BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Temple Beth Abraham - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://tba-ny.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Temple Beth Abraham REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240315T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240315T203000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20240210T012115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240210T012115Z UID:23363-1710529200-1710534600@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books & More DESCRIPTION:Join us for a moderated discussion about books with Jewish themes.This monthÕs selection: The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation In a Turbulent World by Dan Senor and Saul Singer \n“…while [the authorsÕ] timing couldn’t be worse\, the volume does offer important insights into a nation that has punched far above its weight even as it now grapples with existential crises both external and internal. If Israelis recover from the brutal Hamas attack of Oct. 7 and re-establish national equilibrium\, what’s written in this book will help reveal how they did it.” – Ethan Bronner\, NY Times Book Review 11/12/2023\n?\nDiscussion moderated by a congregant.\n$3.00 suggested donation per guest.\nRSVP: (914) 631-1770 adulted@tba-ny.org URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/books-more-4/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240221T203000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20240210T010626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240210T010626Z UID:23322-1708542000-1708547400@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books@Night DESCRIPTION:Join us for a moderated discussion about books with Jewish themes. \nThis month’s selection: Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum \nAn epic adventure as three generations of women work together and travel through time to prevent the Chernobyl disaster and right the wrongs of their past. \n\nThree brilliant women.\nTwo life-changing mistakes.\nOne chance to reset the future.\n\nIn 1986\, nuclear scientist Anna Berkova is asleep in her bed in the Soviet Union when Chernobyl’s reactor melts down. The energy surge accidentally sends her through time. When she wakes up\, she’s in 1992 and discovers Molly\, her estranged daughter\, shot in the chest. Should Anna travel in time to save her daughter or stop Chernobyl? \nDiscussion moderated by a congregant. \n$3.00 suggested donation per guest. \nRSVP: (914) 631-1770 adulted@tba-ny.org URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/booksnight-9/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240126T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240126T110000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20231211T192058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T192058Z UID:23107-1706263200-1706266800@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books & More DESCRIPTION:Join us for a moderated discussion about books with Jewish themes. This month’s selection: “The Heaven And Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride\nA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK\nNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR\, WASHINGTON POST\, AND TIME MAGAZINE\n“In 1972\, when workers in Pottstown\, Pennsylvania\, were digging the foundations for a new development\, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill\, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him\, it was Chona and Nate Timblin\, the Black janitor at Moshe’s theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill\, who worked together to keep the boy safe.”\nDiscussion moderated by a congregant.\n$3.00 suggested donation per guest.\nRSVP: (914) 631-1770 adulted@tba-ny.org URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/books-more-3/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231220T203000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20231206T011138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231206T011138Z UID:22998-1703098800-1703104200@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:TBA Books@Night DESCRIPTION:Join us for a moderated discussion about books with Jewish themes. This month’s selection: “Eternal Life” by Dara Horn\n“Rachel is a woman with a problem: she can’t die. Her recent troubles are only the latest\nin a litany spanning dozens of countries\, scores of marriages\, and hundreds of children.\nIn the 2\,000 years since she made a bargain to save the life of her first son she’s tried everything to free herself\, and only one other person in the world understands: a man she once loved who has been stalking her through the centuries\, convinced they belong together forever.”\nDiscussion moderated by a congregant.\n$3.00 suggested donation per guest.\nRSVP: (914) 631-1770 adulted@tba-ny.org URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/tba-booksnight-2/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T110000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20231028T210704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231028T210704Z UID:22875-1700215200-1700218800@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:TBA Books and More DESCRIPTION:Join us for a moderated discussion about books with Jewish themes. This monthÕs selection: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult\nSage Singer\, a baker\, and 90-year-old Joseph Weber are unlikely friends. Then Josef asks her for a favor Ð to help him die Ð because he used to be a Nazi. What he doesnÕt know is that SageÕs grandmother is a Holocaust survivor.\nDiscussion moderated by a congregant.\n$5.00 suggested donation per guest.