Pray & Stay – Jessica Elisheva Emerson

After Services, Jessica will discuss her debut novel Olive Days, which follows a young mother in an Orthodox Jewish community of Los Angeles whose quest for authenticity erupts in a passionate affair following a night of wife-swapping.

About the Author: Jessica was a finalist in the 2024 and 2020 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards and placed second in the 2020 First Pages Prize. Her stories and poems have been published in journals including Air/Light Magazine, The Beloit Fiction Journal, Midwestern Gothic, Crucible, Drash, and Anemone Sidecar.

Join us before the program for Kabbalat Shabbat Services and RSVP for our kosher, vegetarian community dinner (suggested donation $25).