The Tinker's Son

Yakov Leibovich is a rabbinical student near Minsk whose life in the 1870's is upended by a draft notice from Russia's Imperial Army. Obsessed with keeping him safe as war looms, Yakov's father and his rabbi arrange an exemption. But their scheme forces Yakov to acquiesce in an unethical act. When he learns that he has unintentionally harmed people he cares about, Yakov embarks on a journey of redemption and self-reflection. "The Tinker's Son" follows Yakov's awakening from a religious...
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Yakov Leibovich is a rabbinical student near Minsk whose life in the 1870's is upended by a draft notice from Russia's Imperial Army. Obsessed with keeping him safe as war looms, Yakov's father and his rabbi arrange an exemption. But their scheme forces Yakov to acquiesce in an unethical act. When he learns that he has unintentionally harmed people he cares about, Yakov embarks on a journey of redemption and self-reflection. "The Tinker's Son" follows Yakov's awakening from a religious conformist to a modern thinker who learns that forgiveness is as powerful a gift when it is granted as when it is received.