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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Happy vinyl release day to Ya Ghorbati: Divas in Exile! We are honored to release this vinyl from Laura Elkeslassy that unearths the music and stories of Judeo-Arab divas from mid-century North Africa. Order the vinyl: loom.ly/dhhT1AY
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Ya Ghorbati | Divas in Exile (Vinyl Record)
In her debut album Ya Ghorbati: Divas in Exile, singer Laura Elkeslassy unearths the music and stories of Judeo-Arab divas from mid-century North Africa. Developed in collaboration with music director Ira Khonen Temple, the album weaves together North African Jewish folk and sacred music, ranging from traditional Andal
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Poets Daniela Naomi Molnar, author of Protocols: An Erasure, and Peter Cole, who brought Hayim Nahman Bialik’s poetry into English, discussed how their distinct practices are driven by the same question: what lies beneath the surface of a text? Watch: loom.ly/kc94bqs
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Poetry as Witness: An Evening of Readings and Conversation between Daniela Naomi Molnar and Peter Cole - Ayin Press
Poet and artist Daniela Naomi Molnar and poet and translator Peter Cole bring their two works into conversation: Molnar's PROTOCOLS: An Erasure, a National Jewish Book Award finalist, and Cole's On the Slaughter: Selected Poems.
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New from Alef Bet: “Alef: The Art of Asking” and “Bet: The Hero’s Journey Home. Go Forth, Go Within.” Listen to the first two episodes of Alef Bet wherever you get your podcasts. Listen: loom.ly/cS3D1ls Reboot Studios is a co-producer on Alef Bet. Lab/Shul is a partner on Alef Bet.
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Alef Bet
Judaism Podcast · Weekly Series · Alef Bet explores the big ideas, core concepts, tough questions, essential values, and evolving practices of Jewish life through the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Hosted by Rabbi Amichai …
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Join author and illustrator Madison Safer in conversation with artist, author, and illustrator Suzy Ultman to celebrate the publication of The Garlic Eaters on October 22nd at 7pm ET. Register for the event: loom.ly/YKSQams
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The Garlic Eaters: Madison Safer in Conversation with Suzy Ultman
Join a conversation between with author Madison Safer and Suzy Ultman, moderated by Jessica Tamar Deutsch.
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Now available for preorder: The Path of Repair: Jewish Wisdom on Transforming Harm, Ari Lev Fornari’s bold spiritual and ethical roadmap for personal and collective transformation. Forthcoming from Ayin in Winter 2027. Preorder your copy: loom.ly/M3Ht9Yw.
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The Path of Repair: Jewish Wisdom on Transforming Harm
Ancient wisdom meets radical justice in this powerful reimagining of the Jewish path of teshuvah.The Path of Repair is a bold spiritual and ethical roadmap for personal and collective transformation. Rooted in ancient Jewish wisdom and illuminated by contemporary practices of mindfulness and abolitionist theology, this
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Introducing Alef Bet, a new podcast from Ayin Audio, hosted by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie. Alef Bet explores the big ideas, core concepts, tough questions, essential values, and evolving practices of Jewish life through the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Listen: loom.ly/cS3D1ls
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Alef Bet
Judaism Podcast · Weekly Series · Alef Bet explores the big ideas, core concepts, tough questions, essential values, and evolving practices of Jewish life through the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Hosted by Rabbi Amichai …
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Five days till the launch of Alef Bet, a new podcast from Ayin Audio, hosted by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie . Alef Bet launches 9/23. Listen on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Rabbi Vincent and Rabbi Krieger have written a text as mystical as it is practical, as visually beautiful as it is quietly subversive…It should be in every hotel room in America.” – Bess Kalb, author of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me Preorder Speak to the Bones: loom.ly/ZISZD1c
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Speak to the Bones: A Book of Jewish Spells and Incantations
A thrilling collection of spells and incantations, inspired by the ancient Jewish practice of manifestation through speech. Speak to the Bones invites readers of all religious and spiritual backgrounds into the ever-evolving world of mysticism. With over forty healing spells and accompanying commentaries—which address
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Introducing Ayin Audio, a new home for Ayin podcasts and other audio offerings. Our first show, Alef Bet, hosted by R’Amichai Lau-Lavie, launches 9/23, followed by our flagship series Four Questions on 10/22. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Reboot Studios is a co-producer on Alef Bet.
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As the Jewish year draws to a close, we invite you to support Ayin and the work we’ll carry into the year ahead. Donate: loom.ly/PyHw2jI Ayin Press Limited is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax deductible as permitted by law.
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Support Ayin Press
Ayin Press Limited is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 86-1454151) founded on a deep belief in the power of art, ideas, and imagination to heal and uplift the world we share and build together. 
