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Address Unknown
Address Unknown
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Start date
March 1, 2023
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March 31, 2023
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2023 Poll Winners
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Won the poll for a good book about Jews that was written by someone who's not Jewish.…more
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An Officer and a Spy
An Officer and a Spy
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March 1, 2023
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March 31, 2023
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+ general
This topic has been closed to new comments. * Latest Group News -- March 12
By Jan · 1 post · 275 views
last updated Jan 06, 2020 03:30PM
Welcome: introduce Yourself Here
By ✡ Shira · 185 posts · 270 views
last updated Jan 03, 2023 05:13PM
Feedback: Input and Questions
By Jan · 46 posts · 89 views
last updated Nov 12, 2022 07:39PM
Showing 12 of 12 topics — 1,788 comments total
+ Literary Chat & Other Book Stuff
* WHAT ARE YOU READING? A place for remarks, recommendations or reviews
By Jan · 745 posts · 294 views
last updated Mar 25, 2023 08:11PM
Books I've been hearing about!
By Jan · 195 posts · 180 views
last updated Mar 23, 2023 08:47PM
In Remembrance Of...
By Jan · 26 posts · 25 views
last updated Mar 09, 2023 05:30PM
Related Book Clubs
By Jan · 100 posts · 143 views
last updated Mar 07, 2023 08:01PM
Holocaust literature and the Jewish Book Club
By Jan · 242 posts · 130 views
last updated Mar 01, 2023 07:15PM
What kinds of books should we read--and when?
By Jan · 78 posts · 103 views
last updated Feb 18, 2023 07:19PM
What books have impacted my ideas about Jewishness?
By Jan · 38 posts · 53 views
last updated Feb 08, 2023 07:31PM
Jews and Ukraine
By Jan · 9 posts · 19 views
last updated Feb 06, 2023 04:28PM
Jewish books on TV or film
By Jan · 86 posts · 123 views
last updated Jan 10, 2023 07:08PM
Books on Israel
By AD · 26 posts · 49 views
last updated Nov 28, 2022 05:10AM
Reading about diaspora Jews vs. Israeli Jews
By Jan · 23 posts · 46 views
last updated Sep 14, 2022 01:22PM
The Jewish Book Club and antisemitism
By Jan · 99 posts · 103 views
last updated Jan 16, 2022 10:06PM
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+ 2023 Poll Winners
2023/3 Discussion for Kathrine Kressmann Taylor's Address Unknown
By Jan · 35 posts · 28 views
last updated 9 hours, 10 min ago
2023/4 Discussion for Lita Epstein's If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Say It in Yiddish
By Jan · 1 post · 5 views
last updated Mar 23, 2023 08:42PM
2023/2 Discussion of D. A. Mishani's The Missing File
By Jan · 53 posts · 32 views
last updated Feb 19, 2023 09:12PM
2023/1 Discussion of Matti Friedman's Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai--Poll Winner
By Jan · 17 posts · 26 views
last updated Jan 26, 2023 05:32PM
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+ 2023 Moderators' Choices
2023/3 Discussion site for Robert Harris' An Officer and a Spy
By Jan · 15 posts · 17 views
last updated Mar 15, 2023 02:37PM
2023/2 Discussion of The Thread Collectors, by Edwards and Richman--Mod's Choice
By Jan · 20 posts · 24 views
last updated Mar 14, 2023 05:25PM
2023/1 Discussion of Catherine Ryan Hyde's Have You Seen Luis Velez--Mod's Choice
By Jan · 21 posts · 33 views
last updated Feb 22, 2023 01:05PM
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+ Authors' Space
Authors' resources
By Jan · 11 posts · 43 views
last updated 9 hours, 55 min ago
Authors Announcing Their Work
By Jan · 446 posts · 247 views
last updated Mar 25, 2023 06:54AM
Freebies, giveaways, discounts
By Jan · 57 posts · 91 views
last updated Mar 20, 2023 04:29AM
Author interviews
By Jan · 94 posts · 79 views
last updated Mar 18, 2023 10:10AM
Author awards
By Jan · 17 posts · 46 views
last updated Mar 09, 2023 09:33AM
What's the big deal about author self-promotion?
By Jan · 10 posts · 80 views
last updated Mar 05, 2021 02:56PM
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+ Nominations
Instead of nominations for our book of May 2023
By Jan · 1 post · 7 views
last updated Mar 23, 2023 09:40PM
Nominations for our book of April 2023
By Jan · 32 posts · 56 views
