B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation resumes its “Synagogue Scholars” series with a discussion led by Professor Emerita Martha Rozett of "Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany" by Marthe Cohn with Wendy Holden Friday, Jan. 12, immediately following the congregation’s 7 p.m. Shabbat service.

Published in 2002 and still in print, "Behind Enemy Lines" tells the story of how Cohn, a remarkable and courageous young French woman fluent in German, served as a spy for the French First Army in the final year of World War II. Slipping behind enemy lines disguised as a young German nurse seeking information about a fictional German fiancé, she gathered information from sympathetic or unwitting Germans and then rode her bicycle back across the border to report on troop movements to the French intelligence service.

Today, Cohn is an astounding 103 years old and the subject of a delightful 90-minute 2019 documentary “Chichinette: The Accidental Spy.” Chichinette (“little pain in the neck”) was the nickname the French Army intelligence gave to their small, persistent, lively colleague.

In person (weather permitting) and via Zoom. For Zoom link, contact the B’nai Sholom office.