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Book Circle Explores Four Brave Women In Historical Fiction Account
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman is a fictional retelling of the Siege of Masada (70-73 CE) through the eyes of four resilient women — Yael, Revka, Asisa and
Shirah — who find refuge there, each bearing secrets and past traumas. When the Romans besiege the fortress, only two women and five children survive the brutality and loss, leading to the tragic historical outcome.
The members of the Book Circle will meet on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 3:30 p.m., on Zoom, to explore the lives of women — how they survived and how the experience affected them.
The Book Circle meets monthly to examine the work of Jewish authors writing on Jewish themes. For more information, email ctigreenport@gmail.com with a message for Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator of the group.
Book Circle Chooses An Oldie And A Goodie: ‘Marjorie Morningstar’
Of course, those of us of a certain age read it, and saw ourselves in it, and the Book Circle is entering those days once again. In Herman Wouk’s powerful coming-of-age novel, a starry-eyed, 19-year-old beauty named Marjorie Morgenstern leaves home to accept the job of her dreams — working in a summer stock company for Noel Airman, its talented and charismatic director. Released from the social constraints of her traditional Jewish family, and thrown into the glorious and colorful world of theater, Marjorie, now Morningstar, finds herself entangled in an affair with the man destined to become the greatest — and the most destructive — love of her life.
The members of the Book Circle will meet on Thursday, Jan. 15, at 3:30 p.m., on Zoom, to revisit that time in their lives and the love story they all shared with Marjorie. The Book Circle meets monthly to explore the work of Jewish authors writing on Jewish themes. For more information, email ctigreenport@gmail.com with a message for Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator of the group.
Book Circle Chooses Inspirational Story Inspired By History And Love
Inspired by history and a trove of love letters, The Rabbi’s Suitcase, by Robert Kehlmann, recounts how, in the early 1880s, a battered steamship, overcrowded with Orthodox Jewish travelers makes a treacherous journey from Lithuania to Jerusalem. On board, a 12-year-old mystic named Yosef is entranced with wild-haired Chana. Their story is told against a backdrop of Ottoman rule, the privations of WWI, and British Mandate uprisings.
The Book Circle meets monthly to discuss books with Jewish content by Jewish authors. This month’s meeting will be held on Thursday, Dec. 18, at 3:30 p.m., on Zoom.
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