📚 ABOUT BOOK OUR CLUB: Love a good read? Every other month our Book Club dives into a mix of classic and contemporary Jewish fiction and non-fiction.
Come to share insights and explore how each book connects to Jewish history, values, and tradition. Build community over lively conversation and your lunch.
All are welcome; all you need is curiosity, a book in hand, and lunch.
📗 DECEMBER READ: The Rabbi Who Prayed for the City, by Rabbi Vivian Green
Rabbi Vivian Green is preparing to take over as head rabbi of her synagogue. She and her wife contemplate taking steps toward having a child, and her predecessor, Rabbi Joseph, plans to make aliyah upon retirement.
Meanwhile, a friend of Vivian’s wife struggles with the moral implications of military investment in his work in robotics and AI, and a Category 4 hurricane threatens the city of Providence.
This installment in the series centers on a trio of major contemporary issues: climate change, artificial intelligence, and the growing tension within the American Jewish community over Israel’s fragile democracy. Some small differences from reality, such as a change in hurricane-naming guidelines, suggest a near-future setting.
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