A baseball game between Jewish schools is the catalyst that starts a bitter rivalry between two boys and their fathers.
The Chosen Series
This series delves into the profound aspects of Jewish life in America, exploring the clash between traditional and modern values through the lives of young men. Readers follow their personal journeys, intellectual quests, and spiritual struggles that shape them into adulthood. The books masterfully weave religious traditions with the challenges of the secular world, offering insightful perspectives on faith, friendship, and the search for identity. It's a compelling narrative about the intersection of different worlds and their mutual influence.
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Promise
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
“A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and hold it tightly.” — The Philadelphia InquirerYoung Reuven Malter is unsure of himself and his place in life. An unconventional scholar, he struggles for recognition from his teachers. With his old friend Danny Saunders—who himself had abandoned the legacy as the chosen heir to his father's rabbinical dynasty for the uncertain life of a healer — Reuven battles to save a sensitive boy imprisoned by his genius and rage. Painfully, triumphantly, Reuven's understanding of himself, though the boy change, as he starts to approach the peace he has long sought…