Heirloom by Rachel Hall is recommended by Michal Lemberger, author of After Abel and other stories.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2017, at 2:51 PM, Rachel Kamin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I lead a monthly short story discussion group. Here are our selections from > the past 3 years: > The UnAmerican by Molly Antopol > Many Seconds into the Future by John J. Clayton > Ask for a Convertible by Danit Brown (2 sessions) > Quiet Americans by Erika Dreifus > Natasha by David Bezmozgis > House of Memory: Stories by Jewish Women Writers of Latin America edited by > Marjorie Agosin (2 sessions) > After Abel and Other Stories by Michal Lemberger (2 sessions) > The New Diaspora edited by Aarons, Patt & Schechner (7 sessions) > The Best Place on Earth by Ayelet Tsabari (4 sessions) > Bertrand Court by Michelle Brafman (6 sessions) > From Foe to Friend by SY Agnon and Shay Charka > The Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge by Peter Orner (3 sessions) > > I also used The Best Place on Earth with 2 other groups and After Abel with 1 > other group (as a weekly continuing education course). Both were extremely > well received. I highly recommend them! Plus, Ayelet Tsabari “SKYPE’d” with > the groups and was lovely. We have also SKYPE’d with Michelle Brafman and > Peter Orner (just yesterday from Namibia!) which really enhanced our > understanding and appreciation for their writing. The New Diaspora is an > excellent anthology that kept the group busy for 7 sessions. In 2018, I > will be using America and I: short stories by American Jewish women writers > edited by Joyce Antler over 5 sessions and I am repeating Bertrand Court with > two other groups. > > I seem to always be scrambling to find new, highly literary short stories > with Jewish content to use with my groups and would appreciate any “tried & > true” recommendations beyond the classics like Singer, Roth, Ozick, Paley, > etc. > > Shabbat Shalom! > > Rachel Kamin, Director > The Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural & Learninzg Center > North Suburban Synagogue Beth El > 847/926-7902 or [email protected] > > Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9am-2pm and Wednesday 4-6 pm > & Sunday 9am-12pm (when school is in session) > > From: Hasafran [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Amalia Warshenbrot > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:05 PM > To: Hasafran <[email protected]> > Subject: [ha-Safran] Looking for a suggestion of a collection of short > stories for a women's discussion group > > Shalom, > I’m looking for a suggestion of a collection of short stories for a women's > discussion group. > A discussion stories from the book Apples from the Desert was very > successful. The discussion on the stories in the book After Abel > (recommended by Rachel Kamin) went well too. > Thank you to Rachel for suggesting the book The Best Place on Earth. I like > it but I was asked for additional suggestions. > Shabbat shalom, > Amalia > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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