{"product_id":"hershele-a-jewish-love-story-jacob-dinezon","title":"Hershele, A Jewish Love Story – Jacob Dinezon","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"desktop-product-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e”A poignant look at the trials and triumphs of young love in the shtetl. Jacob Dinezon’s lyrical story brings this bygone world to life.“ —Maggie Anton, author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRashi’s Daughters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Hershele, a poor but brilliant yeshiva student, is invited for a weekly charity meal by a rich widow, he comes face-to-face with Mirele, the widow’s pretty, bright, and strong-willed daughter. As the two innocently come to know each other, they fall in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAre they ”\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebashert\u003c\/span\u003e“—soul mates destined to be together? Or will rigid class differences, shtetl politics, and a ruthless marriage broker tear them apart?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bittersweet love story, written in 1891, provides a vivid and insightful exploration of our great-grandparents’ lives in 19th century Eastern Europe: how they lived, how they loved, and how they tried to remain faithful to their Jewish way of life in the face of modern ideas and a changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJacob Dinezon (1852?-1919) is considered the “Father of the Jewish Realistic Romance.” Translated from the Yiddish by Jane Peppler and edited by Scott Hilton Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJewish Storyteller Press, 2016, paperback,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Depository","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44518706806853,"sku":"1026","price":32.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9997\/3445\/files\/hershele-a-jewish-love-story-jacob-dinezon-hershele-8978044.jpg?v=1768387936","url":"https:\/\/shop.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au\/products\/hershele-a-jewish-love-story-jacob-dinezon","provider":"Sydney Jewish Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}