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today we celebrate the publication of I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion, a zine exploring embodiment, expanded consciousness, and social transformation. The companion is illustrated by Jessica Tamar Deutsch , and designed by Shrenik Ganatra. Order: loom.ly/0IQMIFc
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I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion
For last-minute orders before Yom Kippur, FedEx Standard Overnight shipping is available. A Yom Kippur companion exploring embodiment, expanded consciousness, and social transformation. Yom Kippur has always held more than guilt, obligation, and passive atonement. I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion engages t
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now available for preorder: The Bush Is Burning! Radical Judaism Faces the Pharaohs of the Modern Superstate by Arthur Waskow (1933–2025). Preorder your copy: loom.ly/bqnjSP4
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The Bush Is Burning!: Radical Judaism Faces the Pharaohs of the Modern
A foundational work at the crossroads of Jewish radicalism and spiritual renewal, back in print after over fifty years. By 1971, when this transformative text was first published, Arthur Waskow (1933–2025) had already shaken the pillars of American Judaism. Born into a family of Baltimore leftists, Waskow spent the 196
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
4 Ayin companions for the Jewish holiday cycle, now available together as the Ayin Holiday Zine Bundle for 25% off. Purchase all four together as the Ayin Holiday Zine Bundle: loom.ly/una7rHA
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Holiday Companion Bundle
The Ayin Holiday Companion Bundle brings together four illustrated guides that offer innovative entryways into the Jewish calendar, from Rosh Hashanah to Passover. With illustrations by Jessica Tamar ...
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Preorder: Sacred Rebels: Strangers, Edgewalkers, and the Future of Judaism, Jericho Vincent’s radical & accessible introduction to the Ivri Way, a Jewish movement grounded in ancient wisdom, responsive to our current struggles, & alive for what comes next. Order: loom.ly/COKi0vY
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Sacred Rebels: Strangers, Edgewalkers, and the Future of Judaism
Sacred Rebels: Strangers, Edgewalkers, and the Future of Judaism radically reframes some of the oldest Jewish ancestral wisdom as a fresh and fully welcoming path for folks who are Jewish, Jew-ish, and simply Jewishly curious.
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“Alicia Ostriker is one of my favorite poets and thinkers about poetry… Here she is, in all her glory, Alicia Ostriker guiding while inspiring.” —Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic and Dancing in Odessa Preorder Turn It & Turn It: loom.ly/cX-gr-8
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Turn It & Turn It: Post-Secular Essays & Poems
An electric collection of essays and poems by America’s most prominent feminist Jewish poet and critic.
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We’re pleased to share that you can now purchase The Illustrated Pirkei Avot: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Ethics, by Jessica Tamar Deutsch, from Ayin. Order the book: loom.ly/3jGg8Ow Trade publication date: April 20th, 2017 Shipping to Ayin and Print-O-Craft customers in Fall 2026
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The Illustrated Pirkei Avot: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Ethics
Pirkei Avot (“Chapters of the Fathers”) is Judaism’s oldest and most important compilation of rabbinic ethical teachings. In this volume, Jessica Tamar Deutsch has woven the entirety of the work (translated into English) through more than 120 pages of illustration. The book is meant for everyone: kids, teens, and adult
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“At times of great stupidity on planet earth, wisdom hides in games.” —Ariana Reines Earlier this year, poet Ariana Reines and author Stav Appel explored what happens when wisdom is forced to play. That recording is now available. Visit: loom.ly/dZPhDBQ
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Torah in the Tarot Virtual Launch: A conversation with Stav Appel and Ariana Reines - Ayin Press
Join us to celebrate the launch of The Torah in the Tarot with author Stav Appel and poet Ariana Reines on April 30th at 1pm EST.
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We are one month away from the release of I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion. Preorder: loom.ly/0IQMIFc. Zine Details 24 pages | 8 x 10 in. | $18.00 Publication date: September 8th, 2026
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I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion
A Yom Kippur companion exploring embodiment, expanded consciousness, and social transformation. Yom Kippur has always held more than guilt, obligation, and passive atonement. I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion engages this holiest of days as a portal into embodied practice, ecstatic awareness, and prophetic
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
To mark Tu B’av, the Jewish holiday of love, we’re sharing two spells from Speak to the Bones, out in November from Ayin Press. Whether you’re searching for love or healing from heartbreak, Rabbis Jericho Vincent and Zvika Krieger have you covered. Pre-order: loom.ly/lCQ3ouM.
