Noted author and writing teacher Judy Lev will read from her
new book Bethlehem Road: Stories of Immigration and Exile on Sunday, February
8, at the Geiger English Library, 38 Rechov Yerushalayim in Tzfat, starting at 3 pm. She
will be accompanied by her partner, David Kurz, who will read from his just
completed novel Bruria.
Judy's book consists of a dozen profiles of people
whom she met while residing in the Baka neighborhood of Jerusalem. Reviews of
the book appear on her web site
www.judylev.com.
Bruria is a work of historical
fiction that takes place in Gamla, Jerusalem, and Yavneh during the five years
preceding the destruction of the Second Temple. Ben Zakai plays a prominent
role in the story. Both books will be for sale at the reading.