Library

Join us in the library to hear Esther Goldenberg introduce The Scrolls of Deborah, her captivating historical novel-midrash on Genesis that has earned starred reviews.  Told from the perspective of Deborah, Rebekah's handmaid, The Scrolls transports readers to the ancient world and offers new insights into familiar biblical tales and characters.  Goldenberg, a long-time teacher of Judaics, will share her enthusiasm for […]

Join us for an in-person discussion on Sunday, September 22 at 10:30 a.m. of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, a thrilling novel blending historical fiction and fantasy, set in 16th century Spain. What happened to the Jews forced to become conversos (converts to Catholicism) who remained in Spain after the great expulsion of 1492? This is the story the author imagines for […]

Join us for an in-person discussion of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride, a big-hearted historical novel about a community of Jews, Blacks, and Italians in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in the 1920s and 1930s.  The characters have divergent views on many things, but they somehow unite to protect a young deaf black boy that state […]