The Rabbi and the Priest

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The Rabbi and the Priest is an historical novel about Jewish life in Russia in the second half of the nineteenth century. It is the story of the brave struggle of the Winenki family to live under the Russian Czars, part of the timeless struggle of Jews throughout the ages o maintain their faith and love of Torah under conditins of poverty, oppression, and even  threat of death. ...
  This is the story of the two Winenki brothers, separated as young boys, one growing up to the Rav of Kiev, a godolbeYisroel, the other, his sworn enemy. The story of the two brothers is true , major istorical events are described as they actually occured.

Originally written by a secular maskil who added and changed the story with poetic license.

the present book has been rewritten to described the characters in a more accurate manner by a descendant of the protaganist.