Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art
A Novel
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Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art
A Novel
About This Book
New to Jerusalem and to adulthood, Rutha serves CafĂ© Shira's devoted customers with a quiet compassion and a sensitive gaze, collecting their stories and absorbing them at her peril. Avigdor, the melancholy and somewhat weary cafĂ© owner, philosophizes about love as he attends to the needs of his patrons while ignoring his own. Christian, a young religious pilgrim, has come to Jerusalem to find God but stumbles upon a much different revelation. These characters form the heart of this wry, often poignant novel narrated through a series of vignettes. They are joined by a colorful cast of characters who frequent the literary cafĂ©âlong-married couples, young lovers, an eccentric poet, and a traumatized veteranâall finding refuge and occasionally wisdom among their motley urban community.Closely based on Ehrlich's own experiences over the twenty-five years he devoted to running a cafĂ© that became an important Jerusalem cultural venue and landmark, CafĂ© Shira is a work of disarming tenderness and bittersweet love.
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