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Beth Tzedec Book and Film Club: Songs for the Broken Hearted by Ayelet Tsabari
Review led by Ruby Newman
May 06 2026, 12:45PM to 3:00PM
in the Herman Hall.
Ruby Newman reviews Songs for the Broken Hearted by Ayelet Tsabari. The review will begin at 1:30 p.m. and is preceded by lunch at 12:45 p.m. This program will also be available to join over Zoom.
1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better life. In an overcrowded immigrant camp in Rosh Ha’ayin, Yaqub, a shy young man, happens upon Saida, a beautiful girl singing by the river. In the midst of chaos and uncertainty, they fall in love. But they weren’t supposed to; Saida is married and has a child, and a married woman has no place befriending another man.
1995. Thirty-something Zohara, Saida’s daughter, has been living in New York City—a city that feels much less complicated than Israel, where she grew up wishing that her skin was lighter, that her illiterate mother’s Yemeni music was quieter, and that the father who always favored her was alive. She hasn’t looked back since leaving home, rarely in touch with her mother or sister, Lizzie, and missing out on her nephew Yoni’s childhood. But when Lizzie calls to tell her their mother has died, she gets on a plane to Israel with no return ticket.
Soon Zohara finds herself on an unexpected path that leads to shocking truths about her family—including dangers that lurk for impressionable young men and secrets that force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, her heritage, and her own future.
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2025-26 Series — All 6 sessions: $125 Beth Tzedec member / $165 Community at-large
Individual session: $30 per session
Event Details
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- Synagogue Office
- Phone:
- 416-781-3511
- Cost:
- Series cost: $125 Beth Tzedec member / $165 Community at-large / Individual Session: $30
- Sponsor:
- Amica on the Avenue
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- Events at Beth Tzedec
- The "To 120" Club
- Beth Tzedec Tzingles Connections
- BT Book and Film Club
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- Adults
Upcoming Events in this series
Oct 22 2025, 12:45PM to 3:00PM
Herman Hall
May 27 2026, 12:45PM to 3:00PM
Herman Hall
