THE WORLD BETWEEN is forthcoming from Delphinium Books February 24th, 2026

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“Zeeva Bukai’s The World Between gives us the long life of an actress in the fading world of Yiddish theatre.“—Joan Silber author of Improvement 

“Stunning novella…The World Between should be required reading for anyone seeking understanding of the Holocaust, survival, and the profound impact of both.”—Erika Krouse, author of Save Me, Stranger

“The World Between is fragile. It's mysterious. It's wonderfully written.”—Max Gross, author of The Lost Shtetl

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Zeeva Bukai is the author of the novel, The Anatomy of Exile. Her stories have appeared in Carve Magazine, The Master’s Review, Mcsweeney’s Quarterly Concern, and elsewhere. Her honors include a fellowship at the New York Center for Fiction, residencies at Hedgebrook Writers Colony, and Byrdcliff AIR program in Woodstock NY. She is the recipient of the The Master’s Review fall fiction prize, the Curt Johnson Prose Award, and the Lilith Fiction Award. Her work has been anthologized in Smashing The Tablets: Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible, Frankly Feminist: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine, and Out of Many: Multiplicity and Divisions in America Today. She holds an MFA from Brooklyn College and is the Assistant Director of Academic Support at SUNY Empire State University. Her novel, The World Between is forthcoming from Delphinium Books February 2026. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.

In Paperback Jan 13, 2026

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The Abadi Family saga begins when a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story between a Palestinian and a Jew ends in predictable tragedy. The family flees to America to mend, but encounters only more turmoil that threatens to tear the family apart.

In the wake of the 1967 Six Day War, Tamar Abadi’s world collapses when her sister-in-law is killed in what appears to be a terror attack but what is really the result of a secret relationship with a Palestinian poet. Tamar’s husband, Salim, is an Arab and a Jew. Torn between the two identities, and mourning his sister’s death, he uproots the family and moves them to the US…read more

  • “Shying away from villains and heroes, the novel creates sympathy for a spectrum of individuals trapped by tribalism, land grabs, heartless government actions, and economics. A book to read right now."

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  • “The Anatomy of Exile is a compassionate, searing and full-of-life novel that bears witness in important ways.”

    —ELIZABETH GRAVER, author of Kantika, winner of the 2023 Jewish National Book Award

  • “The heartbreak of being exiled from the land of your birth is beautifully described in this wrenching novel, a deep dive into the immigrant experience, family dynamics, and the misunderstandings that needlessly divide people."

    -Chris Cander, author of The Young of Other Animals

  • “In Anatomy of Exile Zeeva Bukai beautifully weaves one Mizrahi family’s tragic tale of love and loss and deftly illuminates the liminal space between places and languages, Arabness and Jewishness."

    - Ayelet Tsabari, author of The Art of Leaving

  • “The Anatomy of Exile is a captivating and moving account of displacement, sacrifice, and ultimate loss.”

    -Marcia Butler, author of Oslo, Maine and The Skin Above My Knee

  • “With elegant prose and unflinching honesty, this novel about love, betrayal, and exile reminds us of the necessity of storytelling in troubled times."

    —Amy Gottlieb, author of The Beautiful Possible