Sixteen years ago, a group of Temple members, led by Rabbi Kulwin, began reading together. Since then, the members of the TBA Book Group have read over 125 books together, and continue to read and discuss together with enthusiasm and enjoyment. 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 this website. 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. Free and open to the community. Registration requested 973.994.2290, http://www.tbanj.org/congregational-learning/book-group.
- Thursday, January 9, 2014, 7:30 PM Rav Hisda’s Daughter by Maggie Anton
When it comes to historical fiction, Anton rivals Irving Stone, James Michener and Leon Uris. From her earlier success with the Rashi’s Daughters trilogy, Anton moves backward in time, to third century Babylon, the chronological and geographic center of the Talmudic period. Hisdadukh, daughter of the sage Rav Hisda, is tempted by sorcery, as well as by the man she chooses not to marry. Anton’s imagining of Jewish life in this time and place strikes an authentic chord, as does her exploration of the inner life of Jewish women 1700 years ago.
