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VBS BOOK CLUB

Join us as we begin our fifteenth 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 8 and 9, 2007. 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 4, 2007 at VBS at 7:30 pm.

This year's summer book selection is The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis

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 2007 - 2008


7:30 at VBS




Mon. Tues.
Oct. 8...........9 A Woman in Jerusalem A. B. Yehoshua Order paperback
Nov. 5............6 Everyman Philip Roth Order paperback
Dec. 3............4 Fatelessness Imre Kertesz Order paperback
Jan. 7............8 Murder in Jerusalem Batya Gur Order paperback
Feb. 4............5 Katerina Aharon Appelfeld Order paperback
Mar. 3............4 Last Days in Babylon Marina Benjamin Order hardback
Apr. 7............8 Suite Française Irène Némirovsky Order paperback
May 5............6 Last Days of Summer Steve Kluger Order paperback
June 2............3 The Yiddish Policemen’s Union Michael Chabon Order paperback


The book choosing session for the 2008 - 2009 syllabus will be Monday, June 23th 2007

VBS BOOK CLUB'S PREVIOUS READING LISTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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