BOOK TALKS
All book talks take place at the Harry Rosenbaum (JHSLFC) Judaica Library located
in the Jewish Community Center on Newfield Avenue in Stamford.
Wednesdays 10:30 a.m.
For further information, call 203-359-2196, or e-mail jhslfc@yahoo.com
In case of inclement weather, please call for to find out if the program is being held.
203-321-1373 ext.150
Talks open to members and non-members at no charge.
Previously Discussed Books
BOOK TALKS 2007/2008
| October 17, 2007 |
 A Journey to the End of the Millennium: A Novel of the Middle Ages
by A. B. Yehoshua
Presenter: Marilyn Schwartz
An Israeli master storyteller takes the reader back to 999 with a complex tale that explores Sephardic and Ashkenazic traditions
of religion, love, sexuality and betrayal. |
| November 28, 2007 |
 The Librettist of Venice: The Remarkable Life of Lorenzo da Ponte Mozart's Poet, Casanova's Friend, and Italian Opera's Impresario in America
by Rodney Bolt
Presenter: Julian Reitman
A colorful biography of Lorenzo da Ponte's journey from a Jewish ghetto to a Christian conversion and fame as librettist for three of Mozart's most famous operas. |
| December 19, 2007 |
 The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World
by Kati Marton
Presenter: Larry Bloch
The story of nine Hungarians, whose lives constitute a unique and
inspired testament to creative genius.
Paperback published November 2007 |
| January 16, 2008 |
 The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
Presenter: Ernest Fanwick
Rogue cop Meyer Landsman sets out to solve a murder in the temporary
Jewish homeland of Sitka, Alaska and uncovers drug dealing, black-hat gangs and intrigue aplenty. |
| February 20, 2008 |
 A Touch of the Sacred: A Theologian's Informal Guide to Jewish Belief
by Dr. Eugene Borowitz and Frances W. Schwartz
Presenter: Dr. Eugene Borowitz
Dr. Borowitz will discuss his latest book which he calls "a theologian's
informal guide to Jewish belief". |
| March 19, 2008 |
 The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers
by Harry Bernstein
Presenter: Frank Melzer
A memoir of growing up Jewish in working class England on the eve
of World War I, where Jews and Christians shared a street. |
| April 16, 2008 |
 The Polish Woman
by Eva Mekler
Presenter: Sondra Melzer
Is she a fraud or the real cousin, believed to have died in the Holocaust? This is a tale of memories, trust and passion. |
| May 21, 2008 |
 Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
Presenter: Rabbi Daniel Cohen
Jonathan and friends travel to the Ukraine searching for the woman
who may have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. |
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