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FROM: Amy Cervene <[removed]@ald.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 4/15/02, 9:39 PM

A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

Thanks!

Amy


Amy Cervene
Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
Smoky Hill Public Library
Centennial, CO
[removed]@ald.lib.co.us

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 4/15/02, 10:22 PM

The Chosen by Chaim Potok is a great discussion book.

So is The Romance Reader by Pearl Abraham. And I haven't read it yet, but the same author has another book about Hasidic Jews by the title of Giving Up America.

Lisa


>>> [removed]@ald.lib.co.us 04/15/02 19:33 PM >>>
A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

Thanks!

Amy


Amy Cervene
Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
Smoky Hill Public Library
Centennial, CO
[removed]@ald.lib.co.us

FROM: Linda Manfre <[removed]@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 4/15/02, 11:28 PM

Try Chaim Potok's books.

Linda Manfre

[removed]@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Selden, Long Island, NY

FROM: "BookBitch" <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 12:01 AM

Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Azarel by Kαroly Pap
Family Orchard by Nomi Eve (personal note: I hated this book but it fits the
criteria)
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
Four Mothers by Shifra Horn
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander (short stories)
The Family Markowitz by Allegra Goodman (short stories)
Chaim Potok - all
Naomi Ragen - all

Nonfiction:
Turbulent Souls by Stephen Dubner
Postville by Stephen Bloom
Miriam's Kitchen by Elizabeth Ehrlich
Chosen by God by Joshua Hammer

Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System

I am the BookBitch
www.bookbitch.com

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Amy Cervene
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:34 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Jewish book, not holocaust-related for book club


A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

Thanks!

Amy


Amy Cervene
Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
Smoky Hill Public Library
Centennial, CO
[removed]@ald.lib.co.us


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FROM: "Marijane Reich" <[removed]@dhfs.state.wi.us>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 8:08 AM

Also what about Postville by Stephen G Bloom. It is nonfiction and a different perspective, but I thought was am interesting read. Hasidic Jews living in north eastern Iowa boggles my mind.
mj
Marijane Reich
Patients' Librarian
Mendota Mental Health Institute
Madison, WI
>>> [removed]@ci.glendale.az.us 04/15/02 10:17PM >>>
The Chosen by Chaim Potok is a great discussion book.

So is The Romance Reader by Pearl Abraham. And I haven't read it yet, but the same author has another book about Hasidic Jews by the title of Giving Up America.

Lisa


>>> [removed]@ald.lib.co.us 04/15/02 19:33 PM >>>
A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

Thanks!

Amy


Amy Cervene
Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
Smoky Hill Public Library
Centennial, CO
[removed]@ald.lib.co.us

FROM: Andrew Smith <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 8:29 AM

Isaac Bashevis Singer and Sholem Aleichem - stories about Jewish life in
the villages of Poland and eastern Russia. Aleichem's writings were the
basis for "Fiddler on the Roof". Singer's stories move between shtetl and
city, and between late 19th and mid-20th century, so some are overshadowed
by the Holocaust. Both are wonderful writers.

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Andrew Smith [removed]@mail.wrl.org
Readers Services Librarian
Williamsburg Regional Library (757) 259-4050
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Amy Cervene wrote:

> A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
> are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
> anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
> both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
> her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
> and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
> suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
> (when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
> continue to take suggestions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amy
>
>
> Amy Cervene
> Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
> Smoky Hill Public Library
> Centennial, CO
> [removed]@ald.lib.co.us
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: "Carla Hutchens" <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 8:29 AM

How about Isaac Bashevis Singer or Sholom Aleichem? (Their stories became
the play & movies Yentl; Fiddler on the Roof; Enemies, A Love Story, etc).
-------------------------------------------------------------
Carla Hutchens
Director
Guernsey County District Public Library
http://www.gcdpl.lib.oh.us
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From: "Amy Cervene" <[removed]@ald.lib.co.us>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:33 PM
Subject: Jewish book, not holocaust-related for book club


> A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
> are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
> anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
> both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
> her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
> and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
> suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
> (when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
> continue to take suggestions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amy
>
>
> Amy Cervene
> Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
> Smoky Hill Public Library
> Centennial, CO
> [removed]@ald.lib.co.us
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Laura Pearle <[removed]@pcs-nyc.org>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 8:40 AM

What about the Faye Kellerman Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus mysteries? The
Ritual Bath, et al., have a lot of information about the modern Orthodox
experience (the earlier ones are better than the more recent ones).

