B’nai Torah’s book group reads six books per year – each has a Jewish author, character and/or theme and each has been read and recommended by a group member. We meet for a potluck lunch and discussion in January, March, May, July, September and November. While it’s recommended that you’ve read the book, all are welcome. Since 2000, the book group has read more than 100 books.
2023-2024 Reading List:
- November 4: We Love Anderson Cooper, by RL Maizes
- January 6: The Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan
- March 2: Black Bird, Blue Road, by Sofiya Pasternack
- May 4: The Forest of Vanishing Stars, by Kristin Harmel
- July 6: Horse, by Geraldine Brooks
- September 7: In the Garden of the Righteous, by Richard Hurowitz.
Book Club recommendations:
Apeirogon, by Colum McCann
Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR, by Lisa Napoli
The Book of Lost Names, by Kristin Harmel
Dinner at the Center of the Earth, by Nathan Englander
The Ladies Auxilliary by Tova Mirvas
As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land by Donna Rosenthal
Journey from the Land of No by Roya Hakakian
The Last Jew by Noah Gordon
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon by Richard Zimmler
This is a Soul by Marilyn Berger
