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SUMMARY:Temple Reads Book Club
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:&nbsp;=0A=0ATemple Reads is an informal group of readers that meets 4-6 tim=
es a year after reading, or listening to audio CD, a book with a Jewish the=
me or author.&nbsp; We have read contemporary thrillers, biographies, histo=
rical fiction, as well as non-fiction memoirs.&nbsp; We welcome book sugges=
tions.&nbsp; Best titles are those that have been enjoyed by others and whi=
ch have multiple copies available in the library system.&nbsp;=0A=0ANew mem=
bers are always welcome.&nbsp;=0A=0A&nbsp;=0A=0ATemple Reads selection for&=
nbsp;March 18, 2012=0A=0AThe Trials of Zion&nbsp;by Alan Dershowitz=0A=0A&n=
bsp;=0A=0AA shocking act of terror brings the Middle East to the point of e=
xplosion. As the resulting political conflict threatens to erupt, a young J=
ewish-American lawyer joins the defense team of an arrested but possibly in=
nocent Palestinian. Soon the lawyer's father, a famed criminal attorney, mu=
st win the Palestinian's case or risk losing his daughter forever. To do so=
, he must take into account the tormented history of the Holy Land from eve=
ry possible angle. THE TRIALS OF ZION combines the tension of the greatest =
courtroom dramas with the action of a fast-moving thriller, all set against=
 the colorful backdrop of one of the most complex cultural settings in the =
world. Filled with memorable characters, this novel offers readers not only=
 compelling suspense, but a panoramic view of the history of a beloved and =
bitterly contested land, and a sharply controversial perspective on the sou=
rces of--and the possible solutions to--the world's longest and most crucia=
l international crisis.=0A=0A=0A=0A&quot;A thought-provoking thriller set i=
n two of the world's most gripping arenas of conflict, the Middle East and =
the courtroom.&quot;=0A=0A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-Steven Pinker, author of The Stuff of Thought=
, and Rebecca Newberger&nbsp; Goldstein,&nbsp;author&nbsp;of&nbsp;36&nbsp;A=
rguments&nbsp; for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction=0A=0A&quot;As in=
 all his essays, in his novel also, Alan Dershowitz demonstrates his great =
love for Israel as well as his inspired passion for Jewish memory, justice,=
 and storytelling.&quot;=0A=0A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-Elie Wiesel=0A=0A&nbsp;=0A=0ADate:&nbsp;&=
nbsp;March 18, 2012 at 7:00 PM=0A=0ALocation:&nbsp; the&nbsp;Leshen/Faigel =
house.=0A=0A&nbsp;=0A=0A&nbsp;=0A=0A&nbsp;=0A=0A&nbsp;=0A=0A&nbsp;
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