This past spring, MERCAZ USA launched our online book club, MERCAZ Reads Israel. MERCAZ Reads Israel is an opportunity for lovers of books and Israel to read literature from contemporary Israeli authors. Our goal is to select books that provide insights to, and understanding of, the lives and concerns of our Israeli counterparts.

If you missed participating in our first book club meeting on June 2 with author Avigail Graetz, discussing her book “A Rabbi’s Daughter,” you can catch up here:

→ Buy the book on Amazon (Kindle or paperback)

→ Watch the book club discussion with author Avigail Graetz below (you can also view this video on our Facebook page).

→ Join our virtual book club home on Facebook, to participate in book club discussions and get the latest news on upcoming book club meetings and book announcements

And we have officially announced the next book for our club …

If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir by author Ilana Kurshan

Our next book club meeting to discuss “If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir” with author Ilana Kurshan will be held in late August or early September.

Join our club home on Facebook to be the first to know when the date for our next meeting has been set, and to get a head start on the discussion questions when they are posted later this summer!

In the meantime, you can purchase the book on Amazon (Kindle, paperback, or hardback) and begin enjoying our second MERCAZ Reads Israel book club selection today!

For background on the book, watch this ELI Talks presentation from author Ilana Kurshan, where she discusses the motivation for writing her memoir.

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Mercaz Reads Israel Book Club Meeting 1:

Discussing ‘A Rabbi’s Daughter’ with author Avigail Graetz:

Join us for our first MERCAZ Reads Israel Book Club Meeting!

Discuss our first book selection, ‘ A Rabbi’s Daughter ‘ with author Avigail Graetz on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EDT.

Register for our Zoom Webinar on June 2 at 1:00 p.m. EDT

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MERCAZ Reads Israel is an online book club featuring contemporary Israeli literature that provides insight into and understanding of the lives and concerns of our Israeli counterparts.

• If you missed our inaugural webinar on April 22 – introducing our book club and providing background on our first book – you can watch it here or on Facebook.
• Then, buy the book, “A Rabbi’s Daughter,” on Amazon in either Kindle or paperback.
• Prior to our book club webinar on June 2 with author Avigail Graetz, we encourage you to join our Facebook Group, which is our book club’s online home …
• Once you have joined our ‘MERCAZ Reads Israel’ Facebook group, click on the ‘Units’ link on the left side of the page, to participate in discussion questions, crafted by our partners at the Israel Forever Foundation, with other members of our book club. We will be discussing these and other questions related to the book during our Zoom meeting on June 2.

If you do not have an account on Facebook, you can still see the discussion questions on the Israel Forever Foundation’s landing page for “A Rabbi’s Daughter.”

MERCAZ Reads Israel is a partnership between
MERCAZ USA and The Israel Forever Foundation

Watch the inaugural webinar for the MERCAZ READS ISRAEL book club!

On Wednesday, April 22, Mercaz USA launched our online book club – MERCAZ Reads Israel – featuring contemporary Israeli literature that provides insight into and understanding of the lives and concerns of our Israeli counterparts.

This new, exciting initiative is a partnership between Mercaz USA and the Israel Forever Foundation.

Our first selection, ‘A Rabbi’s Daughter,’ a novel by Avigail Graetz, is a semi-autobiographical story of three generations of strong women. Drawing inspiration from the author’s life experience growing up in the south of Israel, in the home of a Masorti (Conservative) rabbi serving a Masorti kehilla, this book is the first Israeli novel set against the background of Masorti Judaism.

Nearly 200 individuals joined our inaugural MERCAZ READS ISRAEL book club webinar with Avigail Graetz, as she took us on a journey of her experiences, providing background and context for what inspired her to write this novel and have it translated into English. If you missed the webinar, you can watch it here now!

A second webinar will be scheduled in late May/early June for participants to discuss the book, after they have read it, again with the author!

You can buy a copy of the book on Amazon (Kindle or paperback).

Then join our MERCAZ READS ISRAEL Group on Facebook to participate in book club conversations!

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Join MERCAZ READS ISRAEL, an online book club featuring contemporary Israeli literature that provides insight into and understanding of the lives and concerns of our Israeli counterparts.

This new, exciting initiative is a partnership between Mercaz USA and the Israel Forever Foundation.

Our first selection, ‘A Rabbi’s Daughter,’ a novel by Avigail Graetz, is a semi-autobiographical story of three generations of strong women. Drawing inspiration from the author’s life experience growing up in the south of Israel, in the home of a Masorti (Conservative) rabbi serving a Masorti kehilla, this book is the first Israeli novel set against the background of Masorti Judaism.

On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, we will have the opportunity to engage in conversation with the author, Avigail Graetz, via a Zoom conference.

Join us to learn about the background of the book, before you read it!

A second webinar will be scheduled in late May/early June for participants to discuss the book, after they have read it, with the author!

Buy a copy of the book on Amazon (Kindle or paperback).

Join our MERCAZ READS ISRAEL Group on Facebook to learn more and participate in book club conversations!