The next book the TSS book group will read is The Ten Green Bottles by Vivian Kaplan. The meeting will be at Marlene Plotnick’s home on March 21st at 7:15 pm.

The book is about a Jewish family living in Austria in the 1920’s and 30’s before Hitler takes over Austria. The family is tormented and disenfranchised and they seek shelter in the only place that will take them: Shanghai. Shanghai presents an incongruent world of immense wealth and privilege for some and poverty for the masses, with opium dens and decadent clubs as well as rampant disease and a raging war between nations. This is the story of Nini Karpel’s struggles that she recounts to her daughter Vivian Kaplan many year later.

This true story depicts the fierce perseverance of one family, victims of the forces of evil, who overcame suffering of biblical proportion to survive. It was a time when ordinary people became heroes.

Please RSVP to Margie Hertz at mhertz@ptd.net or by phone at 610-395-8127

PJ Library Family Shabbat/ Friday April 19, 2013
Come to a family Shabbat service with a special PJ Library story time.
Location: Swain School 1100 S 24th St Allentown, PA 18103

Contact Cantor Sussman for more information cantorsussman@gmail.com

Come to our TSS Retreat and share your thoughts about our congregation, our priorities, and how we should spend our dues. We will discuss issues dealing with worship, learning, and social activities. Please join us:

1:00 – 4:00 PM

Swain School

If you did not yet RSVP, please let Karyn Goldner know if you are coming (karyngoldner@gmail.com).

To all families with young children – Special PJ Library story time during Super Sunday January 27, 2013.  The story time will begin at 11am.  We have at least 2 local mayors who will be our guest readers.

Click here for PJ Library Story Time Flyer.