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Book Club

Welcome to Book Club at CRS!

Books bring us together—and the CRS Book Club offers a space to explore stories, ideas, and Jewish themes in good company. Coordinated by Deedee Friedman, this congregant-led group gathers on one Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM to discuss books—fiction and nonfiction, plays, and poetry—written by Jewish authors or centered on Jewish themes.

Some sessions are held in person at CRS, while others take place over Zoom, making it easy to join the conversation wherever you are.

See a book that interests you? Read it and join us for the discussion!

Have questions or want to get involved? Reach out to Deedee at bookclub@crsnyc.org.

(*) Zoom Only

In 2025-2026, CRS Book Club will discuss:

The Human Scale, a novel by Lawrence Wright (SEPT 4)

I Seek A Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust by Julian Borger (OCT 9)

Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller (NOV 6)

Fervor, a novel by Toby Lloyd (DEC 4)*

Hotel Cuba, a novel by Aaron Hamburger (JAN 8)*

The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margarlit Fox (FEB 5)*

On Her Own, a novel by Lihi Lap (MAR 5)*

Confidential, a novel by Mikolaj Grynberg (MAR 26)*

By Any Other Name, a novel by Jodi Picoult (MAY 7)

Songs for the Brokenhearted, a novel by Ayelet Tsabari (JUNE 4)

CRS Book Club is congregant coordinated and congregant facilitated. Please email bookclub@crsnyc.org for more information.

Annual Meeting 2025

2024 Meeting Minutes will be posted soon. Please check back again.

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