{"product_id":"rough-diamonds","title":"Rough Diamonds","description":"\u003cp\u003eYitzchak Blum is a successful Israeli diamond dealer with a soft spot for needy children. The bulk of his wealth and resources are invested in the Beis Hayeled Home for Jewish Boys, a loving haven he established for children without homes to call their own. Yet in his efforts to ensure the home's financial stability and secure future, Yitzchak is forced to hire a new administrator, who quickly threatens to destroy everything he has worked to achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eAt the same time, a shocking terror attack leaves Yitzchak's beloved daughter Nechama and granddaughter Miri badly wounded, and forces the extended family to contend with a new and painful reality. Nechama's promising event planning and stage production career is brutally cut short, and that sends her plummeting into a deep depression from which she has neither the desire nor motivation to emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eAnd as if Yitzchak's life is not complicated enough, he receives an unwelcome request from an unwelcome guest\u003cspan style=\"font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:\" calibri mso-bidi-font-family:arial en-us\u003e™ \u003c\/span\u003eto support the battle against blood diamonds, the illegal diamonds used to finance wars in Africa. Though Africa is far off, the danger to Yitzchak is getting closer...\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eWe then travel into the past and meet Jeremy Gray, an American soldier stationed in post-Holocaust Europe, which is still reeling from six years of blood- shed. Jeremy's encounter with a young survivor changes his life forever, and he brings the child across the Atlantic to raise as his own, much to the consternation of Jeremy's family back in the States.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eWill Yitzchak escape with his life?\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eWill Nechama manage to restart her own? Will the orphanage survive?\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eWill Jeremy succeed on the mission of a lifetime?\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eRough Diamonds, Esther Toker's latest thought-provoking drama, draws readers into a magical tapestry that melds past and present and leads us to ponder the meaning of love, family, strength, and perseverance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:1em\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:4px 12px 4px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:4px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\"\u003eIsrael Bookshop Publications\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Israel Bookshop Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51025431855272,"sku":"L915DT","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/judaicasquare.com\/products\/rough-diamonds","provider":"Judaica Square","version":"1.0","type":"link"}