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Author Eva Etzioni-Halevy Discusses Her Book, The Garden Of Ruth
Temple Beth Elohim in Brewster is pleased to bring author Eva Etzioni-Halevy to the community to discuss her new book, The Garden of Ruth, on Wednesday, May 9th at 7:30pm. The public is welcome to attend and no reservations are required. Copies of the book and her earlier novel, The Song of Hannah, are available to purchase at a cost of $10 both before and at the event by contacting roshchodesh@ templebethelohim.org or the Temple by phone, 845 279-4585 ext 370.
Eva Etzioni-Halevy's novel deftly interweaves history and fiction to create a compelling exploration of a prominent biblical figure. Told through the voices of both Osnath and Ruth herself, The Garden of Ruth transports readers into the ancient world - and offers a dramatic and thought-provoking new perspective on a wellknown tale.
Eva Etzioni-Halevy is professor emeritus of political sociology at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. A child Holocaust survivor, Ms. Etzioni-Halevy was born in Vienna, Austria, and was fortunate to escape as a small child with her parents in 1939. She spent World War II in Italy, partly in an Italian concentration camp and partly in hiding.
Having survived the Holocaust in this manner she moved to what was then Palestine in 1945. Ms. Etzioni-Halevy has lived most of her life in Israel, but spent lengthy stretches of time in the United States and Australia before returning to Israel in 1989, to seek her roots there. As part of the search for her roots, she returned to the religious orientation she had previously abandoned. It is this search that led her to the discovery of the rich world of the Bible, and to the intention of bringing it to life for contemporary readers through the writing of Biblical novels.
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