Temple B’nai Abraham Book Group Continues!

Seventeen years ago, a group of Temple B’nai Abraham members, led by Rabbi Kulwin, began reading together. Since then, the members of the TBA Book Group have read over 150 books together, and continue to read and discuss together with enthusiasm and enjoyment. The winter 2017 selections’ theme is “New Books, New Authors, A Familiar Theme.” Lynda Cohen Loigman and Elizabeth Poliner are both accomplished writers and first time novelists. Family, the Jewish family in particular, intrigues them both, and their books reflect aspects of the American Jewish experience just after World War II. On Thursday, January 5, at 7:30 PM, The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman will be discussed. Brooklyn, 1947… sharing a brownstone, sisters-in-law Rose and Helen raise their families side by side, a proximity strengthening the weakening bonds between them. Intrigue, mistrust and insights into family (and Jewish family) dynamics play roles in this study of a memorable place and time in American Jewish history. And then on Thursday, February 2, 7:30 PM, As Close To Us As Breathing by Elizabeth Poliner will be explored. If you like to read, and can at least occasionally be available on the first Thursday of every month join us! Current selections are generally grouped in two or three months of a particular theme, are posted on the temple’s website, www.tbanj.org. Books are almost always available easy from area libraries, or online, or at local bookstores. And when they are not, the Temple will secure several copies of the book for us to share. The book group is free and open to the community. RSVP 973-994-2290 or register online at www.tbanj.org