Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A first printing of the first edition in unblemished condition housed in a mildly shelfworn yet Fine dust-jacket.

In The Blue Star, Robert Ferro tells the story of three generations of a family of rabbis in New York City. The first two generations are Orthodox rabbis, and the second generation is their children and grandchildren. Ferro skillfully weaves together the stories of the rabbis and their congregants, as well as of the city in which they lived and worked. He provides a vivid and moving portrait of a community that is both familiar and strange to us.; 8vo; 244 pages.