Mystery Midrash: An Anthology of Jewish Mystery & Detective Fiction
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (760 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580230555 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A Final Midrash," by Richard Fliegel, tenderly evokes the love of knowledge and personal involvement with the Torah that pervades the rabbinical experience; in it, four rabbis use their training in interpretation to help a detective solve a murder that one of them has committed. In his introduction, Raphael maintains that "there is something essentially Jewish about mystery fiction," for MidrashAthe extraction of deep meaning from seemingly simple passages in holy textsAis itself a process of hunting for clues that others have overlooked, and of piecing them together to find the truth. Passover tradition helps lawyer Rachel Gold piece together a fellow Jew's contested will in Michael Kahn's jigsaw puzzle, "Bread of Affliction." A lapsed Jew, shunning all belief in God, finds consolation in helping a dead rabbi's family believe the
Kaminsky • Faye Kellerman • Ronald Levitsky • Ellen Rawlings • Rabbi Bob Sloan • Janice Steinberg • James Yaffe • Batya Swift Yasgur. Raphael • Toni Brill • Howard Engel • Richard Fliegel • Michael A. From a corporate giant's kidnapping of a rabbi, to the disappearance of the clarinetist in a klezmer band, to four rabbis' use of their text interpretation skills to help a detective solve a murder that one of them has committed, this unique collection of mysteries will enlighten you at the same time it intrig
Larry Mark MyJewishBooksDotCom said I know about a Yiddishe Kop, but a Yiddishe Cop?. A Yiddishe Kop, I know but a Yiddishe Cop? Will dvar mysteries replace dvar torahs on Shabbat morn? Will parents stop hoping their child will be a doctor or a lawyer, and hope for a Jewish cop or detective? What is midrash? Isn't it a deep investigation of the text in order to learn more about it, and piece things together, to compare various texts and clues? Isn't that what a P.I. (Private Investigator) does, too? In this book are original stories by notable mystery writers. Batya contributes "Kaddish", a mystery about a secular Jew who must console a dead rabbi's family by helping them focus on the r. You don't have to be Jewish to delight in these stories! Margaret Miller You don't have to be Jewish to delight in these stories; but it doesn't hurt either! From the Preface by Joel Siegel, where we are "commanded" to "Enjoy", through to the final story, aptly named "Kaddish", we are not only entertained, but given the chance to think about important issues such as assimilation, inter-marriage and stereotyping. But don't think the collection is "heavy"! "Mystery Midrash" contains some of our favorite characters from full length mystery novels - Midge Cohen, a New Yorker's New Yorker, Abe Lieberman of Chicago - the cop as "rabbi", Nate Rosen the civil liberties lawyer, and . "This is a great book, for any mystery and detective fiction" according to Kindle Customer. The short stories are really fun, from great authors. It's a really fun book. Larry Raphael teaches a class on Jewish mystery and detective fiction, so those of us active in his class couldn't wait to read this anthology. It was well worth waiting for. The stories are all from authors who have written major books, but the short stories are really different. It's great for traveling people, lots of time to finish each story and not forget what you read the day before. While the stories give us a place to escape, we know that they will end and we can go back to our chaotic lives, and pick up the book the