“Between 1970 and 2020, Europe lost 59 percent of its Jewish population,” says a report from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research.

In 1987, on the eve of a summit between President Ronald Reagan and Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, 250,000 people marched on Washington in solidarity with Soviet Jewry.

Set in Crimea, this books relates a story that is simple on its surface but deeply scrutinizes ethical judgments, even though the events transpire in only one day.