Temple B'nai Abraham Book Group Continues!

Sixteen 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 140 books together, and continue to read and discuss together with enthusiasm and enjoyment.
The winter 2016 selections’ theme is Jews of Eastern Europe in the World of the West. Two works explore the Eastern European Jewish experience of recent years in very different ways and in very different places. On Thursday, January 7, at 7:30 PM, The Mathematician’s Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer will be discussed. It’s winter in Madison, Wisconsin, and Sasha Karnokovitch is preparing for the funeral of his mother, the math professor. Mathematician hoards appear from all over the world, both to pay homage to her and to investigate the intriguing rumor that, prior to her death, she had solved the Napier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem. Judaism, the immigrant experience, and lots of math are mixed wonderfully (and hilariously) together in this author’s first novel. And then on Thursday, February 18, 7:30 PM The Betrayers by David Bezmogis 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, http://www.tbanj.org/congregational-learning/book-group#current. 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