Welcome to the second year of the Heschel Book Group Blog. Here you will be able to find information about upcoming books or post questions or comments.
This group is open to faculty and staff, parents, grandparents, alumni, and friends of the Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School. Come and share your insights or just listen to the discussion. It is an informal group, and we encourage you to come. You do not need to make each meeting, nor do you even have to finish the book in time for the group.
The following dates are reserved for the book group: Wednesday, October 14; Wednesday, November 11; and Tuesday, December 8. We will meet in Lainer Library at Heschel from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
Our first selection of the academic year with be The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander.
"From its unforgettable opening scene in the darkness of a forgotten cemetery in Buenos Aires, The Ministry of Special Cases casts a powerful spell. In the heart of Argentina’s Dirty War, Kaddish Poznan struggles with a son who won’t accept him; strives for a wife who forever saves him; and spends his nights protecting the good name of a community that denies his existence--and denies a checkered history that only Kaddish holds dear. When the nightmare of the disappeared children brings the Poznan family to its knees, they are thrust into the unyielding corridors of the Ministry of Special Cases, the refuge of last resort." Random HouseWe look forward to another stimulating year, and we hope that you can join us.
