Article by Eli Hirsch

Collateral Damage

In a New York yeshiva, a young student scarred by the Six-Day War decrees that Talmudic law prohibits collateral damage. His friend, a not-so-innocent narrator, recounts the ensuing adventures, with their share of unexpected consequences. Through this novella, which reads like a coming-of-age novel, Elie Hirsch introduces us to the eccentric charm of the yeshiva world, against a backdrop of teenage misadventures.

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