Urim Publications, an independent publisher of Jewish interest books, is based in Jerusalem, Israel with an outlet in Brooklyn, New York.

Established in 1997 by Tzvi Mauer, Urim publishes approximately fifteen books per year on various topics related to Jewish tradition.

In addition to Urim’s status as a leading publisher of works about women and Judaism, its critically acclaimed books span a range of topics including Jewish religious thought and modern life, Jewish law, Bible commentary, Passover haggadahs, modern Jewish biographies and spirituality. Areas of interest also include the life and works of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook

Abraham Isaac Kook

Abraham Isaac Kook was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine, the founder of the Religious Zionist Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav, Jewish thinker, Halachist, Kabbalist and a renowned Torah scholar...

 and Nehama Leibowitz.

Books from Urim Publications are distributed worldwide to the Jewish, academic and general trade markets.

Awards

Dignity Beyond Death: The Jewish Preparation for Burial by Rochel U. Berman (2005)

• The Koret International Jewish Book Award
  Koret Jewish Book Award
  The Koret Jewish Book Award is an annual award that recognizes "recently published books on any aspect of Jewish life in the categories of biography/autobiography and literary studies, fiction, history and philosophy/thought published in, or translated into, English." The award was established in...
  
  in the category of Jewish Life & Living (2006)
• The National Jewish Book Award (runner-up) in the category of Contemporary Jewish Life & Practice (2005)

Second Chances: Transforming Bitterness to Hope and the Story of Ruth by Rabbi Levi Meier (2005)

• The National Jewish Book Award (runner-up) in the category of Contemporary Jewish Life & Practice (2005)

Genres

Women and Judaism

Spirituality and Meditation

Jewish Thought and Modern Life

Biography

Bible Commentary

Shabbat and Holidays

Jewish Law

Haggadahs for Passover

Lifecycle

Education and Jewish Study

Israel

Kosher Cookbooks

Children’s Books