Laura Pearle
Head Librarian
Gladys Brooks Library
Professional Children's School
[removed]@pcs-nyc.org

FROM: "Carla Hutchens" <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 8:40 AM

Also, Evergreen by Belva Plain (too low-brow?) I have mentioned Stephen
Birmingham's social histories before. He has three on different Jewish
groups in America.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Carla Hutchens
Director
Guernsey County District Public Library
http://www.gcdpl.lib.oh.us
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From: "Amy Cervene" <[removed]@ald.lib.co.us>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:33 PM
Subject: Jewish book, not holocaust-related for book club


> A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
> are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
> anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
> both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
> her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
> and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
> suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
> (when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
> continue to take suggestions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amy
>
>
> Amy Cervene
> Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
> Smoky Hill Public Library
> Centennial, CO
> [removed]@ald.lib.co.us
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: "ALD (LIB)" <[removed]@omaha.lib.ne.us>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 9:02 AM

The Slow Way Back by Judy Goldman -- one of my favorite reads for 2001.

Sherry Forrest
Arts & Literature Dept.
Omaha Public Library (NE)

-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Cervene [[removed]@ald.lib.co.us]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 9:34 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Jewish book, not holocaust-related for book club


A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

Thanks!

Amy


Amy Cervene
Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
Smoky Hill Public Library
Centennial, CO
[removed]@ald.lib.co.us

FROM: "Madeline Guzman" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 9:02 AM

Fiction:
The Zigzag Kid--David Grossman
Kenaz, Yehoshua--Returning Lost Loves
Shalev, Meir--The Blue Mountain
Shalev, Meir--The Loves of Judith

Non-Fiction:
Rikoon, J. Sanford--Rachel Caloff's Story: Jewish Homesteader on the
Northern Plains

Madeline G
patron, Twinbrook Library
Montgomery County, Maryland

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which are written by a Jewish author or
> > are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
> > anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
> > both in fiction and non-fiction.

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FROM: "M. Wms." <[removed]@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 9:23 AM

I loved _The Ladies Auxiliary_ by Tova Mirvis
Booklist summary: When young widow and Jewish convert Batsheva
Jacobs and her five-year-old daughter Ayala move into the Memphis,
Tennessee, neighborhood where her husband grew up, their arrival
sends shock waves through the small and tightly knit Orthodox
community. The women who narrate the novel, in one voice, fear that
Batsheva's brand of Orthodox Judaism--spirited and innovative--and
the close relationship she soon develops with a group of high-school
girls will corrupt their children and leave them.

~ Molly Wms.

--
Molly Williams, Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
daily library weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm

[removed]@ald.lib.co.us 04/15/02 19:33 PM >>>
>>>>
> A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
> are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
> anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
> both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
> her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
> and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
> suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
> (when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
> continue to take suggestions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amy
>
>
> Amy Cervene
> Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
> Smoky Hill Public Library
> Centennial, CO
> [removed]@ald.lib.co.us

FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 9:23 AM

I really want to endorse "Bee Season" by Myla Goldberg. We read this in our
group earlier this year and it caused a maelstrom of discussion. There were
no neutral opinions.
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

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Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:53 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Jewish book, not holocaust-related for book club


Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Azarel by Kαroly Pap
Family Orchard by Nomi Eve (personal note: I hated this book but it fits the
criteria)
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
Four Mothers by Shifra Horn
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander (short stories)
The Family Markowitz by Allegra Goodman (short stories)
Chaim Potok - all
Naomi Ragen - all

Nonfiction:
Turbulent Souls by Stephen Dubner
Postville by Stephen Bloom
Miriam's Kitchen by Elizabeth Ehrlich
Chosen by God by Joshua Hammer

Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System

I am the BookBitch
www.bookbitch.com

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Amy Cervene
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:34 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Jewish book, not holocaust-related for book club


A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

Thanks!

