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Chanukah Guilt - Ilene Schneider

Description: ISBN 1934041319 / Author: Ilene Schneider / Genre: Fiction / Rabbi Aviva Cohen is a 50-something, twice-divorced rabbi living a rather ... more

Chanukah Guilt - Ilene Schneider ... uneventful life in South Jersey. True, she has a family that is rather unconventional. And her first ex-husband is moving to her town. But her life takes a truly interesting - and sinister - turn when she agrees to officiate at the funeral of an unpopular land developer. She doesn't expect to be told by two different people that he had been murdered. Nor does she expect that the first funeral will result in a suicide. Her search for the story behind the suicide (or was it murder?) will lead her to discover the truism appearances can be deceiving is accurate, while putting her life in jeopardy.

Newest Review: ... a good book? Firstly, there is nothing in this book that rings the least bit untrue about the workings of a rabbi (or female ... more

... one in particular). In this, Schneider has written her alter-ego Aviva with warmth and an honest sense of humour. As the protagonist here, Aviva comes alive to us from these pages, and we could no doubt recognize her if we saw her on the street. Building Aviva's world and surroundings with the author's personal experiences is certainly obvious. Aviva is a female rabbi, and so is Ilene; Aviva is a birdwatcher, and so is Ilene; Aviva has an autistic nephew, Ilene has an autistic son, and the list goes on. Almos...more

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Chanukah Guilt - Ilene Schneider: Death among the Dreidel Set (972 words)
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According to the synopsis from both the back of the book and Amazon, "Rabbi Aviva Cohen is a 50-something, twice-divorced rabbi living a rather uneventful life in South Jersey. True, she has a family that is rather unconventional. And her first ex-husband is moving to her town. But her life takes a truly interesting - and sinister - turn when she agrees to officiate at the funeral of an unpopular land developer. She doesn't expect to be told by two different people that he had been murdered. Nor does she expect that the first funeral will result in a suicide. ..." I couldn't have put it any better, and Rabbi Ilene Schneider's first book (and yes, I'm sure ... Read the complete review