BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11020@templemicah.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T140000 DTSTAMP:20260603T183643Z URL:https://www.templemicah.org/events/first-tuesday-book-club-2026-09-01- 2026-10-06-2026-11-03/ SUMMARY:First Tuesday Book Club DESCRIPTION:Tsabari\, Ayelet. Songs for the Broken Hearted: A Novel. 334 pa ges. 2024. (Livia)\n\n“A young Yemeni Israeli woman \;learns of her mother’s secret romance in a dramatic journey through lost \;family stories\, revealing the unbreakable bond between a mother and a daughter i n the debut novel of \;an award-winning literary voice.\n1950 Thousand s 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.\n1995. Thirty-somet hing Zohara\, Saida’s daughter\, \;has been living \;in New York City—a city that feels much less complicated than Israel\, where she gr ew up wishing her skin were lighter\, her \;illiterate \;mother’ s Yemeni music quieter\, and \;that the father who always favored her was alive. She hasn’t looked back since leaving home\, \;rarely in t ouch with her mother or sister\, Lizzie\, and missing out on her nephew Yo ni’s childhood. But when \;Lizzie \;calls to tell her their moth er has died\, she gets on a plane to Israel with no return ticket. \;& nbsp\; \;\nSoon Zohara finds herself on an unexpected path that leads to shocking truths about her family—including dangers that lurk for impr essionable young men and \;secrets that force her to question everythi ng she thought she knew about her parents\, her heritage\, and her own fut ure. \;\n\n\nDCPL: YES\nMCPL: YES\n\nFor more information\, contact th e Book Club leader about our First Tuesday gatherings. CATEGORIES:Adult Education,Meetings,Online Event,Wheelchair Accessible LOCATION:Temple Micah\, 2829 Wisconsin Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20007\, U nited States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2829 Wisconsin Ave NW\, Was hington\, DC\, 20007\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Temple Mic ah:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR