The Migdal Chapter of Hadassah at North Shore Towers presents…
Hadassah Book Club to discuss “Henna House”
HERE’S WHAT THE CRITICS ARE
SAYING ABOUT “HENNA
HOUSE” BY NOMI EVE…
“Eve opens a window on
a community little known
in the Western world, whose
rituals and traditions were
maintained over two thousand
years. Her appealing portrait of
young men and women moving
from an ancient life into modernity
will captivate readers who
enjoy historical fiction.”
—Library Journal
“Nomi Eve’s novel is a heady
mix of henna, history and the
power of words written on skin,
sand and paper. An engrossing,
surprising, compelling read.”
—Indira Ganesan,
author of “As Sweet as Honey”
On Wednesday, November 28,
the Migdal/Hadassah Book
Club will meet at 2 p.m.
in the Coleridge Lounge, in the
Building #3 Arcade. A discussion
of “Henna House,” a novel by
Nomi Eve, will be led by Arlene
Augenbraun and Bern Rosenthal.
Eve, prize-winning author of
“The Family Orchard,” has written
another fascinating story, set in a tiny
village in Yemen during the nineteen twenties t o
nineteen forties. The Yemenite Jewish community
there follows ancient Jewish traditions and is cut off
from the rest of the world. Written as a girl’s memoir,
the compelling story centers around the fear of the
Confiscator, a Muslim official who has the right to
seize orphaned Jewish children and give them up
for adoption to Muslim families. To prevent this
calamity, many Jewish families engage their young
girls and even baby girls to be married. The practice
of henna—women drawing elaborate designs on
each other’s bodies in a celebratory mode—is the
novel’s other major theme.
Wednesday, November 28, at 2 p.m.
Coleridge Lounge, in the Arcade of
Building #3
The Hadassah
Book Club meeting
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