Upcoming Schedule | Books We’ve Read
Sunday, October 3rd
Louis Rose, San Diego’s First Jewish Settler and Entrepreneur by Don Harrison
Discussion with the author!
Louis Rose, an Old World immigrant, came to San Diego in 1850 and was one of the key figures who helped to shape the region. This comprehensive biography addresses not only the founding of Jewish institutions in San Diego, but how Rose helped to develop secular institutions as well.
Don Harrison, author of Louis Rose: San Diego’s First Jewish Settler and Entrepreneur, will speak at the October meeting of the Braun Book Club. A knowledgeable and always entertaining speaker, this comprehensive biography addresses not only the founding of Jewish institutions in San Diego, but how Rose helped to develop secular institutions as well.
A long-time member of Tifereth Israel, Don and his wife Nancy founded and publish San Diego Jewish World. He is the author or many books about Jewish life and history in and around San Diego, all of which are available in the Braun Library.
Multiple copies of the book are available for loan. Contact Librarian Ellen Lorang at library@tiferethisrael.com for curbside pickup. The book is also available on Amazon in digital format.
Whether you read the book or not, you will be awed at Don’s extensive knowledge of local Jewish history.
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The Braun Library Book Club meets most months (usually on the first Sunday of the month) at 10:30 a.m.
- Books are chosen by the group, and represent a variety of genres, all with a connection to Jewish history or culture.
- Meetings are open to all interested TIS members.
- Multiple copies of our monthly selections are usually available for loan.
- There is no fee. The book club is supported by generous donors to the Braun Library fund.
- Donate here.
Upcoming Schedule:
- Sunday, November 7th – The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
- Sunday, December 5th – The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies by Jason Fagone
- Sunday, January 9th – TBD
- Sunday, February 6th – TBD
- Sunday, March 6th – TBD
- Sunday, April 3rd – TBD
Cry of the Peacock – Gina Nahai
By Fire, By Water – Mitchell James Kaplan
Beauty Queen of Jerusalem – Sarit Yishai-Levi
The Yid: A Novel – Paul Goldberg
Three Floors Up – Eshkol Nevo
Visible City – Tova Mirvis
The History of Love – Nicole Krauss
2020
The Worlds We Think We Know – Dalia Rosenfeld
The Ghost of Hannah Mendes — Naomi Ragen
A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir — Lev Golinkin
The Color of Water — James McBride
The Hotel Neversink — Adam O’Fallon Price
People of the Book — Geraldine Brooks
Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel — Jonathan Safran Foer
Drawing in the Dust — Zoe Klein
A Bend in the Stars — Rachel Barenbaum
The Muralist: A novel — B.A. Shapiro
2019
The Secret Chord — Geraldine Brooks
Moonglow — Michael Chabon
Naamah — Sarah Blake
Bee Season — Myla Goldberg
A Marriage of Opposites — Alice Hoffman
A Pigeon and a Boy — Meir Shalev
A Tale of Love and Darkness — Amos Oz
The Golem and the Jinni — Helene Wecker
The River Midnight — Lilian Nattel
I am Forbidden — Anouk Markovits
Mr. Mani — Abraham B. Yehoshua,
Ritual Bath — Faye Kellerman
2018
Waking Lions — Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
The Chosen — Chaim Potok
American Pastoral — Philip Roth
Bread Givers — Anzia Yezierska
Einstein and the Rabbi — Naomi Levy
The Best Place on Earth, — Ayelet Tsabari
The Weight of Ink — Rachel Kadish