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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 2023:

    January 26 - We Love Anderson Cooper: Short Stories, R. L. Maizes

    February 23 - My Grandfather’s Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging, Rachel Naomi Remen 

    March 23 - Lost & Found: A Memoir, Kathryn Schulz

    April 27 - Resurrecting Rain, Patricia Averbach

    June 1 - Apeirogon: A Novel, Colum McCann

    June 29 - Happiness, as Such, Natalia Ginzburg

    July 27 - People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Past, Dara Horn

    August 24 - Evening: A Novel, Nessa Rapoport

    September 21- The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl, Marra B. Gad

    October 26 - The Nesting Dolls: A Novel, Alina Adams 

    November 30 - Love and Treasure, Ayelet Waldman

    December 21- A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman’s Harrowing Escape from the Nazis, Françoise Frenkel

     

    Note: The May book is scheduled for the FIRST Thursday in June. The June book is scheduled for the FIFTH Thursday in June.

    The September and December books are scheduled for the THIRD Thursdays in their months. The November book is scheduled for the FIFTH Thursday in November.

     

     

     


     

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

    Kol HaLev is affiliated with Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

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