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For those who share an interest in reading and discussing Jewish books of all sorts. The basic requirement for the books is that they have a Jewish theme.

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The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
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Unorthodox Love
Unorthodox Love
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+ general
This topic has been closed to new comments. * Latest Group News -- July 10
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last updated Jan 06, 2020 03:30PM
Moderator's Choice/ Summer 2024
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Israel at war
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last updated Jun 30, 2024 07:57AM
Welcome: Introduce Yourself Here
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Feedback: Input and Questions
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last updated Mar 28, 2024 09:05PM
Thank you Jan and. Stacey!
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+ Literary Chat & Other Book Stuff
* WHAT ARE YOU READING? A place for remarks, recommendations or reviews
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Books I've been hearing about!
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In Remembrance of...
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last updated Jul 15, 2024 01:43PM
The Jewish Book Club and antisemitism
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Jews and Ukraine
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Book News Worth Knowing
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last updated May 10, 2024 07:03AM
Holocaust literature and the Jewish Book Club
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last updated Mar 28, 2024 09:37PM
Jewish books on TV or film
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last updated Mar 28, 2024 09:12PM
What books have impacted my ideas about Jewishness?
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last updated Mar 14, 2024 08:54AM
What kinds of books should we read--and when?
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last updated Jan 22, 2024 08:11PM
Related Book Clubs
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last updated Aug 24, 2023 06:40PM
Books on Israel
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last updated Aug 08, 2023 05:29PM
Reading about diaspora Jews vs. Israeli Jews
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last updated Sep 14, 2022 01:22PM
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+ 2024 Poll Winners
2024/7&8 Discussion site for Rachel Barenbaum's A Bend in the Stars
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last updated Jun 26, 2024 09:03PM
2024/5 Discussion site for Adam Mansbach's The Golem of Brooklyn--POLL WINNER
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last updated Jun 24, 2024 08:20PM
2024/4 Discussion site for Elie Wiesel's Open Heart--POLL WINNER
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last updated May 21, 2024 08:24PM
2024/2 Discussion for Don't Forget to Write--POLL WINNER
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last updated May 04, 2024 02:48PM
2024/3 Discussion for Bee Season--POLL WINNER
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2024/1 Discussion for The Strangers We Became--POLL WINNER
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2024/7&8 Discussion for Benjamin Balint's Bruno Schulz
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last updated Jul 11, 2024 09:32PM
2024/6 Discussion site for Elizabeth Letts' The Perfect Horse
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last updated Jul 03, 2024 08:33AM
2024/6 Discussion of Heidi Shertok's Unorthodox Love
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last updated Jun 17, 2024 09:16AM
2024/5 Discussion of Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan--Mod's Choice
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last updated May 21, 2024 08:48PM
2024/4 Discussion site for Aaron Lansky's Outwitting History--Mod's Choice
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last updated Apr 14, 2024 07:13AM
2024/3 Discussion of Antisemitism: Here and Now--MOD'S CHOICE
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2024/2 Discussion for Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories--MOD'S CHOICE
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2024/1 Discussion of The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit--Mod's Choice
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Authors Announcing Their Work
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Authors' resources
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Freebies, giveaways, discounts
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What's the big deal about author self-promotion?
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+ 2019 Books/Discussions
* If All the Seas Were Ink -- December
By Jan · 45 posts · 47 views
last updated Feb 05, 2020 05:22PM
* The Jew Store -- November
By Jan · 21 posts · 43 views
last updated Dec 06, 2019 11:39AM
Destiny by Design: Leah's Journey--August
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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
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last updated Feb 07, 2020 01:17PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. The Weight of Ink
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last updated Feb 07, 2020 01:11PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. The Jew Store
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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 · 71 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 · 40 views
last updated Aug 03, 2019 06:20AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Destiny by Design
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last updated Jul 27, 2019 09:54PM
Violins of Hope
By Jan · 5 posts · 22 views
last updated Jul 13, 2019 04:45AM
My Russian Grandmother and her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir
By Jan · 4 posts · 21 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
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last updated Feb 26, 2019 02:50PM
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+ 2016 Books/Discussions
* The books we read in 2016
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last updated Jan 15, 2020 06:09PM
Safekeeping: Membership participation
By Amy · 48 posts · 49 views
last updated Dec 07, 2023 06:43PM
The Complete Maus
By ✡ Shira · 11 posts · 42 views
last updated Feb 13, 2021 10:31AM
The Ritual Bath
By ✡ Shira · 11 posts · 36 views
last updated Jul 10, 2020 04:28PM
Mathematician's Shiva
By ✡ Shira · 6 posts · 51 views
last updated Jul 22, 2017 02:26PM
Washing The Dead
By ✡ Shira · 8 posts · 25 views
last updated Dec 14, 2016 09:18PM
The Pinch
By Amy · 8 posts · 12 views
last updated Nov 29, 2016 10:46AM
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
By ✡ Shira · 6 posts · 22 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
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last updated Jul 27, 2016 04:34AM
How Sweet It Is
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last updated Jun 28, 2016 04:00PM
Hanns and Rudolf
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last updated Jan 31, 2016 08:01PM
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* The books we read in 2015
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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 · 37 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 · 32 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 · 36 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
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The Sirens of Titan
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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
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The Strangers We Became: Lessons in Exile from One of Iraq's Last Jews
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