Interested in discussing books by and/or about Jewish people, events, or ideas? Join us at Gere Library, 2400 S. 56th St (56th and South). We usually meet every other month on a Sunday, and someone usually brings treats.
Our last meeting was November 18th, 1:30-3:30 pm. We discussed a work that Laura French wrote about five years ago and agreed it was well worth reading. You can get a .pdf copy of My People from Laura French (email LauraFrench@LauraFrench.com )
This is not intended to be a women’s-only group; men are welcome!
Some of the books we have discussed in the past few years are:
2018
- Between Gods, Alison Pick
- The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Wisdom and Wit in the Wild West, Steve Sheinkin
- Soviet Daughter: A Graphic Revolution, Julia Alekseyeva
- Day After Night, Anita Diamant
- The Girl From Human Street, Roger Cohen
- Judas (1959 memoir) or other books by Amos Oz
- My People, Laura French
2017
- Norwegian By Night, Darrell Miller
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books, Aaron Lansky
Marriage of Opposites, Alice Hoffman - A Thread Of Grace, Mary Doria Russell:
- God Was in This Place and I, I Did Not Know, Lawrence Kusher
- The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Michael Chabon
2016
- The Beast, Faye Kellerman
- The Mathematician’s Shiva, Stuart Rojstaczer
- Boston Girl. Anita Diamant
- Love and Treasure, Ayelet Waldman
- The Golem & the Jinni, Helene Wecker
2015
- My Mother’s Shoes, Shirley Russak Wachtel
- The Lawgiver, Herman Wouk
- The List, Martin Fletcher
- My Promised Land, Ari Shavit
2014
- The History of Love, Nicole Krauss
- The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker
- The Coffee Trader, David Liss T
- The Fortune Tellers Kiss, Brenda Serotte
- The Orientalist, Tom Reiss
2013
- Heir the the Glimmering World, Cynthia Ozick
- Clouds Against the Sun, Ellen Brazer (this one is best forgotten)
- A Guide for the Perplexed, Dara Horn
- The Girl from Foreign, Sadia Shepard
- The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
Before 2012
- Peony, by Pearl Buck
- The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, Lucette Lagnado
- The Dovekeepers, Alice Hoffman
- The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
- The Invisible Bridge, Julie Orringer
- The World to Come, Dara Horn
- In the Image, Dara Horn
- The Hare With the Amber Eyes, Edmund DeWaal