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Book Circle Follows Journey To Home In A Nicholas Lemann Story
The Book Circle will meet on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m. on CTI Zoom to follow a three-century journey to home, as depicted in a Nicholas Lemann book, Returning: A Search For Home Across Three Centuries.
The story delves deeply into the family, from their arrival in the 1830s as peddlers from Germany to plantation owners and department store owners in the aristocratic world of New Orleans where, despite wealth, they could never fit in. The writer uses his own family saga as a springboard to address antisemitism and how it continues to flourish after two thousand years.
The Book Circle meets monthly to explore writings by Jewish authors and Jewish subject matter. For more information, email Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator of the group, at ctigreenport@gmail.com
A Mysterious Judith Captivates Book Circle’s Readers
A mysterious woman captures the attention of three men. When she gives birth to Zayde, all three men consider him their son. It’s up to Zayde to piece together his mother’s story.
The bookies will discuss The Loves of Judith by Meier Shalev , on Wendsday, Sept 23, at 2:30 p.m.
The Book Circle meets monthly to discuss books by Jewish authors and Jewish content. For more information, email Susan Rosenstreich at ctigreenport@gmail.com/.
Random reads
The Renoir Girls, Catherine Ostler
Three daughters of a prominent French Jewish family, were painted as children by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. One would marry an English aristocrat and escape; one would collaborate with the Nazis; one would die in Auschwitz. This book details the history of the lives behind the portraits.
The Jewish South, Shari Rabin
In 1669, Carolina colony offered freedom of worship to “Jews, heathens, and other dissenters.” Jews settled in cities throughout the Confederate states. These are their stories.
The First Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern Antisemitism, Alexander Lee
In early 16th century, amid mounting religious hatred, the world’s first Jewish ghetto was established in cramped, unsanitary conditions, the prototype for ghettos throughout Europe. The ghetto paved the way for modern antisemitism.
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