Join us as book groups and individuals read Songs for the Butcher's Daughter and then come together to share insights and perspectives.

Wednesday, November 17, 7:30 PM
JCC of Central New Jersey
Wilf Jewish Community Campus
1391 Martine Avenue, Scotch Plains
$18 per person

Featured guest speaker
Peter Manseau, author

Songs for the Butcher's Daughter is the untold story of the last Yiddish poet in America – the bad-tempered but charmingly eloquent Itsik Malpesh – and his 21-year-old non-Jewish translator.

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction & Hadassah Magazine's Ribalow Award

Sponsors include Hadassah, J Connection and area synagogues.

For more information, contact Michele Dreiblatt at 908-889-8800 x205 or mdreiblatt@jccnj.org.

Links for Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter

• Author Peter Manseau’s Website
• Video with Author Peter Manseau discussing the evolution of this book
• Author Peter Manseau interview with NPR’s Scott Simon
• Hadassah Magazine Interview & Excerpt

Click here for the Study Guide and Reviews

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