Amy


Amy Cervene
Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
Smoky Hill Public Library
Centennial, CO
[removed]@ald.lib.co.us


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FROM: Kathy Mitchum <[removed]@ckls.org>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 9:55 AM

Although I'm not sure it's about "the Jewish experience", Elaine Kagen's
Somebody's baby has a main character that is a Jewish girl beginning in Kansas
City. The book could lend itself to a book club very well.

At 08:33 PM 4/15/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
>are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club.=A0 She doesn't want
>anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now.=A0 She is interested
>both in fiction and non-fiction.=A0 I have come up with a few titles for
>her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
>and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
>suggestions you can give me.=A0 She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
>(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
>continue to take suggestions.


Kathy Mitchum
ILL/Ref/Rural Serv/Tech Serv, Dept. Head
Central Kansas Library System
1409 Williams
Great Bend, KS 67530

(620-792-4865) phone
(620-792-5495) fax

[removed]@ckls.org

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 9:55 AM

At 08:33 PM 4/15/02 -0600, you wrote:
>A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
>are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
>anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
>both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
>her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
>and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
>suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
>(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
>continue to take suggestions.
>Amy Cervene


We have a 500-page biobibliography just of American Jewish authors--so
there's no shortage of possibilities. (Our copy is a reference work
that wouldn't circulate, but it may be available elsewhere via ILL).

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Author: Nadel, Ira Bruce.

Title: Jewish writers of North America : a guide to information
sources / Ira Bruce Nadel.

Published: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1981.

Description: xix, 493 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects, Library of Congress (Use s=):
American literature--Jewish authors--Bibliography.
Canadian literature--Jewish authors--Bibliography.
Judaism in literature--Bibliography.


My own favorite is the late, wonderful Avram Davidson. The following
recent title collects his most Jewish-themed stories:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
AUTHOR: Davidson, Avram.
TITLE: Everybody has somebody in heaven : essential Jewish
tales of the spirit / Avram Davidson ; edited by Jack Dann and Grania
Davidson Davis.
PUBLISHED: New York: Devora Publishing, 2000.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: 285 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 1-930143-10-9


Here's a couple of Jewish-themed sf and fantasy anthologies:


Wandering Stars ed. Jack M. Dann (Harper & Row, 1974, hc)
• Why Me? • Isaac Asimov • in
• On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi • William Tenn • nv *
• The Golem • Avram Davidson • ss F&SF Mar ’55
• Unto the Fourth Generation • Isaac Asimov • ss F&SF Apr ’59
• Look, You Think You’ve Got Troubles • Carol Carr • ss Orbit 5, ed.
Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1969
• Goslin Day • Avram Davidson • ss Orbit 6, ed. Damon Knight, G.P.
Putnam’s, 1970
• The Dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV • Robert Silverberg • ss *
• Trouble with Water • Horace L. Gold • ss Unknown Mar ’39
• Gather Blue Roses • Pamela Sargent • ss F&SF Feb ’72
• The Jewbird • Bernard Malamud • ss The Reporter Apr 11 ’63
• Paradise Last • George Alec Effinger • nv *
• Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay • Robert Sheckley • nv Galaxy Feb ’68
• Jachid and Jechidah • Isaac Bashevis Singer • ss, 1961
• I’m Looking for Kadak • Harlan Ellison • nv *
• Ellison’s Grammatical Guide and Glossary for Goyim • Harlan
Ellison • ms
• Evise, the Zsouchmoid • Tim Kirk • il