last updated Feb 23, 2023 06:15PM
Nominations for our book of February 2023
By Jan · 48 posts · 63 views
last updated Jan 20, 2023 07:18AM
Nominations for our book of March 2023
By Jan · 60 posts · 41 views
last updated Jan 19, 2023 07:48PM
Instead of nominations for our book of January 2023
By Jan · 2 posts · 18 views
last updated Nov 21, 2022 07:45PM
Nominations for our book of December 2022
By Jan · 41 posts · 54 views
last updated Oct 25, 2022 02:30PM
Nominations for our book of November 2022
By Jan · 56 posts · 44 views
last updated Sep 15, 2022 11:04AM
Nominations/ Votes for our October book 2022
By Stacey B · 1 post · 15 views
last updated Aug 22, 2022 11:52AM
Nominations for our book of September 2022
By Jan · 68 posts · 48 views
last updated Jul 28, 2022 10:51AM
Instead of nominations for our book of August 2022
By Jan · 2 posts · 19 views
last updated Jun 22, 2022 03:01PM
Nominations for our book of July 2022
By Stacey B · 46 posts · 58 views
last updated May 22, 2022 12:26PM
Nominations for our book of May 2022
By Jan · 58 posts · 54 views
last updated Apr 02, 2022 06:12PM
Nominations for our book of April 2022
By Jan · 65 posts · 74 views
last updated Feb 21, 2022 12:51PM
Nominations for our book of March 2022
By Jan · 32 posts · 74 views
last updated Jan 23, 2022 07:04PM
Nominations for our book of January 2022
By Jan · 68 posts · 65 views
last updated Dec 18, 2021 08:05PM
Nominations for our book of November 2021
By Jan · 59 posts · 40 views
last updated Oct 04, 2021 03:25PM
Nominations for our book of October 2021
By Jan · 27 posts · 49 views
last updated Aug 24, 2021 06:20PM
Nominations for our book September 2021
By Stacey B · 43 posts · 56 views
last updated Jul 27, 2021 01:23PM
Nominations for our book of July 2021
By Jan · 18 posts · 62 views
last updated May 25, 2021 11:54AM
Nominations for our book of June 2021
By Jan · 24 posts · 61 views
last updated May 03, 2021 06:50PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nominations for our book of May 2021
By Jan · 23 posts · 50 views
last updated Mar 21, 2021 10:53AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nominations for our April 2021 book
By Jan · 60 posts · 56 views
last updated Mar 01, 2021 03:34PM
Nominations for our February 2021 book
By Jan · 49 posts · 64 views
last updated Jan 09, 2021 09:45PM
Poll closing soon
By Jan · 8 posts · 31 views
last updated Dec 05, 2020 02:17PM
Nominations for our January 2021 book
By Jan · 33 posts · 45 views
last updated Nov 22, 2020 07:55PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nominations for our December 2020 book
By Jan · 86 posts · 58 views
last updated Oct 24, 2020 06:32PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nominations for our October 2020 book
By Jan · 54 posts · 53 views
last updated Aug 21, 2020 07:27AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nominations for our September 2020 book
By Jan · 29 posts · 43 views
last updated Jul 26, 2020 01:56PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nominations for our August 2020 book
By Jan · 29 posts · 38 views
last updated Jun 28, 2020 07:13PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nominations for July 2020
By Jan · 44 posts · 50 views
last updated May 23, 2020 08:18PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nominations for our June 2020 book
By Jan · 57 posts · 60 views
last updated May 02, 2020 03:28PM
Should voting in our polls remain anonymous?
By Jan · 5 posts · 19 views
last updated Apr 20, 2020 05:43AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nominations for our May 2020 book
By Jan · 54 posts · 42 views
last updated Mar 20, 2020 11:09AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nominations for our April 2020 book
By Jan · 18 posts · 45 views
last updated Feb 12, 2020 06:30PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nominations for our March 2020 book
By Jan · 30 posts · 40 views
last updated Jan 20, 2020 01:05PM
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+ 2019 Books/Discussions
* If All the Seas Were Ink -- December
By Jan · 45 posts · 44 views
last updated Feb 05, 2020 05:22PM
* The Jew Store -- November
By Jan · 21 posts · 42 views
last updated Dec 06, 2019 11:39AM
Destiny by Design: Leah's Journey--August
By Jan · 6 posts · 28 views
