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Nouri: The Story of Isidore Dayan, and the Growth of a Vibrant Community in America�

Nouri has been hailed as �a biography that reads like a novel.� Author Devora Gliksman tells us a little�about this remarkable man and the book that brings him to vivid life:�Nouri spans almost a century, includes two World Wars, and features a panoramic background�ranging from Baghdad and Damascus to Brooklyn, from Czechoslovakia to Baltimore to tiny�Vineland, N.J.

Nouri�s mother was murdered while his father was off fighting in the Turkish army. A bitter�custody battle ended with the toddler on a ship to America, totally cut off from his father and�siblings. Raised by his grandparents, who passed away by the time he was fourteen, Nouri turned�to his uncles, who were always there for him. Though surrounded by family, Nouri still felt very�much alone. Yet Nouri emerged from each challenge stronger, more grateful to G-d and to those�who helped him. His gratitude and striving for spiritual greatness became the hallmarks of�Nouri�s life.

Nouri�s never considered himself �self-made,� even though his rags-to-riches story could easily�have fed his ego. As his business boomed, he never attributed any of its success to himself. In his�gratefulness to G-d, he was never satisfied with where he was spiritually. In this, he was trained�by his mentor, Hacham Murad, a giant of a man in a tiny body.

So Nouri forged ahead, always seeking to grow and to help his community grow as well. One�project at a time, he helped change his community by building a new synagogue, building a girls�school, building another synagogue, building senior housing projects. That was his whole life:�building. His faith that Hashem would help him and his community was constant.

In 1970, Nouri�s son-in-law and daughter, Hacham Yosef and Carol Harari-Raful, as well as�Carol�s sister and three of Nouri�s grandchildren, were on a TWA flight that was hijacked by�Palestinians and forced to land in the Jordanian desert. Also among the hostages were Rav�Yitzchok and Rebbetzin Hutner, and Rav Yonoson and Rebbetzin David. Nouri features�incredible eyewitness accounts of the hijacking, including journals written by Hacham Raful and�his brother while they were in captivity. Amazingly, even at this traumatic time Nouri�s faith in�Hashem�s goodness was unwavering.

Nouri is the true story of a man � indomitable, optimistic, devoted to his people. It does,�indeed, read like a novel � but it�s true, and very, very inspiring.

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