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Title: Rabbi Gabrielle's Scandal

Author: Roger Herst

Narrator: Dina Pearlman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-10-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Rabbi Gabrielle, a young female rabbi in Washington, DC, is called upon to defend an accused rapist in court, imperiling her career. She must negotiate a hostile climate both in her synagogue and in the community, while attempting to live a normal life as an attractive, unmarried woman. Here is a chance to have an internal look at the life of a clergywoman in a profession that has long been a man's proprietary domain.

Members Reviews:

a blast from the past

i enjoyed the first chapter until rape was brought up and the rabbi said she couldn't envision the male character raping a woman since he had so many attractive women available. i audibly groaned, got mad and said aloud in a bar "rape is about power, not sex." the men around me said "yeah everyone knows that." i had to explain that the author of this book did not know that fact. i would have thrown my kindle down there and then----but i wanted to know if the author could make amends. the rest of the book was even worse. every rapist's fantasy is here:it was her fault, an authority figure beds him and although the jury convicts him--the judge believes him. the rape survivor is portrayed as an icy,cold feminist "b@#ch" greedy for business, money and fame. a reductionist view of feminism. a betrayal of Judaism, feminism and moral authority.

what a travesty!!!!! o yes our rabbi sleeps with the rapist who is married. the commandments are not so easily broken by a rabbi. this book was free, but i paid for it with agita.

Great premise â woman in a male-dominated field

Gabrielle Lewyn is a 30-ish rabbi living in Washington, DC. One of her congregants is accused of rape and she assists with his defense. While dating him.

Great premise â woman in a male-dominated field, in a scandal-filled town, facing crazy church politics, and the struggle inherent in being a woman, being a religious leader, and having a private life â I thought I might learn something about Judaism, as I did with the Fay Kellerman series, or about Catholicism, as I did with the William X. Kienzle books.

However, I almost put this book down at least three times. The first was when the author included âverbatimâ the reading of a police report; the second time was when the author included, again verbatim, a story the Rabbi was writing for one of the church celebrations; and the third time when she slept with the accused rapist/congregant. Oh, wait, there was a fourth time, when the author described Gabrielle as âshaving her groin.â I donât know any woman who uses that term when ladyscaping. (And, really, that was just a leeetle too much detail for me anyway.)

I ended up paging past the police report recitation, the bulk of the story, and most of the court testimony (from which the Rabbi was largely absent). I was curious to see how the story turned out, so I soldiered on. I was troubled by the way the rape was handled, I was troubled by the whole groin-shaving episode, and I was really horrified that a Rabbi would sleep with one of her congregants, much less sleep with an accused rapist. Really? Hereâs a tip, find dates outside of your own church, and at least wait until the rape is adjudicated before jumping into the sack.

I wanted to like this book, I really did, but in the end, I was sort of sorry I spent the time reading it.