The Rabbis Cat 2 (Pantheon Graphic Library)

The Rabbis Cat 2 (Pantheon Graphic Library)

Joann Sfars beloved, humorous, and wise talking cat is back for more beautifully illustrated adventures in Algiers and across Africa in the 1930s. While the rabbi is away, his cat tags along with Malka of the Lions (the rabbis enigmatic cousin), who roams the desert with his ferocious-on-demand lion. Some believe Malka to be a pious Jew, others think hes a shrewd womanizer, but the cat will be the one to discover the surprising truth.

Back in Algiers, the rabbis daughter, Zlabya, and her new husband fill the house with their fighting, while the city around them fills with a rising tide of anti-Semitism. On a whim, the rabbis cat, the rabbi, a sheikh (also a cousin of the rabbi), and a very misplaced Russian painter set out on a fantastic journey (even encountering a young reporter named Tintin in the Congo) in search of an African Jerusalem. It turns out to be very fortuitous that the rabbis cat is not just a talking cat, but a multilingual talking cat.