Will be reading Burnt Bread and Chutney: Growing Up Between Cultures-A Memoir of a Indian Jewish Girl. By Carmit Delmas.
In the politics of skin color, Carmit Delman is an ambassador from a world of which few are even aware. Her mother is a direct descendant of the Bene Israel, a tiny, ancient community of Jews thriving amidst the rich cultural tableau of Western India. Her father is American, a Jewish man of Eastern European descent. They met while working the land of a nascent Israeli state. Bound by love for each other and that newborn country, they hardly took notice of the interracial aspect of their union. But their daughter, Carmit, growing up in America, was well aware of her uncommon heritage.
After book club everyone is invited to have dinner at an Indian restaurant at 5:00 prior to Simchat Torah Services at 6:30.