January
2010 at Josephs Bookstore & Cafe Also
Monday 11th January,
8-00pm Josephs Bookstore
Society for Jewish Study
Dr DIANA LIPTON, Lecturer in Hebrew Bible
and Jewish Studies and Deputy-Head of the Dept of Theology & Religious
Studies, Kings College London, will discuss:
Thinking about
Jewish History with Hanina ben Teradion
Non members
5-00 Booking advised (020 8731 7575 or
info@josephsbookstore.com)
February Dates for your
Diary:
Monday 1st February,
8-00pm Joseph’s Bookstore
Society for Jewish Study
Rabbi
Dr NORMAN SOLOMON, Oxford University Unit for Research and
Teaching in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, & President of the Society will
discuss:
Making the Talmud Make Sense
Dr Solomon
will talk about the challenges he encountered when editing a new
translation of excerpts from the Babylonian Talmud for the Penguin
Classics series.
The Talmud: A Selection – Selected,
Translated and Edited by Norman Solomon (Penguin Classics, Pb 16-99)
Non members 5-00 Booking advised (020
8731 7575 or info@josephsbookstore.com)
Thursday 11th February, 7-45pm
Joseph’s Bookstore
The CAHIER Series
Lost and
Found by Alison Leslie Gold
Reading
& discussion to celebrate the launch of
Lost and Found by Alison Leslie Gold (Sylph
Editions / American University of Paris, Pb 10-00) New Yorker Gold,
celebrated for her book with Miep Gies, Anne Frank
Remembered,will discuss and read from Lost and Found, a
personal memoir centered on recent losses of loved ones, and the various
findings that alleviate this darkness. The tale is set within the wider
context of the displacement of European Jewry in the 20th
century.
Lost and Found is complemented by 13 paintings from
the artist Charlotte Salomons masterpiece Leben? oder
Teater?
The Cahiers Series, beautifully designed and bound limited
editions, are published in association with Sylph Editions and the Centre
for Writers & Translators at the American University of Paris.
This event is free of charge. Booking is advised. To
reserve a place please contact us on 020 8731 7575 or at info@josephsbookstore.com.
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