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    Hug HaSefer - Book Discussion Circle

    Our Book Discussion Circle generally meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. and focuses on Jewish content in both fiction and non-fiction. You can find specific information about the location of each month’s meeting in that month's Newsletter, the Kol HaLev calendar, and the Weekly Update. Note that the Newsletter also contains a brief summary of the book for that month.

    All KHL members are welcome to attend these discussions and to recommend books for discussion. Contact Kevin Weidenbaum at KJW@oberlin.net to be added to the group’s email list.

    Our Calendar of Books for 2021:

    January 21, All Grown Up, Jami Attenberg

    February 18, Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl

    March 25, The Book of Israela, Rena Blumenthal (You may wish to begin locating a copy of this book soon.)

    April 22, Finding My Father: His Century-Long Journey from World War I Warsaw and My Quest To Follow, Deborah Tannen

    May 27, Weinstock Among the Dying: A Novel, Michael Blumenthal

    June 24, Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey between Genders, Joy Ladin

    July 22, Two She-Bears: A Novel, Meir Shalev

    August 26, An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba, Ruth Behar

    September 23, Mazel, Rebecca Goldstein

    October 28, Friendly Fire: How Israel Became Its Own Worst Enemy and the Hope for Its Future, Ami Ayalon and Anthony David

    November 18, Suddenly, A Knock on the Door: Stories, Etgar Keret

    December 23, Our Man in Charleston: Britain’s Secret Agent in the Civil War South, Christopher Dickey

    Note the following THIRD Thursday meetings: January to avoid Tu B’Shvat, February to avoid Purim, and November to avoid Thanksgiving
     

     


     

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    Office: 2245 Warrensville Center Road, Suite 215 . University Heights, OH 44118 . (216) 320-1498

    Kol HaLev is affiliated with the Jewish Reconstructionist Communities and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

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