Word: northstreet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Pariah & Servant. The richest of York's moneylenders was Baruch of Northstreet. He flaunted his wealth on his bejeweled fingers, had no qualms about cheating the Christians who kept him a social pariah. But Baruch's son Abram was his father's despair. A failed rabbi, Abram despised Baruch's vanity and usury, refused to learn the lending trade, struck up a friendship and a religious dialogue with a simple Catholic monk. To the consternation of his parents. Abram also gradually fell in love with Bett, their poor Christian servant girl...
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