KB members are invited to join our book group where we will learn together through reading, self-reflection, and discussion. We will read both non-fiction and fiction (current and historical fiction) and will also share online resources with each other that will support our learning and current experiences. This is a peer-supported group and not led by an expert on the subject. We are on a learning journey and hope you will join us.

For the Zoom link, please email Melinda Rothstein, or Lidia at info@kahalbraira.org

Tentative Schedule

• Four Hundred Souls – Part One (Introduction & 1619-1659 & Poem); page xiii – p 35
• The Book of Unknown Americans (fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Two (1659-1699 & Poem); pages 40-69
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria (non-fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Three (1699-1739 & Poem); pages 73-108
• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (memoir, non-fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Four (1739-1779 & Poem); pages 111-145
• The Vanishing Half (fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Five (1779-1819 & Poem); pages 149-184
• Minor Feelings (memoir)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Six (1819-1859 & Poem); pages 187-221
• The Night Watchman (fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Seven (1859-1864 & Poem); pages 225-263
• The Cooking Gene (memoir, non-fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Eight (1899-1939 & Poem); pages 267-304
• Interior Chinatown (fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Nine (1939-1979 & Poem); pages 307-347
• TBA

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Ten (1979-2019 & Poem & Conclusion); pages 351-392
• TBA

KB members are invited to join our book group where we will learn together through reading, self-reflection, and discussion. We will read both non-fiction and fiction (current and historical fiction) and will also share online resources with each other that will support our learning and current experiences. This is a peer-supported group and not led by an expert on the subject. We are on a learning journey and hope you will join us.

For the Zoom link, please email Melinda Rothstein, or Lidia at info@kahalbraira.org

Tentative Schedule

• Four Hundred Souls – Part One (Introduction & 1619-1659 & Poem); page xiii – p 35
• The Book of Unknown Americans (fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Two (1659-1699 & Poem); pages 40-69
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria (non-fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Three (1699-1739 & Poem); pages 73-108
• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (memoir, non-fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Four (1739-1779 & Poem); pages 111-145
• The Vanishing Half (fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Five (1779-1819 & Poem); pages 149-184
• Minor Feelings (memoir)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Six (1819-1859 & Poem); pages 187-221
• The Night Watchman (fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Seven (1859-1864 & Poem); pages 225-263
• The Cooking Gene (memoir, non-fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Eight (1899-1939 & Poem); pages 267-304
• Interior Chinatown (fiction)

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Nine (1939-1979 & Poem); pages 307-347
• TBA

• Four Hundred Souls – Part Ten (1979-2019 & Poem & Conclusion); pages 351-392
• TBA

The Executive Committee is Kahal B’raira’s leadership and coordinating body. It includes the president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, members-at-large, Sunday school chair and representative to the Society for Humanistic Judaism. Meetings are open to all KB members. For the Zoom link, please email Lidia at l.pruente@kahalbraira.org.