The Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden
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This is the adventurous story of Ariel Isaacson and his family, who journey from their Russian shtetl (Yiddish for a small Eastern European town with a large Jewish population) to the post-Civil War Wild West. After being forced to move numerous times, they find themselves in the territory of the legendary and feared Apache. In a surprising turn of events, Ariel befriends Lozen, the sister of the Apache chief, Victorio. Ariel and Lozen share their feelings and fears with each other and learn a deep respect for the other’s religion and culture. The book closes with the culmination of Ariel’s dream: a bar mitzvah (Jewish coming of age ritual for a boy) with his family and closest friends, which include Victorio, Lozen, Doc Holliday (a deadly gunfighter turned friend), and a cobbled together minyan (prayer quorum) from Tombstone, Arizona.
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I VERY strongly recommend it
The Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden is a book about Ariel, a Jewish kid and Lozen, an Apache maiden. In 1874, Ariel's family is kicked out of their town because they are Jewish. They meet Lozen while traveling in the desert. Over the course of the book, they meet more famous figures like Doc Holliday and Geronimo. Ariel is almost 13, so he is about to celebrate his bar mitzvah. But where are you supposed to find a minyan in the middle of the desert? This is the kind of book which, when started, leads your mind into a trap. It is so compelling that you feel that you cannot stop reading it until you finish the last word. I VERY strongly recommend it. I give this book five stars!