KOH NEW ARRIVALS - August

The following are now available for checkout in the KOH Library:

Books

The Spinoza Problem, a novel - by Irvin Yalom
The Invisible Wall, a memoir - by Harry Bernstein
Diaspora: Homelands in Exile by Frederic Brenner
Our Holocaust, a novel by Amir Gulfreund
Harry Lipkin - Private Eye, a novel - by Barry Fantoni
The Red Book, a novel - by Deborah Kogan
The Submission, a novel - by Amy Waldman
Exile, a novel - by Richard Patterson
The Underground Reporters, a memoir - by Kathy Kacer
Like Everyone Else, But Different - by Morton Weinfeld

DVD

Broken Silence (from Steven Spielberg and Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation)

KOH BOOK CLUB - August 21st

The August meeting of the KOH Book Club will be held on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 7 p.m.  Ron Meyer will be leading us in a discussion about the book, "The Invisible Bridge" by Julie Orringer. This meeting is free and newcomers are always welcome!

KOH FILM CLUB - AUGUST 19th!

Please join us for the award winning film, "Anita" at the KOH Library on Sunday, August 19th at 2 p.m.

Anita is the story of a young woman with Down syndrome who lives a happy, routine life in Buenos Aires being cared for by her mother. One morning everything changes when Anita is left alone, confused and helpless after the nearby Argentine Israelite Mutual Association is bombed. As Anita wanders through the city, she learns not only to care for herself, but touches the lives of those around her.

Suggested donation - $5

KOH NEW ARRIVALS - JULY, 2012

Come and check out our new arrivals!  Many of the following books were recommended at the Association of Jewish Libraries convention last month:

The World Without You, a novel by Joshua Jenkin
New American Haggadah, new translation by Nathan Englander
The Great Partnership: God, Science, and the Search for Meaning by Jonathan Sacks
By Fire, By Water, a novel by Mitchell James Kaplan
Homesick, a novel by Eshkol Nevo
Quiet Americans by Erica Dreifus
Road to Valor: A True Story of World War II Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation by Aili and Andres McConnon
Hank Greenberg by Mark Kurlansky
Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary's Life by Joshua Rubenstein
We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust by Ellen Cassedy
The Accidental Anarchist by Bryna Kranzler
The Fish That Ate The Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen
The JPS Bible Commentary: Ruth
Striking Back: The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response by Aaron Klein
God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World by Cullen Murphy
Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero by Abigail Green

KOH BOOK CLUB - JULY

The July meeting of the KOH Book Club has been canceled.  We will meet next August 21, 2012 when Ron Meyer will be reviewing the book, "The Invisible Bridge" by Julie Oringer. The book club meets at 7 p.m. and newcomers are always welcome.

KOH ART GALLERY

We welcome master glassworker and teacher/lecturer Robert Whitmarsh to the KOH Library on July 22, 2012.  Mr. Whitmarsh will present a program entitled," Jews & The History of Glass: Jewish History In Glass".  The program will begin at 7 p.m.  Mr. Whitmarsh's art will remain on display in the KOH Library through September 6, 2012.

For more information about this program/artist reception/exhibit, please contact Mehrnaz Halimi at mehrnas@kohlcc.org

KOH FILM CLUB - JULY 15th

This month we will be showing the film, "A Matter of Size". A Matter of Size is an Israeli comedy.  A heart-warming tale about four overweight guys who learn to love themselves through the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling.

Date:  Sunday, July 15, 2012
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: KOH Library and Cultural Center

Suggested $5 donation always appreciated!