Nava Semel’s “Isra Ilse”
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“Isra Ilse” opens when Liam Emanuel, a descendant of Noah, inherits Grand Island. He leaves Israel to reclaim this “Promised Land” but disappears soon after arriving in the US. Simon Lenox, an investigator, tries to recover Israel’s “missing son”
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