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De Damessalon (2000)

by Tova Mirvis(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 4

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review 1: The Ladies Auxiliary is, the on the surface, a story of an Orthodox Jewish community in Memphis, Tennessee. A newcomer, Batsheva, moves into the neighbourhood and she unintentionally causes the traditional group of women to question her actions, faith and purpose against their rigid rule bound society. Chaos and transformation ensues, none of which is easy on anyone. This is a deeply felt, thoughtful and universal story about the expectations of societal norms, the choices and attitudes over individualism within a group as a perceived danger or growth and the hope we all carry forward in our families to better their lives. I highly recommend you read this story with these themes in mind.
review 2: I'd probably give it 3.5 stars. It definitely deserved more tha... moren 3, so I rounded up. This was an interesting book. It left me thinking. It was interesting to read about Orthodox Jewish beliefs and traditions. I thought a lot about what is the religious law and what is just cultural. I think my religion has a lot of things that people do out of culture, not religious doctrine. So if a convert or somebody does something a different way we think, what are they doing?! But really it's not against the religion or against a certain principle, it's just different than what we're used to. There were a lot of different ideas presented in here to ponder on.Sometimes I got annoyed with how the author described Batsheba because it seemed like she kept saying the same things about her and it got old. But I did enjoy this and enjoyed the other characters' evolution. less

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