The Last of the Just: A Novel

Andre Schwarz-Bart’s renowned novel The Last of the Just is “a triumphant monument to the nobility and tenacity of the human spirit” (Chicago Sun-Times).

On March 11, 1185, in the old Anglican city of York, the Jews of the city were brutally massacred by their townsmen. As legend has it, God blessed the only survivor of this medieval pogrom, Rabbi Yom Tov Levy, as one of the Lamed-Vov, the 36 Just Men of Jewish tradition, a blessing which extended to one Levy of each succeeding generation.
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