Review: "Teshuveh is a return to your finest self."
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 6, 2014
Traditionally translated from the Hebrew as forgiveness, Jessica's rabbi proposes this alternative meaning to the phrase.  There is no easy ending for her story.  Jessica Gross's father had been physically and emotionally abusive with her since she was two.  As an adult she decides that to survive she must stop all contact with her family.Her parents had shared great love with her.  There had been times of joy and sharing.  Her parents were devastated by her decision and begged to reconcile.  This story, then, details the decision and the actions that fueled her decision that the family was shredded beyond repair and that she could only be a whole person without them.  They apologized, but never came to accept that they bore all the blame, even for events that occurred when she was a toddler.We are not called to judge, but we ponder nonetheless.  We are not asked for pity, but give it .  It's a hard reality to face, and a book I will not soon stop mulling.