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VBS BOOK CLUB

Join us as we begin our eighteenth successful year exploring Jewish books. All you need is the love of literature and the desire to discuss your ideas with a group. We meet the first Monday or the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 P.M. at the temple (unless this conflicts with a holiday) beginning October 4 and 5, 2010. For more information call Phyllis Beim at (818) 905-5113 or email pbeim@yahoo.com

In addition to our regular meetings, we're having a "Summer Read Session" on
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at VBS at 7:30 pm.

This year's summer book selection is The Book of Names by Jill Gregory and Karen Tintori

Order paperback

Books on our book list can be purchased via amazon.com.
You will receive the usual discount, and VBS will receive a 15% donation directly from Amazon.

READING LIST 2010-2011
7:30 at VBS


Mon. Tues.
Oct. 4............5 Tough Jews Rich Cohen Order paperback
Nov. 1............2 The Girl From Foreign Sadia Shepart Order paperback
Dec. 6............7 The Invisible Wall Harry Bernstein Order paperback
Jan. 3............4 The Final Solution Michael Chabon Order paperback
Feb. 7............1 Friendly Fire A. B. Yehoshua Order paperback
Mar. 7............1 Not Me Michael Lavigne Order paperback
Apr. 4............5 Almost Dead Assaf Gavron Order paperback
May 2............3 Carry Me Across the Water Ethan Canin Order paperback
June 6...........14 Gertruda's Oath Ram Oren Order paperback

The book choosing session for the 2011 - 2012 syllabus will be Tuesday, June 21, 2011.

VBS BOOK CLUB'S PREVIOUS READING LISTS

2009 - 2010
Agnon, S. Y. To This Day
Auslander, Shalom Foreskin's Lament
de Rosnay, Tatiana Sarah's Key
Fallenberg, Evan Light Fell
Feiler, Bruce Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
Gruber, Ruth Raquela: A Woman of Israel
Horn, Dara All Other Nights
Ozick, Cynthia The Messiah of Stockholm
Rees, Matt Beynon The Collaborator of Bethlehem
Sabar, Ariel My Father's Paradise

2008 - 2009
Appelfeld, Aharon The Conversion
Gutfreund, Amir Our Holocaust
Kazin, Alfred A Walker in the City
Krauss, Nicole The History of Love
Lagnado, Lucette The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
Shalev, Meir A Pigeon and A Boy
Sofer, Dalia The Septembers of Shiraz
Yehoshua, A. B. The Liberated Bride
Yellin, Tamar The Genizah at the House of Shepher
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief

2007 - 2008
Appelfeld, Aharon Katerina
Benjamin, Marina Last Days in Babylon
Chabon, Michael The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
Gur, Batya Murder in Jerusalem
Mirvis, Tova The Ladies Auxiliary
Nemirovsky, Irene Suite Francaise
Kertesz, Imre Fatelessness
Kluger, Steve Last Days of Summer
Roth, Philip Everyman
Yehoshua, A. B. A Woman in Jerusalem

2006 - 2007
Bloom, Stephen Postville
Cohen, Rich Sweet & Low
Duffy, Peter The Bielski Brothers
Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Horn, Dara The World to Come
Kanon, Joseph Alibi
Obejas, Achy The Days of Awe
Oz, Amos A Tale of Love & Darkness
Reisman, Nancy The First Desire
Silva, Daniel The English Assassin

2005-2006
Abraham, Pearl The Seventh Beggar
Agnon, S. Y. A Simple Story
Ferber, Edna Fanny Herself
Kushner, Tony Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes : Part One: Millennium Approaches Part Two: Perestroika
Ozick, Cynthia Heir to the Glimmering World
Rosen, Jonathan Joy Comes in the Morning
Roth, Philip The Plot Against America
Stollman, Arye Lev The Far Euphrates
Wiesel, Elie The Testament

2004-2005
Kertzr, David The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
Liss, David The Coffee Traders
Malamud, Bernard The Fixer
Oates, Joyce Carol The Tattooed Girl
Oz, Amos The Panther in the Basement
Pogrebin, Letty Cottin Three Daughters
Raphael, Lev The German Money
Rosenbaum, Thane The Golems of Gotham
Shteyngart, Gary The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Stollman, Arye Lev The Illuminated Soul

