| Yalla!: A Wandering Jew Survives Palestine, Cuba, Jamaica and America Contributor(s): Ingram, Colin (Author), Modena, Alejandro (Author) |
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ISBN: 1931741646 ISBN-13: 9781931741644 Publisher: Robert Reed Publishers OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Judaism - General - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005931416 |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.44" W x 9.06" (1.50 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Everyone has a story, but some lives are endowed with more than their share of drama and challenges. And sometimes, by dint of extraordinary effort, these challenges become opportunities. Such is the case with the life of Alejandro Modena. With enough twists and turns for a dozen lifetimes, here are a few of author Alejandro Modena's true stories about when...The Germans attacked Palestine and dropped candies. When he was so filthy and uncared for that his name was Zevel, meaning garbage When his Arab blood brother tried to kill him. How he met the man who was perhaps the world's most famous writer (Hemingway). How he learned that his betrothed, a Jewish girl he had grown up with, was secretly Catholic and had fled to a convent. And how he raised money to rescue his father in spite of the East Indians, the Chinese and the Syrians.Alejandro Modena is, if nothing else, a survivor. His life has been exceptional, and his story is filled with vibrancy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Modena, Alejandro: - Alejandro Modena grew up during WWII in a Palestinian town where Jews and Arabs shared poverty and hunger. As conditions worsened, a lucky discovery gave Alex's family the means to flee the country and emigrate to Cuba. When revolution swept over Cuba, they were forced to flee again; to Jamaica and eventually to the U.S. |