Jujitsu Rabbi and the Godless Blonde
Author: Dana, Rebecca
ISBN: 9780425264935
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 07 Jan 2014
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
Shalom Auslander meets I>The Odd Couple /I>meets Joan Didion.BR>BR>BR>b>"For a generation of women who grew up watching i>Sex and the City/i>, Manhattan is the Promised Land-or as Rebecca Dana puts it in her hilarious, self-deprecating new memoir, it's 'my Jerusalem-the shining city off in the distance, the only place to go'... An insightful tale of two fish out of water."-O Magazine/b>br>br>Rebecca Dana worshipped at the altar of Truman Capote and Nora Ephron, dreaming of moving to New York. After college, life in the city turned out just as she'd planned- glamorous parties; beautiful people; the perfect job, apartment and man. But when it all comes crashing down, she is catapulted into another world.br>br>She moves into Brooklyn's Lubavitch community, and lives with Cosmo, a young Russian rabbi and jujitsu enthusiast. While Cosmo faces his disenchantment with Orthodoxy, Rebecca finds that her religion-the books and films that made New York seem like salvation-has also failed her. Shuttling between the worlds of religious extremism and secular excess, faith and fashion, Rebecca goes on a search for meaning.br>br>A mix of Shalom Auslander and i>The Odd Couple/i>, i>Jujitsu Rabbi and the Godless Blonde/i> is a thought-provoking tale for the twenty-first century.br>br>Includes a Readers Guide
ISBN: 9780425264935
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 07 Jan 2014
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
Shalom Auslander meets I>The Odd Couple /I>meets Joan Didion.BR>BR>BR>b>"For a generation of women who grew up watching i>Sex and the City/i>, Manhattan is the Promised Land-or as Rebecca Dana puts it in her hilarious, self-deprecating new memoir, it's 'my Jerusalem-the shining city off in the distance, the only place to go'... An insightful tale of two fish out of water."-O Magazine/b>br>br>Rebecca Dana worshipped at the altar of Truman Capote and Nora Ephron, dreaming of moving to New York. After college, life in the city turned out just as she'd planned- glamorous parties; beautiful people; the perfect job, apartment and man. But when it all comes crashing down, she is catapulted into another world.br>br>She moves into Brooklyn's Lubavitch community, and lives with Cosmo, a young Russian rabbi and jujitsu enthusiast. While Cosmo faces his disenchantment with Orthodoxy, Rebecca finds that her religion-the books and films that made New York seem like salvation-has also failed her. Shuttling between the worlds of religious extremism and secular excess, faith and fashion, Rebecca goes on a search for meaning.br>br>A mix of Shalom Auslander and i>The Odd Couple/i>, i>Jujitsu Rabbi and the Godless Blonde/i> is a thought-provoking tale for the twenty-first century.br>br>Includes a Readers Guide
