posted Jun 11, 2019, 8:33 AM by Congregation Leyv Ha-Ir
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updated Jun 11, 2019, 9:24 AM
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Please join us as we welcome
Rabbi Julie back from summer vacation. We'll have brunch and discuss the
book we are reading over the summer: How to Cure a Fanatic by
the Israeli journalist/writer/intellectual Amos Oz.
This is a slim book of
three short essays. We'll particularly focus on the third essay, an interview
with Oz called "The Order of the Teaspoon." Amos Oz was born in
Jerusalem before the state of Israel existed; he lived his life as a passionate
Zionist who experienced the tragedy of idealism degenerating into oppression.
He died this past year so this is a good time to review some of his stellar
work. For more background, please see the recent New Yorker article here.
We'll come together to discuss this book over
brunch on Sunday morning August 18 in the William Penn House community room. Please RSVP to info@leyvhair.org or
215.629.1995 by Thursday, August 15 to let us know if you are coming. |
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