A small but very literary group made it to the Brotherhood book discussion about The Blood of Lorraine by Barbara Corrado Pope. It's a murder mystery set in France in the 1890's, at the time of the Dreyfus trial. Andy Mirer led a good discussion about the book. The author is a historian, so the story was well researched and there was a good portrayal of the many conflicts in France at that time -- the anti-Semitism around the time of the Dreyfus Affair, the liberals and conservatives in France at that time, the established French Jewish community and the newcomers from Eastern Europe, and so forth. On the other hand, some in the discussion felt that some of the characters could have been more fully developed, and more clues to the mystery could have been dropped along the way.
Be sure to mark your calendars for Saturday, March 31 for the Brotherhood Shabbat service and lunch. It’s always a very special event.
-David Rapheal, Secretary
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 Sukkah Building
The Brotherhood of Union Temple invites all of the men in the congregation to participate. Our activities include service to the Temple through our Sukkah building and clean-up days, spiritual development through our Brotherhood Shabbat service and educational programs (some of them presented in cooperation with the Adult Education Committee), and friendly breakfast meetings. In the past year, Brotherhood has also presented a book discussion about The Coffee Trader by David Liss, a Nets basketball outing, and a speaker on "Jews In Baseball" as Brotherhood’s part in celebrating 350 years of Jewish life in America. We look forward to many more interesting programs and activities in the future.
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