The ultimate fish-out-of-water tale . . . A child who never quite fit
in, Rebecca Dana worshiped at the altar of Truman Capote and Nora
Ephron, dreaming of one day ditching Pittsburgh and moving to New York,
her Jerusalem. After graduating from college, she made her way to the
city to begin her destiny. For a time, life turned out exactly as she’d
planned: glamorous parties; beautiful people; the perfect job,
apartment, and man. But when it all came crashing down, she found
herself catapulted into another world. She moves into Brooklyn’s
enormous Lubavitch community, and lives with Cosmo, a thirty-year-old
Russian rabbi who practices jujitsu on the side.While Cosmo,
disenchanted with Orthodoxy, flirts with leaving the community, Rebecca
faces the fact that her religion—the books, magazines, TV shows, and
movies that made New York seem like salvation—has also failed her. As
she shuttles between the world of religious extremism and the world of
secular excess, Rebecca goes on a search for meaning. Trenchantly
observant, entertaining as hell, a mix of Shalom Auslander and The Odd Couple, Jujitsu Rabbi and the Godless Blonde is a thought-provoking coming-of-age story for the twenty-first century.Zia says:
"What happens to a person who gradually or suddenly realizes that all she believes to be true is just a fantasy. This is a very funny yet serious story of Rebecca Dana's realization about life and her friendship with Cosmo, the disillusioned rabbi."
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