Sue's Bookshelf

Charlotte Jewish News January 2022

By Sue Littauer

The Center for Jewish Education (CJE) Book Club is excited to announce its book selections and schedule for 2022. Criteria for book selection include having Jewish subject matter, having Jewish values, and/or written by Jewish authors. Not only do we look forward to excellent selections for our book club meetings and discussions, but also we are excited about the fantastic lineup of speakers that will be joining us as part of our upcoming CJE Spring Book Festival.

Word has been spreading throughout the community about this warm, welcoming, and intelligent community of readers, and we’ve had the pleasure to welcome several new members during the past few months. The CJE Book Club is open to the entire Jewish community. If you’d like more information, please contact sueb.littauer@jewishcharlotte.org.

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at Shalom Park.

CJE Book Club 2022 Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are held on the second of each month at 10:30 a.m. at Shalom Park.

January 12 — “Marjorie Morningstar” by Herman Wouk

February 9 — “The Forest of Vanishing Stars” by Kristi n Harmel

March 9 — “The Lost Shtetl” by Max Gross Thursday,

March 24, 7 p.m. — CJE Spring Book Festival speaker: Kristi n Harmel Sunday,

March 27, 7 p.m. — CJE Spring Book Festival speaker: Max Gross April 13 — No book club this month

May 11 — “Eternal” by Lisa Scottoline

Thursday, June 2, 7 p.m. — CJE Spring Book Festival speaker: Lisa Scottoline

June 8 — “The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray July 13 — “Last Summer of the Golden Hotel” by Elyssa Friedland

August 10 — “An Observant Wife” by Naomi Ragen September 14 — Guest speaker and local author Judy Goldman

October 12 — No book club this month November 9 — “Morningside Heights” by Joshua Henkin

December 14 — “The Things We Cannot Say” by Kelly Rimmer All books can be found at the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us in 2022.