{"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","brand":"Gefen Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65454088225117,"sku":null,"price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9789652297990.jpg?v=1790283460","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9789652297990","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}