The Jewish Center’s Book Club reads and discusses books of Jewish interest.
Our Book Club usually meets on the third Tuesday of the month. Relax with a good book — and then join us for a lively and engaging discussion. Everyone is welcome to participate, whether you enjoyed the book or not, and even if you haven’t finished it.
Multiple copies of our selections are usually available at the Princeton Public Library on the “Book Club” shelves. Or you can purchase the book from Amazon. Every time you visit Amazon from our website, The Jewish Center earns up to 15% of each sale.
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Best wishes to all for wonderful Thanksgiving gatherings—such a great American holiday!
We have the following Book Club meetings planned:
On Tuesday, June 18, at 7:30 p.m. we’ll meet via Zoom to discuss:
People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn
“Horn’s main insight is that much of the way we’ve developed to remember and narrate Jewish history is, at best, self-deception and, at worst, rubbish. The 12 essays in her brilliant book explore how the different ways we commemorate Jewish tragedy, how we write about the Holocaust, how the media presents antisemitic events, how we establish museums to honor Jewish heritage, how we read literature with Jewish protagonists and even how we praise the “righteous among the nations” (those who saved Jews during the war), are all distractions from the main issue, which is the very concrete, specific death of Jews…Horn deals with the upswell of anti-Semitism in the United States. Here it becomes clear that her concern about the ways we remember is inextricable from the way we relate to what is happening today.” (New York Times)
On Tuesday, July 16, we’ll meet at a member’s home at 6:00 p.m. for an outdoor Potluck Dinner and Book Swap, weather permitting. To RSVP, and for more details, email louise@sandsmith.com
Get ready for the upcoming titles:
August 20 –The Collector by Daniel Silva
September 17 – The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
October 15 – This Magnificent Dappled Sea by David Biro
As usual, all of our books can be ordered online and you can click on the Amazon Smile link to choose us as your charity, and earn a commission for the Synagogue: www.smile.amazon.com
If you’d like your name removed from our email list, please let me know, but please remember that all other Book Club business should be sent to Louise.
Be safe! Stay well!
Regards,
– Donna
Take a look at our past books...
Pam Jenoff’s The Orphan’s Tale
Deborah Levy’s The Cost of Living
Daniel Silva’s The Other Woman
Talia Carner’s The Third Daughter
Dara Horn’s In the Image
Goldie Goldblum’s On Division
Rachel Kadish’s The Weight of Ink
Dani Shapiro’s The Inheritance
Isabella Hamad’s The Parisian
Evie Grossman’s Hidden in Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir
Colum McCann’s Apeirogon
Daniel Silva’s The Order