last updated Jun 05, 2021 10:33AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Destiny by Design: Leah's Journey by Mirta Ines Trupp, 4 stars
By Amy · 11 posts · 31 views
last updated Feb 07, 2020 01:24PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. David and the Philistine Woman - 4 stars by Paul Boorstein
By Amy · 2 posts · 26 views
last updated Feb 07, 2020 01:17PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. The Weight of Ink
By Jan · 9 posts · 54 views
last updated Feb 07, 2020 01:11PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. The Jew Store
By Amy · 9 posts · 20 views
last updated Nov 17, 2019 07:27PM
Jerusalem Stone -- October
By Jan · 6 posts · 23 views
last updated Oct 24, 2019 05:42PM
The Weight of Ink
By Jan · 19 posts · 69 views
last updated Oct 18, 2019 12:38PM
My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew
By Jan · 11 posts · 33 views
last updated Sep 17, 2019 09:22PM
The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible
By Jan · 3 posts · 19 views
last updated Aug 26, 2019 11:29AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Did not read Violins of Hope
By Stacey B · 15 posts · 39 views
last updated Aug 03, 2019 06:20AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Destiny by Design
By Stacey B · 2 posts · 15 views
last updated Jul 27, 2019 09:54PM
Violins of Hope
By Jan · 5 posts · 21 views
last updated Jul 13, 2019 04:45AM
My Russian Grandmother and her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir
By Jan · 4 posts · 20 views
last updated Jun 10, 2019 08:06PM
David and the Philistine Woman
By Jan · 7 posts · 22 views
last updated Apr 25, 2019 09:21AM
Wandering Stars
By ✡ Shira · 37 posts · 34 views
last updated Mar 11, 2019 08:38PM
The Best Place on Earth
By ✡ Shira · 13 posts · 31 views
last updated Feb 26, 2019 02:50PM
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+ 2016 Books/Discussions
* The books we read in 2016
By Jan · 1 post · 13 views
last updated Jan 15, 2020 06:09PM
The Complete Maus
By ✡ Shira · 11 posts · 41 views
last updated Feb 13, 2021 10:31AM
The Ritual Bath
By ✡ Shira · 11 posts · 34 views
last updated Jul 10, 2020 04:28PM
Mathematician's Shiva
By ✡ Shira · 6 posts · 50 views
last updated Jul 22, 2017 02:26PM
Safekeeping: Membership participation
By Amy · 36 posts · 24 views
last updated Dec 30, 2016 02:52AM
Washing The Dead
By ✡ Shira · 8 posts · 24 views
last updated Dec 14, 2016 09:18PM
The Pinch
By Amy · 8 posts · 10 views
last updated Nov 29, 2016 10:46AM
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
By ✡ Shira · 6 posts · 19 views
last updated Sep 09, 2016 02:16PM
John Lennon and the Jews
By ✡ Shira · 5 posts · 31 views
last updated Sep 09, 2016 12:49PM
The Contract With G-d Trilogy
By ✡ Shira · 1 post · 12 views
last updated Jul 27, 2016 04:44AM
The Kill Artist
By ✡ Shira · 4 posts · 22 views
last updated Jul 27, 2016 04:34AM
How Sweet It Is
By ✡ Shira · 3 posts · 22 views
last updated Jun 28, 2016 04:00PM
Hanns and Rudolf
By ✡ Shira · 4 posts · 17 views
last updated Jan 31, 2016 08:01PM
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+ 2015 Books/Discussions
* The books we read in 2015
By Jan · 1 post · 12 views
last updated Jan 10, 2020 12:32PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist
By Jan · 11 posts · 36 views
last updated Jan 09, 2020 06:40PM
Songs For The Butcher's Daughter
By ✡ Shira · 16 posts · 46 views
last updated Nov 10, 2016 06:43AM
The Ladies Auxiliary
By ✡ Shira · 3 posts · 35 views
last updated Sep 09, 2016 01:00PM
The Family - Three Journeys...
By ✡ Shira · 3 posts · 28 views
last updated Sep 09, 2016 12:59PM
Like Dreamers
By ✡ Shira · 6 posts · 26 views
last updated Feb 21, 2016 02:05PM
The Rabbi's Cat
By ✡ Shira · 12 posts · 33 views
last updated Nov 30, 2015 05:22PM
A Pigeon and a Boy
By ✡ Shira · 8 posts · 31 views
last updated Oct 05, 2015 06:23AM
Crossing the Borders of Time
By ✡ Shira · 8 posts · 28 views
last updated Aug 02, 2015 02:32PM
The Beggar King
By ✡ Shira · 7 posts · 20 views
last updated May 14, 2015 11:02PM
As a Driven Leaf - March 2015
By Jan · 14 posts · 35 views
last updated Apr 06, 2015 11:44AM
Sweet Like Sugar - February 2015
By ✡ Shira · 28 posts · 43 views
last updated Apr 03, 2015 03:48AM
In the courtyard of the Kabbalist
By Mimi · 10 posts · 32 views
last updated Feb 01, 2015 09:57PM
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Upcoming Reads

