The KBS Jewish Book Club selection for March is "My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel." Author Ari Shavit, a veteran columnist for "Ha'aretz" newspaper, examines the current state of Israel from political, international and personal perspectives in this award-winning and extremely current narrative. Marvin Feldman leads the discussion held at the Kona Haven Cafe […]
After a brief delay, the KBS Jewish Book Club begins the new year with a modern classic by Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, "The Slave," first published in 1962. Set in 17th-century Poland it tells the story of a Jewish slave who falls in love with a gentile peasant: a story of forbidden passion in […]
The meeting of the KBS Jewish Book Club scheduled for Wednesday December 14 has been canceled due to scheduling conflicts. The discussion of "Constantine's Sword" originally planned for December's get-together will now be held on March 15, 2017.
The memoir "Accidental Soldier" is the subject for the November 16 session of the KBS Book Club. Natalie Guerin moderates a look at this journal of self-discovery that takes its young author from New York to the front lines in the IDF. All are invited to join the discussion, even if you haven't yet read the book. […]
The book for the October gathering of the KBS Jewish Book Club is "American Judaism: A History" by Jonathan D. Sarna. Barry Blum leads the discussion of this sweeping chronicle of Jews in the New World from the colonial era to today. All are welcome - even if you haven't read the book. We meet at Kona […]
"American Pastoral" by Philip Roth is the subject for the September 21st gathering of the KBS Jewish Book Club. Una Greenaway moderates discussion of this 22nd novel by Roth, a nostalgic, poignant and sometimes outrageous tale of the post-war generation coming of age in the 1960's. We meet at Kona Haven Coffee, on Alii Drive (next to […]