Come check out our latest books and DVD's:
Books:
Rhyming Life & Death by Amos Oz
To The End of the Land by David Grossman
The Puzzle King by Betsy Carter
97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement by Jane Ziegelman
A Curable Romantic by Joseph Skibell
Conquering Fear: Living Boldly in an Uncertain World by Harold Kushner
My Mother's Sabbath Days by Chaim Grade
The Measure of His Grief by Lisa Moss
Prisoner of his Mind by Ruth Rapaport
Great House by Nicole Krauss
DVD's:
Waltz With Bashir
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
O Jerusalem
Among The Righteous: Lost Stories From the Holocaust in Arab Lands
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
KOH Fiction Book Club Meeting
Please join us on December 14th at 7 PM to discuss "Isaac's Torah", by Angel Wagenstein.
Bulgarian author and screenwriter Wagenstein devotes his powerful novel to an affable Jewish tailor from a small town in Eastern Europe who survives the reigns of Hitler and Stalin. Wagenstein himself escaped from a concentration camp and was saved from execution when Soviets entered Bulgaria. Half a century later, he creates self-effacing narrator Isaac Jacob Blumenfeld, threading Jewish jokes throughout the narrative not only to sweeten the bitter material but also because they encapsulate the humanistic foundation of Isaac's philosophy. Isaac's mesmerizing voice charms through every disaster, and engages and delights the reader without distracting from Wagenstein's profound insights into life's absurdities.
Simone Clay will facilitate the discussion.
After our book discussion, we will be choosing our books for 2011.
Bulgarian author and screenwriter Wagenstein devotes his powerful novel to an affable Jewish tailor from a small town in Eastern Europe who survives the reigns of Hitler and Stalin. Wagenstein himself escaped from a concentration camp and was saved from execution when Soviets entered Bulgaria. Half a century later, he creates self-effacing narrator Isaac Jacob Blumenfeld, threading Jewish jokes throughout the narrative not only to sweeten the bitter material but also because they encapsulate the humanistic foundation of Isaac's philosophy. Isaac's mesmerizing voice charms through every disaster, and engages and delights the reader without distracting from Wagenstein's profound insights into life's absurdities.
Simone Clay will facilitate the discussion.
After our book discussion, we will be choosing our books for 2011.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
November Book Club Meeting
This month we will meet on November 16th at 7 p.m. Ruth O'Riva will lead our discussion of the book, "A Day of Small Beginnings" by Lisa Rosenbaum.
In rural Zokof, Poland, in 1906, young Itzik Leiber protects three small Jewish boys from a beating, resulting in the accidental death of a menacing Polish peasant. Itzik hides in a Jewish cemetery where he unknowingly draws the soul of Friedl Alterman—who died the previous year at 83. Friedl, childless in life, protects Itzik as he flees Zokof for Warsaw, then America. Fast forward 86 years as Itzik's son, Nathan Linden (name change), a scholar of international law, is a guest of the Polish government. He is drawn to his father's hometown (via a still-protective Friedl), and there he comes upon Rafael Bergson, "the last Jew in Zokof," who forces Nathan to confront his ambiguous feelings about religion and begs him to help restore Friedl's spirit through prayer and ritual. But it may be up to Ellen, Nathan's free-spirited choreographer daughter, to come to Poland to liberate Friedl's soul. Friedl's voice retreats after the early chapters, and Rosenbaum handles the shifts in voice, time and place smoothly.
Newcomers always welcome!
In rural Zokof, Poland, in 1906, young Itzik Leiber protects three small Jewish boys from a beating, resulting in the accidental death of a menacing Polish peasant. Itzik hides in a Jewish cemetery where he unknowingly draws the soul of Friedl Alterman—who died the previous year at 83. Friedl, childless in life, protects Itzik as he flees Zokof for Warsaw, then America. Fast forward 86 years as Itzik's son, Nathan Linden (name change), a scholar of international law, is a guest of the Polish government. He is drawn to his father's hometown (via a still-protective Friedl), and there he comes upon Rafael Bergson, "the last Jew in Zokof," who forces Nathan to confront his ambiguous feelings about religion and begs him to help restore Friedl's spirit through prayer and ritual. But it may be up to Ellen, Nathan's free-spirited choreographer daughter, to come to Poland to liberate Friedl's soul. Friedl's voice retreats after the early chapters, and Rosenbaum handles the shifts in voice, time and place smoothly.
Newcomers always welcome!
Monday, October 25, 2010
History and Art at the KOH Library and Cultural Center
Please join us for two special events this week at the KOH Library and Cultural Center:
First, an informative evening of local Jewish history on
Wednesday, November 3rd
7-9 PM
JEWISH MERCHANTS OF THE GOLD RUSH
With Guest Speaker, VICTORIA FISCH, Northern California Editor of the Western States Jewish History Journal.
For more information please go to jewsofthegoldrush.blogspot.com
Next, Art Exhibit Opening Reception on
Monday, November 8th
7-9 PM
Please join us to welcome local artist and educator, MARIA WINKLER at the opening reception of her exhibit in the KOH Art Gallery.
Maria Winkler, a contemporary painter and book artist, will be available to discuss her work and answer questions.
