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    Am I A Jew?: Lost Tribes, Lapsed Jews, and One Man's Search for Himself
    Am I A Jew?: Lost Tribes, Lapsed Jews, and One Man's Search for Himself
    Am I A Jew?: Lost Tribes, Lapsed Jews, and One Man's Search for Himself
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    Am I A Jew?: Lost Tribes, Lapsed Jews, and One Man's Search for Himself

    Written by Theodore Ross

    Narrated by Theodore Ross and Steve Blane

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    About this audiobook

    What makes someone Jewish?

    Theodore Ross was nine years old when he moved with his mother from New York City to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Once there, his mother decided, for both personal and spiritual reasons, to have her family pretend not to be Jewish. He went to an Episcopal school, where he studied the New Testament, sang in the choir, and even took Communion. Later, as an adult, he wondered: Am I still Jewish?

    Seeking an answer, Ross traveled around the country and to Israel, visiting a wide variety of Jewish communities. From “Crypto-Jews” in New Mexico and secluded ultra-devout Orthodox towns in upstate New York to a rare Classical Reform congregation in Kansas City, Ross tries to understand himself by experiencing the diversity of Judaism.

    Quirky and self-aware, introspective and impassioned, Am I a Jew? is a story about the universal struggle to define a relationship (or lack thereof) with religion.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateOct 23, 2012
    ISBN9781469085715
    Am I A Jew?: Lost Tribes, Lapsed Jews, and One Man's Search for Himself

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