The Coin

A Multigenerational Novel of a Jewish Family Escaping the Shtetls of Eastern EuropeIn the 11th century Jewish residents of a European town choose suicide over being massacred by rampaging Crusader knights. Only one boy survives and he holds a coin The Hand of God which gets passed from father to son through succeeding generations.Jack Perle a street-wise youth deserted by his parents makes his way from a shtetl in Eastern Europe to the docks of Philadelphia where he leads a criminal enterprise and plots to collect an unforgivable debt from his estranged father and family. His actions cause his life to change in ways he could never imagine