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Hadassah Ahava Machar Chapter's 2025 Book Club

Dates & Book Selections:
February 5: The Women by Kristin Hannah
April 2 : The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
June 11: The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard
August 5: A Northern Light in Provence by Elizabeth Birkelund.
October 16: The Bravest Voices by Ida Cook
December TBA: Not Our Kind by Kitty Zeldis

One Meeting Registration: $8 for members or $10 for non-members

Registration closes 2 days prior to the date of the Book Club. Everyone must RSVP-No Walk-ins.

According to Hadassah policy, advance registration and a signed participant release are required for all events.

If you have any questions or you need help registering, please contact: nassau@hadassah.org OR (973) 241-1500.

October Book Club
Thursday , October 16 · 7:30 pm
At a private home in Massapequa Park, NY (Address provided upon registration)

Our book selection for October is: The Bravest Voices by Ida Cook (formerly known as Safe Passage).

Ida and Louise Cook are two ordinary Englishwomen, seemingly destined never to stray from their quiet London suburb and comfortable jobs—Ida as a budding romance novelist and Louise as a civil service typist. But in 1923, a chance hearing of an aria from Madame Butterfly sparked a passion for opera in the sisters that led to the formation of friendships with some of Europe’s leading singers and their network, many of them Jewish. As the Nazis rose to power, Ida and Louise began working with the opera world’s insiders to save members of the community from persecution and death. Through ingenuity, thrift and bottomless goodwill, the sisters eluded the suspicion of the Nazis and helped secure safe passage for dozens of refugees. No one would have predicted such daring lives for Ida and Louise Cook—but that underestimation is exactly how they were able to save lives.