Three off the top of my head, which have been excellent stimuli to
discussion are: The Brothers Ashkenazi, by Israel Joshua Singer (not Isaac
Bashevis); A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz (a memoir); and Daniel
Deronda, by George Eliot. If you can get it, The Island Within, by Ludwig
Lewi
Also The Lost by Mendelsohn. We had a very good discussion about that
one. It is long but goes quickly.
Aileen Grossberg
Lampert Library
Montclair, NJ 07042
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Oh yes! The Zookeeper's Wife is a terrific book. You should include
that in syllabus.
Enid Sperber
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Philip Hallie's Lest Innocent Blood be Shed; the story of the village
of le Chambon and how goodness happened there, is far from new, but I
just read it for the first time. It is intensely powerful, and leads,
I believe, to great possibilities for discussion and thought. The
book is still fill
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