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OZ Book Club – Stranger in My Own Land
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these... Read More

OZ Book Club – Künstlers in Paradise
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. Künstlers in Paradise by Cathleen Schine There was a time when the family Künstler lived in the fairy-tale city of... Read More

OZ Book Club – Kantika
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these... Read More

OZ Book Club – The Plot Against America
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history... Read More

OZ Book Club 2025 – Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these... Read More

OZ Book Club – My Mother’s Secret
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. My Mother's Secret by Alina Adams As her revolutionary neighbor mysteriously disappears during Josef Stalin's Great Terror purges, 18-year-old Regina... Read More

OZ Book Club 2025 – Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered: One Woman’s Year in the Heart of the Christian, Muslim, Armenian, and Jewish Quarters of Old... Read More

OZ Book Club – To the End of the Land
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. To the End of the Land by David Grossman Just before his release from service in the Israeli army, Ora’s... Read More

OZ Book Club – The American Way
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. The American Way: A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe by Bonnie Siegler and Helene Stapinski In... Read More

OZ Book Club – Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro The author of Hourglass now gives us a new... Read More

OZ Book Club – Refugee by Alan Gratz
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. Refugee by Alan Gratz (novel OR graphic novel) JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the... Read More

OZ Book Club – Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky In this timely, highly original, and controversial narrative, New York... Read More

OZ Book Club – One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe by Dara Horn
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe by Dara Horn A lost Afikomen, a time-traveling talking goat, and a never-ending seder... Read More

OZ Book Club – Goyhood by Reuven Fenton
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. Goyhood by Reuven Fenton Funny, poignant, and revelatory while plumbing the emotional depths of the relationship between estranged brothers, Goyhood... Read More

OZ Book Club – Heart of a Stranger by Angela Buchdahl
ZoomThe OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. Heart of a Stranger by Angela Buchdahl Angela Buchdahl was born in Seoul, the daughter of a Korean Buddhist mother... Read More