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MondayMon, 5 MayMay, 2025

 
 
Monday Night at the Movies: The Debt

Monday, May 5th 7:00p to 9:00pEx-Mossad agent Rachel Singer tells and retells the story of how she and her fellow agents David Peretz and Stephan Gold captured and killed a Nazi war criminal. But in flashbacks to Cold War East Berlin, younger versions of Rachel, David, and Stephan play out a significantly different series of events--and the gap between past and present takes its toll on all three in different ways.

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SundaySun, 1 JunJune, 2025

 
 
Author Presentation Series - The Chief Rabbi's Funeral: The Untold Story of America's Largest Antisemitic Riot with Scott D. Seligman (Part 1)

Sunday, Jun 1st 10:30a to 12:15pThe Chief Rabbi's Funeral: The Untold Story of America's Largest Antisemitic Riot with Scott D. Seligman Sunday, June 1 2024: American Book Fest Award Finalist &; Gold Medal Literary Award On July 30, 1902, tens of thousands of mourners lined the streets of New York’s Lower East Side to bid farewell to the city’s chief rabbi, Jacob Joseph. During the procession antisemitic factory workers rained scraps of steel, iron bolts, and scalding water down, injuring hundreds of mourners. The police did not distinguish aggressors from victims, and began beating up Jews, injuring dozens. Fed up with being persecuted, New York’s deftly pursued justice for the victims, forcing change within the police department, and engineering the resignation of the police commissioner. Scott D. Seligman is a national award-winning author of narrative non-fiction with a special interest in the history and biography of Americans. He holds an undergraduate degree in American history from Princeton University and a master's degree from Harvard University.

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SundaySun, 8 JunJune, 2025

 
 
Author Presentation - Carville’s Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice with Pam Fessler (Part 2)

Sunday, Jun 8th 10:30a to 12:15pFollowing the trail of an unexpected family connection, acclaimed journalist Pam Fessler has unearthed the lost world of the patients, nurses, doctors, and researchers at Carville who struggled for over a century to eradicate Hansen’s disease, the modern name for leprosy. Amid widespread public anxiety about foreign contamination and contagion, patients were deprived of basic rights―restricted from leaving Carville, and often forbidden from contact with their own parents or children. Neighbors fretted over their presence and newspapers warned of their dangerous condition, which was seen as a biblical “curse” rather than a medical diagnosis. One particular patient, Stanley Stein, helped improve so many people’s lives around the world within the confines of Carville. Carville’s Cure demonstrates the necessity of combating misinformation and stigma if we hope to control the spread of illness without demonizing victims and needlessly destroying lives. A light breakfast will be served. Hosted by Sisterhood and the Blumberg-Zalis Family Library.

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MondayMon, 9 JunJune, 2025

 
 
Monday Night at the Movies: The Other Story

Monday, Jun 9th 7:00p to 9:00pA suspenseful, poignant, and humorous story told through the eyes of two rebellious young women from two troubled families that tangle in the most unexpected ways in Jerusalem.

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TuesdayTue, 10 JunJune, 2025

 
 
B’nai Israel Book Discussion Group: Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari

Tuesday, Jun 10th 11:00a to 12:00p1950, thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to Israel in search of a better life. In an overcrowded immigrant camp, amid chaos and uncertainty, Yaqub and Saida fall in love, however, Saida is married and has a child.

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