Rabbi Lisa and Lisa Meltzer Penn will lead a discussion about NYT bestselling author Lauren Grodstein's We Must Not Think of Ourselves* (Historical fiction, 304 p. 2023).
On a November day in 1940, Adam Paskow becomes a prisoner in the Warsaw Ghetto, where the Jews of the city are cut off from their former lives and held captive by Nazi guards to await an uncertain fate. Weeks later, he is approached by a mysterious figure with a surprising request: Would he join a secret group of archivists working to preserve the truth of what is happening inside these walls? Inspired by the testimony-gathering project with the code name Oneg Shabbat, and told with immediacy and heart, We Must Not Think of Ourselves is a piercing story of love, determination, and sacrifice.
*PTBE will NOT have loaner copies available for this event. Please purchase the book online or at your local bookstore, or visit your local library.
Questions? Contact Lisa Meltzer Penn.