Thirty-five years ago, Avner Gold's The Promised Child burst onto the Jewish literary scene and became an instant classic, a beloved favorite of young readers and adults alike. It was translated into Hebrew, Spanish, French and Russian, and it established

Avner Gold's expanded edition of The Dream is the hair-raising sequel to The Promised Child. After years of captivity in a monastery, Shloime Strasbourg finally returns to his family and his people. But will he ever take his rightful place

The year is 1648. Rav Shloime Strasbourg, who has succeeded his father as the rabbi of Pulichev, travels to a family wedding in Nemirov, Ukraine, with Aharon Surkis, his ten-year-old stepson and his friend Elisha Ringel. In middle of the

The story related in the expanded edition of Twilight is a direct continuation of The Year of the Sword, the third novel of the Strasbourg Saga.

The year is 1651. It is not long after the horrendous Cossack massacres of 1648-1649. The brilliant and charismatic Shabbesai Tzvi gathers many disciples and eventually proclaims himself the Messiah and promises to end the seemingly interminable exile. This historic

The year is 1666. The Purple Ring, a clandestine gang of scoundrels, is plotting to accuse the Jewish people of Pulichev of high treason. The count’s granaries are burned under cover of darkness. An apostate priest meets with a sinister

The year is 1668. There is joy in Vienna at the wedding of Mendele Strasbourg, the son of Rav Shloime Strasbourg, the rabbi of Pulichev. But calamity looms on the horizon. The Queen of Spain has sent an urgent demand

The year is 1672. Storm clouds of war are once again gathering over Europe. King Louis XIV of France has set his sights on the Netherlands. Queen Anna Maria, the regent of Spain, sends Don Pedro, Duke of Monteverde and

The year is 1680. In a remote prison fortress in northern Spain, Sebastian Dominguez waits for the Inquisition to decide his fate. After his daring escape, he joins his family in Paris, but danger lurks at every turn. Strangers in

The year is 1682. Sebastian Dominguez gains his release from prison in Vienna and discovers that his mother has been accused of witchcraft and is in danger of being burned at the stake. Who is working behind the scenes to