July 30 | 11am | RSVP Below
The book selection for July is Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir by Sara Glass.
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About Book Selection for July
The richest narratives in Kissing Girls on Shabbat are the ones that investigate the effects of silences and taboos in families. In the final third of the book, Glass writes, “I was so over shoving entire parts of the human experience under the rug, out of sight.” This call for openness, for a life unshrouded and examined, is the emotional heart of the book. Kissing Girls on Shabbat is a story about finding the courage to be oneself and live openly in the world — but it is also a story about Glass’s commitment to raising her children to be open, loving, and thoughtful human beings. The memoir leaves us with a number of questions: how do religious communities build more space for a diversity of human experiences? And how do people who have life experiences outside of what is narrowly prescribed engage with religion and religious communities? Glass offers some insights and reflections, but she leaves plenty of room for further exploration. —From a review by Julie R. Enszer