In The Courtyard Of The Kabbalist
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Set in Jerusalem, this novel is the story of former Lower East Side haverdasher Isaac, now an assistant to an elderly rabbi; Mustaga, a physically deformed Arab Janitor who works on the Temple Mount; and the beautiful Tamar, a young American woman searching for a righteous man.
National Jewish Book Award Finalist
"A sophisticated and engaging" novel set in contemporary Jerusalem "that treats an endlessly tangled topic-relations between Palestinian Arabs and Jews-with intelligence and originality," from an author hailed as the Jewish Jane Austen and Graham Green (The Wall Street Journal).
An eczema-riddled Lower East Side haberdasher, IsaacMarkowitz, moves to Israel to repair his broken heart and becomes, much to his own surprise, the assistant to a famous old rabbi who daily dispenses wisdom (and soup) to the troubled souls who wash up in his courtyard. It is there that he meets the flame-hairedTamar, a newly religious young American hipster on a mission to live a spiritual life with a spiritual man. Into both of their lives comesMustafa, a devout Muslim, deformed at birth, a janitor who works on the Temple Mount, holy to both Muslims and Jews.
WhenMustafafinds an ancient shard of pottery that may date back to the first temple, he brings it to Isaac in friendship. That gesture sets in motion a series of events that lands Isaac in the company of Israel's worst criminal riffraff, putsMustafain mortal danger, and leavesTamarstruggling to save them both.
As these characters-immigrants and natives; Muslim and Jewish; prophets and lost souls-move through their world, they are never sure if they will fall prey to the cruel tricks of luck or be sheltered by a higher power.
Author: Ruchama King Feuerman
Format: Paperback, 208 pages, 145mm x 210mm, 330 g
Published: 2014, New York Review Books, United States
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
Set in Jerusalem, this novel is the story of former Lower East Side haverdasher Isaac, now an assistant to an elderly rabbi; Mustaga, a physically deformed Arab Janitor who works on the Temple Mount; and the beautiful Tamar, a young American woman searching for a righteous man.
National Jewish Book Award Finalist
"A sophisticated and engaging" novel set in contemporary Jerusalem "that treats an endlessly tangled topic-relations between Palestinian Arabs and Jews-with intelligence and originality," from an author hailed as the Jewish Jane Austen and Graham Green (The Wall Street Journal).
An eczema-riddled Lower East Side haberdasher, IsaacMarkowitz, moves to Israel to repair his broken heart and becomes, much to his own surprise, the assistant to a famous old rabbi who daily dispenses wisdom (and soup) to the troubled souls who wash up in his courtyard. It is there that he meets the flame-hairedTamar, a newly religious young American hipster on a mission to live a spiritual life with a spiritual man. Into both of their lives comesMustafa, a devout Muslim, deformed at birth, a janitor who works on the Temple Mount, holy to both Muslims and Jews.
WhenMustafafinds an ancient shard of pottery that may date back to the first temple, he brings it to Isaac in friendship. That gesture sets in motion a series of events that lands Isaac in the company of Israel's worst criminal riffraff, putsMustafain mortal danger, and leavesTamarstruggling to save them both.
As these characters-immigrants and natives; Muslim and Jewish; prophets and lost souls-move through their world, they are never sure if they will fall prey to the cruel tricks of luck or be sheltered by a higher power.
In The Courtyard Of The Kabbalist