Book Club

CBT'S BOOK CLUB

Our book club meets once per month in beautiful homes throughout Scottsdale. We share our ideas and reflections on stimulating books with a warm and friendly group of readers.

Tentative Upcoming Books for 2018-2019

AUGUST 22
The Weight of Ink, Rachel Kadish

SEPTEMBER 26 (in the Sukkah)
The Rebbe: The Life & Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, Joseph Telushkin

OCTOBER 24
Murder at the Mikveh, Sarah Segal

NOVEMBER 14 (men invited)
Operation Exodus, Gordon Thomas

DECEMBER 12
Kitchen Table Wisdom, Rachel Lewis 

JANUARY 16
The German Girl, Armando Lucas Correa

FEBRUARY 20 (men invited)
Violins of Hope, James Grymes

MARCH 13
Eternal Life, Dara Horn

APRIL 10
Between Egypt and Canaan
Yamit Armbrister (author attending)

MAY 8
And After the Fire, Lauren Belfer

JUNE 12
Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel, Francine Klagsbrun (being made into a TV series)

2017-2018 Schedule!

Aug 9          Flory M. Lustgarten          Jonathan Safron Foer, Here I Am

Sep 13        Renee Fox                       Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Adapted by Simon Jacobsen, Toward a Meaningful Life

Oct 3 (Tu)   Tanya Sper                      Matti Friedman, The Aleppo Codex (MEN INVITED)

Nov 8          Judy Basset                    Paul Goldberg, The Yid

Dec 13        Candice Gimbel             Nicole Dweck, The Debt of Tamar

Jan 10        Susan Gerstel                Rabbi Nachman Seltzer, Incredible! From the Bronx to Bnai Brak; Amazing True Story of Rabbi Yossi Wallis

Feb 14       Shiri Etzioni                    David Grossman, A Horse Walks Into a Bar

Mar 14       Lisa Karlovsky               Marcia Fine, Hidden Ones: A Veil of Memories

Apr 11        Ellen Lawson                 R'Israel Meir Lau, Out of the Depths: the Story of a Child of Buchenwald (MEN INVITED)

May 8       Linda Benaderet            Aaron Lansky, Outwitting History

Jun 13      Linda Zell                       Dara Horn, All Other Nights              

2016-2017 Past Books

Sep 14 To Heal a Fractured World by Dr. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Hosted by Renee Fox

 

Oct 19 Messengers of G-d by Elie Wiesel, Hosted by Arlynn Bock

 

Nov 9 The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks, Hosted by Cindy Saperstein 

 

Dec 14 Pumpkin Flowers by Matti Friedman, Hosted by Vicky Cabot (Men Invited)

 

Jan 11 The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer, Hosted by Shiri Etzioni 

 

Feb 8  Fruit of her hands, the story of Shira Ashkenazi by Michelle Cameron, Hosted by Debbi Bernstein

 

March 8 The Gilded Cage, Queen Esther's Untold Story by Sorele Brownstein Hosted by Daniela Reggio

 

April 19 The Prime Ministers by Yehudah Avner, Hosted by Ana Perlow (Men Invited)

 

                       

May 2017