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From Goodreads: The Same Embrace tells the powerful story of two young men struggling against a heritage of intolerance and silence. Twins Jacob and Jonathan were inseparable while growing up in their second-generation-American Jewish family. As adults, though, they are almost hopelessly estranged--Jacob is a gay activist in Boston, while Jonathan lives the strict, disciplined life of an Orthodox student at a yeshiva in Jerusalem. In the shadow of a tragedy, Jacob travels to Israel in the hopes of finding common ground with his brother. But his twin's new assurance and faith force Jacob to…
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2 editions- Other · English · 1999Plume · 289 pages · 9780452279759
- Other · English · 1998Dutton · 289 pages · 9780525944164
Gay menFictionJewish familiesTwinsFiction, generalTwins, fictionFamily relationships











