Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out, Harry Kemelman
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out, Harry Kemelman
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Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out

Author: Harry Kemelman

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/23/2012


Synopsis

New York Times Bestseller: An anti-Semitic millionaire is murdered, and Rabbi Small must defend his congregants from false accusations …

Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts, is thriving. Every year, more young couples move to this cozy New England village to raise their families, and many of them join Rabbi David Small’s synagogue. But the town is jolted out of domestic tranquility when Ellsworth Jordon, the town
selectman, is murdered. An outspoken anti-Semite, and one of the town’s richest and most powerful men, it seems like everyone had a reason to dislike Jordan. When he’s murdered, not even the rabbi is surprised.

Police suspicion falls on several upstanding members of the synagogue, so Rabbi Small endeavors to clear them the way only he can—with God at his back and the Talmud in hand. Surprises lurk at every turn as the rabbi narrows down the long list of suspects to find the killer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen on August 09, 2023

There's a mystery in here somewhere, but but Kemelman is more concerned about discussing feminism and Judaism in the early 1970's. Quite a time capsule.......more

Goodreads review by Susan on April 24, 2018

I enjoy the Rabbi Small books very much. I was not too surprised by the identity of the murderer (although I wavered from time to time as there were so many suspects who had cause to murder the victim). What I hadn't figured out was the actual reason for the murder and how the culprit managed to pro......more

Goodreads review by Amy on January 08, 2021

I don't think these books have aged particularly well and won't continue on with the series. I've given it two books but I find that they are short on mystery and long on Judiac teaching. It seemed like I was well past the halfway point before there was even a mystery for Rabbi Small to start figuri......more

Goodreads review by Mark on August 06, 2022

These novels are better when read by yourself. Having it as audio book simply did not seem to do the book justice. Something was just missing. The plot and characters are good in either format but the audio dimension seems to move everything farther away, not closer to the "listener/reader".......more