The New York Times-bestselling novel that follows the life and career of a rabbi as he journeys through America: "A rewarding reading experience." --Los Angeles Times Michael Kind is raised in the Jewish cauldron of 1920s New York, familiar with the stresses and materialism of metropolitan life. Turning to the ancient set of ethics of his Orthodox grandfather, with a modern twist, he becomes a Reform rabbi. As insecure and sexually needy as any other young male, he serves as a circuit-rider rabbi in the Ozarks, and then as a temple rabbi in the racially ugly South, in a San Francisco suburb, in a Pennsylvania college town, and finally, in a New England community west of Boston. Along the way he falls deeply in love with and marries the daughter of a Congregational minister; she converts to Judaism and they have two complex, interesting children. Noah Gordon's picture of a brilliant and talented religious counselor--who at times is as bereft and uncertain as any of his congregants--is a deeply moving and very satisfying novel.

A drama of love and identity, of compassion and cruelty, involving a Brooklyn-born rabbi and a Christian minister's daughter who must learn to cope with the complications of an unorthodox life in a world where Jews and Christians don't fall in love. By the author of The Physician and Shaman.

Though Michael Kind is a rabbi, he is also a man who cannot ignore his heart's desire for Leslie, a beautiful minister's daughter. In this sweeping drama of love, identity, compassion, and cruelty, they defy their parents and teachers by daring to love one another and build a life together, though the outside world will not accept their decisions.

He was a young American rabbi. She was his beautiful Christian wife. Together they tried to forge a life . . .  "This big, ambitious novel comes as close to matters of faith and life as any book that has appeared. . . . Excellent."--New York Post First and foremost, Michael Kind was a man--a courageous man with strong ideals and feelings, a family man devoted to his two children, a passionate man deeply in love with his wife Leslie. He'd already become a rabbi when he met Leslie, a minister's daughter. She fell in love with Michael and converted to Judaism to marry him. This is their story, a sweeping drama of love and identity, of compassion and cruelty, a searing tale of one man and one woman who must learn to cope with the complications of an unorthodox life in a world that will not accept them, in a world where rabbis and non-Jews do not fall in love--let alone marry . . .  "A human and enlightening portrait of a rabbi as a man, called upon constantly to be something more than a man: of a rabbi as a husband and father with the weakness and problems of other men . . . A rewarding reading experience."--Los Angeles Times

Michael Kind was a rabbi, but he was also a man: a man whose heart led him to Leslie, a beautiful minister's daughter. Defying parents and teachers, they dare to love one another and build a life together. El rabino is a sweeping drama of what happens when love and identity meet compassion and cruelty in a complicated world that will not accept their decision.

First and foremost, Michael Kind was a man - a courageous man with strong ideals and feelings, a family man devoted to his two children, a passionalte man deeply in love with his wife Leslie. He'd already become a rabbi when he met Leslie, a minister's daughter. Seh fell in love with Michael and converted to Judaism to marry him. -- Cover.

Traces into middle age the career of a rabbi from New York who marries the daughter of a Protestant minister, and tells of his varying degrees of success in his calling.

Die Geschichte eines jungen amerikanischen Juden zwischen 1925 und 1964, der eine bürgerliche Karriere ausschlägt und sich für das Amt eines Rabbiners berufen fühlt. (Dt. Erstausg: 1967)

Die Geschichte eines jungen amerikanischen Juden zwischen 1925 und 1964, der eine bürgerliche Karriere ausschlägt u. sich für das Amt eines Rabbiners berufen fühlt. (Dt. Erstausg.: 1967) Die Geschichte eines jungen amerikanischen Juden zwischen 1925 und 1964, der eine bürgerliche Karriere ausschlägt u. sich für das Amt eines Rabbiners berufen fühlt. (Dt. Erstausg.: 1967)

Criado en un Gueto de los barrios judíos, Michael Kent vivió su infancia en los distintos suburbios de Nueva York. El trágico recuerdo de un pueblo perseguido, herencia de su abuelo Isaac Rivkind; la presencia de un dios inefable, legado del rabino y educador Max Gross, y el placer por la vida sin normas, procedente de su padre, son los aspectos principales que confluyen en la formación de la personalidad de Michael Kent, protagonista de esta novela. Noah Gordon nos presenta la historia de un hombre de buena voluntad, esforzado en hacer buenas acciones, sus experiencias como rabino en distintas comunidades estadounidenses, y una historia de amor que consigue vencer todos los obstáculos, sociales y religiosos para perdurar en el tiempo.

Michael Kind, descendiente de judíos criado en un barrio marginal de Nueva York, se debate entre el antagónico legado recibido por su abuelo y su educador, y el proporcionado por su padre. El abuelo le trasmitió su conciencia de pertenencia a la comunidad judía, mientras que su educador se encargó de la enseñanza religiosa. Como contrapunto a esa instrucción anclada en los orígenes de su pueblo, Michael comenzó de la mano de su padre a valorar la libertad y a atreverse a cuestionar las normas. Las dos caras de esa formación se reflejarán en la vida de Michael adulto, quien decidirá convertirse en un rabino tolerante y abierto, dispuesto a enfrentarse a todos aquellos obstáculos religiosos y sociales que se opongan a su relación con una mujer que no pertenece a la comunidad judía. Con El rabino -a la que The Saturday Review calificó como "Una obra épica sobre el judaísmo en América"- Noah Gordon confirma una vez más ser uno de los referentes del género de narrativa histórica