Interested in getting into cultural/historical Jewish literature, but haven't found the motivation or perhaps don't know where to start? Maybe you just want to get more involved with the community and have been waiting for a community-centered event or program to launch? Well here's your sign! 🪧 Join the Circle for our new Virtual Book Club! 📖

What is a Book Club?

A Book Club is a group of people who all commit to reading the same book, and then all meet together after finishing it to discuss it as a group. Book Clubs are a great way to squeeze more reading into your life, connect and build relationships within your community, get exposed to different viewpoints in a non-judgmental space, and learn something new. All books recommended as part of our Book Club will be written by a Jewish author, or about the Jewish experience.

When is our Book Club?

Our new Book Club will meet quarterly via Google Meet from 7:30-9pm on the second Monday of the second month of the quarter, landing our first Book Club meet-up on Monday, November10^th. 💻

Save The Date!

• Monday, February 9th, 2026
• Monday, May 11th, 2026
• Monday, August 10th, 2026

What book are we reading first?

Our first book will be The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family by Joshua Cohen in 2021. This is a short, comical read. Future books will be discussed at each meeting, so if you have any favorites, let us know!

Inspired by a story that literary critic and academic Harold Bloom recounted to Cohen, The Netanyahus tells the fictional tale of Benzion Netanyahu’s trip to Bloom’s university for a campus talk. Bloom gets stuck shepherding Benzion around while his family stayed at their house. While the story itself is fictional, the real-life Benzion Netanyahu (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s father) did spend some time at Cornell as a professor, and the book does provide insight for some of Prime Minister Netanyahu's current views. The book won the National Jewish Book Award in 2021 and a Pulitzer for fiction in 2022, among other awards.

Support your local library!

This book is available for check-out as a physical book, ebook and audiobook from all local public libraries!

Trouble registering?

Upon registration, you should receive your registration confirmation email within minutes. If you don't, please try re-registering, or register using our Google Form instead.

Questions, recommendations, feedback?

Don't be shy! You can contact the Book Club founder & host, SJC member Heidi Bennett, directly.