Additional information available at www.mariawinkler.com
(The current exhibition of work by Sam Liberman ends on Thursday, 11/4/10)
First, an informative evening of local Jewish history on
Wednesday, November 3rd
7-9 PM
JEWISH MERCHANTS OF THE GOLD RUSH
With Guest Speaker, VICTORIA FISCH, Northern California Editor of the Western States Jewish History Journal.
For more information please go to jewsofthegoldrush.blogspot.com
Next, Art Exhibit Opening Reception on
Monday, November 8th
7-9 PM
Please join us to welcome local artist and educator, MARIA WINKLER at the opening reception of her exhibit in the KOH Art Gallery.
Maria Winkler, a contemporary painter and book artist, will be available to discuss her work and answer questions.
Additional information available at www.mariawinkler.com
(The current exhibition of work by Sam Liberman ends on Thursday, 11/4/10)
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
KOH Library New Arrivals
The following books and DVD's have arrived and are available for check out during library hours:
BOOKS:
With Strength and Splender: Jewish Women as Agents of Change by Lisa Kogen
The Trials of Zion by Alan Dershowitz
If We Could Hear Them Now: Encounters With Legendary Jewish Heroines by Alice Becker Lehrer
Sarah/Sara by Jacob Paul
Nemesis by Philip Roth
Wherever You Go by Joan Leegant
DVD'S:
Off and Running
Autism: The Musical
The Sephardic Jews and the Pike Place Market
BOOKS:
With Strength and Splender: Jewish Women as Agents of Change by Lisa Kogen
The Trials of Zion by Alan Dershowitz
If We Could Hear Them Now: Encounters With Legendary Jewish Heroines by Alice Becker Lehrer
Sarah/Sara by Jacob Paul
Nemesis by Philip Roth
Wherever You Go by Joan Leegant
DVD'S:
Off and Running
Autism: The Musical
The Sephardic Jews and the Pike Place Market
Sunday, October 3, 2010
October Book Club Meeting
Please join us on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 7 p.m. as we welcome Barry Broad to speak about his book, "Eve of Destruction". A review and synopsis of his book is below:
This is a spy thriller set in the present about a set of circumstances that is all too realistic. At the same time that an Iranian-led team of terrorists is plotting to set off a radiation-heavy dirty bomb in Los Angeles, a U.S. team is working clandestinely inside Iran to set up what looks like a Chernobyl-style accident at a secret nuclear weapons site to discredit and set back the Iranian nuclear program and foment unrest against the government. We're taken through the training and back stories of the various operatives on all sides, and they emerge as reasonably full-bodied characters rather than stick figures in an action plot. The book is so intricately plotted and credibly researched that it is difficult to believe that this is a first book for the author, a labor lobbyist in Sacramento. Like any number of spy stories, this is a diversion that will hold your attention, but will also be informative for most readers, especially as to just how vulnerable the United States, and particularly its ports, still is after a half-dozen years of bureaucratic homeland security efforts.
Mr. Broad will autograph his book which is available for purchase in the library for $15.00.
This is a spy thriller set in the present about a set of circumstances that is all too realistic. At the same time that an Iranian-led team of terrorists is plotting to set off a radiation-heavy dirty bomb in Los Angeles, a U.S. team is working clandestinely inside Iran to set up what looks like a Chernobyl-style accident at a secret nuclear weapons site to discredit and set back the Iranian nuclear program and foment unrest against the government. We're taken through the training and back stories of the various operatives on all sides, and they emerge as reasonably full-bodied characters rather than stick figures in an action plot. The book is so intricately plotted and credibly researched that it is difficult to believe that this is a first book for the author, a labor lobbyist in Sacramento. Like any number of spy stories, this is a diversion that will hold your attention, but will also be informative for most readers, especially as to just how vulnerable the United States, and particularly its ports, still is after a half-dozen years of bureaucratic homeland security efforts.
Mr. Broad will autograph his book which is available for purchase in the library for $15.00.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Second Annual Used Book Sale
Coming Soon - Mark the dates for KOH's second annual used book sale:
Sunday, October 10- Wednesday, October 13.
Sunday: 10 am - 12 pm
Monday: 10 am - 12 pm
4 pm - 6 pm
Tuesday: 10 am - 12 pm
Wednesday: 7 pm - 9 pm
KOH Library's Used Book Room has an extensive and eclectic collection of gently used books, all of which are available for purchase during regular hours as well as at our upcoming Sale.
Most books are priced between .50 to $2.00.
Visit kohusedbooks.gamaserve.com (no need for www or http) to preview many of the sale selections.
For additional information, please contact Ruth O'Riva at (510) 551-6332 or ruth2@oriva.net.
Sunday, October 10- Wednesday, October 13.
Sunday: 10 am - 12 pm
Monday: 10 am - 12 pm
4 pm - 6 pm
Tuesday: 10 am - 12 pm
Wednesday: 7 pm - 9 pm
KOH Library's Used Book Room has an extensive and eclectic collection of gently used books, all of which are available for purchase during regular hours as well as at our upcoming Sale.
Most books are priced between .50 to $2.00.
Visit kohusedbooks.gamaserve.com (no need for www or http) to preview many of the sale selections.
For additional information, please contact Ruth O'Riva at (510) 551-6332 or ruth2@oriva.net.
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