Temple Book Club

19 Nov @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Our Temple Book Club will meet twice this year to discuss two very different titles.  Thanks to the Jewish Book Council, we are able to “LiveChat” with the authors of our books as part of our virtual evening discussion. Our sessions begin at 7 p.m. and the Zoom link is included in the weekly e-mail beforehand.

On Tuesday, November 19, we’ll meet with Jennifer Rosner to discuss her novel, Once We Were Home. A finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, the plot follows two children who were “rescued” from a Polish ghetto by Christian friends. Twenty years later, they are still processing the loss of their losses. From Hadassah Magazine, “Rosner’s tender prose unearths the depth and complexity of family, love, religion, identity, memory and home.”

On Tuesday, February 25, Lynda Cohen Loigman will join us to discuss The Matchmaker’s Gift. The plot centers around a Lower East Side matchmaker, Sara, and her granddaughter, Abby.  Abby inherits her grandmother’s journals after her death. From the Jewish Book Council, “The historical chapters are compelling; the more contemporary ones are equally so. A fascinating narrative.”

We hope you’ll read each of our books and plan to join us for our discussions. One copy of each title is available in the Rabbi Richard B. Safran Library.