by beth-ami | Oct 6, 2024 | Beth Ami Book Club
CBA BOOK GROUP current read is TO THE END OF THE LAND by highly acclaimed Israeli writer David Grossman (Fiction,576 pgs, Hebrew, 2008; English translation, 2010. All 12 copies of the book borrowed from the SF Jewish Community Library have already been distributed,...
by beth-ami | Jul 2, 2024 | Beth Ami Book Club
We will have THE LIAR by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (fiction, 288 pgs., Hebrew, 2018; English translation, 2019) available to borrow in the beginning of July. Nofar is an unhappy teenager working in an ice cream shop when a frustrated customer unleashes an insulting verbal...
by Leanne Schy | Mar 24, 2024 | Beth Ami Book Club
Our next read is the classic Bernard Malamud’s THE FIXER (fiction, 352 pgs. 1966.) It won both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize, and is highly recommended by Rita Kagan. Set in Kiev in 1911, a non-observant Jewish handyman refuses to confess to a crime...
by beth-ami | Jan 24, 2024 | Beth Ami Book Club
Sunday, February 11, free choice. Each participant does a mini-book report (5-10 min.) on a fiction or non-fiction book of own choosing by a Jewish author or with a Jewish theme. Probably meet at CBA. Come inspire and be inspired! Sunday, February 25, we will discuss...
by beth-ami | Dec 11, 2023 | Beth Ami Book Club
Elizabeth Graver’s acclaimed novel Kantika (Henry Holt & Company, 2023) is the One Bay One Book selection for 2023-2024. The Beth Ami Book Group will join with One Bay One Book for our next selection. All CBA members and friends are welcome to participate. For...
by beth-ami | Nov 8, 2023 | Beth Ami Book Club
Submitted by Linda Emblen Now we are reading DANCING ARABS by Sayed Kashua (fiction, 227 pgs, Hebrew, 2002; English translation, 2004.) This semi-autobiographical account of Arab Israeli life recounts the story of a Palestinian boy who wins a prestigious scholarship...
