Milia Gottstein has taken on the mantle of leadership at the Survivor's Campaign, an organization dedicated to bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, following in the footsteps of her father and grandfather. Committed to ensuring that Holocaust victims' voices are heard, Milia's mission often overshadows her roles as a wife to busy surgeon Julius and as a mother and grandmother. Just as she plans to pass on her responsibilities and reclaim her personal life, an unexpected phone call disrupts her plans, challenging everything she knows about her present and future. Amid this turmoil, she receives an invitation to speak at a Holocaust conference in Lithuania from Dr. Darius Vidas, a rebellious figure whose motives she questions. Despite being seen as a 'public enemy' for her advocacy, Milia accepts the invitation, driven by her own agenda. As she and Darius embark on their mission, their initial antagonism transforms into a deepening intimacy, complicating their situation further. The hostile forces against them escalate, endangering their families, livelihoods, and reputations, ultimately forcing them into difficult choices that could betray their achievements and the bond they've forged.
Naomi Ragen Ordre des livres
Naomi Ragen est une romancière et dramaturge née aux États-Unis qui vit à Jérusalem depuis 1971. Elle est l'auteure de sept romans à succès international et d'une pièce de théâtre acclamée. Ragen explore régulièrement des sujets juifs, notamment Israël, à travers sa fiction et sa chronique habituelle. Son œuvre offre une voix singulière qui aborde des questions sociales importantes et des expériences humaines marquantes.






- 2023
- 2021
In this rich and compassionate novel, An Observant Wife, Naomi Ragen continues the love story between newly observant California-girl Leah and ultra-Orthodox widower Yaakov from An Unorthodox Match. From the joy of their wedding day surrounded by supportive friends and family, Yaakov and Leah are soon plunged into the complex reality of their new lives together as Yaakov leaves his beloved yeshiva to work in the city, and Leah confronts the often agonizing restrictions imposed by religious laws governing even the most intimate moments of their married lives. Adding to their difficulties is the hostility of some in the community who continue to view Leah as a dangerous interloper, questioning her sincerity and adherence to religious laws and spreading outrageous rumors. In the midst of their heartfelt attempts to reach a balance between their human needs and their spiritual obligations, the discovery of a secret, forbidden relationship between troubled teenage daughter Shaindele and a local boy precipitates a maelstrom of life-changing consequences for all.
- 2020
An Unorthodox Match
- 336pages
- 12 heures de lecture
An Unorthodox Match is a powerful and moving novel of faith, love, and acceptance, from author Naomi Ragen, the international bestselling author of The Devil in Jerusalem.California girl Lola has her life all set up: business degree, handsome fianc�, fast track career, when suddenly, without warning, everything tragically implodes. After years fruitlessly searching for love, marriage, and children, she decides to take the radical step of seeking spirituality and meaning far outside the parameters of modern life in the insular, ultraorthodox enclave of Boro Park, Brooklyn. There, fate brings her to the dysfunctional home of newly-widowed Jacob, a devout Torah scholar, whose life is also in turmoil, and whose small children are aching for the kindness of a womanly touch.While her mother direly predicts she is ruining her life, enslaving herself to a community that is a misogynistic religious cult, Lola's heart tells her something far more complicated. But it is the shocking and unexpected messages of her new community itself which will finally force her into a deeper understanding of the real choices she now faces and which will ultimately decide her fate.
- 2016
Rose et Pearl Weiss connaissent une enfance heureuse, dans une famille juive ultra-orthodoxe de Brooklyn où la loi ancestrale est respectée scrupuleusement et où l'avenir des enfants est tout tracé... Pearl continuera sur la voie de la tradition. Rose, en fréquentant une camarade de classe d'un milieu moins strict que le sien, découvrira un monde inconnu et se passionnera pour la photographie. Elle devra faire des choix lourds de conséquences.
- 2011
The Tenth Song
- 320pages
- 12 heures de lecture
When life is at its best, the unimaginable can shatter everything you think you know... Abigail Samuels has no reason to feel anything but joy on the morning her life falls apart. The epitome of the successful Jewish American woman, she is married to a well-known and respected accountant and is in the middle of planning her daughter Kayla's wedding. Kayla, too, wakes up that morning with the world in the palm of her hand. Having lived the charmed life of a well-loved child from a happy family, she is a bright, pretty Harvard law student who has never really questioned the path she found herself on. With a shocking suddenness, all that is smashed to pieces in ways they could never have dreamed. When a heartbroken Kayla runs away to a desert commune run by a charismatic mystic, Abigail rushes to save her, only to find that there is nothing more whole than a broken heart.
- 2000
- 1994
Jephte's Daughter
- 462pages
- 17 heures de lecture
Batsheva Ha-Levi's life takes a dramatic turn when her father's secret vow forces her into an arranged marriage with a stranger in Jerusalem. As she navigates this new world filled with tradition and myth, she grapples with ancient rules that challenge her freedom. Caught between her desire for a modern life and her ancestral obligations, Batsheva must confront her feelings for three men who compete for her heart, leading her on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment.
- 1993
Les Reich, famille juive ultra-orthodoxe de 8 enfants, vivent modestement à Jérusalem. Dina, la cadette, ravissante et fragile, se marie à 17 ans avec Judah Gutman, un menuisier de 26 ans timide et maladroit. Peu après son mariage, elle se laisse éblouir par Noah Saltzman, un voisin peu scrupuleux, membre de la même communauté. Elle est accusée d'adultère par la brigade des moeurs. Sa vie bascule.--[Memento]
