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Inspired by the idea of l’dor v’dor—from generation to generation—L’Dor V’Data brings together curious beginners and experienced family historians to explore the stories hidden in our family trees. Inspired by the Jewish tradition of l’dor...

OJMCHE Book Club 2026: November November 18, 2026 - November 18, 2026 Location: OJMCHE Conference Room Share × " class="share-btn"> Share on Facebook &text=OJMCHE Book Club 2026: November" class="share-btn"> Share on Twitter Email Wednesday, November 18 | 11am OJMCHE’s book club meets every other month midday at the museum. The book selection for November 2026 is The Mathematician’s Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer. To RSVP for this Book Club meeting or to stay in the loop about the group’s activities, email [email protected] . About Book Selection for November Stuart Rojstaczer’s The Mathematician’s Shiva is a humorous, bittersweet debut novel about family that brilliantly captures humanity’s drive to not only survive, but to solve the impossible. Alexander “Sasha” Karnokovitch and his family would like to mourn the passing of his mother, Rachela, with modesty and dignity. But Rachela, a famous Polish émigré mathematician and professor at the University of Wisconsin, is rumored to have solved the million-dollar, Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem. Rumor also has it that she spitefully took the solution to her grave. To Sasha’s chagrin, a ragtag group of socially challenged mathematicians arrives in Madison and crashes the shiva, vowing to do whatever it takes to find the solution — even if it means prying up the floorboards for Rachela’s notes. For fans of The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and Everything Is Illuminated. back

OJMCHE’s book club meets every other month midday at the museum. The book selection for November 2026 is The Mathematician’s Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer. Stuart Rojstaczer’s The Mathematician’s Shiva is a humorous, bittersweet debut novel...