{"product_id":"gate-of-return-homecoming-of-a-jewish-soul-paperback","title":"Gate of Return: Homecoming of a Jewish Soul - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlma Rutgers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlma Rutgers took an unlikely but deliberate path to her Jewish faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer paternal grandfather was a Dutch Reformed minister and theologian, and her maternal forebears were influential members of the Church of Christ. But Alma-born to wealthy parents in New York City-felt a pull toward Jewish things from a very early age. She recalls her childhood discovery of a Jewish cemetery in the woods near her Greenwich family home and feeling inexplicably drawn to the Hebrew lettering on the gravestones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir is the story of Alma's journey to her Jewish spiritual home. Milestones include a Reform Jewish conversion in her thirties and an Orthodox conversion on her sixtieth birthday-but it's her fearless, clear-eyed inquiry into religious and political history and her own spiritual life that give her story extraordinary depth and resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe memoir also offers an inspiring and penetrating examination of what it means to be guided by a Jewish moral compass in a post-October 7 world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 482\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45609852928135,"sku":"9780978814366","price":27.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/11rva2tX129780978814366.webp?v=1787161817","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/gate-of-return-homecoming-of-a-jewish-soul-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}