More Wandering Stars ed. Jack M. Dann (Doubleday, 1981, hc); An Anthology
of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction
• Introduction: The Hebrew Source • Isaac Asimov • in
• Tauf Aleph • Phyllis Gotlieb • nv *
• Leviticus: In the Ark • Barry N. Malzberg • ss Epoch, ed. Roger
Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Berkley, 1975
• Warm, Dark Places • Horace L. Gold • ss Unknown Oct ’40
• A Lamed Wufnik • Mel Gilden • ss F&SF Dec ’75
• Isaiah • Barry N. Malzberg • ss Fantastic Sep ’73
• Dress Rehearsal • Harvey Jacobs • ss F&SF Jul ’74
• Forcing the End • Hugh Nissenson • ss In the Reign of Peace, 1969
• The Last Demon • Isaac Bashevis Singer; trans. by Martha Glicklich
& Cecil Hemley • ss Short Friday, 1964
• The Mazel Tov Revolution • Joe W. Haldeman • ss Analog Sep ’74
• The Scrolls • Woody Allen • ss The New Republic
• The Pagan Rabbi • Cynthia Ozick • nv The Hudson Review, 1966
• The Celestial Orchestra • Howard Schwartz • ss, 1980
• Camps • Jack M. Dann • nv F&SF May ’79
• Mom • Harlan Ellison • nv Silver Foxes Aug ’76
• Disciples • Gardner R. Dozois • ss Penthouse Dec ’81


As best I remember, only one of the above stories (Camps, by Dann) is a
Holocaust story, but there are several I don't recall or haven't read.


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "Gina Sheade" <[removed]@nsls.info>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 10:38 AM

Don't think these have been mentioned:

FICTION

Fanny Herself - Edna Ferber
Days of Awe - Achy Obejas
The Ghost of Bridgetown - Debra Spark
Peony - Pearl S. Buck
Snow in August - Pete Hamill
When I Lived in Modern Times - Linda Grant
He, She and It - Marge Piercy
Cry of the Peacock - Gina Barkhordar Nahai
Persian Brides - Dorit Rabinyan
Lovingkindness - Anne Richardson Roiphe
Bread Givers - Anzia Yezierska
Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction - Jack
Dann (editor)

NONFICTION

Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust: A Daughter's Journey to Reclaim the Past -
Fern Schumer Chapman

Technically I guess this is about the Holocaust, but it's a wonderful book
and it's great for discussion. The author has a website with discussion
questions and other information.

Please compile titles for the list. I lead a synagogue book club and would
also be interested in titles. Thanks.

Gina Sheade
Vernon Area Public Library
300 Olde Half Day Road
Lincolnshire, IL 60089
(847) 634-3650

FROM: "Phillipich, Luann" <[removed]@CO.DAKOTA.MN.US>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 11:53 AM

Fiction: I think "Snow in August" by Pete Hamill would be a good
discussion book.
Nonfiction: "A Little Too Close to God" (2000)by David Phillip Horovitz is
a very enlightening book about how Israelis face the uncertainties of daily
life. Certainly relevant in light of current events.


A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

Thanks!

Amy

FROM: "Phillipich, Luann" <[removed]@CO.DAKOTA.MN.US>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 11:53 AM

Fiction: I think "Snow in August" by Pete Hamill would be a good discussion
book.
If they liked "Red Tent," they may also want to do "Women of Genesis: Sarah"
by Orson Scott Card.

Nonfiction: "A Little Too Close to God" (2000)by David Phillip Horovitz is
a very enlightening book about how Israelis face the uncertainties of daily
life. Certainly relevant in light of current events.


A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

FROM: "Quillen, Christine" <[removed]@camden.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 1:08 PM

Syrell Rogovin Leahy

-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Cervene [[removed]@ald.lib.co.us]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:34 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Jewish book, not holocaust-related for book club


A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

Thanks!

Amy


Amy Cervene
Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
Smoky Hill Public Library
Centennial, CO
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FROM: "Jean Trainor" <[removed]@fnsb.lib.ak.us>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 1:08 PM

A nonfiction title: Revenge: a love story by Laura Blumenfeld
It's about an American Jewish woman whose father was shot by a Palestinian
while he was visiting Israel. She seeks out the shooter's family.

Jean Trainor
FNSB Public Library
Fairbanks, AK
> Subject: Jewish book, not holocaust-related for book club
>
>
> > A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
> > are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
> > anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
> > both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
> > her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
> > and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
> > suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
> > (when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
> > continue to take suggestions.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Amy
> >
> >
> > Amy Cervene
> > Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
> > Smoky Hill Public Library
> > Centennial, CO
> > [removed]@ald.lib.co.us
> >
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FROM: snoep <[removed]@triad.rr.com>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 1:18 PM

"Horowitz and Mrs Washington" by Henry Denker

tee

"Quillen, Christine" wrote:

> A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
> are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
> anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now.

