A Guide for Book Groups

Looking for a great book to read and talk about with your colleagues and friends? Every month The Jewish Reader features a new selection drawn from the latest in contemporary and classic Jewish fiction, poetry and memoir. Selected passages, reviews, and study questions will guide book group discussions, and provide intellectual stimulation for any reader.

The Jewish Reader: Summer 2008 Our current selection is The Lazarus Project by Aleksander Hemon

Below are the previous issues from this year. A full listing of past issues of The Jewish Reader is also available.

Nathan Englander's The Ministry of Special Cases

Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Tillie Olsen's Tell Me a Riddle

David Mamet's The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-Hatred, and the Jews

Katharine Weber's Triangle

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• Your own comments about the books
• Your response to the essays
• Your own study questions
• Queries for the authors
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