2003-2004
Eve, Nomi The Family Orchard
Foer, Jonathan Safran Everything is Illuminated
Lewis, Bernard What Went Wrong
Potok, Chaim Davita's Harp
Ragan, Naomi The Ghost of Hannah Mendes
Roiphe, Anne 1185 Park Avenue
Scliar, Moacyr The Centaur in the Garden
Sebald, Winfried G. Austerlitz
Wouk, Herman The Hope

2002-2003
Chabon, Michael The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Goldsmith, Martin The Inextinguishable Symphony
Kafka, Franz The Trial
Liss, David A Conspiracy of Paper
Makiya, Kanan The Rock
Michaels, Anne Fugitive Pieces
Park, Jacqueline The Secret Book of Grazia Dei Rossi
Rosen, Jonathan Eve's Apple
Roth, Philip I Married a Communist
Yehoshua, A. B. A Journey to the End of the Millennium

2001-2002
Epstein, Edward Jay Dossier
Goldberg, Myla The Bee Season
Lapid, Haim Breznitz
Lichtenstein, Rachel & Ian Sinclair Rodinsky's Room
Memmi, Albert Pillar of Salt
Morton, Frederic The Rothschilds
Nattel, Lilian The River Midnight
Rosen, Jonathan The Talmud and the Internet
Roth, Philip The Human Stain
Singer, I.J. The Brothers Ashkenazi

2000-2001
Doctorow, E. L. City of God
Dubner, Stephen Turbulent Souls
Goodman, Allegra Kaaterskill Falls
Grossman, David See Under: Love
Malamud, Bernard The Assistant
Nahai, Gina Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith
O'Brien, Darcy The Hidden Pope
Potak, Chaim The Gates of November
Richler, Mordecai Barney's Version

1999-2000
Alexy, Trudi The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot
Appelfeld, Aron Iron Tracks
Diamant, Anita The Red Tent
Levy, Naomi To Begin Again
Lipman, Elinor The Inn at Lake Devine
Ozick, Cynthia The Puttermesser Papers
Potok, Chaim My Name is Asher Lev
Powers, Charles T.In the Memory of the Forest
Schlink, Bernhard The Reader
Yehoshua, A. B.Mr. Mani

1998-1999
Bellow, Saul The Actual
Cahill, Thomas The Gift of the Jews
Gur, Batya Literary Murder
Hamill, Pete Snow in August
Oz, Amos A Perfect Peace
Potak, Chaim The Chosen
Roth, Phillip American Pastoral
Singer, I.B. Shadows on the Hudson
Stone, Robert Damascus Gate
Zimler, Richard The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon

1997-1998
Begley, Louis Wartime Lies
Buck, Pearl S. Peony
Cowan, Paul An Orphan in History
Gordon, Mary The Shadow Man
Hegi, Ursula Stones from the River
Mc Bride, James The Color of Water
Miles, Jack God: A Biography
Perera, Victor The Cross and the Pear Tree

1996-1997
Aciman, Andre Out of Egypt
Almagor, Gila Under the Domin Tree
Bellow, Saul Herzog
Doctrow, E. L. The Book of Daniel
Eliot, George Daniel Deronda
Isler, Alan The Prince of West End Avenue
Levy, Primo Periodic Table
Schwarz-Bart The Last of the Just
Singer, I. B. Satan in Goray

1995-1996
Apple, Max Roommates
Cahan, Abraham The Rise of David Levinsky
Gur, Batya The Saturday Morning Murder
Kamenetz, Roger The Jew in the Lotus
Ozick, Cynthia The Shawl
Roth, Philip Patrimony
Singer, I. B. The Certificate
Wiesel, Elie Night

1994-1995
Feuchtwanger, Lion Power (Jud Suss)
Hoffman, Eva Lost in Translation
Oz, Amos My Michael
Piercy, Marge He, She & It
Regen, Naomi Sotah
Roth, Philip Operation Shylock
Singer, I. B. The Slave
Yehoshua, A. B. The Lover
Zwi, Rose Another Year in Africa

1993-1994
Olsen, Tillie Tell Me a Riddle
Roiphe, Ann Loving Kindness
Roth, Henry Call It Sleep
Schwartz, Lynn Sharon Disturbances in the Field
Steinberg, Milton As a Driven Leaf
Yezeirska, Anzai Bread Givers


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