Please Say Kaddish for Me
Reeks: Havah's Journey
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
- First
- in
- the
- historical
- trilogy
- set
- in
- Czarist
- Russia:
- “Filled
- with
- suspense,
- beauty,
- love,
- and
- true-life
- horror
- .
- .
- .
- a
- riveting
- read.”
- —Diane
- Yates,
- author
- of
- Pathways
- of
- the
- HeartNineteenth-century
- Russia
- is
- not
- a
- safe
- place
- for
- those
- of
- Jewish
- faith.
- They
- are
- prisoners
- in
- their
- country,
- unable
- to
- own
- land,
- and
- denied
- an
- education
- beyond
- their
- Hebrew
- schools.
- Pogroms
- rage—and
- it
- is
- one
- such
- massacre
- that
- rips
- Havah
- Cohen’s
- family
- from
- her
- .
- .
- .Found
- wounded
- and
- barefoot
- on
- the
- steps
- of
- nearby
- synagogue,
- clad
- in
- only
- a
- nightdress,
- Havah
- is
- taken
- to
- safety
- by
- a
- rabbi
- and
- his
- son,
- Arel,
- who
- are
- shocked
- to
- hear
- the
- words
- of
- the
- Kaddish
- come
- from
- a
- mere
- girl.
- No
- woman
- should
- know
- the
- holy
- writings.Havah
- is
- welcomed
- into
- the
- house
- of
- the
- local
- midwife,
- where
- she
- becomes
- part
- of
- the
- family
- and
- close-knit
- community—though
- some
- eye
- her
- with
- suspicion
- as
- the
- rumor
- of
- her
- praying
- spreads.
- And
- while
- she
- now
- lives
- with
- the
- girl
- who
- is
- Arel’s
- intended,
- his
- kind
- face
- is
- never
- far
- from
- her
- mind.
- With
- the
- pain
- of
- her
- family’s
- death
- and
- the
- threat
- of
- pogrom
- always
- hanging
- over
- her,
- the
- fiercely
- intelligent
- and
- independent
- Havah
- knows
- that
- a
- bigger
- world
- awaits—if
- she’s
- brave
- enough
- to
- meet
- it
- .
- .
- .“This
- book
- will
- ignite
- the
- fire
- of
- indignation
- in
- your
- soul
- against
- all
- forms
- of
- intolerance,
- as
- well
- as
- the
- fire
- of
- faith
- in
- the
- face
- of
- despair.”
- —James
- C.
- Washburn,
- author
- of
- Touching
- Spirit:
- The
- Letters
- of Minominike
