The Temple Israel Library book fair will be held Friday, December 9, through Sunday, December 18 in the Atrium.
Come and check out the hundreds of Jewish books for adults and children!
Book fair schedule:
Sunday: 8:45-2:00
Monday & Tuesday: 9:00 -9:00
Wednesday: CLOSED
Thursday: 9:00 -6:00
Friday: 9:00 -5:00 and after Qabbalat Shabbat Service
Shabbat day : CLOSED
If you have any questions or want to volunteer, please contact Ann Abrams, Librarian, at aabrams@israel.org
USED BOOKS EVERY DAY!
Also don't forget to stop by the Book Shuk, the library's for-sale collection of used books, mostly on Jewish topics. All proceeds benefit the library. The Book Shuk is located on carts outside the doors of the Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library and is open whenever the building is open.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
AUTHOR TALKS AND FILMS WITH JEWISH THEMES IN THE BOSTON AREA
BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH
Monday, October 31 at 6pm
Meir Shalev. My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner One of Israel's most celebrated writers, Meir Shalev is the author of over 20 books for children and adults, including the Brenner Prize-winning A Pigeon and A Boy. In his funny, touching new book, he tells the story of his grandmother Tonia and her fierce, neverending battle to keep her new house spotless in her adopted home of Palestine.
Friday, November 4th at 7pm
Amos Oz - on sale 10/3
Scenes from Village Life
From Booksmith website: Because we expect a large crowd for this event and have limited space, we will be giving out 2 tickets to attend the reading with each pre-order of Scenes from Village Life. A ticket guarantees you a seat at the reading. After the tickets run out, we will try to fit more people into the reading, and everyone who purchases a book here will be able to attend the signing.
Amos Oz is the award-winning author of such books as Don't Call It Night, The Same Sea, and A Tale of Love and Darkness. In his new novel in stories, he tells of a fictional village in which everything is not as it seems--a digging sound keeps an old man up at night, a man's wife disappears leaving only a note, a singing party goes on during an air raid.
Monday, October 31 at 6pm
Meir Shalev. My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner One of Israel's most celebrated writers, Meir Shalev is the author of over 20 books for children and adults, including the Brenner Prize-winning A Pigeon and A Boy. In his funny, touching new book, he tells the story of his grandmother Tonia and her fierce, neverending battle to keep her new house spotless in her adopted home of Palestine.
Friday, November 4th at 7pm
Amos Oz - on sale 10/3
Scenes from Village Life
From Booksmith website: Because we expect a large crowd for this event and have limited space, we will be giving out 2 tickets to attend the reading with each pre-order of Scenes from Village Life. A ticket guarantees you a seat at the reading. After the tickets run out, we will try to fit more people into the reading, and everyone who purchases a book here will be able to attend the signing.
Amos Oz is the award-winning author of such books as Don't Call It Night, The Same Sea, and A Tale of Love and Darkness. In his new novel in stories, he tells of a fictional village in which everything is not as it seems--a digging sound keeps an old man up at night, a man's wife disappears leaving only a note, a singing party goes on during an air raid.
Monday, August 08, 2011
AUTHOR TALKS AND FILMS WITH JEWISH THEMES IN THE BOSTON AREA
Author and Writers reading from their new books.
Wayne Hoffman will be reading from his novel, Sweet like sugar, on Wednesday evening, September 21, 7:00 pm, at the Harvard Coop, Cambridge, MA, sponsored by Keshet.
From the author:
Sweet Like Sugar follows an unexpected friendship between a young gay Jewish man and an elderly Orthodox rabbi. It's about fate, faith, and how alienated Jews can reconnect with their identity. Serious stuff. But along the way, it's also about Kurt Cobain, class stratification in the DC suburbs, Space Mountain, the Book of Esther, the war in Iraq, Israeli dance, Jewish summer camp, Barack Obama, Miami's bar scene, the Holocaust, interfaith relationships, immigrant communities in Jersey City, Will & Grace, crystal meth, kashrut, Sammy Davis Jr., and much more.
Schedule of appearances, September - December
Films
Sarah's Key opened last Friday, and is playing at the Kendall Square Theatre.
