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NEWSLETTER
JULY 2008
JEWISH BOOK CLUB
Notes of a meeting held Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 at the home of Phyll and Ed
Mendelsohn.
Present: Jill and Anthony Brahams, Jonathan
Dangour, Bee Korn, Maureenand Barry Leveton, Phyll and Ed Mendelsohn, Beverly and Byron
Simmonds. Apologies: Ruth Collins, Ruth Woolfson.
The book, which had been suggested by Bee,
was The Mandelbaum Gate by Muriel Spark.
NEXT MEETING: 7:30 PM ON TUESDAY,
AUGUST 12TH, 2008
At the home of Jill and Anthony Brahams
The Book: Badenheim, 1939 by Aharon Appelfeld
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Paperback:
176 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics (2005)
ISBN 978-0141188201This beautiful novel opens on
the eve of World War II as a group of middle-class Jews arrive in the resort town of
Badenheim, somewhere in Austria, ready to spend another idyllic summer vacation. But
Europe in 1939 is no vacationland. Rumours of war rumble into the resort town, but the
characters struggle to convince themselves that everything is perfectly normal.
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The
Jewish Book Club is open to members and friends (both Jewish and non-Jewish) of both the
Progressive Jewish Community of East Anglia and the Norwich Hebrew Congregation, as well
as to Jews who are members of neither congregation.
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| Contacts: |
Byron Simmonds |
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Maureen Leveton |
MLeveton@aol.com
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JOIN
THE CLUB!
Book clubs are a great idea at any time.
First of all you get to read a book.
We hate to admit it, but in the case of the
Jewish Book Club, even reading the book is not obligatory. Although it does help. Of
course, that does mean you have to make the time. So, no more Big Brother!
Jewish Book Club meetings are relaxed. Nothing too
serious. In fact, nothing serious at all. It's all about getting out and having a friendly
chat. And maybe, every so often, offering your home for a meeting (also, not obligatory)
So, give it a go. We are waiting to hear from you.
Support your Jewish community!
— Byron Simmonds, Maureen Leveton
Note: The Jewish Book Club meets once every six weeks or
thereabouts.
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