The air in the small room was beginning to feel hot and close; she imagined
opening the single window and drew a modicum of consolation from that.
Smiled at the mental image of papers fluttering about like confused birds.
p298
A quote from my current read:
"Courting Susannah," by Linda Lael Miller, publ 2000.

FROM: Celeste Choate <[removed]@cmpl.org>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 1:18 PM

Try Pete Hamill's "Snow in August" about the friendship between an older
Jewish rabbi and an 11-year old Catholic boy in the 1940s Brooklyn.

-Celeste Choate
Clinton-Macomb Public Library
Clinton Township, MI
[removed]@cmpl.org

FROM: "Joy Tofteland" <[removed]@ankeny.k12.ia.us>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 2:23 PM

Nonfiction title:
Postville: a clash of cultures in the heartland by Stephen G. Bloom.

Des Moines Public Library has invited him for their visiting author series
and had to schedule two sessions due to public demand. The book offers many
topics for discussion. The review from Amazon mentions several.

Amazon.com
Postville, Iowa (population 1,478), seems an unlikely place to find a
sizable Jewish population, let alone an ultra-Orthodox Lubavitcher
population. It is, after all, in the heart of pork country, and the world
headquarters of the Lubavitchers is far away in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. But
when the Hygrade meat processing plant, just outside Postville, went
belly-up, threatening the town with decline, Sholom Rubashkin bought it and
turned it into a glatt kosher processing plant, complete with shochtim and a
rabbinical inspectorate. By the late 1980s, "Postville had more rabbis per
capita than any other city in the United States, perhaps the world."

The enterprise was a huge international success, with its kosher meats
exported even to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The Jewish population grew to 150,
and they were rich. The town was saved, and the people were grateful. All's
well that ends well? Not quite. The Hasidim kept to themselves, did things
their own way, and basically had no interest in integrating into Postville.
And why would they? Their laws are strict, their mission clear, their
community defined by race and religion. They are not interested in
watermelon socials or coffee klatches at the diner. Their little boys do not
swim with their little girls, are not educated together, and do not go on
play dates with goyim. Small-town Iowans, on the other hand, are very
friendly. They know each other's news, they support each other's businesses,
they wish each other Merry Christmas, they want you to feel at home. They
don't like that the new townspeople stomp up the street hunched over,
talking in a foreign language and looking straight through them when
greeted. They really don't like it when one of the newcomers drives around
town with a 10-foot candelabra strapped to his car playing music at full
volume for eight consecutive winter nights. They don't actually know about
menorahs or Hanukkah.

Into this comes secular Jew Stephen Bloom, a professor at the University of
Iowa. By the time he arrived in Postville, the town was riven along
religious lines. One of the townspeople was running for mayor on the sole
platform of annexation of the land on which the plant stood. Rubashkin was
threatening that he'd shut the plant and leave if that came to pass. Bloom
closely considers both sides, and the result is a wonderful book. It is a
fascinating tale of culture clash in the American heartland: the John Deere
cap meets the black fur hat. It is a book about identity and community and
what it means to be American. It covers all the things you aren't supposed
to talk about at the dinner table--religion, politics, and even sex. It is
full of suspense: Will the plant be annexed? Will the Jews leave? And it is
also Bloom's exploration of his own sense of belonging. --J. Riches

Joy Tofteland
Reference/ Technical Resources Librarian
Kirkendall Public Library
Ankeny, IA


A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

Thanks!

Amy

FROM: "Jeannine Cook" <[removed]@co.douglas.or.us>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 5:11 PM

Also, Marek Halter's The Book of Abraham and The Children of Abraham.


>

--
Jeannine Cook
Adult Services Librarian

Douglas County Library
1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.
Roseburg OR 97470
[removed]@co.douglas.or.us
phone: (541)440-6013
fax: (541)440-6011

FROM: "Roberts, Julie" <[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 7:49 PM

Hi Amy. Please post the summary of the list of titles that you receive,
ok? That would make an interesting book display around a Jewish holiday.
Thanks, Julie A. Roberts [removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Cervene [[removed]@ald.lib.co.us]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 1:38 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Jewish book, not holocaust-related for book club

A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

Thanks!

