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Zayde's Crossing
Hardcover
General FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Long Memory Press
Published: May 5 2026
Pages: 544
Weight: 1.97
Height: 1.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What survives when a life carefully etched in one world is swept away by war, revolution, and exile?
Zayde's Crossing tells the story of a Jewish family whose lives unfold amid the collapse of an empire, sustained by the faith that carries them toward a new world.
As a teenager, Mendel Baronsky studies in the heart of European Jewish learning before traveling east to serve as Crown Rabbi for a growing Jewish community on the edge of Siberia.There he builds a life with his wife and children-until the outbreak of the First World War forces him into the Russian Imperial Army and shatters the fragile order of their world.
As Mendel returns home, revolution and civil war sweep across Siberia. With violence spreading and the future uncertain, the Baronsky family must decide whether to remain in the land they know or risk everything on a journey halfway around the world.
Their path leads from Siberian towns into the vibrant communities of Harbin and Yokohama-and ultimately to Seattle, where they join a small but determined Jewish community and begin building a new life in the Pacific Northwest.
In the years that follow, Mendel serves families throughout Seattle and the surrounding region as a ritual leader, shochet, and mohel, helping sustain traditions that bind communities together.
Drawing on family memories, oral histories, and preserved archival records, Zayde's Crossing brings to life a powerful story of faith, exile, and resilience. It illuminates a little-known chapter of Jewish migration and the enduring strength of identity carried across continents and generations.
Ideal for readers interested in:
- Jewish history and tradition
- the Russian Revolution and its aftermath
- immigrant journeys to America
- historical narratives based on real families
- stories of survival, faith, and new beginnings
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