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Book Circle Selection Details An Adventurous Search For A Nazi Spy
The Book Circle will meet on Thursday, June 23, at 4 p.m. on Zoom, to join British war correspondent Ian Graham and Nina Markova for an adventure-filled search for a lethal Nazi murderess — a ripping good story in Kate Quinn’s novel, The Huntress.
Transformed by the horrors he witnessed from Omaha Beach to the Nuremberg trials, British war correspondent Ian Graham has become a Nazi hunter. Yet one target eludes him: a vicious predator known as The Huntress. To find her, the investigator joins forces with the only witness to escape from her: Nina Markova, a cunning female bomber pilot. But a shared secret could derail their mission, unless Ian and Nina force themselves to confront it.
The Book Circle meets monthly to discuss novels by Jewish writers and Jewish issues. For more information, email citigreenport@gmail.com with a message for Susan Rosenstreich, group coordinator.
Book Circle Selection Combines Present-Day And Fictional Characters
The Book Circle will meet on Wednesday, May 18, at 4 p.m. (new time) to talk about The Muralist by B. A. Shapiro, a multi-theme novel exploring pre-WWII politics, European refugees, New York’s art scene, and the emergence of the American school of abstract expressionism.
Here, real-life artists Mark Rothko, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock interact with Shapiro’s fictional Alizée Benoit in a frenzied attempt to solve a long-standing mystery in Benoit’s family.
The group meets monthly to explore works about Jews and by Jewish writers. For information, email the shul at ctigreenport@gmail.com with a message for Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator of the group.
Just Released, Brad Kolodny Book About Jewish Settlers Of Long Island
Brad Kolodny, who talked about the early synagogues of Long Island at the shul’s Lunch and Learn program in December 2021, has just published a new book, The Jews of Long Island 1705-1918. In this book, the writer tells the stories of Jewish communities on Long Island, and how they were established and developed. His research confirms what we know about the early Jewish settlement in Greenport and the building of our shul more than 100 years ago. Peddlers, farmers and factory workers struggling to make better lives for their families moved east, out of the poverty and congestion of New York City.
Included in Brad Kolodny’s book are census records, newspaper accounts, photos, and personal family histories. More than 4,400 names of people who lived in Nassau and Suffolk counties prior to the end of WWI are listed. The writer told The Shofar that the book contains a chapter dedicated to Greenport, including the names of every Jewish resident at that time.
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