Shabbat Evening Potluck

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Please note that tonight’s Shabbat evening February 12 2016   Potluck has been cancelled.

 

Muse Of Fire, Coming Feb 13 – March 1

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New Holocaust Remembrance Play Coming to Redtwist Theatre in Chicago

In Auschwitz, 1942, Jewish prisoners took it upon themselves at grave personal risk to perform comedic farce based on the first great anti-Semitic tragedy of the century, the Dreyfus Affair. Playwright Jake Rosenberg’s new play Muse of Fire is the story of this performance, striking a rare balance of humor and horror. The play runs February 13 to March 13

at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 West Bryn Mawr Avenue in Chicago. Discounted tickets ($15) are available using the discount code MUSEUM at the Brown Paper Tickets website: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2327423. muse of fire

February Book Club

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Reminder: Our first book club of the year is meeting Tuesday February 9th @ 7:00 PM @ FVJN . Our First book is

A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales
Book by Ruth Calderon
Preview book
Ruth Calderon has recently electrified the Jewish world with her teachings of talmudic texts. In this volume, her first to appear in English, she offers a fascinating window into some of the liveliest and most colorful stories in the Talmud. …a bride for one night