High Holiday Sutra - Paperback

by Allan Appel (Author)

A Jewish-Buddhist love story and satire of modern religious mores during a Yom Kippur sermon.

Back Jacket

In a heartbreaking and hilarious Yom Kippur sermon, Jonah tells a tragicomic Jewish-Buddhist love story that takes on one of the critical religious issues of the 1990s - can we stay true to tradition and keep our faith relevant to our everyday lives?

Author Biography

Allan Appel's previous novels include Club Revelation, High Holiday Sutra, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and The Rabbi of Casino Boulevard, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. A California native and longtime New Yorker, he now lives in Connecticut where he is a reporter for the New Haven Independent.