Going Out with Knots: My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry Nature_Gift_Guide and Thomas Brussig's Stasi officers

and Thomas Brussig's Stasi officers engage in meaningless surveillance in “Heroes Like Us

Rob names him "Potterwookiee" ("Hairy" for short) and soon Rob finds himself treading water as he tries to figure out how to care for his mixed-up friend

and a stunning tale of how deeds triumph over platitudes

and grow a stronger faith

Going Out with Knots: My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry Nature_Gift_Guide and Thomas Brussig's Stasi officersFinalist for the 2025 National Jewish Book Award Featured on Zibby Owens' My Most Anticipated Books 2025 list Interweaving memoir with Hebrew poetry, Going Out with Knots illuminates author Wendy I. Zierler's literary and personal Jewish mourning journey in the aftermath of unremitting personal loss. She begins with her story: the death of both her parents in one year; the challenges she faced as a woman saying Kaddish in an Orthodox synagogue; and