Jujitsu Rabbi and the Godless Blonde: A True Story (Hardcover)

from bleached

Brilliant! A wonderful true story about finding yourself. Rebecca Dana's tale of moving to an Orthodox neighborhood and finding a friend who is beginning to think he doesn't want to be a Rabbi anymore is almost too comical to be true. Rebecca, Cosmo, and the people in their lives sound like ficti...

from NewsieQ

I picked up this book solely for the title. Jujitsu Rabbi and the Godless Blonde is not a memoir I would normally select. Although I do read lots of biographies/memoirs about journalists, typically I pick memoirs of journalists with a bit more age on them. Barely 30 is not enough age. Surprisingl...

from woodsathome

I'm a self-confessed cultural voyeur. Based on my LTER selections I would guess the all-mighty algorithm believes me to be an African -American southern man (and now Jewish to boot). In reality I'm mid-western, middle-class, middle-aged -you get the picture. So of course I was immediately attract...

from muddyboy

Bare in mind I am a 60 plus year male and I am still giving the 4 stars which is testament to how well written the book is and how well Ms. Dana portrays topics that are really not high on my interest meter like New York City, fashion week and Lubavitch Judaism. I can honestly say I learned a lot...

from whitreidtan

If Oscar and Felix are the original Odd Couple, Rebecca and Cosmo aren't far off, at least on the surface, in this sweet memoir of their brief time as roommates. Rebecca is a journalist who writes primarily about pop culture and fashion. She's twenty-seven years old and just coming out of a faile...