Wayne Hoffman will be reading from his novel, Sweet like sugar, on Wednesday evening, September 21, 7:00 pm, at the Harvard Coop, Cambridge, MA, sponsored by Keshet.
From the author:
Sweet Like Sugar follows an unexpected friendship between a young gay Jewish man and an elderly Orthodox rabbi. It's about fate, faith, and how alienated Jews can reconnect with their identity. Serious stuff. But along the way, it's also about Kurt Cobain, class stratification in the DC suburbs, Space Mountain, the Book of Esther, the war in Iraq, Israeli dance, Jewish summer camp, Barack Obama, Miami's bar scene, the Holocaust, interfaith relationships, immigrant communities in Jersey City, Will & Grace, crystal meth, kashrut, Sammy Davis Jr., and much more.
Schedule of appearances, September - December
Films
Sarah's Key opened last Friday, and is playing at the Kendall Square Theatre.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
May is Jewish American Heritage Month
This month is Jewish American Heritage Month and throughout the month the government will be hosting events and offering historical information on a variety of websites. For example, on Tuesday, May 17th, President Obama will host a Jewish American Heritage Month reception at the White House. A number of government agencies have combined to create a website with historical information and audio/visual resources as well. Another website focuses on events happening around the country and also includes a page entitled 50 States/50 Stories that highlights Jewish American historical events and famous figures in each state, including Massachusetts. If you are interested in the legal history of Jewish American Heritage Month, the Law Library of Congress has a research guide that collects information on the legislative and executive branch documents related to this commemoration.
The Library of Congress also has a website devoted to its exhibit, From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America
Posting by Library Intern, Carli Spina.
The Library of Congress also has a website devoted to its exhibit, From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America
Posting by Library Intern, Carli Spina.
Monday, May 02, 2011
Jewish literature, learning and culture: Events in the greater Boston area in MAY
As usual, this month there are many interesting events happening in and around Boston. Here are just a few that may be of interest:
Wednesday, May 18, at 6pm, Gary Shteyngart will read from his novel, Super Sad True Love Story, a dystopian view of the future of America as seen by a Russian-Jewish immigrant and the Korean American woman with whom he falls in love, at the Harvard Bookstore. This acclaimed book takes a bitingly satiric view of the future of America and was named one of the best books of 2010 by more than a dozen reviewers, including The Boston Globe and The New York Times. Tickets are on sale for $5.00 and can be purchased through the Harvard Bookstore website.
Also on May 18th at 8pm, the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore will have a live, interactive simulcast of satirist Andy Borowitz’s Countdown to Election ‘12 as part of their Manhattan in Marblehead series. Tickets are $10 for JCC members, $12 for the community and can be purchased on their website.
Poetry reading by Barbara Helfgott Hyett, May 23, 2:30, @ Goddard House, Brookline. dobrien@radiusmanagement.com; Free
FEAST OF JEWISH LEARNING featuring Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg. Tuesday May 24, 11:00 am, Beth El Temple Center, Belmont;
AND
Tuesday May 24, 7:00 pm, Congregation Mishkan Tefila, Chestnut Hill.
Margie Piercy celebrates the release of her newest collection, The Hunger Moon: new and selected poems, 1980-201, Wednesday, May 25, 7pm, at Brookline Booksmith.
On Thursday, May 26th at 7pm, Porter Square Books will host a talk with Peter Cole and Adina Hoffman on their book, Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza. This book tells the story of the discovery of one of the most impressive and important collections of Jewish manuscripts in an Egyptian geniza.
In addition, all month long the Countway Medical Library will be hosting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race travelling exhibition. The exhibit will be on show until July 17th.
Wednesday, May 18, at 6pm, Gary Shteyngart will read from his novel, Super Sad True Love Story, a dystopian view of the future of America as seen by a Russian-Jewish immigrant and the Korean American woman with whom he falls in love, at the Harvard Bookstore. This acclaimed book takes a bitingly satiric view of the future of America and was named one of the best books of 2010 by more than a dozen reviewers, including The Boston Globe and The New York Times. Tickets are on sale for $5.00 and can be purchased through the Harvard Bookstore website.
