by beth-ami | Jun 23, 2026 | Beth Ami Book Club
Firstly, thanks to Barbara Tomin for being such a gracious hostess for our last discussion meeting. In HOUSE ON ENDLESS WATERS by Israeli writer Emuna Elon (fiction, 310 pgs.; Hebrew, 2016, English translation, 2020), an Israeli writer returns to his birth-city,...
by beth-ami | Jan 27, 2026 | Beth Ami Book Club
Sunday, February 1, 11 AM, we will view together at CBA on the large screen, a Zoom presentation from the SF Jewish Community Library called REVIEWING FAGIN IN FILM. That is Charles Dickens’ character Fagin from OLIVER TWIST. Discussion following. Thank you to...
by beth-ami | Nov 1, 2025 | Beth Ami Book Club
CBA Book Group update Next up : YOUR PRESENCE IS MANDATORY by award-winning author Sasha Vasilyuk. 12 copies from SFJC Library available November 7 for early December discussion. Then in December: We have reserved the ONE BAY ONE BOOK selection for this Jewish...
by beth-ami | Jun 4, 2025 | Beth Ami Book Club
Next up is BECOMING EVE — MY JOURNEY FROM ULTRA-ORTHODOX RABBI TO TRANSGENDER WOMAN by Abby Chava Stein ( Memoir, 238 pgs, 2019.) Our Rabbi Ron Koas and new member, Aly Davis, want to lead a discussion/conversation about it at CBA on June 14 after Shabbat lunch....
by beth-ami | Jan 8, 2025 | Beth Ami Book Club
Our current read is AIN’T NO GRAVE by Mary Glickman (fiction, 20i24, 264 pgs.) This year there are two short ONE BAY ONE BOOK selections. Both take place in the American South. Last month we discussed GOYHOOD by s.pies. Reuven Fenton. Glickman’s book is...
by beth-ami | Dec 15, 2024 | Beth Ami Book Club
Jewish Calcutta Through Music and Memory, with Rahel Musleah Click here to register for this free virtual program co-presented by New Lehrhaus. OR We will have a Beth Ami group zoom from our social hall Sunday, December 22, 2024 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Everyone...
