We invite you to join the Jewish Literary Circle, a vibrant and welcoming community of readers of books of Jewish interest. Our next gathering is on Thursday, June 6th, at 2:00 PM, where we’ll delve into discussion of The Oppermanns by Lion Feuchtwanger.
Whether you choose to join us in person or via Zoom, we would love to have you with us. Please email us at shalomsanmiguel@gmail.org by July 1 to let us know how you’ll be attending. For those joining in person, we’ll have refreshments and beverages ready for you. We spend our first half hour chatting and catching up and begin the book talk at 2:30.
While people report a bit of difficulty getting into the book we encourage you to stick with it for a rewarding and important read..
As Donald Weber writes for Jewish Book Council - “To encounter Feuchtwanger’s The Oppermanns ninety years later, in a new edition introduced by the novelist Joshua Cohen, amounts to a deeply unsettling yet necessary reading experience. Feuchtwanger drafted The Oppermanns “in real time, as the events he was writing about were still unfolding.” As Cohen explains, The Oppermanns “intended to sound an alarm” ... For Cohen, The Oppermanns remains “one of the last masterpieces of German Jewish culture.”
An older editions of The Oppermanns is available for download here: https://search.app/3ErWY4CPVW5jXmW46
We look forward to seeing you in our comfortable, air-conditioned space, where great conversations and connections happen and deepen.” Jewish Book Club by Donald Weber.
Our book pick for Thursday, August 1 is People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn