A modern day tale that deals with the complex question of anti-semitism.
The protagonist grows up in an age that has to deal with the residue of Hatred that dates back to an earlier and more unfortunate time. He is a strong advocate for faith but has clearly grown up in a tough neighborhood. He finds it hard to reconcile his emotions to the challenges of the day and has to learn how to be strong and weak at the same time. We walk back and forth from his early years at the Jewish school where he begins to question everything to the point of being thrown out of his class. He then continues to bounce back across two extremes where he learns to balance his hatred for his foes with his loathing towards himself and his community for not 'resisting' enough.
There is a memorable scene when he is sent for 'rehabilitation' and has to confront a group of survivors for not fighting hard enough for their children. He develops a live interest while exploring the limits of his truth and learns gradually to separate between his obvious love for the written law and the innocent questionings of his attractive young suitor. I am certain that I have had plenty of opportunities to watch Mr. Goslin work but that in my view is a representation do some of his best work.
The believer is really anyone including the oppressor that stands by and does not say a word even If his conviction tell him what he is doing is right. The believer is also the oppressed that does nothing to oppose what he sees as wrong.
It is an exposition of fear and the attempts to deal with it in all it's forms.
And in its transformative nature wins a thumbs up from me!
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