\nRSVP: (914) 631-1770 adulted@tba-ny.org URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/tba-books-and-more/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230927T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230927T203000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20230808T204144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T204144Z UID:22310-1695843000-1695846600@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:TBA Reads! - "Geneaology of a Murder" DESCRIPTION:TBA’s two book clubs: Books & More (daytime) and Books@Night (evening) invite everyone to read and discuss congregant and author Lisa Belkin’s latest book\, “Geneaology of a Murder.” https://bit.ly/TBA-BookTalk to register URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/tba-reads-geneaology-of-a-murder/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230714T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230714T113000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20230615T020357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230615T020357Z UID:22034-1689328800-1689334200@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books&More DESCRIPTION:Join us for a moderated discussion about books with Jewish themes. This monthÕs selection: “A Mother’s Secret” by Carolyn Haddad. \nThis saga of maternal love covers almost 50 years in the lives of two women and the daughter they share. Eliza Wolf\, a Jewish partisan fighting in the Polish forest during WW II\, desperately pleads with villager Wanda Zbyszek to shelter her baby daughter from the Nazis. Wanda grows to love the child and flees Poland for America with Mina in tow. In her new life\, Wanda finds a husband and raises Mina as her daughter and a Catholic. Meanwhile Eliza\, having searched fruitlessly for her child\, goes to Israel where she marries and has a family\, but she is never reconciled to the loss of Mina. Will Mina ever be reunited with her birth mother? If so\, what will become of the mother who raised her? \nDiscussion moderated by congregant Linda Gerstman.\n$5.00 suggested donation per guest.\nRSVP: (914) 631-1770 adulted@tba-ny.org URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/booksmore/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230621T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230621T200000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20230523T201636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230523T201636Z UID:21819-1687374000-1687377600@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books@Night DESCRIPTION:Join us for a moderated discussion about books with Jewish themes. This monthÕs selection: Wandering Dixie: Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South by\nSue Eisenfeld\nBONUS CHOICE: Poetry: Yarmulkes and Fitted Caps by Aaron Levy Samuels\nIn Wandering Dixie\, Eisenfeld travels to nine states\, uncovering how the history of Jewish southerners converges with her personal story and the regionÕs complex\, conflicted present.\nAaron Samuels\, raised in Providence\, Rhode Island by a Jewish mother and a Black father is a Cave Canem Fellow and a nationally acclaimed performer. In this ground-breaking collection of poems\, Samuels examines the beauty and contradictions of his own mixed identity with gut-wrenching narratives\, humor\, and passionate verve.\n$5.00 suggested donation per guest.\nRSVP: (914) 631-1770 adulted@tba-ny.org URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/booksnight-8/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Admin,Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T203000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20220913T133721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T180905Z UID:19890-1666810800-1666816200@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books@Night (In Person) DESCRIPTION:This month’s selection: The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family by Joshua Cohen. \nA novel set in 1959 that explores a footnote in the life of Benzion Netanyahu\, father of Benjamin Netanyahu\, the then-future Israeli Prime Minister. (Fiction) \nDiscussion is led by a synagogue member. \nMeetings take place in-person.  Attendees must adhere to all COVID-19 protocols. URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/booksnight-5/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T100000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20220812T190332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220812T190332Z UID:19670-1662717600-1662717600@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Book Club (In Person) DESCRIPTION:This month’s selection: “A Late Divorce” by A.B. Yehoshua URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/book-club-in-person/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220708T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220708T100000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20220615T171909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220615T171909Z UID:19408-1657274400-1657274400@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Book Club (In Person and Online) DESCRIPTION:This month’s selection: “An Observant Wife” by Naomi Ragen; Meeting will take place at TBA and on Zoom. Contact adulted@tba-ny.org for the zoom link no later than Wednesday\, July 6 by noon. URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/book-club-in-person-and-online/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T200000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20220214T165409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220225T155200Z UID:18739-1648062000-1648065600@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books@Night (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:This month’s selection: The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos By Judy Batalion \nWitnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities\, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland — some still in their teens — helped transform the Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis. Yet the exploits of these courageous resistance fighters have remained virtually unknown. Judy Batalion\, the granddaughter of Polish Holocaust survivors\, takes us back to 1939 and introduces us to Renia Kukielka\, a weapons smuggler and messenger who risked death traveling across occupied Poland on foot and by train. Joining Renia are other women who served as couriers\, armed fighters\, intelligence agents\, and saboteurs\, all who put their lives in mortal danger to carry out their missions. Batalion follows these women through the savage destruction of the ghettos\, arrest\, and internment in Gestapo prisons and concentration camps\, and for a lucky few\, like Renia\, who orchestrated her own audacious escape from a brutal Nazi jail\, into the late 20th century and beyond.\nPowerful and inspiring\, The Light of Days is an unforgettable true tale of war\, the fight for freedom\, exceptional bravery\, female friendship\, and survival in the face of staggering odds.