When the best-selling author is the Chief Rabbi: Radio Prague reported that the author of the year's biggest bestseller in the Czech Republic, Altschulova Metroda, is none other than Chief Rabbi Karol Sidon.
""I was surprised to discover how quickly my identity was revealed," said the rabbi. "I expected it to be revealed eventually, but only after some time.".
The book Altschulova Metroda is the first in a series of science fiction trilogy set in the Middle Ages, featuring political intrigue, secret police, and prison life. The figure of Moses is also mentioned, and the plot corresponds with Jewish history.
The book is signed by a creator named 'Chaim Kigan', who now turns out to be none other than the Chief Rabbi.
In an interview with him, the rabbi explained that he chose a literary name so that his rabbinical work in Prague and the Czech Republic would not be interrupted, and the dichotomy between the two places would be maintained. The rabbi explained his choice of the name 'Chaim Kigan' because it belonged to one of his ancestors.
Regarding the creative process itself, the rabbi said that he loves authentic science fiction, and the story took shape almost by itself. The next two parts of the series are already ready and will be published in the next two years.
Rabbi Karol Sidon was born in 1942 to a Jewish father and a Christian mother. He grew up in Prague and began studying at the city's Academy of Music and Arts in 1960. At the academy, he trained in scriptwriting and wrote scripts for the Czech public radio station "Český rozhlas". Until 1968, he worked as a producer for the Czech puppeteer Jerzy Trnka. That same year, Sidon's first book, "A Dream About My Father," was published.
In 1983, Sidon immigrated to West Germany, where he studied Judaism at the University of Heidelberg. After some time, he immigrated to Israel, studied Judaism, and converted. In Israel, he was also ordained as a rabbi, and in 1992, he returned to Prague and was appointed Chief Rabbi of the city of Wallachia.
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