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
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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
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READING LIST 2007 - 2008
7:30 at VBS
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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