–(Publisher’s blurb) \nEmail requests for the Zoom link should be sent to adulted@tba-ny.org by March 18. URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/booksnight-4/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220311T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220311T110000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20220214T165409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220225T154757Z UID:18738-1646992800-1646996400@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Book Club (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:This month’s selection: The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family by Joshua Cohen \n“Corbin college\, not-quite-upstate New York\, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum\, a Jewish\nhistorian-but not an historian of the Jews-is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the\napplication of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish Inquisition. When Benzion\nNetanyahu shows up for an interview\, family unexpectedly in tow\, Blum plays the reluctant\nhost\, to guests who proceed to lay waste to his American complacencies. Mixing fiction with\nnon-fiction\, the campus novel with the lecture-THE NETANYAHUS is a wildly inventive\, genre-\nbending comedy of blending\, identity and politics….”– Goodreads \nPlease make your request for the Zoom link to adulted@tba-ny.org by March 7. URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/book-club-31/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T200000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20211217T230020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211217T230020Z UID:18409-1642618800-1642622400@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books@Night (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:Antiquities by Cynthia OzickLloyd Wilkinson Petrie\, one of the seven elderly trustees of the now defunctÉTemple Academy for Boys\, is preparing a memoir of his days at the school\, intertwined with the troubling distractions of present events. As he navigates\, with faltering recall\, between the subtle anti-Semitism that pervaded the schoolÕs ethos and his fascination with his own familyÕs heritageÐin particular\, his illustrious cousin\, the renowned archaeologist Sir William Matthew Flinders PetrieÐhe reconstructs the passions of a childhood encounter with the oddly named Ben-Zion Elefantin\, a mystifying older pupil who claims descent from EgyptÕs Elephantine Island. From this seed emerges one of Cynthia OzickÕs most wondrous tales\, touched by unsettling irony and the elusive flavor of a Kafka parable\, and weaving\, in her own distinctive voice\, myth and mania\, history and illusion. (From the publisher)\nDiscussion is led by a synagogue member. Whether meetings will be in person or on Zoom has not yet been determined. Please check the website for up-to-date information. URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/booksnight-zoom-4/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220107T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220107T110000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20211217T230006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211217T230006Z UID:18405-1641549600-1641553200@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Book Club DESCRIPTION:This monthÕs selection: How To Find Your Way in The Dark by Derek B. MillerTwelve-year old Sheldon Horowitz is still recovering from the tragic loss of his mother only a year ago when a suspicious traffic accident steals the life of his father near their home in rural Massachusetts. It is 1938\, and Sheldon\, who was in the truck\, emerges from the crash an orphan hell-bent on revenge. He takes that fire with him to Hartford\, where he embarks on a new life under the roof of his buttoned-up Uncle Nate. Sheldon\, his teenage cousins Abe and Mirabelle\, and his best friend\, Lenny\, will contend with tradition and orthodoxy\, appeasement and patriotism\, mafia hitmen and angry accordion players\, all while World War II takes center stage alongside a hurricane in New England and comedians in the Catskills. (From the publisher)\nDiscussion is led by a synagogue member. Whether meetings will be in person or on Zoom has not yet been determined. Please check the website for up-to-date information. URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/book-club-30/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T203000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20210721T164057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210909T160320Z UID:17277-1632337200-1632342600@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books@Night (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:THIS MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON ZOOM.  LINKS WILL BE SENT VIA EMAIL. \nFlorence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland \nThe title of [this] novel leads readers to believe they are cracking the spine of a light beach read about a bygone era. The first few chapters reward these expectations\, as the reader is immersed in the world of 1930’s Atlantic City. Yet the book soon takes a turn\, tackling emotional themes and a storyline that becomes increasingly complex by the page.\nWhat makes this novel fascinating is there are not many stories depicting Jewish immigrants already living for a generation in America in 1934. The novel centers on a Jewish family no longer struggling to assimilate\, but rather dealing with the challenges of economic survival\, antiSemitism\, and intermarriage.–Jewish Book Council \nEvery summer Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to vacationers escaping to ‘America’s Playground’ and move into the small apartment above the bakery…where they raised their 2 daughters\, Fannie and Florence. Florence\, home from college\, is determined to train to swim the English Channel\, while Fannie remains on bedrest until the end of her pregnancy. The Adlers have also taken in a mysterious young woman whom they recently helped emigrate from Nazi Germany.\nTragedy strikes\, and Esther decides to hide the truth until Fannie’s baby is born. This pulls the family into an elaborate web of secret-keeping and lies\, bringing long-buried tensions…that reveal how quickly the act of protecting those we love can turn into betrayal and tragedy.–Goodreads URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/booksnight-format-t-b-d/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210910T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210910T113000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20210721T163803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211016T191817Z UID:17275-1631268000-1631273400@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Book Club (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:This meeting will be on Zoom.  