The Rabbi

Noah Gordon
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Michael Kind was a young American Jewish, but he was also a man. A man who couldn't help that his heart led him to Leslie, a beautiful Christian. He'd already become a rabbi when he met Leslie, the minister's daughter. First and foremost, Michael was a man -- a courageous man with strong ideals and feelings, a passionate man deeply in love with Leslie. Leslie is also fell in love with Michael, but she must convert to Judaism to marry him. Defying parents and teachers, they dare to love one another and tried to forge a life, in this sweeping drama of love and identity, compassion and crueltly, a searing tale of one man and one woman who must learn to cope with the complications of an unorthodox life in a world that will not accept them, in a world where rabbis and non-Jews do not fall in love -- let alone marry....
Genres: FictionHistorical FictionJewishHistoricalReligionThe United States Of AmericaNovelsJudaismRomanceDrama
435 Pages

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