Michael Kind, descendiente de judíos criado en un barrio marginal de Nueva York, se debate entre el antagónico legado recibido por su abuelo y su educador . Como siempre el autor nos lleva por caminos inesperados. El libro es una muestra seria; pero entretenida sobre la vida de algunos grupos judios en USA. Buy El rabino by Noah Gordon, Adolfo Martín (ISBN: ) from Eh leido algunos libros de Noha Gordon pero esta no esta tan buena en mi.
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The author’s writing style is comfortable and, at times, penetrating. I’d like to have given it 4.
Lists with This Book. I really recommend this book to all serious readers. Most of the book is a 3 but I gave it a 4 because it grew on me. I’d like to read this book on Kindle Don’t have a Kindle?
The Rabbi was written much earlier and it shows, but it’s still a solid novel. And with that he finishes with the decision to become a reform rabbi, as if d decision of whether to be an Orthodox rabbi or a Reform rabbi is like deciding which entree to choose for dinner.
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Each and every one of his congregations was completely different from the other, despite all of them rabimo being Reform. Different choices might have been happier choices but that wouldn’t have held my interest.
Crushed, she goes to her farmhouse in western Massachusetts, thinking to sell it, and finds an unexpected life. Relative success and relative “failure” are the marks of Michael’s life. Very much the same for churches of all faith. Thanks for telling us about the problem.
The whole book is merely the story of a rabbi from when he first decides to become a rabbi, through his life. Gorodn is, I believe, his first book, but I will read more from this author. This has caused issues with the various synagogues where he has served, as well as causing issues in his marriage. A parallel conflict flows with raabino story of Leslie, his wife who has converted from Christianity to Judaism and endures the label of “shickseh.
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Great reading especially if you’re interested in Jewish faith. Is there something of value wherever you find yourself if you are willing to accept a challenge? Showing of 1 reviews. When Leslie, his wife, realizes she is in love with Michael, and knows that for Michael marriage to her would mean giving up being a rabbi, she begins a stu This book is written in the voice of Michael Kind, a rabbi.
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In a word, boring. Arab madrassas are the only authentic medical schools, and he makes his perilous way to Persia.
The book begins in when he is dealing with a major crisis in his life. There’s an earthiness to his writing that makes the past feel immediate and his characters real. There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
niah The only real downer for me was the scattering of Hebrew which was not translated so I could only try to guess at it from context. The story is told from Rabbi Kind’s present time in the s back to his childhood, then through the years as a ep, college-aged young man, and as a rabbi, married and rabinl children. What pushed it to 5 stars was his private thoughts, emotions, and how he and his wife viewed the various placements he accepted. Get to Know Us.
Want to Read saving…. Open Preview See a Problem? Withoutabox Submit to Film Festivals. Unfortunately, I like those qualities much less in a contemporary setting. So the book is a nice read, but is disappointing in terms of developing any Jewish themes.
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Overall, though, nkah not my favorite. He is heavily influenced by his close relationship with his grandfather who was an immigrant from eastern Europe. The difficulties The Rabbi faced as he assumed his rabbinical duties had the ring of truth, and he educated those of us who are not Jewish in the matters important to Jewish life.
The same is true of his wife’s conversion.