Nov

1 2013

Jewish Book Month

6:00PM - 8:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel 1972 NW Flanders
Portland, OR 97209
503-222-1069 [email protected]

Contact Marge Congress
503-427-0962
[email protected]

Resilience: Challenging Illness and Moving to a Place of Hope. Two social workers will discuss the issues brought up in the Philip Roth novel "Nemesis" dealing with how people cope with disabilities and death. The selection for Jewish Book Month is about the polio epidemic in New Jersey in 1944 and its emotional aftermath.