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Against the backdrop of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and the rift betwen secular and Orthodox Jews, FIRST THE RAVEN explores the repercussions of loss and family secrets, and the power of small acts of forgiveness. It is the story of a Holocaust survivor who becomes the spiritual guide for an Israeli ex-paratrooper in a tale of reconciliation.
An encounter with strange, bearded man on a motorcycle on a Los Angeles street foretells a journey of redemption for Amir, a veteran of two Middle East wars and the first Intifada. His marriage and his relationship with his troubled teenage daughter both fraying, he secretly longs to parachute again, but worries his new life in America has made him go soft, too weak to return to the skies.
One rainy afternoon, he finds respite in a restaurant run by expatriate Israelis. There, he finds an unlikely friend in Rosenberg, an elderly Holocaust survivor who makes his living conducting funeral |
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Breaking Out
by Bob Brink
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 A teenage boy struggling with the coming-of-age issues of sexuality, religion, and peer approval is overwhelmed, but soldiers on. After several years, he comes to understand the family forces that have left him so deeply troubled, and the process of |
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