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Temple Israel News
Temple Israel Book Club
Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 7:45 PM
By Melinda Farbman
The Temple Israel Book Club
will reconvene after a summer
break on Monday, September 18
at 7:45 PM to discuss Kaaterskill
Falls, a novel by Allegra
Goodman. She has written the col
lection of short stories, Total
Immersion, and the best-selling
quasi-novel The Family
Markowitz, which are both on
Jewish themes. Goodman grew up
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in a conservative family in Hawaii
and describes herself as “some
where between Conservative and
Orthodox.” The characters in
Kaaterskill Falls represent a wide
spectrum of observance.
Goodman is especially sensitive to
female characters, and deftly
weaves a feminist perspective into
her story.
Members of an ultra-orthodox
German community, who call
themselves the Kirlchners, move
from Washington Heights to
Upstate New York for the summer.
They grapple with their Jewish
identities privately and as they
interact with locals. The fragility
of the future of their world is felt.
Their lives ebb and flow in accor
dance with laws governing diet,
time, and prayer. As Jewish law —
and Rav Kirschner — inform their
lives, they are now made to feel
holy; now made to feel confined.
Two men commute in Friday
afternoon traffic to meet families
for Shabbat. One is quite obser
vant; the other, more secular. A
modest Jewish girl makes friends
with a Syrian one who is preco
cious and outspoken. They are
both on the edge of adulthood,
when identities are in flux. Rav
Kirschner has two sons, one of
whom will succeed him. The
favorite is assimilated. A devout
woman who yearns for work in
business receives rabbinical per
mission to run a store only to lose
it for making a small error in judg
ment. Her sixth pregnancy brings
to a head her conflicting desires.
The local judge has a secret about
forbidden interfaith relationships
that allows him to control the real
estate, and character of the area.
For summer reading, the book
is lovely. Goodman beautifully
describes nature in the Hudson
River Valley. The plot provides
enough tension to keep the pages
turning. The language is easy to
read.
The Temple Israel Book Club is
open to all members of the Jewish
community. “Drops ins” and those
who have not read the selection
are welcome. For additional infor
mation, call Linda Levy (h) 366-
6362/(w) 598-7657 or Melinda
Farbman (442-2832).
See you at the September 18
meeting! O
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