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Speak to the Bones: A Book of Jewish Spells
A thrilling collection of spells and incantations, inspired by the ancient Jewish practice of manifestation through speech. Speak to the Bones invites readers of all religious and spiritual backgrounds into the ever-evolving world of mysticism. With over forty healing spells and accompanying commentaries—which address
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Two weeks left to register for Ayin’s inaugural course based on "The Torah in the Tarot." Wednesdays on Zoom: July 29th, August 5th, 12th & 19th 8–9:30 p.m. ET $120 Register: loom.ly/0ULUtG4
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The Torah in the Tarot: Full Review from Aleph to Tav with Stav Appel
Inaugural Class from Ayin Institute: July 22 – Aug 12 from 8-9:30pm EST
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We are delighted to reveal the cover of "I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion," illustrated by Jessica Tamar Deutsch, & designed by Shrenik Ganatra w/contributions from Nate DeGroot, Jill Hammer, Marcia Meislin, Jay Michaelson, & Eden Pearlstein. Preorder: loom.ly/0IQMIFc.
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I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion
A Yom Kippur companion exploring embodiment, expanded consciousness, and social transformation. Yom Kippur has always held more than guilt, obligation, and passive atonement. I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion engages this holiest of days as a portal into embodied practice, ecstatic awareness, and prophetic
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Now available for preorder: "I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion," edited by Eden Pearlstein & illustrated by Jessica Tamar Deutsch, with contributions from Rabbi Nate DeGroot, Rabbi Jill Hammer, Marcia Meislin, Jay Michaelson, and Eden Pearlstein. Preorder: loom.ly/0IQMIFc..
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I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion
A Yom Kippur companion exploring embodiment, expanded consciousness, and social transformation. Yom Kippur has always held more than guilt, obligation, and passive atonement. I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion engages this holiest of days as a portal into embodied practice, ecstatic awareness, and prophetic
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Save the date! Join Ayin Press at the NYC Poetry Festival from July 18th–19th on Governors Island. We'll be selling poetry and poetry-adjacent titles you'll love. We hope to see you there! RSVP: loom.ly/T1UOK9I
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The 15th Annual New York City Poetry Festival
Join us for NYC PoFest 2026: A Modern Odyssey, a free two-day celebration of poetry, community, & creative homecoming!
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Read the newest piece from Ayin author, Stav Appel (@torah.tarot) on the differences between the two Tarot exhibits opening in New York that illuminate the heart of the argument behind "The Torah in the Tarot." Read: loom.ly/RQrpkZU Order the deck: loom.ly/nRF6uN4
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Two Tarot Exhibits in the State of New York - Ayin Press
In June, two exhibitions in New York State will tell sharply different stories about the Tarot.
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
What if one of the oldest Tarot decks was secretly Jewish all along? Join Ayin's inaugural class with Stav Appel (@torah.tarot). Wednesdays, July 29–Aug 19 | 8–9:30pm ET | $120 | Via Zoom Register: loom.ly/ux3zdpg Only 40 slots left
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The Torah in the Tarot: Full Review from Aleph to Tav with Stav Appel
Inaugural Class from Ayin Institute: July 22 – Aug 12 from 8-9:30pm EST
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
In his review for Jewish Book Council, Jonathan Fass describes "Frag­ments of a Future Scroll" as "striking in its affirmation that tradition can be renewed through ancient wisdom, not by seek­ing to throw away the past." Read: loom.ly/DeHe6TM Order: loom.ly/LMIGvgQ
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Fragments of a Future Scroll: Hasidism for the Aquarian Age (50th Anniversary Edition)
In 1975, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, a Holocaust survivor and member of the Lubavitch community, authored Fragments of a Future Scroll.
