Rabbi Deborah Stein fights to keep her congregation together as she tries to solve the mystery of the death of the synagogue's president. Was it an accident, a suicide or a murder, for which another synagogue member is a prime suspect? As her investigation continues, she fears for the safety of her teenage son and puts herself in danger to protect him.
In her humorous and touching memoir about her multi-generational Jewish family, Judith Groudine Finkel intersperses family lore about her cousins Moe, Shemp and Curly Howard with insights into how their films influenced her.
Camille Lutz's perfect life begins to fall apart when her husband is accused of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old friend of their daughter. Camille uses all the resources at her command to investigate other possible perpetrators, refusing to believe her husband could be involved. If he is guilty, her ten-year marriage has all been a lie, and she feels unprepared to deal with that possibility. The reader is led through the process of diagnosing the problem with the child, the police procedures, and procedures of child advocacy agencies.Should Camille listen to the professionals and consider whether her husband is guilty? If so, could he have harmed their own child? Live the conflict with her as she searches for the truth. The book includes questions at the end for book club discussion groups.
A 20-year-old young man is falsely accused of a grusome murder and prosecuted without any real physical evidence. No one else is sought and much argument is made of his being a resident of both the U.S. and of Israel. His lawyer-mother is the only person willing to look for other evidence and just as the jury is ready to find him guilty, she finds the clue that forces the prosecutor to follow up and arrest the real killer. The young man's life, though free, is left in a shambles, while the ADA and detective take credit for solving the case and both get promotions.
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