The Argument – A Fiction Reading December 13, 2011

Rachel Kadish will read from her collection of short stories titled "The Argument" and invites discussion. Through a wide span of characters and voices, the stories, set in Israel and the U.S., pose questions about love, humor, and memory, Jewish and human identity. Is an argument a form of faith, or the end of faith? When and how does laughter outshout loss, beauty trump fear? In the aftermath of the Holocaust, is memory always a virtue? What, if anything, does a reparation claim repair?