The Holy Thief: A Con Man's Journey from Darkness to Light

Rabbi Mark Borovitz was a mobster， gangster， con man， gambler， thief， and drunk. He has seen it all. Now， in this inspiring memoir， he takes you on a journey from the streets to discovering his soul in a ten-by-twelve-foot prison cell.

When Mark was fourteen， his father died and his world came crashing down. Within months， he was selling stolen goods for the mob out of his high school locker， beginning a twenty-year life of crime that ran the gamut from bar hustles and con games to check-cashing scams.

Mark stole and gambled and drank， all the while trying to be the good son， the good brother， the good boy， but his life only spun more out of control until the mob put a hit out on him. From Cleveland he moved to Lo