The Magic Maker
(2025)

Fiction

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Brother Mockingbird, 2025
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ISBN/ISSN
9781960226228 MWT17707422, 1960226223 17707422
LANGUAGE
English
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Trapped in time since 1917, the Rosenfelds haunt their tenement home, but as a modern educator and a reluctant magician uncover the dark spell binding them, they risk unleashing an even greater danger. In 1917, on New York City's Lower East Side, Baruch Rosenfeld invites a beggar to join his family for the Passover Seder. However, his good deed backfires. Baruch, his wife Rebekah, and their children Nathan, Jacob, and Sadie are trapped in time. They don't age, they can't leave their three-room apartment, and the outside world believes they disappeared without a trace. A hundred years later, the apartment building is now the Tenement Museum. Esther Luna, an educator for the museum, sees Sadie at the window. Esther goes to the apartment but finds it has been empty for decades. She hires Rabbi Meir Poppers, a kishef macher (magician), to solve the mystery of the girl at the window. Meir's efforts to free the Rosenfelds are blocked by rivals, ancient spells, and his own self-doubt. When Meir finally reaches the trapped family, will his Jewish magic be enough to rescue the Rosenfelds from their eternal prison?

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