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We’re proud to share our Spring 2026 book catalog with titles across our three imprints: Ayin Press, Aora Books, and Somewhere Books. The catalog includes our full backlist alongside new frontlist titles for the season. Design by David Benarroch. See the catalog: loom.ly/J7cHNCA
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Ayin Press offers fiscal sponsorships to artists, small organizations, and initiatives. This program provides process and documentation support for grant applications and donor engagement at any scale. Learn more about our program: loom.ly/L1Kg2L4
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Join us on Sunday, May 31st for the Bay Area Book Festival Bookworm Block Party in downtown Berkeley, California from 11 a.m–5 p.m. Come find Ayin Press at Booth 116. We hope to see you there! See the full schedule of events: loom.ly/GjQyaFs
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
An innovative look at the interplay between the mystical traditions of Sufism and Hasidism. Check out the Ayin-distributed title, The Merging of Two Oceans: Nine Talks on Sufism & Hasidism by Pir Netanel Miles-Yépez. Order your copy: loom.ly/t0Rg-So
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The Long Now Foundation @longnow.org · 26/05/2026
@bayoakomolafe.bsky.social Long Now Talk took us on a journey through Yoruba cosmology, slave ship histories, and decolonization strategies. He invited us to look at the space between the tick and the tock, to sit in the uncomfortable and incomplete. Watch the full talk on YouTube:
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Bayo Akomolafe | The Untimely
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Check out this new piece by Eden Pearlstein in Jewish Book Council’s BookWatch series. Eden describes Ayin’s vision to create intersectional spaces where unexpected ideas and communities meet, and where “we like to let our books do the talking." Read the essay: loom.ly/9FqNvvs
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
In celebration of SURVIVA's 2026 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award win, we’re sharing an excerpt from a conversation between Cannupa Hanska Luger and Ayin's Eden Pearlstein. Listen to the audio and read the excerpt: loom.ly/KLYdMNs
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We're celebrating with a little gift for you today through the end of the month. Get 20% off everything in the Ayin online store. Use code SHAVUOT2026 at checkout. Offer ends May 31st, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Offer applies to one-time purchases only. Shop now loom.ly/EIH2UJ0
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Just two weeks away! Join us for an evening of readings and conversation with poets Daniela Naomi Molnar and Peter Cole on June 4th at 7:30pm EST on Zoom. Register here: loom.ly/KWgbrqQ
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We’re honored to share that Golden Threads by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay has been named a 2026 Best Chapter Book by the Children’s Africana Book Awards, in addition to winning the 75th Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award in February. Order the book: loom.ly/jRihzmY
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
“Selah is a thousand branching pathways, like the winding veins of rivers, blood, roots, and roads.” —Nora Bateson
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
To read Báyò Akómoláfé is to enter a world of unexpected encounters between thinkers, traditions, and stories you would never have imagined in conversation. Order your copy: loom.ly/UcBMbTQ
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Ayin Press offers editorial services for authors and organizations looking to refine and elevate text-based content. From book development and copywriting to proofreading, our editors can help. For more information, reach out to editor@ayinpress.org.
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
In partnership with Anne Germanacos, Ayin is honored to launch the N.C. Germanacos Poetry Award, celebrating the legacy of educator, translator, and poet Nick Germanacos (1940–2026). This new award will support the publication of a transformative book of poetry. Donate: loom.ly/KRBjN-g
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Revealing the cover of Who Do You Think You Are? by Yuli Novak — an intimate and unflinching account of what it means to confront a system of violence from within. The book will be shipping on December 15th, 2026. Preorder your copy: loom.ly/pceQFFE
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Watch the recording from the online conversation on The Torah in the Tarot between author Stav Appel and poet Ariana Reines. Together, they explored the Tarot as a multifaceted cultural artifact. Watch it here: ayinpress.org/torah-in-the...
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“Báyò Akómoláfé is a philosopher who is pushing us to think outside of every narrative we take for granted.” –adrienne maree brown
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Báyò Akómoláfé defies categories. A celebrated writer, teacher, and self-styled “trans-public” intellectual, his work reimagines the world through perpetual process and radical relation. Order the book: loom.ly/UcBMbTQ
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Revealing the cover of Wherever You Are: Essays from East to West by Yahia Lababidi — with artwork by Maryam Lameiharvani and design by Melissa Weiss. Preorder the book: loom.ly/WrCbnZU Publication date: February 23rd, 2027
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Join us for an evening of readings and conversation with poets Daniela Naomi Molnar and Peter Cole on June 4th at 7:30pm EST. They will bring two of their works into conversation: Molnar's PROTOCOLS: An Erasure, and Cole's On the Slaughter: Selected Poems. Register: loom.ly/KWgbrqQ 
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
“Selah is the sweeping, shuddering blast of geo-philosophical winds from the monster’s breath that render highways as crossroads. It is a call to touch, to trace, to fall together, to read together, to speculate about other forms of care.” —Báyò Akómoláfé
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Some words resist definition—selah is one. Appearing 74 times in the Old Testament, its meaning remains debated. “Selah is the moment when language fails,” writes Báyò Akómoláfé. A fitting title for work that refuses simplification. Order your copy: loom.ly/UcBMbTQ
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New to our column Otiyot: Her Return and Reckonings: Two Poems by Rachel Kaufman. These poems belong to a manuscript that uses the language and myth of the Talmud. Read the full poems here: loom.ly/tfmB-Kg
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Ayin Press @ayinpress.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This July, Laura Elkeslassy (@laura_elkeslassy) will unveil her debut studio album, Ya Ghorbati: Divas in Exile, uncovering the music and stories of Judeo-Arab divas from mid-century North Africa. Preorder here: loom.ly/dhhT1AY
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