Lilith -- a Jewish book club for women
One of the area's newest book clubs is Lilith, which started this spring at Beth El Congregation in the Pikesville area. It was organized by Lindsay Kleiman, who had a similar club at the University of Maryland, College Park. The theme: literature by Jewish women or about Jewish women. "I'd like people to be able to develop their perspective on Jewish women outside the religious ideal ..." she says. "It's not that people have narrow views [of women], they don't have views at all. ... Women are under-represented in Jewish literature."
Now reading. The Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn Beer
The club is open to women of all ages, but RSVPs are requested.
For information, contact: Micah Kleid at 410.484.0411 or micah@bethelbalto.com, or Kleiman at lindsay.kleiman@gmail.com








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Here is the link
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Posted by: Gary Morgenstein | May 8, 2009 5:05 PM
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Arms Wide Open: A Midwife's Journey by Beacon Press, Boston is a memoir your readers might like. This one goes back to the hippie, home steading, home birth days, then fast forwards to now. A book about innocence, change, survival and hope, dedicated to all who love Mother Earth.
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Posted by: Delin Colón | August 20, 2011 2:01 PM