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The Guest List by Lucy Foley – Monday, July 25th

6/8/2022

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In July we will discuss


The Guest List
by 
Lucy Foley 

Presenter: Donna

Host: Peggy
on
​Monday, July 25nd 
We will meet at the home of Peggy
​22 Chanoch Albeck
Apt 2
Directions
Waze
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"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Wednesday, May 25th

5/25/2022

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In May we will discuss

Americanah
by 
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
 Jashar Awan (Illustrator)

Wednesday, May 25th at 5:00 PM
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Presenter: Tamar
​Host: Ruth
The meeting will be hosted at the home of Ruth Wahrman-Schreiber
Yisroel Eldad 12​
Videos
on Americanah and on Feminism
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"Redhead by the Side of the Road" by Anne Tyler - Monday, April 25th

4/25/2022

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In April we will discuss

​​"Redhead by the Side of the Road" by Anne Tyler

On Monday, April 25th at 8 PM on Zoom
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Presenter: Arlene
As Covid-19 is still around, we will assess the most current health rules around the time of our next meeting.

If we still plan to meet via Zoom
Our Zoom address remains:
zoom.us/j/231493511
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Clicking the link will include the passcode, as does the Zoom image at the side.
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Fiction in magazines
People Who Don't Know the Answers 
​By Anne Tyler
Review

​The Guardian
(click to view)


Could not find any interviews with Anne Tyler, but here's one small spot, and a Hallmark movie made of her book, Breathing Lessons
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Ukrainian Poets and Writers – March 21st, 2022

3/21/2022

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In March we will discuss

The Ukrainians
 
Sholem Aleichem: -The Town of the Little People (Click for its PDF)

Tevye The Dairyman (Click)

Tchernichovsky, the other national poet.pdf    (Click)

Other resources:
https://agnonhouse.org.il/translations/
https://mypoeticside.com/poets/shaul-tchernichovsky-poems
https://www-tc.pbs.org/auschwitz/learning/guides/reading1.4.pdf
https://blog.nli.org.il/babi_yar/
https://allpoetry.com/Hayyim-Nahman-Bialik
https://agnonhouse.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Rechnitzs_Botany_of_Love.pdf
​

On Monday, March 21st, 2022
​at 8:00 PM
As Covid-19 is still around, we will assess the most current health rules around the time of our next meeting.

If we still plan to meet via Zoom
Our Zoom address remains:
zoom.us/j/231493511
​​
Clicking the link will include the passcode.
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Ukrainian poems of war
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"The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - Tuesday, February 22, 2022

2/22/2022

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In February we will discuss

The Shadow of the Wind
(El cementerio de los libros olvidados #1)
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Lucia Graves (Translator)

​Presenter: Chaim Weissmann
On Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
As Covid-19 is still around, we will assess the most current health rules around the time of our next meeting.

If we still plan to meet via Zoom
Our Zoom address remains:
zoom.us/j/231493511
​​
Clicking the link will include the passcode.

​Recording of the
​Book Club Meeting - Shadow of the Wind

​Carlos Ruiz Zafon and interviews
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Issac Bashevis Singer - Wednesday, January 19th, 2022

1/19/2022

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In the month of January
we will discuss books
by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Club members can choose any book by Singer to read.

Peggy will introduce Singer
Tamar will talk about "The Slave"
Moshe, about "In My Father's Court"
Sheldon, "Satan in Goray"
Cheryl, "Shosha"

Wednesday, Jan 19th, 2022
As Covid-19 is resurging, we will assess the most current health rules around the time of our next meeting.

If we still plan to meet via Zoom
Our Zoom address remains:
zoom.us/j/231493511
​​
Clicking the link will include the passcode.



​​Lectures
Isaac Bashevis Singer – Nobel Lecture
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IB Singer Banquet Speech

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​I.B. Singer
in Video
I.B. Singer in a PBS Special
Nobel Speeches
Interview - 1972
Impressions (Yiddish)
Reading of a story
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"Frankenstein" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley – Wednesday, December 29th, 8 PM

12/29/2021

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The meeting recording is now available here.
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At the end of December we will discuss:

​"Frankenstein: The 1818 Text" by Mary Shelley

Presented by TBD – volunteer?
On Wednesday, December 29th,
​at 8 PM
As Covid-19 is resurging, we will assess the most current health rules around the time of our next meeting.

If we still plan to meet via Zoom
Our Zoom address remains:
zoom.us/j/231493511
​​
Clicking the link will include the passcode.

​​Here's an audio book, free on Youtube:
​This is a background pieces about Mary Shelley's writing of Frankenstein:

​​This is a Summary of the book:
Scroll down for the books selected for the next few months. Scroll down for the books selected for the next few months. 
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"Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens - Wednesday, November 24, at 8:00 pm

11/24/2021

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At the end of November we will discuss:

​"Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens

Presented by Chaim
On Wednesday, November 24th
Moshe Bar Lev's event room (please note there is no WiFi there), Primo Levi 8/26
Directions
Waze
Videos:

NY Times Review:

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click to go to the review

​Guardian Review

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click to go to the review
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"The Island of Sea Women" by Lisa See - Monday, October 25th

10/25/2021

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At the end of October we will discuss

​"The Island of Sea Women" by Lisa See

Presented by Peggy

On Monday, October 25th
​​We will meet at the home of
Peggy Krist, 22 Hanoch Albeck
Directions
Waze
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"The Tunnel" by A.B. Yehoshua - Thursday, September 30th

9/30/2021

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At the end of September we will discuss

​
​"The Tunnel" by A.B. Yehoshua


Presented by Rachelle

On ​Thursday, September 30th, at 5 PM
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We will meet in the garden of Donna, Hapalmach 56B
Videos:
PictureNYT Review
NYT Review 

By Peter Orner
  • Aug. 4, 2020
THE TUNNEL
By A. B. Yehoshua
At the center of A. B. Yehoshua’s latest novel is a tender 48-year marriage. Zvi Luria is a retired engineer, the former director of the Israel Roads Authority. His wife, Dina, is a ...

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