Jewish Women's Book Club

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Join Mrs. Yona Posner for light discussion around some good Jewish reading.

We will be reading: Conversations with My Rabbi: Timeless Teachings for a Fractured World, by Rabbi Eli Schlanger, and Nikki Goldstein|

A radically hopeful exploration of faith, identity, morality, and purpose grounded in timeless Jewish principles, captured in a series of profound conversations between Nikki Goldstein and the man who saved her life and became her spiritual mentor, Rabbi Eli Schlanger—whose teachings and wisdom endure beyond his tragic killing in the December 2025 Bondi Beach Chanukah terrorist attack in Sydney, Australia.

This book will be released on May 26. We will be meeting on Monday, June 8, at 12 noon, at Eve's Garden Cafe. Contact Yona Posner for more information.

The book club meets every 6-8 weeks. The books we read are an eclectic mix of fiction, historical fiction, biography, memoir, and more.

We have read:

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Ten Green Bottles

Vivian Jeanette Kaplan

Saadiah Weissman

Benzion Firer

I'm Not Alone: Faith and courage in Soviet Russia

Riva Pomerantz

Hostage

Eli Sharabi

I Never Met the Rebbe

David Nesenoff

Chains

Leah Gebber

Rachel Calof's Story

The Choice

Edith Eger

The Gilded Cage: Queen Esther's untold story

Sorala Brownstein

Culled from the rich Jewish tradition, comes the story of Queen Esther, as you never heard before.

The Decree

Sarah Feldbrand

The Decree; A Historical Novel Set During the Persian Rule

From The Four Winds

Haim Sabato

Haim Sabato offers a rich historical novel in From the Four Winds, an evocative, rendering of his childhood experiences in an immigrant transit camp in 1950s Israel. The young Haim is disturbed by the suppressed memories of the adults living in the immigrant community, until Farkash, a mysterious, unforgettable character takes Haim under his wing and reveals a sorrowful story that will affect Haim for the rest of his life.

Don Yosef Nasi

Avishai Stockhammer

In Spain and Portugal, there were courageous Marranos who were determined not to give in to the "inevitable." Some because rich and famous. A few used their prosperity to escape to places where - eventually - they could practice their Judaism, not only proudly, but openly. The most prominent among them was Dona Gracia Nasi, and her nephew and future son-in-law for a lifetime of service to his people. Don Yosef Nasi.

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