The June meeting of the Book Circle will be held in-person — to the delight of all participants — at the shul on Wednesday, the 28th, at 3 p.m. The selection is title The Marriage Box, a novel by Corie Adjmi, that considers the situation facing a Middle Eastern Jewish teenager, who accompanies her parents from a liberated life in New Orleans to an Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, where the search for a suitable husband is the primary directive.

Sixteen-year-old Casey Cohen discovers that the marriage box is a real place, a pool deck designated for teenage girls to put themselves on display for potential husbands.

Michael seems the right choice for her, but she begins to question the decision when she is expected to conform to wifely duties that put her own plans aside.  How she navigates opposing worlds is the focus of the book and the book group’s consideration.

The Book Circle explores writing on Jewish issues by Jewish writers. For more information, email ctigreenport@gmail.com with a message for Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator of the group.