Hanah's Sheep and Cattle by Shira Gorshman Dybbuk New York Times Book Review

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the city’s original Indigenous language and the source of the name Manhattan (“the place where we get bows”)

Hanah's Sheep and Cattle by Shira Gorshman Dybbuk New York Times Book ReviewTranslate by Edith Otchin McCrea Hanah's Sheep and Cattle is based on the improbable but true story of a strong, secular Jewish woman and former Zionist pioneer navigating the turbulent sweep of Soviet history. Shira Gorshman's autobiographical novel provides unique insights into Jewish life in 1920s Palestine and 1930s Soviet Crimea, but also covers recurrent universal themes: the tribulations of women, the value of sacrificing for the greater good,