Background
Friedman, Donald M. was born on June 25, 1943 in Newark. Son of Bert Friedman and Sylvia Worth.
(Farbman is a hustling New York lawyer with a shiska wife ...)
Farbman is a hustling New York lawyer with a shiska wife and two kids, living beyond his financial and emotional means. Dunned by his creditors and distressed by an undiagnosed malaise of the soul, Farbman embodies the conflict between our altruistic impulse to help others and our selfish desire to elbow our way to the front of the line. The novel begins on Forty-Second Street in New York City. Farbman is on his way to an out-of-town funeral. He is rushing from a meeting with his unforgiving banker, to his chaotic office, to his parents' home, and then to the airport. Running late, Farbman considers canceling the trip, but doesn't. After the funeral, his lust for a fellow mourner leads him to an encounter with a mystic rabbi. The Hand Before the Eye is the often comic story of a contemporary man. With energetic and ironic prose, Donald Friedman take us into Farbman's world of law and medicine. Through Job-like suffering, Farbman gains enlightenment, learns the spiritual lessons of justice and healing. Finally , he understands that the good life offers us two true gifts: meaningful work and the love of another.
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Friedman, Donald M. was born on June 25, 1943 in Newark. Son of Bert Friedman and Sylvia Worth.
Bachelor of Arts in English, Washington University, St. Louis, 1965. Juris Doctor, Rutgers University, Camden, 1969. Master of Laws, New York University, 1973.
Associate Shapira, Steiner & Walder Esqs., Newark, 1969—1971. Trial attorney New Jersey Office of Public Defender, Essex County, 1971—1972. General counsel, deputy director High Impact Anti-Crime Program, Newark, 1972—1973.
Associate Gruen, Sorkow & Sorkow, Hackensack, 1973—1974. Partner Friedman, Carney & Wilson Esqs., Newark, 1974—1984. Counsel to Essex County Executive, 1978.
Solo practice West Orange, 1984—2000. Member adjunct faculty Rutgers University, Newark, 1976.
(Farbman is a hustling New York lawyer with a shiska wife ...)
Board directors Court Appointed Special Advocates, Essex County, 1998—1999, The New Philharmonic Orchestra, Morristown, 1998—2000.
Children: Jeffrey, Samantha.