If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Say It in Yiddish
If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Say It in Yiddish
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Apr 01, 2023
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Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy
Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy
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The Source
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The Thread Collectors
The Thread Collectors
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Feb 28, 2023
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The Missing File
The Missing File (Avi Avraham, #1)
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Feb 28, 2023
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Have You Seen Luis Velez?
Have You Seen Luis Velez?
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Jan 31, 2023
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Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
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Jan 31, 2023
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What Now?: 2-Minute Tips for Solving Common Parenting Challenges
What Now?: 2-Minute Tips for Solving Common Par...
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Dec 31, 2022
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The Lost Shtetl
The Lost Shtetl
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Dec 31, 2022
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Mr. Perfect on Paper
Mr. Perfect on Paper
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Nov 30, 2022
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Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II
Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II
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Nov 30, 2022
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Where I Live: New Selected Poems 1990-2010
Where I Live: New Selected Poems 1990-2010
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Oct 31, 2022
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Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul
Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul
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Oct 31, 2022
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The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits ...
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Sep 30, 2022
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Miriam's Kitchen
Miriam's Kitchen
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Sep 30, 2022
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Polls

Which of these books by an emerging Jewish author would you most like to read together in May?

What to Do about the Solomons
 
  7 votes, 25.0%

Sadness Is a White Bird
 
  5 votes, 17.9%

The Tenth Muse
 
  5 votes, 17.9%

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
 
  4 votes, 14.3%

The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land: Stories
 
  4 votes, 14.3%

My Last Innocent Year
 
  3 votes, 10.7%

28 total votes
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