking. They were good for storytelling and fables but had little depth. Not sure how the author did it, but by the end of the book the characters were as rich and complete as any I could imagine.
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3.0 out of 5 starsSpiritually and emotionally deep, but little chemistry
By MS on May 14, 2014
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Since I had loved Ruchama King Feurman's previous book, I looked forward to this one eagerly.

However, I was disappointed. The book had the same deep emotional insight into characters and it didn't refrain from avoiding flaws. However, I felt the characterization of Tamar was lacking. I didn't feel like I really knew what made her tick, what she thought and felt, how she would react in different situations. I didn't read any chemistry in the relationship between her and Isaac, and didn't understand why she would be interested in someone like Isaac. This may have a lot to do with my personal dislike of Isaac's personality and lifestyle. I don't like overemphasis on spiritual gurus. So my personal likes and dislikes probably colored my feelings about this novel.

Also, I felt the story got out of control and overly dramatic at the end with the whole imprisonment, police, and wall-falling plot. The story didn't need any more drama- what was going on with the characters was dramatic enough.

I also didn't like the whole Arab/Israeli conflict being brought into this. I know this was an attempt to be a lot more human and sensitive than what's out there- I just personally don't like the whole situation and talk about it gets me uncomfortable.

In sum, a lot of what I didn't like about the book were due to my own personal tastes, and also the lack of Tamar's characterization, her and Isaac's chemistry, and the melodrama at the end.

Oh, well. I'll just go and reread Seven Blessings for the fourth time. :)
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5.0 out of 5 starsMagical
By Amazon Customer on September 30, 2013
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A coming-of-age tale, a love story, a political page turner. Like the modern-day Jerusalem where it's set, In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist is full of unexpected meetings, misunderstandings, beauty and redemption. The characters stay with you long after you've finished reading.
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2.0 out of 5 starssweet story amateurly told
By Rachel Rosenheck on April 5, 2014
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The characters are framed out but one never feels they are real. The story keeps you going but the writing is simplistic. If you like stories based in Israel with religious (and spiritual) protagonists, you could do worse than to wile away a few hours with this novel. But a great, well-written book it isn't.
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5.0 out of 5 starsMy favorite novel of the year so far
By Cider drinker on September 17, 2013
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A little bit Dickens, a little bit I.B. Singer, but really sui generis. I've rarely read a story whose characters have lived on so strongly in my imagination, so that i wonder what they're up to now. It's a kind, generous, funny and extraordinarily moving novel, filled with the pain and sweetness of being human. Please read it.
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2.0 out of 5 starsToo long and repititious
By flogig on January 31, 2016
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I could not wait to finish this book. The main character, Isaac, an American Jew, has found a job helping in the Courtyard of the Rabbi in Jerusalem. The Rabbi soon dies and one reads another 200 pages of indecision, 30 pages about a woman he has met and another 30 about Mustapha, a crippled Arab custodian on the Temple Mount. Their plight is not important enough or interesting enough to warrant 268 pages of writing. That said Feuerman has a writing gift and I would definitely read her again; she just needs to find a better editor to pull things together and tighten up the plot.
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