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"Harlem Shuffle" by Colson Whitehead - Monday, August 22nd

8/22/2022

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In August we will discuss

Harlem Shuffle
by
Colson Whitehead

Presenter: Ruth

Hosted by: Donna
on
Monday, August 22nd

We will meet in the home of Donna, Hapalmach 56B

Directions

Waze

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"The Glass Palace" by Amitav Ghosh - Monday, June 27th

6/27/2022

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In June we will discuss,

The Glass Palace
by
Amitav Ghosh

Presenter: Chaim

Host: Nomi

on
Monday, June 27th, 18:00 - 20:00

We will meet at the home of
Nomi Nahmias
Ohel Shlomo 8, Jerusalem

Directions

Waze

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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

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

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

Clicking the link will include the passcode, as does the Zoom image at the side.

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

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

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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Click his name or picture for a list of books

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

IB Singer Banquet Speech

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.

Click to Download

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