Mary Glickman’s Ain’t No Grave and Reuven Fenton’s Goyhood are the One Bay One Book selections for 2024-2025.
A number of Jewish Community Library events will relate to the books’ focus on antisemitism, Black-Jewish relations, identity and integrity, family secrets, and the Jewish experience in the South. More events will be added in the spring, culminating in an opportunity to meet virtually with both authors in separate virtual events in the spring.
All LIibrary programs are offered free of charge. Advance registration is required. Click the links for full descriptions and registration links.
Revisiting the Leo Frank Case
Wednesday, February 26, 7PM PST (VIRTUAL)
Steve Oney will discuss the the historic events of the Leo Frank case and their implications, from the police investigations and trial to the brutal lynching and its aftermath.
Drop-In Book Club: The Ladies Auxiliary
Sunday, March 16, 2 PM PDT (IN PERSON AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY LIBRARY)
Join us for a discussion of Tova Mirvis’s Memphis-set novel led by Jim Van Buskirk.
Kugels & Collards: Stories of Food, Family, and Tradition in Jewish South Carolina
Sunday, March 23, 2 PM PDT (VIRTUAL)
Rachel Gordin Barnett and Lyssa Kligman Harvey will explore South Carolina’s Jewish history through the lens of food and memory.
Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges
Sunday, April 6, 3 PM PDT (VIRTUAL)
Lillie Edwards will recount how Jewish professors from Nazi Europe found teaching opportunities at Black colleges in the 1930s Jim Crow South.
The Jewish South: An American History
Sunday, April 27, 3 PM PDT (VIRTUAL)
Shari Rabin will shed light on the complicated history of Jewish life in the Southern United States.
Drop-In Book Club: Goyhood
Sunday, May 4, 2 PM PDT (IN PERSON AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY LIBRARY)
Join us for a discussion of Reuven Fenton’s novel led by Jim Van Buskirk.
A Different Picture of Jewish Civil Rights Leadership
Tuesday, May 6, 6:30 PM PDT (IN PERSON AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY LIBRARY)
Marc Dollinger will explore the famous image of Rabbi Heschel and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and share another important photo few have seen, challenging assumptions about this part of American Jewish history.
A Conversation with Reuven Fenton
Thursday, May 8, 6:30 PM PDT (VIRTUAL)
Join us for a conversation with the author of Goyhood.
A Conversation with Mary Glickman
Sunday, May 18, 3 PM PDT (VIRTUAL)
Join us for a conversation with the author of Ain’t No Grave.
Drop-In Book Club: Ain’t No Grave
Sunday, June 1, 2 PM PDT (IN PERSON AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY LIBRARY)
Join us for a discussion of Mary Glickman’s novel led by Jim Van Buskirk.
Parade
May 13-June 8
The Tony Award-winning musical Parade, a very different presentation of the Leo Frank case, will play May 13 through June 8 at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre. For discounted tickets, go to this page, or use this link, which applies the code JCLSF at checkout.