Led by BJ members Jennifer Sylvor and Carole Balin, the long-running Israeli Authors Discussion Group is expanding its reading selection to include authors from across the globe. For this year, we will read important books of Jewish interest by authors from global Jewish literatures, in addition to Israel.
We look forward to welcoming new readers along with our beloved regulars for rich and thought-provoking discussion.
We meet on the third Thursday of the month, 7:00-8:30 PM.
In this session, we’ll discuss Confidential: A Novel by Mikotaj Grynberg, a darkly comic portrait of a Jewish family in today’s Poland, struggling to express their love for one another in the face of a past that cannot and will not be forgotten–tackling themes of memory, trauma, and care, as well as enduring anti-Semitism.
