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New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1992.
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Fourteen-year-old Lesley is upset when her parents abandon their comfortable life in Canada for a kibbutz in Israel prior to the 1967 war.
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LibraryThing member ComposingComposer
I liked it, but there was some misinformation at the beginning. Lesley's brother asked a Rabbi to marry him and his Catholic girlfriend, and the Rabbi said no. So they asked a priest, and the priest sad no. Then later when they asked the priest again he said 'okay, as long as Noah' (Lesley's
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brother) 'converts to Catholism and all the kids are raised Catholic.' A priest wouldn't bribe them like that. What a priest would do if a Catholic wanted to marry a non-Catholic (in this case, a Jew) would be that he would ask the Bishop, who will almost always give permission. Show Less
LibraryThing member kburne1
Enjoyed this as a child, enjoyed reading it again.
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0688108938 / 9780688108939