{"product_id":"mazel-tov-9781782275282","title":"Mazel Tov","description":"\u003cb\u003eA heartwarming, funny and provocative memoir of a woman navigating clashing cultures during her decades-long friendship with an Orthodox Jewish family, new in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 20-year-old student J. S. Margot took a tutoring job in 1987, little did she know it would open up an entire world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the family's Orthodox Jewish household she would encounter endless rules - 'never come on a Friday, never shake hands with a man' - and quirks she had not seen before: tiny tubes on the doorposts, separate fridges for meat and dairy products. Her initial response was puzzlement and occasionally anger, but as she taught the children and fiercely debated with the family, she also began to learn from them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of funny misunderstandings and unexpected connections, \u003ci\u003eMazel Tov\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartwarming, provocative and disarmingly honest memoir of clashing cultures and unusual friendships - and of how, where adults build walls, sometimes only children can dissolve them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782275282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"J. S. Margot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38351008759989,"sku":"9781782275282","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b141ebcd-8839-4800-bfc2-2996cd74692c.jpg?v=1611647056","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mazel-tov-9781782275282","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}