Women of Emanu-El: Book Club Discussion with Rabbi Emma Dubin

Join Women of Emanu-El and Rabbi Emma Dubin on Thursday, December 4th at 11:00 AM for a virtual discussion of Autocorrect: Stories by Etgar Keret.

Etgar Keret is the world’s most famous living Israeli writer, known for writing short stories that are lean and accessible in style, and whimsical, surrealist, and darkly funny in subject.

His work explores life’s smallest, most unremarkable interactions in ways that are profound and unusual. The characters populating his fiction have relatable work and relationship problems. They live in a world of ever-advancing technology, but it is always degraded by the baseness of human passions and brutality: a character’s partner is a reality show contestant from a parallel dimension; another finds the asteroid they paid to have named after their wife is scheduled to collide with earth; and an elderly widow convinces a popular AI program to commit suicide.

These stories speak to our current moment in time: the uncertainty and fragility—full of misunderstandings and miscommunications—while looking for reasons and the strength to find hope. His stories reveal the fault lines and uncomfortable truths in our society in a style that is memorably his own.
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We’ll have a few copies of each book available at the temple’s library on a first-come, first-served basis. You can pick one up on the book cart on the 5th floor at Temple Emanu-El, 1 East 65th Street.

The book club discussion is exclusively open to temple members.

Advanced registration is required to receive the Zoom link. The link will be sent the day before the discussion.

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