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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 5/18/01, 11:44 PM

An adult user is interested in a book which is specifically geared toward
learning about the Jewish experience/culture from the point of view of a
Christian. Does anybody have any ideas or recommendations?
Carla Storace
[removed]@aol.com

FROM: Karen Woods <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 5/19/01, 8:47 AM

Carla,

I assume your patron is looking for fiction? While not
written by a Christian, the books of Chaim Potok would
be excellent in conveying a sense of Jewish culture.
The Chosen, for example, illuminates boys' experiences
of growing up in both the reform and orthodox
traditions. For the feminine perspective, one can
gather much about both non-observant and
ultra-orthodox Jewish life from Anne Roiphe's
Lovingkindness.

Karen Woods

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> An adult user is interested in a book which is
> specifically geared toward
> learning about the Jewish experience/culture from
> the point of view of a
> Christian. Does anybody have any ideas or
> recommendations?
> Carla Storace
> [removed]@aol.com
>
>
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FROM: Deborah Roy <[removed]@skyenet.net>
REC'D: 5/19/01, 1:11 PM

A few other suggestions in fiction:

Herman Wouk's The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance, which tell the story of
World War iI from the perspectives of two families, the Jewish Jastrows and the
Methodist Henrys, whose lives intertwine through both chance and marriage.

Noah Gordon's The Physician, The Rabbi and The Last Jew are all great reads that take
a thoughtful look at the interactions of Judaism and Christianity at different times
in history. Very sympathetic characters and even-handed treatment of both religions.

Hope this helps.

Deborah Roy
Huntington City Township Public Library
Huntington, Indiana

Karen Woods wrote:

> Carla,
>
> I assume your patron is looking for fiction? While not
> written by a Christian, the books of Chaim Potok would
> be excellent in conveying a sense of Jewish culture.
> The Chosen, for example, illuminates boys' experiences
> of growing up in both the reform and orthodox
> traditions. For the feminine perspective, one can
> gather much about both non-observant and
> ultra-orthodox Jewish life from Anne Roiphe's
> Lovingkindness.
>
> Karen Woods
>
> --- [removed]@aol.com wrote:
> > An adult user is interested in a book which is
> > specifically geared toward
> > learning about the Jewish experience/culture from
> > the point of view of a
> > Christian. Does anybody have any ideas or
> > recommendations?
> > Carla Storace
> > [removed]@aol.com
> >
> >
> ......................................................................
> > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > Everything Fiction_L:
> http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
> =====
> Karen A. Woods
> Twinsburg Public Library, 10050 Ravenna Road
> Twinsburg OH 44087
> voice: 330-425-4268
> email: [removed]@yahoo.com
> alt. email: [removed]@twinsburg.lib.oh.us
> fax: 330-425-3622
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
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>
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FROM: "Cynthia Orr" <[removed]@en.com>
REC'D: 5/19/01, 2:13 PM

>An adult user is interested in a book which is specifically geared toward
>learning about the Jewish experience/culture from the point of view of a
>Christian. Does anybody have any ideas or recommendations?
>Carla Storace

The first thing that comes to my mind is the Faye Kellerman series listed
below. In the first book, Peter Decker, a police detective, is assigned to
solve a murder which occurs in a small orthodox Jewish community near Los
Angeles. Rina Lazarus is a young widow from the community, whom Decker
questions. The plot is well done, but the book is character driven, with a
very strong setting and Rina explains Judaism to Peter not only in this
book, but in the rest of the series.

Kellerman, Faye -- Faye Kellerman


PETER DECKER and RINA LAZARUS Mysteries
Main Character(s): Peter Decker, Police Detective & Rina Lazarus, Homemaker
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
1 - Ritual Bath (1986)
2 - Sacred and Profane (1987)
3 - Milk and Honey (1990)
4 - Day of Atonement (1991)
5 - False Prophet (1992)
6 - Grievous Sin (1993)
7 - Sanctuary (1994)
8 - Justice (1995)
9 - Prayers for the Dead (1996)
10 - A Serpent's Tooth (1997)
11 - Jupiter's Bones (1999)
12 - Stalker (2000)
13 - The Forgotten (Aug, 2001)

Best,
Cindy

Cynthia Orr BookBrowser: The
Guide for Avid Readers
[removed]@bookbrowser.com http://www.bookbrowser.com

FROM: "Nadine B. Rosendale" <[removed]@carr.org>
REC'D: 5/20/01, 7:53 AM

What about Snow in August?

