VBS BOOK CLUB
Join us as we begin our seventeenth 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 5 and 6, 2009.
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, September 8, 2009 at VBS at 7:30 pm.
This year's summer book selection is Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
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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 2009 - 2010
7:30 at VBS
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| Oct. |
5............6 |
Foreskin’s Lament |
Shalom Auslander |
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paperback |
| Nov. |
2............3 |
Light Fell |
Evan Fallenberg |
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paperback |
| Dec. |
7............1 |
Raquela: A Woman of Israel |
Ruth Gruber |
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paperback |
| Jan. |
4............5 |
The Collaborator of Bethlehem |
Matt Beynon Rees |
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paperback |
| Feb. |
1............2 |
Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths |
Bruce Feiler |
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paperback |
| Mar. |
2............2 |
My Father’s Paradise |
Ariel Sabar |
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paperback
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| Apr. |
12.........13 |
The Messiah of Stockholm |
Cynthia Ozick |
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paperback |
| May |
3............4 |
To This Day |
S. Y. Agnon |
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paperback |
| June |
7............1 |
All Other Nights |
Dara Horn |
Paperback available 4/10 |
The book choosing session for the 2010 - 2011 syllabus will be Tuesday, June 22, 2010.
VBS BOOK CLUB'S PREVIOUS READING LISTS
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 Policemenâs 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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