Sisterhood
Sisterhood
Sisterhood is a women’s social organization which provides the opportunity to meet new people, make new friends, and strengthen the bonds between women and the larger Temple Sinai community.
Book Club
Our first Book Club meeting will be on Wednesday, November 14 at 7:30 pm.
"All I Love and Know" by Judith Frank.
From Amazon: Told with the storytelling power and emotional fidelity of Wally Lamb, this is a searing drama of a modern American family on the brink of dissolution, one that explores adoption, gay marriage, and love lost and found. For years, Matthew Greene and Daniel Rosen have enjoyed a quiet domestic life together in Northampton, Massachusetts. Opposites in many ways, they have grown together and made their relationship work. But when they learn that Daniel’s twin brother and sister-in-law have been killed in a bombing in Jerusalem, their lives are suddenly, utterly transformed. In dealing with their families and the need to make a decision about who will raise the deceased couple’s two children, both Matthew and Daniel are confronted with challenges that strike at the very heart of their relationship. What is Matthew’s place in an extended family that does not completely accept him or the commitment he and Daniel have made? How do Daniel’s questions about his identity as a Jewish man affect his life as a gay American? Tensions only intensify when they learn that the deceased parents wanted Matthew and Daniel to adopt the children—six-year-old Gal, and baby Noam. The impact this instant new family has on Matthew, Daniel, and their relationship is subtle and heartbreaking, yet not without glimmers of hope. They must learn to reinvent and redefine their bond in profound, sometimes painful ways. What kind of parents can these two men really be? How does a family become strong enough to stay together and endure? And are there limits to honesty or commitment—or love?
Special Book Club meeting with Rabbi GershonNext, we plan to have a special book group with Rabbi Gershon in January, 2019. We have asked him to recommend some books that we will select from and then he will join in our discussion. This will be a nice way to honor him in his retirement in a more intimate setting. Stay tuned for more details.
Finally, we plan to do a book by Phillip Roth who passed away last spring. He was a very prolific writer, but we have narrowed it down to two choices -- The Human Stain or Nemesis. We can discuss at our first meeting and make a decision.
For questions, please email Office@templesinainj.org
Tue, October 16 2018
7 Cheshvan 5779