Yahudit A Novel
Yahudit A Novel by Sammy Goldman, published by Hermit Kingdom Press in February 2009, is a 260-page work written in English. This coming-of-age story follows Yahudit Kashiri, a seventeen-year-old modern orthodox Jew of Iranian descent living in Los Angeles. As her parents strive to instill a Jewish-centric identity, Yahudit begins to rebel against their expectations, uncovering the complexities within her family dynamics and the realities of her parents’ lives.
Readers will find Yahudit navigating her identity and relationships as she becomes romantically involved with Carlos, a Mexican worker at a nearby kosher fast food restaurant. This relationship challenges her connections with her Hebrew school friends and leads her on a journey of love, sexual pleasure, self-discovery, and enlightenment. The narrative explores themes of romance and cultural identity, providing insight into Yahudit’s experiences as she seeks to define herself amidst familial and societal pressures.
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YAHUDIT: A NOVEL is a coming-of-age story of Yahudit Kashiri, a seventeen-year-old modern orthodox Jew of Iranian descent living in Los Angeles. Yahudit, whose parents met at Stanford, try to provide a Jewish-centric identity for Yahudit, but she rebels. Yahudit begins to see the rifts in the family as she comes of age and realizes that the hardworking Hollywood boss father and a good Yiddish mama that her mother portrays herself out to be are not exactly what they seem. Yahudit meets a Mexican, named Carlos, who works at the kosher fast food place near her Hebrew Sunday school, and become romantically involved with him, much to the dismay of her Hebrew school friends. Yahudit elopes with Carlos in a journey of love, sexual pleasure, self-discovery, and enlightenment.
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