Hilltoppers is a community of active adults (55+) who are interested in current affairs, cultural experiences, Jewish-related issues, and local life. Everyone is welcome to join us at our Board and Program meetings, as well as on our day trips, theater excursions and Book Club meetings.

 

 

New The books for the 2024-2025 season Hilltoppers Book Club have been chosen. Read these books over the summer. Soon, there will be 2 copies available for loan from the Temple Library. If you borrow one of these books, the only request that you keep the book out for no more than 3 weeks. To sign out a Library book, just write the current date and your name on the card and leave it on the desk.
Date Title Author Facilitator
Sept 12 The Violin Conspiracy Brandan Slocumb Barbara Ostroff
Nov 14 Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel Shelby Van Pelt Cindy Meyer
Jan 9 Anxious People: A Novel Fredrik Backman Jim Meyer
Mar 13 The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism R. Derek Black Ilene Corbett
May 8 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel James McBride Bob Slater

 

Hilltoppers Meeting Schedule

 

Board Meetings
Dates: 1st Thursday of the month except where noted by ‡
Time: 10:30 AM

Program Meetings
Dates: 3rd Thursday of the month except where noted by §
Time: Either 1:30 PM or 7:30 PM – check the event

Book Discussion Group
Previous discussions have included books such as Where the Crawdads Sing, Becoming, The Turner House, A Place For Us. Copies of these books are available in our Temple Sholom Library.
Dates: 2nd Thursday of the month
Time: 1:30 PM

HILLTOPPERS YEAR IN ADVANCE

2023-2024

MM-Monthly Meeting BD-Board Meeting
BK-Book Discussion Group TBA-To Be Announced

The place for meetings, at the Temple or on Zoom or both, has not been determined. Watch the listings below for the location.

2023
September
7 BD 10:30 am
BK [No September book discussion group]
MM [No September program]
October
5 BD 10:30 am
12 BK 1:30 pm Metropolis, by BA Shapiro (facilitated by Cindy Meyer)
22 MM A docent tour of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (theweitzman.org). This is open to ALL. $25 for members, $35 for non-members. Transportation is not included.
November
2 BD 10:30 am
BK [No November book discussion group]
14 Tuesday MM 1:30 pm Rabbi Rigler will give a talk on why he became a Rabbi. The session will be at the Temple, not on Zoom.
December
7 BD 10:30 am
14 BK 1:30 pm The Vanishing, by David Michael Slater (facilitated by his uncle, our Bob Slater)
MM [No December program]
2024
January
4 BD 10:30 am
11 BK 1:30 pm The Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray (facilitated by Bobbi Schoenstadt)
MM [No January program]
February
1 BD 10:30 am
15 MM & BK 1:30 pm Rescheduled for June 13: A Zoom program featuring Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD, PhD, author of Honest Aging: An Insider’s Guide to the Second Half of Life (copies is available in our Library)
March
7 BD 10:30 am
14 BK 1:30 pm When Your Family Says No, by Laya Martinez (facilitated by Karen Scheikowitz) Meet the author at the Temple or watch on Zoom
21 MM 1:30 pm Minnie Kalan will perform and have a sing-along at the Temple
April
4 BD 10:30 am
11 BK 1:30 pm The Little Liar, by Mitch Albom (facilitated by Jim Meyer) on Zoom
MM [No April program]
May
2 BD 10:30 am
16 BK 1:30 pm Author Laya Martinez will be with us to discuss When Your Family Says No to discuss her book and life growing up Hasidic. She will sell and sign her book at the Temple or you can watch on Zoom
MM [No May program]
June
1 BD 10:30 am
13 MM & BK 1:30 pm Rescheduled from February: A Zoom program featuring Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD, PhD, author of Honest Aging: An Insider’s Guide to the Second Half of Life (copies are available in our Library)