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HBT Book Group

Reading, Eating and Meeting

This year we travel through four books about Jewish communities around the world. Come for one book or all four. New members are always welcome!

When: Sundays, 10:00 to 11:45 AM
Where: Temple Hillel B'nai Torah
120 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132
Books: Widely available at public libraries. The HBT office also has copies.

Details and RSVP links will be added here as they become available. For everything happening now, see our Calendar.

This year's books

Next meeting Sunday, October 25, 2026 Salonika, Greece The Little Liar by Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie
During the Holocaust, the Nazis use eleven-year-old Nico, a boy who has never told a lie, to persuade the Jews of Salonika to board the trains. Much of the novel follows Nico as an adult, living with what he did as a child.
Sunday, December 6, 2026 Shanghai, China Ten Green Bottles by Vivian Jeanette Kaplan
The true story of the author's mother, whose family fled war-torn Austria for the ghettos of Shanghai during World War II. Winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award.

With a guest speaker, to be announced
Sunday, March 14, 2027 India Shalom India Housing Society by Esther David
Bene Israel Jews share an apartment complex in India, watched over by the spirit of the wine-loving Prophet Elijah.
Sunday, May 16, 2027 Ethiopia Baruch's Odyssey by Baruch Tegegne
The true story of Baruch's three-year escape from Ethiopia to Israel by land, sea and air.

The Book Group is facilitated by Elana Elstein, in collaboration with HBT's Lifelong Learning committee.

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