Amy


Amy Cervene
Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
Smoky Hill Public Library
Centennial, CO
[removed]@ald.lib.co.us

FROM: "Margaret N. Waznis" <[removed]@cts.com>
REC'D: 4/16/02, 9:28 PM

Consider books by Bernard Malamud, including A New Life, and The Assistant. Amazon
describes The Assistant as follows:

Frank Alpine, an Italian -American drifter on the run from his past, stumbles
into the orbit of struggling Brooklyn grocer Morris Bober. Seeing a
chance to atone for his sins, Frank becomes Bober's stock boy and runs the store
when the owner takes ill. But it is Bober's daughter , Helen , who
gives
Frank a real reason to turn his life around. Considered one of the
greatest Jewish novels ever written. The Assistant is a classic look at social and
racial divides of America in the early twentieth century. Filled with
riveting scenes of life on the edge, this is an enduring story of how
love and
the human spirit can triumph over any adversity.


Betty Waznis
San Diego County Library

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 4/17/02, 1:24 AM

If no one has mentioned it, I would suggest GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT by Laura Z.
Hobson. The theme, anti-semitism, makes this powerful book all too
relelvant.

Another title: THE LAST OF THE JUST, by Andre Schwartz-Bart.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Jaffe <[removed]@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 4/17/02, 9:46 AM

How about The Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lippman?

Karen Jaffe
Comsewogue Public LIbrary
Port Jefferson Station, NY

FROM: "Laura Adler" <[removed]@dppl.org>
REC'D: 4/17/02, 10:07 AM

Hi,

I highly recommend "Starting Out in the Evening" by Brian Morton, which
won the Koret Jewish Book Award and was nominated for other awards as
well. The story centers around Leonard Schiller, an aging Jewish
novelist who is sought out by a cocky graduate student who wants to
revive interest in his work and make a name for herself. My favorite
scene: Schiller dreaming/hallucinating that Henry James is writing a
letter of recommendation to help Schiller get into heaven. (James
believes that even if Schiller's work wasn't of the very highest
caliber, his decency, humanity, and devotion to his family and his craft
should be taken into consideration. Schiller cusses him out.) A lovely
and thought-provoking novel.

Laura Adler
Readers'Services
Des Plaines Public Library
Opinions my own.


> A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author
or
> are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't
want
> anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now.

FROM: "Warner, Deb" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/17/02, 11:10 AM

Allegra Goodman Kaaterskill Falls
Paradise Park
Francine Prose Dybbuk: a story made in Heaven
Cahim Potok any: The Chosen, The Promise, My Name is Asher Lev,
etc
Pearl Abraham The Romance Reader

FROM: "Jamie Anderson" <[removed]@ericandjamie.com>
REC'D: 4/17/02, 11:53 AM

I'm a bit late getting to this and am not sure if it has been suggested yet,
but I recently read Shifra Horn's "The Fairest Among Women". The reviews
claim it to be a takeon a jewish fairy tale, but since I am unfamilar with
that genre, it did not appeal to me as such. Perhaps other works by that
author may apply as well.

Jamie

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Amy Cervene
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 9:34 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Jewish book, not holocaust-related for book club


A patron wants a list of titles which are written by a Jewish author or
are about "the Jewish experience" for her book club. She doesn't want
anything Holocaust-related, at least not right now. She is interested
both in fiction and non-fiction. I have come up with a few titles for
her (the group has already read The Red Tent, The Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, and several titles by Philip Roth), but would love to have any
suggestions you can give me. She wants a few titles by tomorrow night
(when the book club meets), but since it is an ongoing club, she'll
continue to take suggestions.

Thanks!

Amy


Amy Cervene
Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
Smoky Hill Public Library
Centennial, CO
[removed]@ald.lib.co.us

FROM: Amy Cervene <[removed]@ald.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 3:42 PM

Since at least 2 people asked me to post a compilation of titles, here
it is. Thanks to everyone who sent suggestions!

