Lest We Forget, 110 Years ago.

LEST WE FORGET: Of all the pogroms that rocked Tsarist Russia, the one in Kishinev in 1903 is one of the most infamous. In that pogrom, 110 years ago, 49 Jews were killed, 500 injured and 1,500 homes and shops were vandalized in this city that at that time was the capital of Bessarabia. (That city, the capital of Moldova, is now called Chisinau.) The collapse of the Russian government began with the Kishinev pogrom, as it showed  the “ghastly rottenness” of the Tsar’s government.. Klara, of “Klara’s Journey,” (Marion Street Press) will witness the collapse in 1917. “Klara’s Journey,”available on all ebook formats, http://amzn.to/13Sp769 Also,nook, ipad,Kobo,etc.And wherever books are sold.

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 “…Another brave heroine – and another harrowing adventure – is depicted in Klara’s Journey (Marion Street Press) by Ben G. Frank. A veteran journalist and travel writer, Frank is at his best when explaining the historical circumstances in which his title character finds herself. At the beginning of almost every chapter, he sets the scene, describing what (really) took place at that time and/or place, quoting from historians and offering fascinating lessons about the events leading up to and just following the Russian Civil War….” Cynthia Ramsay, Jewish Independent, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

 

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Praise for Klara's Journey

“Ben Frank has made skillful use of his longtime expertise in researching the cultural and religious history of the far-flung diaspora of the Jewish people throughout the world and creating this credible and compelling novel about a passionate  young woman…”

 

 Gene Sosin, Ph.D., is a former senior executive of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

 

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“betrayal, high drama, love!”

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Where is Klara on Thanksgiving, 1918?

And where’s Klara Rasputnis of “Klara’s Journey,” on Chanukah, 1918? She’s in Vladivostok, where she will be able to smell the salt waters of the Pacific Ocean. It’s been a year since she left Odessa. 

“ I feel like a sprinter crashing past the finish line in a long marathon,” she says…

  A few weeks later, Klara will stand on the upper deck of the SS Nippon Maru. She’s going to the “Land of the Rising Sun. ….”

“So long Vladivostok. Bye darling Sid.”

“Back at the Welfare Center, however,  the director, staff, and guests wonder why Klara left so early in the morning, without notice, without a good-bye, and without official papers?” 

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Happy Chanukah/ Thanksgiving

Lest we forget!

Lest we forget. Time stood still at 2120 hours on the night of November 26, 2008, in Mumbai, India. Terrorists attacked all over the city, hotels, cafes, the rail terminals, and Nariman House, a five-story building in south Mumbai and home of Chabad. 174 persons, including nine gunmen, lost their lives. Six Jews are Nariman House were murdered  in the attack on the city which  shook India, the world and the Indian Jewish community which has experienced hardly a drop of anti-Semitism throughout its long history. As we are about to celebrate Chanukah, let us note that the Jewish community in India remains very strong and united. For more on “Incredible India,” and its Jewish community, check out “The Scattered Tribe: Traveling the Diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti and Beyond,” (Globe Pequot Press) http://amzn.to/J3Z47T Wherever books are sold and an ebook.

Radio interview!

Just taped a radio interview today on WFDU-fm, 89.1,” -The Voice of Fairleigh Dickinson ... Teaneck, NJ, to air Sunday morning, November 24,  at 6 am. Interviewed by Carl Kraus on his program, “Digest.”  Talked about “Klara’s Journey,” a story of “betrayal, high drama and love,” and that “Klara’s Journey,” (Marion Street Press) an historical novel is a great gift for Chanukah and the holidays.

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My Article on Pastoral Kfar Blum

My article: Pastoral Kfar Blum, http://t.co/hGTlUPjLfv , p 11, more on Kibbutz Kfar Blum and the Upper Galilee in "The Scattered Tribe, Traveling the Diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti & Beyond, " (Globe Pequot Press) http://t.co/Akpcpcti6M , ebook and wherever books are sold. Books make a great Chanukah/Thanksgiving & Holiday gift. Home