Eines Tages geht der Rabbi

by Harry Kemelman

Paperback, 1989

Status

Available

Publication

Rowohlt Verlag (1989)

Description

An interfaith wedding, local politics, and a lethal hit-and-run case keep Rabbi Small busy in this mystery in the New York Times-bestselling series. Since becoming the rabbi at the synagogue in Barnard's Crossing, Massachusetts, David Small has seen his congregation through a fair share of unholy bickering and corruption. So when millionaire Howard Magnuson is elected president of the synagogue, the rabbi isn't surprised that Magnuson wants to bring corporate efficiency to the temple--at the expense of religious tradition. Conflict flares when Rabbi Small refuses, on the basis of temple rules, to officiate the interfaith wedding of Magnuson's daughter to a non-Jewish Boston politician, and the new president calls for the rabbi's dismissal.   When another player in Boston politics is killed in a hit-and-run accident and the police suspect a Jewish college student, Rabbi Small fears the undergrad might have been set up--and that Magnuson is involved. The young man's innocence and the future of the temple depend on Rabbi Small solving the case with his signature wit and Judaic wisdom.  … (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member francesanngray
entertaining read, more about politics than about solving a mystery
LibraryThing member BonnieJune54
[Someday the Rabbi will Leave] I liked the look at small town politics in this one. There is also young women tentatively finding their way away from their mom's traditional roles.
LibraryThing member AliceAnna
Either this one wasn't as good as I remembered the others to be or I've outgrown his appeal. I think I enjoyed learning more about Judaism when I first read these 20+ years ago, but I just found this to be so dated and the rabbi to be such an insufferable pompous jerk in this one that I really
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LibraryThing member ritaer
political dirty tricks have an unexpected effect on Rabbi Small's career

Language

Original language

German

ISBN

3499427206 / 9783499427206
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