Jewish fiction, not Holocaust-related, for book clubs


Non-Fiction:

Birmingham, Stephen "Our Crowd": The Great Jewish Families of New York
Birmingham, Stephen The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite
Bloom, Stephen Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America
Blumenfeld, Laura Revenge: A Love Story
Chapman, Fern Schumer Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust: A Daughter's
Journey to Reclaim the Past
Dubner, Stephen J Turbulent souls : a Catholic son's return to his
Jewish family
Erlich, Elizabeth Miriam's Kitchen
Hammer, Joshua Chosen by God
Horovitz, David Phillip A Little Too Close to God
Rinkoon, J. Sanford Rachel Caloff's Story: Jewish Homesteader on the
Northern Plains

Nadel, Ira Bruce Jewish Writers of North America: A Guide to Information
Sources

Fiction:

Abraham, Pearl Giving Up America
Abraham, Pearl The Romance Reader
Aleichem, Sholem Any works
Buck, Pearl S. Peony
Dann, Jack M. (editor) Wandering Stars and More Wandering Stars
Davidson, Avram Everybody Has Somebody in Heaven: Essential Jewish
Tales of the Spirit
Denker, Henry Horowitz and Mrs. Washington
Ducovny, Amram Coney
Eliot, George Daniel Deronda
Englander, Nathan For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
Eve, Nomi Family Orchard
Ferber, Edna Fanny Herself
Goldberg, Myla Bee Season
Goldman, Judy The Slow Way Back
Goldstein, Rebecca Mazel
Goldstein, Rebecca The Mind-Body Problem
Goodman, Allegra Kaaterskill Falls
Goodman, Allegra The Family Markowitz
Grant, Linda When I Lived in Modern Times
Grossman, David The Zigzag Kid
Halter, Marek The Book of Abraham
Halter, Marek The Children of Abraham
Hamill, Pete Snow in August
Hobson, Laura Z. Gentleman's Agreement
Horn, Shifra Four Mothers
Horn, Shifra The Fairest Among Women
Kagan, Elaine Somebody's Baby
Kahn, Sharon Don't Cry for Me Hot Pastrami
Kellerman, Faye The Ritual Bath
Kenaz, Yehoshua Returning Lost Loves
Kirshenbaum, Binnie Hester Among the Ruins
Leahy, Syrell Rogovin A Book of Ruth
Lipman, Elinor The Inn at Lake Devine
Liss, David A Conspiracy of Paper
Malamud, Bernard A New Life
Malamud, Bernard The Assistant
Mirvis, Tova The Ladies Auxiliary
Morton, Brian Starting Out in the Evening
Nahai, Gina Barkhordar Cry of the Peacock
Nahai, Gina Barkhordar Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith
Nattel, Lilian The River Midnight
Obejas, Archy Days of Awe
Pap, Karoly Azarel
Piercy, Marge He, She and It
Plain, Belva Evergreen
Potok, Chaim Old Men at Midnight
Potok, Chaim The Chosen
Prose, Francine Dybbuk: A Story Made in Heaven
Rabinyan, Dorit Persian Brides
Ragen, Naomi The Ghost of Hannah Mendes
Roiphe, Anne Richardson Lovingkindness
Schwartz-Bart, Andre The Last of the Just
Shalev, Meir The Blue Mountain
Shalev, Meir The Loves of Judith
Singer, Isaac Bashevis Any works
Spark, Debra The Ghost of Bridgetown
Stark, Richard Flashfire
Wouk, Herman Marjorie Morningstar
Yezierska, Anzia Bread Givers


*********************************
Amy Cervene
Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
Smoky Hill Public Library
Centennial, CO
[removed]@ald.lib.co.us

FROM: "Carla Hutchens" <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 4:03 PM

Just to be complete - the third Stephen Birmingham is "The Rest of Us": the
rise of America's Eastern European
Jews.-------------------------------------------------------------
Carla Hutchens
Director
Guernsey County District Public Library
http://www.gcdpl.lib.oh.us
-------------------------------------------------------------
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amy Cervene" <[removed]@ald.lib.co.us>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:37 PM
Subject: Compiled: Jewish Fiction, not Holocaust related


