The Book
- Publisher:
- BookBaby
- Published:
- January 31, 2014
- Format:
- ebook, $4.99
- ISBN:
- 978-1619278011
Tzimmes (and don't forget the cheesecake and the strudel)
Everyone at the Shalom Center has an opinion about the new rabbi. Sam Landover would very much like to keep his to himself.
Dr. Sam Landover is an unpretentious high-school math teacher, grounded in Jewish tradition and happily off his synagogue's board. Then the congregation can't agree on a new rabbi, and somehow Sam gets pulled right back into the debate. As he improvises his way through the meetings, the opinions, the kvetching and the second helpings, the search turns into a mixed-up stew, just like tzimmes.
Tzimmes (and don't forget the cheesecake and the strudel) is a funny short novel full of warm Jewish humor and plenty of Yiddish. A small dictionary at the back means no reader gets left out of the conversation. It's a quick read for anyone who has ever sat on a committee, served on a board, or been told to eat something.
"...a quick read with some Jewish humor, A LOT of yiddish words ... and a funny plot twist..."
— Something Good blog
"...the story becomes a mixed-up stew—like the tasty dessert called tzimmes."
— The Foreign Service Journal
Pull up a chair. And don't forget the cheesecake and the strudel.
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About the Author
Arthur Marshall Fell spent 21 years with the U.S. Agency for International Development, so a congregation that can't agree on a rabbi holds few surprises for him. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, he studied business and economics at Indiana University. The U.S. Army then taught him French (he had asked for Spanish) and posted him to France. He served in the U.S. Army overseas, was decorated, and reached the rank of Captain. Back at Indiana University for law school, he became editor in chief of the Indiana Law Journal. He practiced law in New York and held a fellowship in comparative and international law at Columbia University.
He joined USAID in 1969 and served as an adviser at the African Development Bank in Abidjan, as deputy director of USAID in Yaoundé and Dakar, and as director of USAID's regional development offices in Nairobi and Abidjan. He retired in 1990 as a senior Foreign Service officer with the rank of Minister Counselor. He then reviewed donor aid programs for the OECD's Development Assistance Committee. He co-wrote The Club du Sahel: An Experiment in International Co-operation (OECD, 1984) and has written articles about law, economic development and music. When Tzimmes was published, he and his wife, Teri, were living on the southern coast of France.
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