Once a year, our Rabbi selects a book for interested members of the congregation to read and discuss. “It’s become a tradition we all look forward to, and it helps draw new members to the AARC book group.” comments Greg Saltzman, AARC book group coordinator.
All are welcome on Sunday, January 26, 2025 as Rav Gavrielle leads the AARC book group, and any interested friends, in discussing
Loving our Own Bones, Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole,
by Rabbi Julia Watts Belser.
Lunch and More!
Rav Gavrielle will join us for lunch from 12:20-1 PM at
Emily and Avi Eisbruch’s house
2561 Bunker Hill Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Please email Emily Eisbruch at eisbruchs@gmail.com if you plan to attend the in-person lunch and indicate any dietary restrictions you have.
From 1:00 – 2:00 PM, Rav Gavrielle will lead a hybrid in-person/Zoom discussion of the book: Loving Our Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole
by Rabbi Julia Watts Belser.
(2023, nonfiction, 237 pages).
I recommended
Loving Our Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole
because I am fascinated and moved by how Rabbi Julia Watts Belser – a person living with disability, rabbi and scholar of disability studies – artfully weaves together multiple perspectives “to re-imagine our world as more welcoming, pushing against the violence of normativity, and challenging broader systems of marginalization and broader political messages that constrict us in the way we live.”
– Rav Gavrielle
For AARC history buffs, below are two photos from the archives.
December 2023, Rav Gavrielle led the book group in discussing Judaism Disrupted.
May 2022, Rabbi Ora led the book group in discussing Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible!
