{"product_id":"rabbi-9780449214541","title":"Rabbi","description":"\u003cb\u003eHe was a young American rabbi. She was his beautiful Christian wife. Together they tried to forge a life . . . \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This big, ambitious novel comes as close to matters of faith and life as any book that has appeared. . . . Excellent.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst and foremost, Michael Kind was a man--a courageous man with strong ideals and feelings, a family man devoted to his two children, a passionate man deeply in love with his wife Leslie. He'd already become a rabbi when he met Leslie, a minister's daughter. She fell in love with Michael and converted to Judaism to marry him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is their story, a sweeping drama of love and identity, of compassion and cruelty, 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 . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A human and enlightening portrait of a rabbi as a man, called upon constantly to be something more than a man: of a rabbi as a husband and father with the weakness and problems of other men . . . A rewarding reading experience.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fawcett Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449214541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.02h x 4.26w x 1.24d","brand":"Noah Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124377845941,"sku":"9780449214541","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b83b43db-da82-4cd2-8678-8383b619e745.jpg?v=1694550864","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rabbi-9780449214541","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}