Genizah

Definition: Genizah is a storage area in a Jewish synagogue or cemetery designated for the temporary storage of worn-out Hebrew-language books and papers on religious topics prior to proper cemetery burial.In the novel The Genizah, Wayne Karlin enters its pages as a character in his own novel, reimagining his family''s lives—and fate—if they had not come to America but stayed in his mother''s vill...