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Event

JBC Com­mu­ni­ty Book Club

Thursday, December 7, 2023
12:30–1:30pm

Zoom

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Fic­tion
The Chateau: A Novel
Jaclyn Gold­is
Essay

Peo­ple of the Book Club

Joshua Mikutis
February 16, 2022
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Fic­tion
Shelf Life
Mar­tin Sneider
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Fic­tion
The Bones of the World
Bet­sy L. Ross
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Fic­tion
The Fun Wid­ow’s Book Tour: A Novel
Zoe Fish­man
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Non­fic­tion
Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adven­tures in Phi­los­o­phy With Kids
Scott Her­shovitz
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Fic­tion
On Fire Island
Jane L. Rosen
Recommended Reading

JBC Book­shelf: Sum­mer Read­ing 2021

Simona Zaret­sky
June 14, 2021
Interview

‘Fairy-Tale Log­ic’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Alice Hoffman

Jamie Wendt
August 31, 2020
From the Journal

The Pio­neers: The Old­est Jew­ish Wom­en’s Book Club in America 

Pamela S. Nadell
May 11, 2020
Recommended Reading

JBC Book­shelf: Clas­sics Rewind

Simona Zaret­sky
March 20, 2020
News

Jew­ish Lit­er­ary Con­ver­sa­tions in Quar­an­tine: Live Coverage

JBC Staff
March 16, 2020
Essay

This Book Club and That Book Club

Ear­li­er this week, Bar­bara Stark-Nemon wrote about writ­ing visu­al arts into lit­er­a­ture and how her fam­i­ly chose to remem­ber Ger­many after World War II. She is the…
Bar­bara Stark-Nemon
April 17, 2015
Essay

Recipes for Kristin Han­nah’s The Nightingale

Post­ed by Miri Pomer­antz DauberWith the pub­li­ca­tion of Kristin Han­nah’s new book, The Nightin­gale, ear­li­er this month, JBC Book Clubs worked in coop­er­a­tion with…
Miri Pomer­antz Dauber
February 11, 2015
Essay

Judg­ing a Book by the Discussion

Post­ed by Miri Pomer­antz DauberThe Post­script series is a spe­cial peek ​“behind the scenes” of a book. It’s a juicy lit­tle extra some­thing to add to…
Miri Pomer­antz Dauber
November 6, 2014
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