Follows an ambitious graduate student as she spends a year in Jerusalem questioning the lives of American Jews who 'return', both to Israel itself and to traditional religious practices. Have they changed themselves at all? Are they sincere? Or happier? The unexpected answers and Wendy's own experiences in Israel, including a bus bombing, a funeral, an unexpected suicide, a love affair, and a lawsuit, lead her to reconsider her own Jewish identity and values.
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Follows an ambitious graduate student as she spends a year in Jerusalem questioning the lives of American Jews who 'return', both to Israel itself and to traditional religious practices. Have they changed themselves at all? Are they sincere? Or happier? The unexpected answers and Wendy's own experiences in Israel, including a bus bombing, a funeral, an unexpected suicide, a love affair, and a lawsuit, lead her to reconsider her own Jewish identity and values.
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