Conversations With Rabbi Small - Hardcover

Kemelman, Harry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688006272 ISBN 13: 9780688006273

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1981

Synopsis

Rabbi David Small advises a young Christian woman, engaged to a Jewish man, about conversion and discusses the meaning of Judaism with the couple

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eared, unannounced, at his cabin door, wanting to know if the Rabbi would convert her to Judaism. It was vital to her forthcoming marriage, she said. And so began Rabbi Small's investigation into the magic, the mysticism, the truths and the fables of the world's oldest religion.

From AudioFile

Rabbi Small takes a break from sleuthing and heads to the mountains, but instead of working on his book, he finds himself spending time with a young couple engaged to be married. Joan, the bride-to be, is not a Jew and wishes to convert. Her intended, Aaron, is a Jew but not observant. Rabbi Small sets about explaining what it means to be a Jew, ostensibly to Joan, but Aaron is drawn more and more into the conversations on the porch of the rabbi's cabin. George Guidall portrays the rabbi, who is deeply religious, learned and realistic, in an accent with hints of Brooklyn in it. Aaron is intelligent, snappish and wise. Joan is innocent and somewhat clueless but sincere. It's a tribute to Guidall's powers that the listener becomes fond of all three characters and deeply interested in the rabbi's evening discourses. L.R.S. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688006272
• ISBN 13: 9780688006273
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276