ד-פּאַקס<p>“This <a href="https://babka.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> is a response to the self-image of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> as scholarly <a href="https://babka.social/tags/sages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sages</span></a> — not fantasy <a href="https://babka.social/tags/warriors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warriors</span></a> or <a href="https://babka.social/tags/heroes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heroes</span></a> — and an invitation to broaden our understanding of what it means to be a <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jew</span></a>.”</p><p>So says J.S. Gold, author of the uniquely illuminating <a href="https://babka.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> The Sanhedrin Chronicles, a modern <a href="https://babka.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> where ancient <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Hebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrew</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/mysticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mysticism</span></a> comes alive on the streets of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://babka.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> adds, “Taken a step further, all good fantasy fiction uses the particular to illuminate the universal. The story considers identity through a uniquely <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> lens, but it’s by no means limited to the Jewish experience.”</p><p><a href="https://booktrib.com/2025/03/05/author-draws-from-jewish-heritage-to-craft-urban-fantasy-novel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">booktrib.com/2025/03/05/author</span><span class="invisible">-draws-from-jewish-heritage-to-craft-urban-fantasy-novel/</span></a></p>