Temple Book Club

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

Our Temple Book Club will return this year in November and March, with LiveChats through the Jewish Book Council. All Temple members are invited to read the books, join our discussion over Zoom, and virtually meet the author.

On Tuesday, November 11 at 7 p.m., we’ll discuss We Would Never, a novel by Tova Mirvis. A murder mystery centered around a separation and custody battle, Hadassah Magazine called this novel, “More than a whodunnit, Mirvis’s characters are multidimensional, wrestling with doubts and guilt, not just about murder, but also about a lifetime of questionable choices.”

On Tuesday, March 10 at 7 p.m., we’ll discuss The Last Dekrepitzer, with author, Howard Langer. A winner of the National Jewish Book Award, the novel tells the story of the Dekrepitzer Rebbe, a fiddler who survived the war, tracing his journey from the mountains of Southern Poland to the Columbus Circle subway station in New York City.  From Marc Katz in the Jewish Book Council Review, “The Last Dekrepitzer is a novel that will surprise readers with its depth and introduce them to one of the more unique characters to appear on the contemporary Jewish literary scene.”

Please plan to join us for our two Temple Book Club sessions. Both titles are available in the Temple Library, and the Zoom link will be included in the Temple’s weekly e-mail before our discussion. Thank you to Betsy Gephart for arranging our book clubs.