Links will be sent by email. \nFlorence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland \nThe title of [this] novel leads readers to believe they are cracking the spine of a light beach read about a bygone era. The first few chapters reward these expectations\, as the reader is immersed in the world of 1930’s Atlantic City. Yet the book soon takes a turn\, tackling emotional themes and a storyline that becomes increasingly complex by the page.\nWhat makes this novel fascinating is there are not many stories depicting Jewish immigrants already living for a generation in America in 1934. The novel centers on a Jewish family no longer struggling to assimilate\, but rather dealing with the challenges of economic survival\, antiSemitism\, and intermarriage.–Jewish Book Council \nEvery summer Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to vacationers escaping to ‘America’s Playground’ and move into the small apartment above the bakery…where they raised their 2 daughters\, Fannie and Florence. Florence\, home from college\, is determined to train to swim the English Channel\, while Fannie remains on bedrest until the end of her pregnancy. The Adlers have also taken in a mysterious young woman whom they recently helped emigrate from Nazi Germany.\nTragedy strikes\, and Esther decides to hide the truth until Fannie’s baby is born. This pulls the family into an elaborate web of secret-keeping and lies\, bringing long-buried tensions…that reveal how quickly the act of protecting those we love can turn into betrayal and tragedy.–Goodreads URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/book-club-format-t-b-d/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210709T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210709T110000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20210611T182040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210611T182040Z UID:16734-1625824800-1625828400@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Book Club (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:Send for Me by Lauren Fox \nSend for Me is an intergenerational story about the love and pain passed down among women of four generations\, holding close to one another during times of unimaginable fear and grief. The novel is centered on Annelise\, a young woman living in Feldenheim\, Germany\, with her loving parents\, Klara and Julius.  Moving between Germany on the eve of World War II and present-day Wisconsin\, it unspools a thread of love\, longing\, and the powerful bonds of family. \nDiscussion led by congregant Linda Gerstman URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/book-club-zoom-6/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T210000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20201013T185524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T215325Z UID:14669-1623871800-1623877200@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:TBA Books@Night - POSTPONED until Sept. 2021 DESCRIPTION:This month’s read: “By Fire\, By Water” by Mitchell James Kaplan URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/tba-booksnight-zoom-5/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T113000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20210415T143344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T044704Z UID:16425-1620986400-1620991800@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Book Club (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:Note: Selection has changed! \nThe Jew Store by Stella Suberman \nThe Jew Store is that rare thing – an intimate family story that sheds new light on a piece of American history. With a novelist’s sense of scene\, suspense\, and\, above all\, characterization\, Stella Suberman turns the clock back to a time when rural America was more peaceful but no less prejudiced\, when educated liberals were suspect\, and when the Klan was threatening to outsiders. In that setting she brings to life her remarkable father\, a man whose own brand of success proves that intelligence\, empathy\, liberality\, and decency can build a home anywhere. \nDiscussion led by congregant Linda Gerstman URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/book-club-zoom-5/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T210000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20201013T185415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T185415Z UID:14668-1618342200-1618347600@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:TBA Books@Night (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:This month’s read: “Snow in August” by Pete Hamill URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/tba-booksnight-zoom-4/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210312T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210312T113000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20210108T173411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T193240Z UID:15886-1615543200-1615548600@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Book Club (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:Up From Orchard Street by Eleanor Widmer\n“The story of three generations of the Roth family\, who live together in a crowded tenement at 12 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side. … We live through the bittersweet world of these blunt\, earthy\, feisty people for whom poverty was endemic\, illness common\, crises frequent\, and zest for living intense. Money may have been short\, but opinions were not\, and their tart tongues and lively humor invest every page. In this riveting story lies the heart of the American immigrant experience: a novel at once wise\, funny\, poignant\, anguishing\, exultant-and bursting with love.” – Jewish Book Council \nDiscussion led by congregant Linda Gerstman URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/book-club-zoom-4/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210217T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210217T210000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20201013T185242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T185242Z UID:14667-1613590200-1613595600@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:TBA Books@Night (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:This month’s read: “Miss