Book Club

Kadimah maintains a successful Book Club at which people from across the Greater Boston Community discuss a book over coffee and bagels. Books have ranged from old classics to recently released best-sellers, and from non-fiction to fantasy. Meetings are about once a month on Sunday mornings.

Current read: Adjusting Sights, by Haim Sabato

Synopsis: When war breaks out in Israel in 1973, childhood friends Haim and Dov are called up together to serve in a tank battalion. In the chaos of battle, the friends are separated. A month later, on his first leave, Haim returns home alone. Weary and saddened, but sustained by religious faith, he struggles to come to terms with his experiences. One question remains uppermost in Haim's mind: What happened to Dov? Reminiscent of the work of S.Y. Agnon, this compelling, poignant story draws us into the life of a young man who has to adjust not only the sights of his tank, but his understanding of the world.

Offers the author's impressions of the 1973 Israel-Arab War as he struggles to come to terms with his war experience and the fate of his childhood friend Dov who was called for service on the same day, but separated from him in the chaos of battle.

Past reads have included:

• The Weight of Ink, by Rachel Kadish
• The Imported Bridegroom, by Abraham Cahan
• People Love Dead Jews, by Dara Horn
• As a Driven Leaf, by Milton Steinberg
• Eternal Life, by Dara Horn
• Rabbis and Wives, by Chaim Grade
• Invisible Ink, by Guy Stern
• Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by Christian McBride
• When Angels Left the Old Country, by Sasha Lamb
• Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: 1929, by Hillel Cohen
• Ornament of the World; How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain, by Maria Rosa Menocal
• The Brothers Ashkenazi, by Israel Joshua Singer
• Songs for the Broken Hearted, by Ayelet Tsabari
• Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater, by Nahma Sandrow
• The Hebrew Teacher, by Maya Arad
• The Search Committee, by Rabbi Marc Angel