In A Field Guide to the Jewish Otherworld, author Jill Hammer leads readers on an enchanting journey through the Jewish spirit realms, introducing us to magical beings like angels and demons, house spirits and spirits of the wild, mythological creatures and ancestral presences. These beings—found in the Bible, the Talmud, modern folktales, medieval spell books, and beyond—deserve our rapt attention. Full book description forthcoming.


About the Author

Rabbi Jill Hammer, PhD, is an author, scholar, ritualist, poet, midrashist, and dreamworker. Rabbi Hammer’s books include The  Moonstone Covenant; Omer Calendar of Biblical Women; Undertorah: An Earth-Based Kabbalah of Dreams; Return to the Place: The Magic, Meditation, and Mystery of Sefer Yetzirah; The Hebrew Priestess: Ancient and New Visions of Jewish Women’s Spiritual Leadership (with Taya Shere); Siddur haKohanot: A Hebrew Priestess Prayerbook; The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons; Sisters at Sinai: New Tales of Biblical Women; and The Book of Earth and Other Mysteries. She is the cofounder of the Kohenet movement and the Director of Learning and Ritual at Beit Kohenet, a learning and ritual space for recovering, reclaiming, and recreating Jewish spirit wisdom on the margins. Rabbi Hammer is the Director of Spiritual Education at the Academy for Jewish Religion, a pluralistic rabbinical and cantorial seminary. She and her family live in Manhattan.

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