May 2020
WLC Book Group
Book Group: OLIVE, AGAIN by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. NEW YORK TIMES bestseller and an Oprah book club pick, this novel follows the life of Strout’s beloved but brutally honest Olive Kitteridge, who has enchanted millions. No need to read OLIVE KITTERIDGE to enjoy OLIVE, AGAIN. Book group will be a Zoom meeting. A link will be provided closer to the date.
Find out more »December 2020
Chanukah Menorah Lighting
With WLC/Sisterhood & Cantor Altshul
Find out more »January 2021
WLC/Sisterhood Book Club
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. In this Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Colson Whitehead (author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD) presents two adolescents unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida during the 1960s. Depicting the friendship of these two very different boys whose fates become intertwined, Whitehead has written a searing tale that will stay with you forever. The story is based on a real reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of…
Find out more »Women Inspiring Women: Natalie Portman
Presented by the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center. Born in Jerusalem, Natalie Portman made her first appearance on the screen at the age of 12, her Broadway debut while she was still in high school and found time to graduate from Harvard in between filming the Star Wars prequel trilogy and acting in Chekhov’s The Seagull opposite Meryl Streep. Join acclaimed actress, newly published author, long-time animal, anti-poverty, and women’s rights activist to seek inspiration!
Find out more »February 2021
WLC/Sisterhood Special Literary Event
Author Michelle Cameron takes us inside her historical novel, BEYOND THE GHETTO GATES. When French troops occupied the Italian port city of Ancona Italy in the 1790s, freeing the city’s Jews from a repressive ghetto, it unleashed a whirlwind of progressivism but also a brutal backlash as two very different cultures collided. Meet Mirelle, a young Jewish heroine, who must choose between her duty—an arranged marriage to a wealthy Jewish merchant—and her love for a dashing French Catholic soldier. Reading…
Find out more »Zibby Owens: Women on the Move
Presented by the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center. Join Zibby Owens host of award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books and now editor of Moms Don’t Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology, for a lively discussion about women on the move and her latest projects!
Find out more »WLC/Sisterhood: Coffee & Conversation
COFFEE AND CONVERSATION: CULTIVATING RESILIENCE. Sip coffee while listening to a meaningful TED Talk Podcast featuring Lucy Hone, a director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience. Nancy Raphael will lead a stimulating discussion on this timely topic. Through her work as an Executive Coach, Facilitator, and Trainer for various United Nations Agencies, Nancy has led discussions around resilience in the age of COVID. A Zoom link will be available closer to the date.
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