Book Club
TBZ Jewish Book Club
We extend an open invitation to all readers who enjoy sharing their views and hearing others’ perspectives with TBZ members. We welcome everyone who loves to read and then discuss the books within a group format. Members are encouraged to recommend a book as well as contribute ideas and comments in an atmosphere of acceptance and friendship.
Below is a list of books that have been read by members of the Temple Beth Zion Jewish Book Club. (Click on the title of each book to link to Amazon.com)
Dates and times of meetings are announced via email and at shul. David Woodruff, a TBZ member, is our book club coordinator. He can be reached at davewoodr@aol.com For dates and times check the calendar. For more information contact the contact the Adult Learning Committee.
TBZ Jewish Book Club Archive
Click on each title, below, to purchase that book at Amazon.com. TBZ earns up to 10% in referral fees on all qualifying revenue made through our links to Amazon.com.
 Krista Tippet Einstein’s God November 2010 |
 translated by Marvin Lowenthal The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hamein March 2010 |
 Sonsino and Syme Finding God December 2009 |
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 Allegra Goodman Kaaterskill Falls October 2009 |
 Ariel Sabar My Father’s Paradise August 2009 |
 Joseph Heller God Knows June 2009 |
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 Sholom Aleichem (trans.: Frances Butwin) Tevye’s Daughters May 2009 |
 Aaron Lansky Outwitting History April 2009 |
 Rebecca Goldstein Betraying Spinoza March 2009 |
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 Diane Ackerman The Zookeeper’s Wife December 2008 |
 I.J. Singer The Brothers Ashkenazi November 2008 |
 Mark Kurlansky A Chosen Few September 2008 |
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 A. B. Yehoshua A Woman in Jerusalem May 2008 |
 Lucette Lagnado The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit April 2008 |
 Nathan Englander The Ministry of Special Cases February 2008 |
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 Nahma Sandrow Vagabond Stars December 2007 |
 Amos Oz How to Cure a Fanatic November 2007 |
 Paul Kriwaczek Yiddish Civilisation: October 2007 |
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 Saul Bellow The Adventures of Augie March August 2007 |
 Philip Roth Everyman June 2007 |
 Chaim Grade My Mother’s Sabbath Days May 2007 |
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 Florence Noiville Isaac B. Singer: A Life April 2007 |
 Paul Zakrzewski Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction from the Edge March 2007 |
 Eugene Pogany In My Brother’s Image February 2007 |
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 Amos Oz A Tale of Love and Darkness November 2006 |
 Sandy Tolan The Lemon Tree October 2006 |
 Savyon Liebrecht Apples from the Desert May 2006 |
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 Rabbi A.J. Heschel The Sabbath May 2006 |
 Rabbi Aryeh Kapan If You Were God April 2006 |
 Robert Pinsky The Life of David March 2006 |