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from rayechu

"In Algeria in the 1930s, a cat belonging to a widowed Rabbi and his beautiful daughter, Zlabya, eats the family parrot and gains the ability to speak. To his master's consternation, the cat immediately begins to tell lies (the first being that he didn't eat the parrot)..." So I ordered it and it...

from alwright1

The Rabbi's cat gains the power to talk (by ingestion of parrot) and is no longer allowed to spend time with the Rabbi's daughter, whom he loves, because he is a bad influence. He asks to be bar mitzvahed so that he can be with her, and a delightful discussion ensues. I loved the first story in t...

from Citizenjoyce

The graphics in this book are beautiful with rich deep colors, and the words are slyly intelligent. The Rabbi's cat eats the annoying parrot and becomes enabled to talk. His first words are a lie. He continues throughout the book to be very pragmatic in his morality while the rabbi is a letter or...

from cameling

A widowed rabbi, his cat and his daughter live in Algeria spin a story and lesson in Judaism very cleverly crafted in this graphic novel. Through the cat, who having eaten the family parrot, is imparted a miraculous ability to speak, questions and challenges to the Jewish faith are presented to t...

from nbmars

This is a graphic novel about an Algerian rabbi, his daughter Zlabya and their mangy cat, who begins to speak after eating a parrot. The story is told from the point of view of the cat, who challenges the rabbi about God, religion in general, and the Jewish religion in particular. A French rabbin...