Join as on Friday nights as for services, dinner and a book talk at where we hear from local authors who will share their recent publications. Sponsored Sponsored in part by The Jewish Book Council.
Find more information and registration in the weekly community email. Not a member? Email Yael Slonim, Executive Director, for more information.
All of our Eat Pray Learn books are now available for purchase with a 10% discount at Bronx River Books in store or online. Check out our designated web page.
Friday, January 9 in person
Award-winning novelist Mary Morris weaves together an unsolved family mystery, a poignant coming-of-age story, and a little-known corner of Italian World War II history in this lyrical novel of family, loss, and, ultimately, love.
Friday, February 6 in person
Since ancient times, the Jewish people have recalled the story of Exodus and reflected on the implications of having been slaves. Did the tradition teach that Jews should speak out against slavery and oppression everywhere, or act cautiously to protect themselves in a hostile world? Fear No Pharaoh is a dramatic history of how American Jews reckoned with slavery – and fought the Civil War.
Friday, March 13 in person
In the early 1900s, prior to World War I, on the Lower East Side, Eastern European Jews formed a dense web of crime syndicates who jockeyed for dominance while their family members and neighbors toiled in the unregulated garment industry. But when the notorious murder of a gambler attracted global attention, a coterie of affluent German-Jewish uptowners decided to take matters into their own hands.