- nadine


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>An adult user is interested in a book which is specifically geared toward
>learning about the Jewish experience/culture from the point of view of a
>Christian. Does anybody have any ideas or recommendations?
>Carla Storace
[removed]@aol.com
>
>......................................................................
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FROM: Vicki Novak - LIBRARYX <[removed]@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 5/21/01, 11:16 AM

The patron might be interested in "The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom. It
is the autobiography of a Christian woman who hid Dutch Jews from the Nazis
during the Holocaust. She and her whole family eventually ended up in
concentration camps, and Corrie Ten Boom was the only survivor of her
family.


Vicki Novak
[removed]@mail.maricopa.gov

Adult Services
North Central Regional Library
Maricopa County Library District
17811 N. 32nd St.
Phoenix, AZ 85032-1201

http://mcld.maricopa.gov

> --- [removed]@aol.com wrote:
> > An adult user is interested in a book which is
> > specifically geared toward
> > learning about the Jewish experience/culture from
> > the point of view of a
> > Christian. Does anybody have any ideas or
> > recommendations?
> > Carla Storace
> > [removed]@aol.com
> >
> =====
> Karen A. Woods
> Twinsburg Public Library, 10050 Ravenna Road
> Twinsburg OH 44087
> voice: 330-425-4268
> email: [removed]@yahoo.com
> alt. email: [removed]@twinsburg.lib.oh.us
> fax: 330-425-3622

FROM: Anne Marquis <[removed]@publib.edmonton.ab.ca>
REC'D: 5/22/01, 11:02 AM

If they want an easy beginning, I would suggest the mystery series by Harry
Kemelman featuring Rabbi Small, especially "Conversations with Rabbi Small"
which is not a mystery in the usual sense, but an exploration of Judaism.

Anne Marquis
Fiction Librarian
Information Services
Edmonton Public Library
7 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2V4
Canada

[removed]@publib.edmonton.ab.ca


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From: [removed]@aol.com [[removed]@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 10:40 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Adult Reader Advisory


An adult user is interested in a book which is specifically geared toward
learning about the Jewish experience/culture from the point of view of a
Christian. Does anybody have any ideas or recommendations?
Carla Storace
[removed]@aol.com

FROM: "Ruth Clark" <[removed]@dakota.lib.mn.us>
REC'D: 5/24/01, 5:09 PM

How about the Zion Chronicles series and the Zion Covenant series by Bodie
Thoene? Also, The Romance Reader by Pearl Abraham.

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Cynthia Orr
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 1:57 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Adult Reader Advisory


>An adult user is interested in a book which is specifically geared toward
>learning about the Jewish experience/culture from the point of view of a
>Christian. Does anybody have any ideas or recommendations?
>Carla Storace

The first thing that comes to my mind is the Faye Kellerman series listed
below. In the first book, Peter Decker, a police detective, is assigned to
solve a murder which occurs in a small orthodox Jewish community near Los
Angeles. Rina Lazarus is a young widow from the community, whom Decker
questions. The plot is well done, but the book is character driven, with a
very strong setting and Rina explains Judaism to Peter not only in this
book, but in the rest of the series.

Kellerman, Faye -- Faye Kellerman


PETER DECKER and RINA LAZARUS Mysteries
Main Character(s): Peter Decker, Police Detective & Rina Lazarus, Homemaker
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
1 - Ritual Bath (1986)
2 - Sacred and Profane (1987)
3 - Milk and Honey (1990)
4 - Day of Atonement (1991)
5 - False Prophet (1992)
6 - Grievous Sin (1993)
7 - Sanctuary (1994)
8 - Justice (1995)
9 - Prayers for the Dead (1996)
10 - A Serpent's Tooth (1997)
11 - Jupiter's Bones (1999)
12 - Stalker (2000)
13 - The Forgotten (Aug, 2001)

Best,
Cindy

Cynthia Orr BookBrowser: The
Guide for Avid Readers
[removed]@bookbrowser.com http://www.bookbrowser.com

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