The Yiddish Book Center, Milwaukee Public Library, Jewish Museum Milwaukee and the Coalition for Jewish Learning present the “Stories of Exile” Reading Group featuring three works of Yiddish Literature in translation and an Afghan family memoir. Explore and discuss narratives which grapple with questions of homelands, journeys, identity, and belonging and compare those written in Yiddish in the early and mid-20th century to what is going on in the world today.
Docent-led tours of museum exhibits follow the November and February sessions. Refreshments will be served.
DATES:
- October 22: The Glatstein Chronicles by Jacob Glatstein, Part 1
- November 19: Selected short stories from On the Landing by Yenta Mash In the Land of the Postscript by Chava Rosenfarb
- December 17: A Fort of Nine Towers by Qais Akbar Omar
- January 21: Selected short stories from On the Landing by Yenta Mash and In the Land of the Postscript by Chava Rosenfarb
- February 18: The Glatstein Chronicles by Jacob Glatstein, Part 2
TIME: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Jewish Museum Milwaukee
COST: FREE
Please note that registration for Stories of Exile does NOT include admission to Jewish Museum Milwaukee except for November 19 and February 18. If you would like to see the museum, please purchase tickets online or on-site.
Register today to get a free copy of the books (while supplies last)!
The Yiddish Book Center’s “Stories of Exile” Reading Groups for Public Libraries is a reading and discussion program to engage teens and adults in thinking about experiences of displacement, migration, and diaspora. In this program, librarians organize reading groups to discuss three books of Yiddish literature in translation, and one book related to the experience of a community served by their library.