Also on May 18th at 8pm, the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore will have a live, interactive simulcast of satirist Andy Borowitz’s Countdown to Election ‘12 as part of their Manhattan in Marblehead series. Tickets are $10 for JCC members, $12 for the community and can be purchased on their website.
Poetry reading by Barbara Helfgott Hyett, May 23, 2:30, @ Goddard House, Brookline. dobrien@radiusmanagement.com; Free
FEAST OF JEWISH LEARNING featuring Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg. Tuesday May 24, 11:00 am, Beth El Temple Center, Belmont;
AND
Tuesday May 24, 7:00 pm, Congregation Mishkan Tefila, Chestnut Hill.
Margie Piercy celebrates the release of her newest collection, The Hunger Moon: new and selected poems, 1980-201, Wednesday, May 25, 7pm, at Brookline Booksmith.
On Thursday, May 26th at 7pm, Porter Square Books will host a talk with Peter Cole and Adina Hoffman on their book, Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza. This book tells the story of the discovery of one of the most impressive and important collections of Jewish manuscripts in an Egyptian geniza.
In addition, all month long the Countway Medical Library will be hosting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race travelling exhibition. The exhibit will be on show until July 17th.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Book Event Tomorrow, April 12th
Elaine Scarry will be speaking at the Harvard Book Store tomorrow, April 12th, at 7pm. She will be speaking about her new book, Thinking in an Emergency, which is an entry in the Amnesty International Global Ethics Series. The book discusses the compatability of thought and rapid action as a refutation of government emergency powers and emergency actions.
Book event by Library Intern, Carli Spina.
Book event by Library Intern, Carli Spina.
Monday, March 28, 2011
April Events
In April there are a number of events of interest happening in and around Boston, so whether you are interested in an author event, or a museum exhibit, or a conference, there is something for you!
On Thursday, April 7th at 7pm, the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center in Newton will be hosting a discussion betweent Judith Shulevitz, author of The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, entitled Is Belief Besides the Point?
Also on Thursday, April 7th at 7pm at the Brookline Booksmith, Bart Ehrman will be discussing his book, Forged: Writing in the Name of God - Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are.
The Second Annual Conference on Public Intellectuals at Harvard University is scheduled for April 7th through the 9th at James Hall. Gerda Lerner and Robert J. Lifton will both speak on Friday evening. Information about the full program is available on The Historical Society blog.
On Sunday, April 10th, Joan Leegant will be speaking at Temple Emeth (194 Grove Street, Chestnut Hill) in the afternoon on her novel, Wherever You Go.
On April 14th, Countway Medical Library will be hosting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race travelling exhibition. The exhibit will be on show until July 17th.
On Monday, April 25th at 7pm, Elisa New will be speaking at Porter Square Books about her new book, Jacob's Cane: A Jewish Family's Journey from the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore.
On Thursday, April 28th at 7pm, Porter Square Books will host James Carroll who will speak about his book, Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World.
Events postings by Library Intern, Carli Spina.
On Thursday, April 7th at 7pm, the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center in Newton will be hosting a discussion betweent Judith Shulevitz, author of The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, entitled Is Belief Besides the Point?
Also on Thursday, April 7th at 7pm at the Brookline Booksmith, Bart Ehrman will be discussing his book, Forged: Writing in the Name of God - Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are.
The Second Annual Conference on Public Intellectuals at Harvard University is scheduled for April 7th through the 9th at James Hall. Gerda Lerner and Robert J. Lifton will both speak on Friday evening. Information about the full program is available on The Historical Society blog.
On Sunday, April 10th, Joan Leegant will be speaking at Temple Emeth (194 Grove Street, Chestnut Hill) in the afternoon on her novel, Wherever You Go.
On April 14th, Countway Medical Library will be hosting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race travelling exhibition. The exhibit will be on show until July 17th.
On Monday, April 25th at 7pm, Elisa New will be speaking at Porter Square Books about her new book, Jacob's Cane: A Jewish Family's Journey from the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore.
On Thursday, April 28th at 7pm, Porter Square Books will host James Carroll who will speak about his book, Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World.
Events postings by Library Intern, Carli Spina.
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