Based on the life of the author’s thirteenth-century ancestor,
Meir ben Baruch of Rothenberg, a renowned Jewish scholar
of medieval Europe, this is the richly dramatic fictional story of
Rabbi Meir’s wife, Shira, a devout but rebellious woman who
preserves her religious traditions as she and her family witness
the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe. Read more >>
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