Jewish Identity in Literature - Book Series
Past SessionsWednesday, 30 November, 2016 • 29 Cheshvan 5777 - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM - Yavne Library
Wednesday, 26 October, 2016 • 24 Tishrei 5777 - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM - Yavne Library
Wednesday, 21 September, 2016 • 18 Elul 5776 - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM - Yavne Library
A three–part series, in which noted journalist and author Suanne Kelman, will lead a group discussion on each of three selected books around the theme of Jewish identity. Participants can sign up for individual sessions or the entire series.
The three books covered in this series include the following:
The Color of Water. A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother
By James McBride
This powerful memoir of the author’s mother slowly reveals her
secret: The daughter of a rabbi, Ruchel Dwajra Zylska fled her
abusive father to marry a black man in 1942. Despite her poverty
and the chaos of her home, she inspired all 12 of her children to
achieve success in education and in life. But her struggle to create
her own identity ripples into her children’s lives as well, as they
contend with her strangeness and pain.
My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
By Ariel Sabar.
Sabar, an American journalist, is the son of a philologist devoted to
preserving the Aramaic language of his ancestors. Sabar, hip and
quintessentially Californian, comes to understand and appreciate
his father and his heritage only when he visits the remnants of the
ancient Jewish community in Zakho and recreates his father’s
journey from Iraq to Israel to America. The book won the 2008
National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography.
Second Person Singular
By Sayed Kashua
Kashua, who writes in Hebrew and English, is a columnist for
Ha’aretz and the creator of Arab Labor, the first Israeli sitcom to
focus on an Arab family. This novel, his third, deals with two Arab
men, one a prosperous lawyer and the other a faltering social
worker. The plot develops in twists that few readers will anticipate,
as the two men’s lives slowly intersect. It provides fascinating
insights into Israeli society, both Jewish and Arab. First Person
Singular provides the plot of the second half of the current film Arab Lives.
Sorry, Registration has ended.
Share Print Save To My Calendar |
Thu, 28 March 2024
18 Adar II 5784
Upcoming Programs & Events
Mar 28 Movie Night: Golda Thursday, Mar 28 7:30pm |
Mar 31 Truth and Reconciliation Study Group: Indigenous Israel / Palestine Sunday, Mar 31 10:30am |
Apr 2 Pins and Needles Circle Tuesday, Apr 2 1:30pm |
Apr 2 Learning to Leyn: Introduction to Torah Trope Tuesday, Apr 2 7:00pm |
Apr 2 HOPE Tuesday, Apr 2 7:00pm |
This week's Torah portion is Parashat Tzav
Shabbat, Mar 30 |
Candle Lighting
Friday, Mar 29, 7:28pm |
Havdalah
Motzei Shabbat, Mar 30, 8:33pm |
Erev Passover
Monday, Apr 22 |
Subscribe to our Friends of Darchei Noam Mailing List