Exodus

A Time for Heroes is a rich tapestry of war, love, and sacrifice that masterfully weaves together a modern-day romance with the long-ago rags to riches story of a fictional Jewish family. The story is told through the eyes of two generations: the first is that of 19th-century Jewish lawyers Judah Löb and his brother Daniel, who flee persecution in Poland and search for a new home in the British territory of Palestine; the second is that of their great-great-grandson Aaron Jastrow, a writer and professor in 1948 Chicago who has turned his back on his roots. When he falls in love with Hannah Arendt, an outspoken German refugee, he must come to terms with his own identity and Jewish heritage.