![]() So he wrote a suburban Jewish novel, based loosely on the building of Temple Israel in Swampscott, where we belonged." And he was appalled by the politics of suburban synagogue life. They didn't appreciate their tradition, didn't understand the wisdom of the Talmud, which fascinated him. "Harry was concerned that Jews in the suburbs didn't have the Jewish education he got growing up in a Yiddish-speaking household in Roxbury. ![]() He also wrote novels, including one called The Building of a Temple. ![]() Harry supported his young family by managing the real estate, running the hardware store, and writing detective mysteries for the monthly Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. ![]() The couple moved from Brighton to Marblehead in 1947. ![]()
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