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With only thirty-three hours to clear the name of Moshe Katan, a colleague accused of a atrocious sexual crime, Rabbi Arthur Greenburg must review the tapes of an experimental family program, drawn from biblical teachings, at the synagogue involving the accuser, Brenda, a pretty widow and mother of an autistic son, and Brenda's journal to discover the truth, and in the process, his life is forever changed. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.
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The Thirty-third Hour opens at midnight Saturday, in the study of Rabbi Arthur Greenberg, the leader of the largest synagogue in Miami. The Rabbi has until 9 a.m. Monday morning, thirty-three hours, to investigate a sex ethics charge brought against one of his colleagues by a member of the congregation, Brenda, an attractive widow and the mother of an autistic son.That colleague, Moshe Katan, an associate from Arthur's seminary days, has been leading an experimental family education program at the synagogue, bringing together parents and children to explore the stories of the Bible in new and challenging ways. Now, piled on Arthur's desk are the video and audio recordings of these sessions and Brenda's journal, which he has to review in a desperate attempt to avoid a disastrous scandal. The reader becomes judge and jury as Arthur seeks to find out what happened and, in the process, undergoes a spiritual transformation himself.
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