July 29,
2008
Oakton Hosts Free Jewish Literature Series
Registration is now open for a free reading and discussion series offered this fall at Oakton Community College. Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature – Identity and Imagination is a five-session program scheduled 7 – 8:30 p.m., Thursdays, starting Sept. 4, at Oakton’s Skokie campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave.
Melissa Weininger, a University of Chicago doctoral candidate in Hebrew and Yiddish literature, will lead discussions that explore works of fiction that reflect the theme, “Demons, Golems, and Dybbuks: Monsters of the Jewish Imagination.”
The series begins with a look at Satan in Goray by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Other books to be discussed include The Dybbuk and Other Writings by S. Ansky (Sept. 25); The Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka (Oct. 16); The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick (Nov. 6); and Angels in America by Tony Kushner (Dec. 4).
Copies of the books to be discussed may be loaned from the library at Oakton’s Skokie campus. Oakton is among the more than 250 libraries nationwide receiving grants to host this series, which was developed by Nextbook and the American Library Association.
Register in person at Oakton’s Alliance for Lifelong Learning (Room A120, Skokie campus; Room 1420, Des Plaines campus), or call 847-982-9888, press 3.
Media Contact: Bill Paige (847) 635-1806
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