The sharp Yiddish novelist Chaim Grade described the falling apart of the Orthodox world in Eastern Europe in the 1930s. Sons and daughters of rabbis get out of the shtetl, but the fathers claw them back through guilt.
Grade’s characters are incredibly alive; they are goofy, mad, heroic and wise. The novel is long, learned and confusing, so we will read it together at the clip of 50 pages each week, accompanied by a discussion each week to help understand the religious world of the Lithuanian rabbis.
About Dr. Susanne Klingenstein
Dr. Susanne Klingenstein is an Associate at the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University. She served as professor of Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT, as Lecturer in the Humanities at Harvard Medical School, and as Director of the Communication Curriculum in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. She the author of six books. Her new book on Chaim Grade will be published in the spring of 2026. She has offered courses at TE since 2006 and is a popular, sought-after teacher.
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Thursday, November 13, 2025, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Thursday, February 5, 2026, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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