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Men's Club and Sisterhood
The Men's
Club meets the second Sunday of each month for breakfast and informative
programs. It also sponsors activities such as the Rosh Hashanah Apples & Honey Oneg,
building the Sukkah, recreational excursions, and presents a gift to all Bar and Bat Mitzvah
celebrants.
Sisterhood performs a variety of services for
the synagogue and the community. It sponsors educational and social programs, Book Club
(see Announcements for details),
operates the gift shop, organizes special events for the Religious School, and
presents a gift to all Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrants.
See "Announcements" for event information. Contact Ann Schreier for information.
Sisterhood Book Club Selection: Disobedience: A Novel by Naomi Alderman
see "Announcements" for Meeting Date & Place
Comments from Amazon.com by Giselle Toueg:"Disobedience: A Novel is Naomi Alderman's richly told,
endearingly evocative tale of two women and the choices they make as they come to terms with their identities in a traditional
Orthodox Jewish community. In this groundbreaking debut, Alderman puts her characters to work, forcing them to confront issues of rebellion,
isolation, loneliness and self-acceptance in a place where deviating from the norm often results in cold stares and hushed whispers
at the kosher butcher shop. Ronit Krushka is a lapsed Orthodox Jew, who fled the confines of Hendon, England, and her
traditional upbringing for a secular lifestyle on Manhattan's Upper West Side. When her father, the community's revered
Rabbi, passes away, Ronit returns home to retrieve her mother's precious Shabbat candlesticks, and to revisit her troubled past.
She reconnects with Esti, a former lover, whose choices have left her unsure and unfulfilled. As Ronit and Esti navigate
through the demons of their past, each woman is forced to decide what kind of life she wants to lead, and with whom she wants to share it.
Alderman alternates between a lyrical and familiar style, introducing each chapter with a page of religious commentary that relates
directly to the novel. While the commentary is interesting, readers may find themselves skimming it as the plot thickens and these
introductions become more like diversions from the story's main message. Still, interruptions aside, Disobedience marks an important debut,
and one that extends outside the lives of these characters to personify the struggle between conformity and individualism for everyone
who has felt like an outsider."
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