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(with both adult and youth book clubs),
for instance — focus on Jewish themes
and/or Jewish authors.
Dr. Jill Syme of Temple Beth El in
ocal readers will assure you:
Bloomfield Township launched "The
Oprah did not invent reading
Rebbetzin's Book Group: Building
groups!
Blocks of Spirituality" with primarily
Like countless metro Detroit readers
nonfiction tides.
discovered before Oprah's rise to promi-
"I want to present books which
nence, the pleasures and insights avail-
enlighten and transform," she explains.
able to people bonding over a good
"I look for books which push us beyond
book are limitless.
our limitations, to help each other 'think
For an investment much smaller than
outside the box' and see how we relate to
any plane ticket, you can visit real and
the world."
imagined people from many lands and
Evelyn Prince of West Bloomfield
share their adventures. _.
especially enjoyed Soul Prints by noted
If you're lucky, you may even meet an
philosopher and professor Marc Gafni,
author or two.
who teaches in Israel. "Jill's background
People everywhere find themselves
in psychology and her attention to our
craving human connections they can't
spiritual lives have made this experience
find on the Internet. Reading groups
very
enriching," says Prince, a co-chair
offer a forum for stimulating conversa-
of Beth El's library committee.
tion. They can also spur the develop-
Is there a common denominator to a
ment of friendships. ,
successful reading group?
"I'm a relative newcomer to a group
Prince's answer — "flexibility and a
that already existed," says Sharon Lipton
willingness
to participate" — is often
of Waterford. "I found all the women so
heard
about
groups earning high marks.
welcoming. I joined because I wanted to
Beverly
Friedenberg
of Huntington
stretch and learn about books I might
not read on my own. It's been wonderful Woods believes her group's diversity is a
key to its longevity.
.
to make new friends, too."
"In the 22 years we've been together,
Groups like Lipton's are thriving in
we've
had members aged 18-80," she
the metro area. Their composition is as
says.
"There
are lawyers and professors.
diverse as the individuals creating them.
Our
newest
member
is a high-school
There are couples clubs, parent-child
senior. I think we're pretty cutthroat,"
groups and gatherings composed largely
she says with a laugh. "We're not afraid
of empty nesters. Numerous groups are
multigenerational. Some are second gen- to say what we feel. It makes for an
invigorating evening.'
erational. Many readers gladly claim
The Huntington Woods book group
membership in two book groups.
meets
at its local library and is assisted
While various groups are self-generat-
by
staffer
Sally Kohlenberg who helps
ed and meet in members' homes,
the members plan monthly meetings.
libraries are a natural meeting ground.
"I order chosen books, attend the
"We have a very vigorous, monthly
Men's Reading Group and a well-attend- actual meeting and encourage a member
to volunteer to be discussion leader," she
ed Mystery Book Group, to name just
says. "Often, the person who recom-
two choices," says Connie Silver, assis-
mends a title becomes its leader."
tant head of adult services at the
Many readers appreciate suggested
Bloomfield Township Public Library.
tides, background and author informa-
Longtime study groups — hosted by
tion a facilitator provides. Often, that
the Greater Detroit Chapter of
facilitator is Adele Robins of Novi, who
Hadassah (and its sizable Eleanor
assists 37 groups in a five-county area.
Roosevelt group), Adat Shalom
"When you attend one of Adele's
Synagogue Sisterhood and Temple Israel
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