12/15/2008 - 7:00pm to 12/15/2008 - 8:00pm

Location:
Multnomah County Library
Havurah Shalom
825 NW 18th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209-2333

Class Description:
Join us for a five-part reading and discussion series on the theme "Neighbors."

The delicate, often tortuous relationship between neighboring cultures animates these works of history and fiction, which trace the Jewish experience from Muslim Spain to Bolshevik Russia to contemporary America.

* Mon., Oct. 27 – A Journey to the End of the Millennium by A.B. Yehoshua
* Mon., Nov. 24 – Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel
* Mon., Dec. 15 – Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland by Jan T. Gross
* Mon., Jan. 12 – The Assistant by Bernard Malamud
* Mon., Feb. 9 – Mona in the Promised Land by Gish Jen

Dr. Gail Berkeley Sherman, associate professor of English and Humanities at Reed College, will serve as discussion leader for the series.

More Info:
For more information, please visit www.multcolib.org.

*This is a free class.