The Lower East Side Jewish Book Group, in partnership with Tamid and The New Manny Cantor Center, meets bimonthly to discuss books by local authors, books by Jewish authors, books set in Lower Manhattan, or any combination of the above.

Next Book Groups Meet . . . . Wednesday, Feb 12 7:00 PM at The New Manny Cantor Center, 197 E. Broadway

FOOLS by Joan Silber. Ms. Silber will discuss her work and be present for book signing.

“When is it wise to be a fool for something? What makes people want to be better than they are? From New York to India to Paris, from the Catholic Worker movement to Occupy Wall Street, the characters in Joan Silber’s dazzling new story cycle tackle this question head-on. Vera, the shy, anarchist daughter of missionary parents, leaves her family for love and activism in New York. A generation later, her doubting daughter insists on the truth of being of two minds, even in marriage. The adulterous son of a Florida hotel owner steals money from his family and departs for Paris, where he finds himself outsmarted in turn. Fools ponders the circle of winners and losers, dupers and duped, and the price we pay for our beliefs.”