Between Two Worlds Book Club

Join us to discuss Tevye the Dairyman and Motl, the Cantor's Son by Sholem Aleichem, widely considered to be the most popular Yiddish writer. The story of Tevye inspired the famous Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof UT Austin Germanic Studies, while the story of Motl captures the struggles, hopes, and triumphs of Jewish immigrants to the US at the turn of the 20th Century. Dr. Itzik Gottesman, lecturer at UT Austin's Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, will moderate this discussion.

This is the third of four sessions in the Between Two Worlds Book Club. Selected titles focus on people inhabiting two cultures. You may check out this title from the library or you can stop by the Yarborough location to get a copy of this book to keep (while supplies last). Stop by the circulation desk to sign up for the event and receive your copy. Note: only 1 copy can be given per person.

This program series is presented as part of the Yiddish Book Center's Public Libraries Program, a partnership with the American Library Association. Made possible by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.