fbpx

GET HOME DELIVERY! CLICK HERE »

ADVERTISE
pick up locations
HOME DELIVERY
donate

Jewish Journal

Connect. Inform. Inspire.

Amid War, Destinies Are Found and Lost

Luck seems to smile on Andras. He has a happy home and a loving family. He has a scholarship for his studies. Four pages into this long and elaborately embellished novel, he meets a wealthy woman who asks him to carry a mysterious package to Paris for her and inadvertently helps Andras find the love of his life. On the train to France, he also meets a man who will become his benefactor. Once he enters school, his budding architectural work is admired by Le Corbusier.
[additional-authors]
Picture of Jewish Journal

Jewish Journal

May 21, 2010

From NYTimes.com:

THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE
By Julie Orringer
602 pages. Knopf. $26.95.

Luck seems to smile on Andras. He has a happy home and a loving family. He has a scholarship for his studies. Four pages into this long and elaborately embellished novel, he meets a wealthy woman who asks him to carry a mysterious package to Paris for her and inadvertently helps Andras find the love of his life. On the train to France, he also meets a man who will become his benefactor. Once he enters school, his budding architectural work is admired by Le Corbusier.

Read the full article at NYTimes.com.

Did you enjoy this article?
You'll love our roundtable.

Editor's Picks

Latest Articles

A Ka’ak By Any Other Name

July 8, 2026

A symbol of hospitality, families bake batches for holidays, family celebrations and visits with friends and relatives.

The Story That Never Goes Away

July 8, 2026

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, can’t stop speaking about her pain and the public love her body cannot always receive. She talks to the Journal about her son’s legacy and her new book.

Rosner’s Domain | A Dime-Store Abe: The Karhi Crisis

July 8, 2026

This week’s “Constitutional Crisis” is typical of the way the government operates. It issues a statement, or a tweet and then walks it back. Oops, we did not mean it. Or rather, we did, but we also meant to deny that we did.

Why Can’t We Be Friends?

July 8, 2026

If we want to see a less polarized society, both internally and beyond, we must emphatically reject the idea that political alignment is the predominant commonality for friendship.

Ruth-less, the Enigma of a Name

July 8, 2026

Jews spoke in two voices about Ruth, a kind of national schizophrenia, one with joyous chanting on Shavuos as the Book of Ruth was read; the other, removing her name from the chain-link of repeated names throughout the generations.

Honoring My Father: Saying Kaddish with Men

July 8, 2026

Saying kaddish every day tested my faith and commitment. It made me realize that there is no room for excuses. It taught me how to show up. It taught me that my voice can be heard, even when not expected.

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.