Daniel Judson Knihy

The first book-length treatment of how synagogues are financed in the United States

Focusing on the holistic experience of pregnancy, this handbook offers a blend of contemporary medical insights and spiritual guidance tailored for Jewish women. It addresses both the physical and emotional aspects of motherhood, providing essential information and nurturing support throughout the transformative journey of creating life.

Elena Aureli faces a race against time in her quest for vengeance against her father's murderer. Alone in the enigmatic city of Old Montreal, her mission becomes even more complicated when her estranged half-brother Miles seeks her help. Torn between avenging her father and protecting Miles, Elena must navigate treachery and danger, pushing her skills to the limit. With only five days remaining, she must find a way to honor her father's memory while confronting the threats that surround them both.

Designed as a companion to two influential works on Jewish spirituality, this book serves as a resource for adult study groups in Christian congregations. It builds on the themes presented by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner and Rabbi Neil Gillman, providing insights into Jewish perspectives on spirituality and the divine. The text aims to foster interfaith understanding and dialogue, enriching the spiritual journey for Christian readers by exploring Jewish traditions and beliefs.

A widowed mother is terrorized by a stalker with unfathomable intent in a novel of cold-blooded suspense by the Shamus Award–winning author of The Temporary Agent . When Kate Burke is awakened one night by a sound outside her window, her PTSD is triggered. Was it simply a deer crossing her secluded backyard? Or was it intruders? Because Kate still lives with the dreadful memories of her husband’s murder during a seemingly random home invasion two years before, she knows the answer can mean the difference between life and death. But when she discovers the unsettling ways her property has been vandalized the next day, Kate is forced to conclude the someone is watching her. Kate decides to rent out her estranged sister’s onetime cottage, which sits on her property, for the summer. Another set of eyes around the place won’t hurt. And with additional support from friends and family, Kate should be feeling safe. Instead, the vandalism is escalating. So are the anonymous late-night calls and texts, each one more disturbing and violating than the last. Whoever is targeting Kate, whatever their motive or terrifying endgame, the footsteps in the dark are getting closer.

Former covert ops agent Tom Sexton is living quietly in rural Vermont. Running a diner with his girlfriend, Stella, he thinks that the worst he's seen, done, and suffered is finally behind him. But when a long-hidden specter from his troubled past emerges, Tom is shaken out of his safe, furtive life. With no choice but to lock and load, Tom falls back into a world where valor and violence collide...and his isn't the only life in danger. Summoned into the ranks of top-secret intelligence, Tom is tasked with protecting a teenage girl targeted by agents of an infamous mercenary. It's a high-risk mission that will pit all his combat and espionage skills against ruthless paramilitary hit squads. Leading them is a legendary and mysterious killer for hire who's making Tom doubt everything, and everyone, he has come to believe in. Even himself. Surrounded by enemies he can't see and allies he can no longer trust, Tom will have to face alone the fatal fury of a madman--if only to save the woman he left behind.