BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.13//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3019@shearithisrael.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T140000 DTSTAMP:20261016T170458Z URL:https://www.shearithisrael.org/events/book-club-luncheon2026/ SUMMARY:Book Club Community Shabbat Luncheon with Dr. Shaina Trapedo DESCRIPTION:A Community Shabbat Luncheon\nBetween the Wars:\nJewish Charact ers in 1920s &\; 1930s American Literature\nwith Dr. Shaina Trapedo\nSh abbat\, October 31 | Following Morning Services\n\nYou don’t have to be a book club member to enjoy this congenial luncheon with insights and guid ed discussion from Professor Shaina Trapedo of Yeshiva University. But if you would like to read any of the 22 books selected by our Book Club\, you can find the list below.\nRegister here >\;>\;\nDr. Shaina Trapedo is the director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Stern College and the Jay &\; Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College\, a n Assistant Professor of English at Stern College\, and a resident scholar at the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. After receiving her undergraduate degree in Economics and English at Barn ard College\, she spent two years as a risk analyst before following her c alling in academia. Shaina earned her PhD in English from the University o f California\, Irvine\, where she specialized in early modern literature a nd religious studies. In her teaching and scholarship\, Shaina explores th e connections between the Torah\, the humanities\, and social engagement.\ n\n\nPRICING\nEarly Bird Deadline: Monday\, October 5\nRegistration Deadli ne: Monday\, October 26\nMember adult: Early bird $48 | Regular $52\nNon-m ember adult: Early bird $49 | Regular $54\nYouth - $28\n \;\nSponsors hips:\n$180 includes up to 2 meals\n$100  includes 1 meal\n\n\n\nBOOK LIS T\nCollectively\, our Book Club participants read all of the books listed below. Luncheon participants are welcome to read as many or as few of thes e as they like.\n\n1. Hungry Hearts\, by Anzia Yezierska\n2. The Professor ’s House\, by Willa Cather\n3. Manhattan Transfer\, by John Dos Passos\n 4. The Great Gatsby\, by F. Scott Fitzgerald\n5. Mendel Marantz\, by David Freedman\n6. Arrowsmith\, by Sinclair Lewis\n7. Bread Givers\, by Anzia Y ezierska\n8. The Sun Also Rises\, by Ernest Hemingway\n9. "Fifty Grand\," by Ernest Hemingway (short story in the collection Men Without Women)\n10. Dodsworth\, by Sinclair Lewis\n11. Cimarron\, by Edna Ferber\n12. Jews Wi thout Money\, by Michael Gold\n13. "Old Mrs. Harris"\, by Willa Cather (sh ort story\, published in Obscure Destinies)\n14. A Cool Million\, by Natha nael West\n15. Call it Sleep\, by Henry Roth\n16. Absalom\, Absalom\, by W illiam Faulkner (Professor Trapedo's pick\; we expect her to give special attention to this book)\n17. The Education of Hyman Kaplan\, by Leo Rosten \n18. "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities\," by Delmore Schwartz (short stor y in a book by the same\ntitle)\n19. The Web and the Rock\, by Thomas Wolf e\n20. A Peculiar Treasure\, by Edna Ferber\n21. The Day of the Locust\, b y Nathanael West\n22. You Can’t Go Home Again\, by Thomas Wolfe ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.shearithisrael.org/wp-content/upload s/2026/09/Book-Club-Luncheon-thumbnail-1.jpg CATEGORIES:*Highlighted Events,Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR