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differences,
philosophical and theologi-
cal conflicts that tend to
arise when persons of differ-
ing faiths and cultures
marry.
The book focuses on the
marriage of Naomi Finkels-
tein (nee Annunziata
"Nancy" Calogero) and
Shep (born Saulie) Finkels-
tein. The novel shows how
the two are forced to con-
front their faith in each
other and themselves,
while, at the same time,
exploring their faith in God.
That is no easy task,
especially for Naomi,
who came from a loveless
household and was edu-
cated in a strict Catholic
education system. She is
an intelligent woman, but
her compulsion to be a
proper Orthodox Jewish
wife is overwhelming,
and a faux pas here and
there did 'much to add
strain to an already tense
situation.
Shep's
overbearing
mother, Bessie, will not win
any congeniality prizes.
Learning of her son's im-
pending marriage to a con-
vert from Catholicism, she
does all short of rending her
garments and sitting shiva.
Faced with all that, Shep
must ultimately decide
whether or not he wishes to
continue with the marriage.-
Disgusted with his wife's
shenanigans, he issues his
wife a "bill of divorcement"
as she leaves for Italy to
bury her deceased father.
He uses the time of her

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month-long absence to
think and upon her return
he has cooled towards his
wife.
Yet, he still questions her
sincerity and devises a test,
which at the same time be-
comes a test for him too. On
Yom Kippur, as the rest of
his family attends services,
Shep steals away to the
non-Jewish neighborhood
and orders a pizza to be sent
to his wife, to see whether
she has truly accepted the
obligations of a Jewish wife
by ignoring the food, or has
rejected them and washed
her hands of the whole
thing.
Naomi's Yom Kippur
choice is the saving grace
of the marriage.
Her first novel, Ms. Tag-
liacozzo's book is skillfully
written and worthy of much
thought as each chapter is
read. A special device is
used by the author: As each
chapter is introduced, it is
titled with the name of a
Jewish holiday and under-
neath is a quote from a
source on which Jewish life
is based, exists and sur-
vives. The quotes seem to
serve as foreshadowings.,
Rhoda
Tagliacozzo's
"Saving Graces": is an im-
portant piece of contempor-
ary Jewish fiction because it
serves to provide a better
understanding of interfaith
marriage.
It approaches a sensitive
issue intellectually and
with compassion. "Saving
Graces" is a truly notable
contribution to modern
Jewish literature.

JERUSALEM (ZINS) —
The price of a 3 1/2-room
apartment in Jerusalem
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last quarter of 1979, com-
pared to five percent for a
similar apartment in Tel
Aviv.
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apartment in Jerusalem
now stands at IL 2.5 million
($62,500), compared to IL
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Aviv.
Apartment price in-
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were greater in Haifa's sub-
urbs (202 percent), Sharon
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