Shayna, a Novel Quotes

“don’t know if any rabbis would agree with me, but I believe that God lives deep inside each one of us. All of his children. Even the most evil. Yeytser-tov and yeytser-hore, the urge to good or evil. We choose again and again. Conflict with God doesn’t matter, what matters is how you behave. Shaynaleh, since I first saw you as a child, God shines from you. He is always in your heart.”
― Miriam Ruth Black, Shayna, a Novel

“Ukrainians accused Jews of being Bolsheviks, the Russians accused them of not being Bolsheviks. Always they were killers of Christ.”
― Miriam Ruth Black, Shayna, a Novel