> Since at least 2 people asked me to post a compilation of titles, here
> it is. Thanks to everyone who sent suggestions!
>
> Jewish fiction, not Holocaust-related, for book clubs
>
>
> Non-Fiction:
>
> Birmingham, Stephen "Our Crowd": The Great Jewish Families of New York
> Birmingham, Stephen The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite
> Bloom, Stephen Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America
> Blumenfeld, Laura Revenge: A Love Story
> Chapman, Fern Schumer Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust: A Daughter's
> Journey to Reclaim the Past
> Dubner, Stephen J Turbulent souls : a Catholic son's return to his
> Jewish family
> Erlich, Elizabeth Miriam's Kitchen
> Hammer, Joshua Chosen by God
> Horovitz, David Phillip A Little Too Close to God
> Rinkoon, J. Sanford Rachel Caloff's Story: Jewish Homesteader on the
> Northern Plains
>
> Nadel, Ira Bruce Jewish Writers of North America: A Guide to Information
> Sources
>
> Fiction:
>
> Abraham, Pearl Giving Up America
> Abraham, Pearl The Romance Reader
> Aleichem, Sholem Any works
> Buck, Pearl S. Peony
> Dann, Jack M. (editor) Wandering Stars and More Wandering Stars
> Davidson, Avram Everybody Has Somebody in Heaven: Essential Jewish
> Tales of the Spirit
> Denker, Henry Horowitz and Mrs. Washington
> Ducovny, Amram Coney
> Eliot, George Daniel Deronda
> Englander, Nathan For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
> Eve, Nomi Family Orchard
> Ferber, Edna Fanny Herself
> Goldberg, Myla Bee Season
> Goldman, Judy The Slow Way Back
> Goldstein, Rebecca Mazel
> Goldstein, Rebecca The Mind-Body Problem
> Goodman, Allegra Kaaterskill Falls
> Goodman, Allegra The Family Markowitz
> Grant, Linda When I Lived in Modern Times
> Grossman, David The Zigzag Kid
> Halter, Marek The Book of Abraham
> Halter, Marek The Children of Abraham
> Hamill, Pete Snow in August
> Hobson, Laura Z. Gentleman's Agreement
> Horn, Shifra Four Mothers
> Horn, Shifra The Fairest Among Women
> Kagan, Elaine Somebody's Baby
> Kahn, Sharon Don't Cry for Me Hot Pastrami
> Kellerman, Faye The Ritual Bath
> Kenaz, Yehoshua Returning Lost Loves
> Kirshenbaum, Binnie Hester Among the Ruins
> Leahy, Syrell Rogovin A Book of Ruth
> Lipman, Elinor The Inn at Lake Devine
> Liss, David A Conspiracy of Paper
> Malamud, Bernard A New Life
> Malamud, Bernard The Assistant
> Mirvis, Tova The Ladies Auxiliary
> Morton, Brian Starting Out in the Evening
> Nahai, Gina Barkhordar Cry of the Peacock
> Nahai, Gina Barkhordar Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith
> Nattel, Lilian The River Midnight
> Obejas, Archy Days of Awe
> Pap, Karoly Azarel
> Piercy, Marge He, She and It
> Plain, Belva Evergreen
> Potok, Chaim Old Men at Midnight
> Potok, Chaim The Chosen
> Prose, Francine Dybbuk: A Story Made in Heaven
> Rabinyan, Dorit Persian Brides
> Ragen, Naomi The Ghost of Hannah Mendes
> Roiphe, Anne Richardson Lovingkindness
> Schwartz-Bart, Andre The Last of the Just
> Shalev, Meir The Blue Mountain
> Shalev, Meir The Loves of Judith
> Singer, Isaac Bashevis Any works
> Spark, Debra The Ghost of Bridgetown
> Stark, Richard Flashfire
> Wouk, Herman Marjorie Morningstar
> Yezierska, Anzia Bread Givers
>
>
> *********************************
> Amy Cervene
> Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
> Smoky Hill Public Library
> Centennial, CO
> [removed]@ald.lib.co.us
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: "Leser, Debra" <[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/27/02, 10:49 AM

I must have been gone for a few days. One title I didn't see on the list is Swimmimg Across The Hudson by Joshua Henkin

Debbie Leser
Rolling Meadows Library
Rolling Meadows, IL

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