Jewish Book Series: Lunch & Learn with Ayelet Tsabari

Please join us at the JCC on **Thursday, March 26** from **12:00-1:30 PM** for
an in-person Lunch & Learn and a virtual visit from Ayelet Tsabari, the author
of _Songs for the Brokenhearted: A Novel._ Enjoy a delicious Yemeni lunch
while listening to Ayelet speak about her book over Zoom. **Lunch starts at
noon, author talk begins promptly at 12:30 PM.**

This event is part of the JCC’s ongoing **Book Series** , where visiting
Jewish authors give talks on their work to bring new ideas and literature to
the community. **The cost of this program is $12.50/person.** This program is
sponsored by ORT. Zoom available upon request.

_JCC community events and programs are open to all regardless of faith or
background. All are welcome._

**_Book Blurb_**

1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in
search of a better life. In an overcrowded immigrant camp in Rosh Ha’ayin,
Yaqub, a shy young man, happens upon Saida, a beautiful girl singing by the
river. In the midst of chaos and uncertainty, they fall in love. But they
weren’t supposed to; Saida is married and has a child, and a married woman has
no place befriending another man.

1995. Thirty-something Zohara, Saida’s daughter, has been living in New York
City—a city that feels much less complicated than Israel, where she grew up
wishing that her skin was lighter, that her illiterate mother’s Yemeni music
was quieter, and that the father who always favored her was alive. She hasn’t
looked back since leaving home, rarely in touch with her mother or sister,
Lizzie, and missing out on her nephew Yoni’s childhood. But when Lizzie calls
to tell her their mother has died, she gets on a plane to Israel with no
return ticket.

Soon Zohara finds herself on an unexpected path that leads to shocking truths
about her family—including dangers that lurk for impressionable young men and
secrets that force her to question everything she thought she knew about her
parents, her heritage, and her own future.

Organized by: JCC of Greater Ann Arbor

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