Fic­tion

Nev­er For­get My Soul

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May 22, 2014
This grip­ping nov­el by psy­chol­o­gist Michael Mil­graum exam­ines how the Holo­caust con­tin­ues to impact upon the Jew­ish con­scious­ness. The sto­ry’s two cen­tral char­ac­ters are Jew­ish descen­dants of Holo­caust sur­vivors. One is Joe, a bold and crass sur­geon, who scoffs at any­thing above or beyond him­self and freely indulges his pas­sion­ate appetites. The oth­er is Adam, a painful­ly shy and anx­ious med­ical researcher, who seeks secu­ri­ty in devout reli­gious prac­tice, but finds lit­tle relief from his dis­com­fort. They meet, by chance, in a psy­chother­a­py group, were their ther­a­pist strug­gles with them to help them lib­er­ate them­selves from their demons. Fam­i­ly wartime his­to­ry — described in flash­back style — and present life inter­mix in a com­pelling coun­ter­point. Final­ly, an encounter with the time­less lessons about suf­fer­ing and com­pas­sion in The Book of Job opens a path to a dif­fer­ent way of being for both of these men. They come to see their his­to­ry with new eyes, as they dis­cov­er the full rich­ness and renew­ing pow­er of their Jew­ish heritage. 

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