{"product_id":"9789652297990","title":"Bitterness and Salvation","description":"\u003cp\u003eNathan is a young, impressionable boy who is saved from the Nazis by Catholic gentiles in his homeland, Holland. But in order to survive he must learn to be a good Catholic and undergo baptism. From there it is only a small leap to begin his studies in the Catholic priesthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time he is fifteen, Nathan learns of his parent's conversion to Catholicism. While studying to be a priest, Nathan confronts a notorious Jew-hating priest and realizes that he cannot represent a religion nurtured from the seeds of anti-Semitism. After his father's death he leaves the Catholic boarding school to fulfil his army duty and then begins the study of law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecoming a member of the Dutch Zionist Students Union helps Nathan further identify with his Jewish roots, and he decides to return to the Jewish tradition. He marries a Jewish woman, but the traumas he has undergone begin to insidiously destroy his ability to love and be loved. When he immigrates to Israel with his wife he makes a momentous decision: he will take on the obligations and practices of an Orthodox Jew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a true story of one man's heroic battle for physical survival in the face of Nazi persecution and his never-ending spiritual battle to recapture his soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gefen Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060684407024,"sku":"9789652297990","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789652297990_p0.jpg?v=1763685797","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789652297990","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}