This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.
Reuven Malter - He is the main character and the son of a Rabbi and widely renowned Talmudic Scholar.
Michael Gordon - This character is the fourteen-year-old precocious son of a liberal Jewish professor who wants to retain Jewish traditional religious practices while abandoning Jewish theology.
Daniel Saunders - This character is Reuven's childhood friend and a brilliant psychologist who shocked his father and community by refusing to become a Rebbe.
Abraham Gordon - This character is a professor and liberal teacher of Judaism who forms one of the major poles...
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