Book Discussion: Stockholm
Kol Shalom’s book selection for May is the novel Stockholm, by Israeli author Noa Yedlin. The outrageous premise: four friends attempt to hide the death of one of their comrades so he remains eligible to win the Nobel Prize. The novel has been described as “an ingeniously plotted dark comedy about aging and friendship.” Discussions are informal and all are invited to participate.
Past Books
- Prequel by Rachel Maddow, April 14, 2024
- The Vanishing American Jew by Alan Dershowitz, February 25, 2024
- The Last Ships from Hamburg by Steve Ujifusa, January 21, 2024
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Orchestra of Exiles: The Story of Bronislaw Huberman, the Israel Philharmonic, and the One Thousand Jews He Saved from Nazi Horrors, by Josh Aronson and Denise George, February 26, 2023
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Fly Already by Etgar Keret, November 6, 2022
- Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson – October 2, 2022
- Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan – August 28, 2022
- The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand – July 31, 2022
- The Book of Lights, by Chaim Potok – June 26, 2022
- The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, by Richard Zimler – May 22, 2022
- Sabbath’s Theater, Philip Roth – April 24, 2022
- Our Country Friends, by Gary Shteyngart – February 13, 2022
- More Than I Love My Life, by David Grossman – January 9, 2022
- Apeirogon, by Colum McCann – December 12, 2021
- The Sabbath, by Abraham Joshua Heschel – September 26, 2021
- The Life of Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream, by Michael Shnayerson – August 29, 2021
- The Last Palace, by Norman Eisen – August 1, 2021
- The Hilltop, by Assaf Gavron – June 27, 2021
- The Light of Days, by Judy Batalion – May 16, 2021
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The Moor’s Last Sigh, Salman Rushdie – April 11, 2021
