Featured October 18 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Meet Author Goldie Goldbloom Goldie Goldbloom will talk about her award-winning novel, On Division, and answer questions from participants. Both humorous and poignant, On Division is about a Hasidic woman who is surprised to find herself pregnant at age 57. A Hasidic Jew herself, Goldbloom writes from within her community about the joys and frustrations of Hasidic life. Please ...
Featured December 6 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Book Chat: The Convert by Stefan Hertmans Join us to discuss The Convert by acclaimed Belgian-Flemish author Stefan Hertmans. The book is an unusual and captivating blend of historical fiction and memoir. Hertmans, a longtime resident of the French mountain village Monieux, learned to his astonishment that Monieux is linked to a nearly 1000-year-old letter discovered in the famous Cairo Geniza. The ...
Featured January 10, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Meet Author Jonathan Kaufman A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former China Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal, Jonathan Kaufman is currently the director of the School of Journalism at Northeastern University. He will discuss his acclaimed new book, The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China. To support the author, please consider ...
