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Qesher Book Club:
The Girl Who Rode the White Lion
Tuesday, October 13
USA, Canada 12:00 pm PT / 3:00 pm ET
UK 8:00 pm / France 9:00 pm / Israel 10:00 pm
The talk will last approximately 60 minutes
About the Book
Germany, 1938. On the eve of war, as Nazi violence engulfs Jewish homes and businesses, young Sarah Frank escapes an SS officer whose obsession with her family turns deadly.
Forced into a world suddenly stripped of safety and certainty, she finds refuge in a traveling circus, an unlikely sanctuary of lion trainers, acrobats, elephants, and outsiders who become her family.
Under their protection, Sarah discovers a courage she never knew she possessed, even as the Nazi grip tightens and the man she fled closes in. New York City, 1957.
A routine autopsy at the city zoo uncovers a chilling object inside an elderly lion: a silver SS ring engraved with a skull.
For chief veterinarian Mark Spencer, the discovery ignites a transatlantic search that leads through postwar Paris, Tel Aviv, and the shadowed corners of New York toward the buried story of a girl who dared to challenge an unfathomable evil.
You can find out more and order the book here.
About the Author
Yishay Ishi Ron is an Israeli author, former elite combat soldier, and psychology graduate. A survivor of severe PTSD, he draws on his personal experiences in his writing, exploring themes of trauma, resilience, and redemption. His novel Dog, originally written in Hebrew and translated by Yardenne Greenspan, was long-listed for Israel's prestigious Sapir Prize. Its English edition won two 2026 National Jewish Book Awards, for Hebrew in Translation and Book Club.
Ron's previous works include Holiday Apocalypse, nominated for the Geffen Award, and the children's book Vincent's Nose, which was adapted into an award-winning play. His latest novel, The Girl Who Rode the White Lion, was published in June 2026.
Yishay Ishi Ron lives in Tel Aviv with his wife and three children.
About the Translator
Yardenne Greenspan is a writer and Hebrew translator born in Tel Aviv. Her work has been featured in Tablet, Jewish Book Council, Literary Hub, Haaretz, Words Without Borders, and as a regular column in Ploughshares. Her translations have been published by Restless Books, St. Martin's Press, Akashic, New Vessel Press, Amazon Crossing, and Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Her translation of The Memory Monster by Yishai Sarid was a 2020 New York Times Notable Book and her translations have repeatedly been included in World Literature Today's Notable Translations lists. Greenspan has taught creative writing and translation workshops at Columbia University and at a VA hospital. She has an MFA from Columbia University and lives in New York City.
RECORDING INFORMATION
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