CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM TUESDAY NIGHT LEARNING AT THE SHAAR SPRING 2019 SEMESTER 7:30 PM FREE ADMISSION-ALL ARE WELCOME MARCH 19 Author of The Weight of Ink, a National Jewish Book Award winner RACHEL KADISH Rarely have I read a contemporary novel that so immersed me in its world and drew me so deeply into the lives of its characters. Rachel Kadish is abriliant storydeller, with a mystery writer's instinct for pacing and a willingness to take on the largest human questions. The Weight of Ink is astonishing Carol Glligan author of "in s Different Voice" MARCH 26 Author of After Anatevka & memoir "White Hot Grief Parade" ALEXANDRA SILBER American actress,weiter and singer, in conversation with LISA RUBIN, Artistic ad Executive Director of the Segal Centre for Performing Arts After Anatevka does Fiddler on the Roof proud It's no secret that Alexandra Silber s one of our theaters finest singing actors But who knew she was a theriling novelist as well? Silbe Tony Award winning playwnight Terrence McNaly APRIL 2 The Challenge of a Shared Society in Israel TOVA HARTMAN Scholar and founder of Jerusalem- based Congregation Kehiliat Shira Hadasha, Tova Hartman is the Dean of Humanities at the Kiryat Ono Academic College. Her book Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism was the winner of the National Jewish Book Award in 2008. She most recently authored "Are You Not a Man of God? Devotion. Betrayal and Social Criticism in Jewish Tradition She is the daughter of the late Rabbi David Hartman. APRIL9 Author of Lioness: Golda Meir and The Nation of Israel", winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award FRANCINE KLAGSBRUN A masterwork melding character and history. Part biblically reminiscent drama, part novel ike interiority. part American-inspired pioneering Golda Meirs story has no paralled in the annals of nations LIONESS COLDAE ESRAEL Cynthia Ozick SHAAR HASHOMATIM 425 Metcalfe Avenue, Westmount 514.937.9471 shaarhashomayim.org/TNL