Book Club

Meeting regularly since 2018, the Adat Shalom Book Club gathers to discuss books of interest within the Jewish community. Books chosen may focus on Jewish themes, history, culture, or identity, and many of the authors selected are well-known for their Jewish heritage and for the explorations of the Jewish experience found in their works.

More than just a chance to discuss compelling books, the Adat Shalom Book Club is also an opportunity to connect with friends within the Adat Shalom community and to make new ones. We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting of the Adat Shalom Book Club! 

The Loves of Judith - Meir Shalev     

The Kindness of Strangers - Salka Viertel     

Lying on the Couch - Irvin Yalom

A Horse Walks into a Bar - David Grossman   

 A Pigeon and A Boy - Meir Shalev     

A Tale of Love and Darkness - Amos Oz
American Pastoral- Philip Roth     

Bread Givers - Anzia Yezierska     

Conan Doyle for the Defense - Margalit Fox
Dora Bruder - Patrick Modiano     

Florence Adler Swims Forever - Rachel Beanland   

 If All the Seas Were Ink - Ilana Kushner
Inheritance, a Memoir - Dani Shapiro   

 Judas - Amos Oz     

Kantika - Elizabeth Graver   

 Night in Shanghai - Nicole Mones
One Hundred Saturdays - Michael Frank   

 Paris in the Present Tense - Mark Heilprin     

Peony - Pearl S. Buck     

Pnin - Vladimir Nabokov     

Rachel Calof's Story - Calof/Rikoon     

Snow in August - Pete Hamill 

Spies of No Country - Matti Friedman     

Suddenly, A Knock on the Door - Etgar Keret     

The Best Place on Earth - Ayalet Tsabari

The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights by Kitty Feldis   

The Family Orchard - Nomi Eve     

The Girl from Foreign - Sadia Shepard
The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles - Giorgio Bassani   

 The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker     

The Gown - Jennifer Robson
The Last Watchman of Old Cairo - Michael David Lukas   

 The Liar -  Ayelet Gundar-Goshen     

The Lost Shtetl - Max Gross
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit - Lucette Lagnado     

The Marriage of Opposites - Alice Hoffman
The Messiah of Stockholm - Cynthia Ozick     

The Prison Minyan by Jonathan Stone   

 The Replacement Life - Boris Fishman
The Secret Chord - Geraldine Brooks     

The Slave - Isaac Basheves Singer     

The Thread Collectors - Shaunna Edwards/Alyson Richman     

The Wine of Solitude - Irene Nemirovsky

The World to Come - Dara Horn   

 The Zone - Sergei Dovlatov   

 Three Floors Up - Eshkol Nevo

Towers of Gold - Frances Dinkelspiel   

 Two She-Bears - Meir Shalev     

Waking Lions - Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai - Matti Friedman