Cultural Arts and Jewish Heritage Programs
The Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Programs Department presents thought-provoking virtual classes on art, film, and religion; engaging virtual speaker events on cultural, Jewish, and other contemporary topics; and a devoted book discussion group.
Cultural Arts Special Events
The Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Programs Department is excited to bring engaging events for families and community members both in person and virtually! Join us to celebrate Jewish holidays, cultural celebrations, festivals, and more for all ages.
For more information on upcoming programs, please contact sbenaderet@commonpoint.org.
Virtual Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Classes
The Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Programs Department presents thought-provoking virtual classes on art, film, and religion, as well as a book discussion group.
Now you can use your lunchtime to learn something new and stay connected to your community. All classes begin at noon.
Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Speakers & Authors
Commonpoint partners with the Jewish Book Council to offer engaging virtual and in person speaker events for all ages and topics!
Virtual Book Club
Come find out why this book group has such a devoted following! Thoughtful, lively, provocative discussions focus on the best new and classic literature and non-fiction. Moderated discussions dig into the books to get the most from them, yet we also have a lot of fun. New participants are always welcome.
Thursday, December 3, 10:30 am – Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
Every summer, Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey and their eight children vacation on Scotland’s idyllic Isle of Skye, surrounded by artist friends. They expect these summers will go on forever, but with the arrival of World War I, they are forced to reckon with change, loss, and time’s unstoppable march, before making, years later, the long-awaited return to Skye and to its towering lighthouse. To the Lighthouse is considered one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. Eudora Welty wrote that the novel is “Radiant . . . I think that beyond being about the very nature of reality, it is itself a vision of reality.”
Thursday, February 4, 10:30 am – Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
With the brushstroke suggestiveness and subtle insight that won him the Nobel Prize for Literature, Yasunari Kawabata tells a love story set amid the desolate beauty of western Japan, the snowiest region on earth. It is there, at an isolated mountain hot spring, that the wealthy sophisticate Shimamura meets the geisha Komako, who gives herself to him without regrets. Shimamura is a dilettante of the feelings; Komako has staked her life on them. Their affair can have only one outcome. Kawabata’s suggestive novels are almost like haiku. It is what is not said that matters most.
For more information or questions, contact Sivan at sbenaderet@commonpoint.org or Peggy at pkurtz9@gmail.com
