Join award winning author Elizabeth Graver who will talk about her latest book, Kantika,  at the the JCC's December Literary Luncheon/Community Read on Wednesday, December 13 at 12:30 PM. A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, Kantika—“song” in Ladino—follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of […]

When Sarajevo-born siblings Antonia and Paul were adopted by a wealthy Midwestern family in the 1990s, a series of events with deadly consequences was set in motion. Informed by timely issues of immigration, capitalism, and justice, yet timeless in its themes of love, identity, and competing loyalties, The Dig, inspired by the Greek tragedy Antigone, […]

Author Gioria Diliberto will present about her latest novel, Coco at the Ritz, at the the JCC's February Literary Luncheon on Wednesday, February 14 at 12:30 PM. Though her name is synonymous with elegance and chic, the iconic Coco Chanel had a complicated dark side, and in late August 1944, as World War II drew to a […]

RSVP “How many lives can you imagine yourself living?”So Hannah Larson wonders. When a close relative falls ill, Hannah and her young son, Nicky, decide to join him for the summer at Ashton Hall, a historic manor house outside Cambridge, England. Hannah gave up her academic career to raise her beloved child, who is neurodivergent […]

RSVP Award winning author Aaron Hamburger is our Literary Luncheon guest on Wednesday, April 10 at 12:30 pm. He will present about his latest novel, Hotel Cuba. Fleeing the chaos of World War I and the terror of the Soviet Revolution, practical, sensible Pearl Kahn and her lovestruck, impulsive younger sibling Frieda sail for America […]