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Book Club: “The Midwife of Venice” by Roberta Rich

by Josie Zeman

Screen Shot 2015-11-24 at 4.16.51 PMThe Shomrei Book Club will travel back 5 centuries to 16th Century Italy in The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich. We will meet on Monday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 pm.

The mid-wife, our heroine, is renowned for her skill in bringing live babies into the world, but she is forbidden to minister to Christian women. In desperation, a local nobleman promises her a huge reward if she will ignore the law and help his wife, who is in labor. The money would be enough to free the mid-wife’s husband from prison. What should she do? Read the book and join us …bring a friend too.

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  • Josie Zeman

    Josie Zeman joined Shomrei in 2007 (not sure) shortly after moving to Montclair to find a compatible community in retirement. She volunteers to do public relations outreach for Shomrei, helps in the office, and the kitchen, organizes sessions of the monthly Book Club, takes classes with the rabbi to learn all the things about Judaism that she never knew growing up in a Reform congregation in the South. She is proud to be a member of this dynamic synagogue!

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