Burma” by Charmaine Craig URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/tba-booksnight-zoom-3/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210108T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210108T113000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20201218T064351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T064351Z UID:15759-1610100000-1610105400@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Book Club (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:Reader’s Choice\nChoose your own Jewish-themed book and come prepared to discuss it! Would you recommend it? Why did you choose it? What did you love about it? What didnÕt you like about it? \nModerated by Linda Gerstman URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/book-club-zoom-3/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201216T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201216T210000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20201013T185051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T185942Z UID:14666-1608147000-1608152400@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:TBA Books@Night (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:This month’s read: “Seventh Heaven” by Ilan Stavins URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/tba-booksnight-zoom-2/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201012T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201012T210000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20201002T000404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201002T000404Z UID:14546-1602531000-1602536400@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:TBA Books@Night (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:This month’s read: “Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self” by Rebecca Walker URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/tba-booksnight-zoom/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200911T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200911T110000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20200713T232234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200713T232234Z UID:13767-1599818400-1599822000@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Book Club (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:All Who Go Do Not Return\, by Shulem Deen \nShulem Deen\, a member of the Skverers\, an insular Hasidic sect in the United States\, has been raised to believe that questions are dangerous and\, therefore\, not to be asked in any form. At age 18 he marries\, an arranged marriage as is the custom\, and soon finds he is the father of several children. But Shulem wants more from life-he is curious\, and it is this curiosity\, encouraged in the outside world but shunned in his\, that begins his dangerous descent. First is the use of the radio\, then a trip to the library and then the use of the internet. All these experiences lead him to begin questioning his religious beliefs and  ultimately his own faith.  Considered a heretic by the standards of his community if his behavior is discovered\, he considers a life of deception while struggling to hold on to those he most loves\, his 5 children. A memoir\, this story  reveals how the author bravely deals with his loss of his faith.\n\nIf you did not receive the Zoom link via email\, please contact the office to register for this session: (914) 631-1770 or info@tba-ny.org. URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/book-club-zoom-2/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200831T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200831T203000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20200814T191024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201002T000051Z UID:13842-1598902200-1598905800@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books@Night (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:This month’s read: “House on Endless Waters” by Emuna Elon \nAt the behest of his agent\, renowned author Yoel Blum reluctantly agrees to visit his birthplace of Amsterdam to promote his books\, despite promising his late mother that he would never return to that city. While touring the Jewish Historical Museum with his wife\, Yoel stumbles upon footage portraying prewar Dutch Jewry and is astonished to see the youthful face of his beloved mother staring back at him\, posing with his father\, his older sister…and an infant he doesn’t recognize. \nThis unsettling discovery launches him into a fervent search for the truth\, shining a light on Amsterdam’s dark wartime history – the underground networks that hid Jewish children away from danger and those who betrayed their own for the sake of survival. The deeper into the past Yoel digs to tell the story of his life\, the better he understands his mother’s silence\, and the more urgent the question that has unconsciously haunted him for a lifetime – Who am I? – becomes.\n– Publisher’s summary \nIf you did not receive the link by email\, please contact the office to register for this session: (914) 631-1770 or info@tba-ny.org.“ URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/booksnight-zoom-2/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Adult Ed,Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200818T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200818T203000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20200710T155008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200814T174652Z UID:13757-1597779000-1597782600@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books@Night (Zoom) - rescheduled to 8/31 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/booksnight-zoom/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200709T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200709T203000 DTSTAMP:20260420T065215 CREATED:20191209T194220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200705T010242Z UID:12347-1594323000-1594326600@tba-ny.org SUMMARY:Books@Night (Zoom)-Rescheduled DESCRIPTION:This is the new date for the discussion originally scheduled for June 23. \nJews And Words by Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger \nThis meeting is currently planned to take place via Zoom. \n  URL:https://tba-ny.org/event/booksnight-3/ LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 25 Leroy Avenue\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Ed.":MAILTO:adulted@tba-ny.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR