Books & Bagels

Our monthly book group enjoys lively discussions and friendly camaraderie - and bagels.

Books and Bagels is open to members and nonmembers. Check the calendar for upcoming dates.

$6 per session for members
$15 for the series of three
$10 per session for nonmembers

All Books and Bagels sessions to be held in the new NCJW offices.

Upcoming books/dates:

Kate Vaiden by Reynolds Price.
Price's novels and stories about ordinary people in rural North Carolina struggling to find their place in the world established him as one of the most important voices in modern Southern fiction. Narrated by a 57-year-old woman whose lifelong search for love and security has been a series of bitter setbacks, the novel won the 1986 National Book Critics circle prize for best fiction.
Tuesday, May 8 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
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A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev.
Love and land are the two dramatic themes in this book. Mr. Shalev, an eminent Israeli writer, tells the tale of a boy who trains and dispatches homing pigeons, which are used by the Palmach. The boy, known as Baby, links the plot in which two generations of Israelis deal with the complications of life in their land.
Tuesday, June 12 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
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Recent Books We've Read

The City of Thieves by David Benioff
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, by Maggie O'Farrell
The Good Daughter, by Jasmin Darznik
The Bookseller of Kabul, by Asne Sierstad
Girl in Translation, by Jean Kwok
To the End of the Land, by David Grossman