Not Your Bubbe Book Club Discussion of Always Carry Salt by Samantha Ellis
2026-11-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Boston Synagogue, 55 Martha Rd, Boston, MA, 02114, United States
Not Your Bubbe Book Club Hosts Discussion of Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture by Samantha Ellis

Join us for a wild night of intrigue At Not Your Bubbe’s Book Club – it’s not your grandma’s book club, that’s for sure!
Venue: The Boston Synagogue
Date: November 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Join us for a lively discussion of Always Carry Salt at The Boston Synagogue. Let’s dive into the twists and turns of this captivating story together. Don’t miss out on the chance to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. You do not want to miss this.
See you there!
“In Always Carry Salt, Samantha Ellis crafts an urgent and tender exploration of cultural extinction, maternal inheritance, and the impossible task of preserving what history threatens to erase. Ellis is the daughter of Jewish refugees who fled Iraq — her father in 1951, a decade after the Farhud, and her mother in 1971. Ellis grew up in London surrounded by the distinct sounds of Judeo-Iraqi Arabic, a language now teetering on the edge of oblivion.”
Read more here: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/always-carry-salt-a-memoir-of-preserving-language-and-culture

Not Your Bubbe Book Club Discussion of I Made It Out of Clay by Beth Kander
2026-12-07 19:00 - 21:00
Not Your Bubbe Book Club Hosts Discussion of I Made It Out of Clay by Beth Kander
Join us for a wild night of intrigue At Not Your Bubbe’s Book Club – it’s not your grandma’s book club, that’s for sure!

Venue: The Boston Synagogue
Date: December 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Join us for a lively discussion of I Made It Out of Clay by Beth Kander at The Boston Synagogue. Let’s dive into the twists and turns of this captivating story together. Don’t miss out on the chance to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. You do not want to miss this.
See you there!
“Beth Kander’s I Made It Out Of Clay has all the makings of a classic holiday rom-com: a nuanced female protagonist, several fun side characters, and a mysterious love interest that just might be too good to be true. The main character, Eve, struggles to balance her work and personal life; she yearns to simply turn her phone off and keep it off forever, something that may resonate with readers. Chapter one finds Eve stressed about her upcoming fortieth birthday, because of her lack of a love life, instability at work, and a couple creepy incidents that are probably nothing, right?”
Read more here: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/i-made-it-out-of-clay

Not Your Bubbe Book Club Discussion of Hunting in America by Tehila Hakimi
2027-01-11 19:00 - 21:00
Not Your Bubbe Book Club Hosts Discussion of Hunting in America by Tehila Hakimi
Join us for a wild night of intrigue At Not Your Bubbe’s Book Club – it’s not your grandma’s book club, that’s for sure!

Venue: The Boston Synagogue
Date: January 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Join us for a lively discussion of Hunting in America by Tehila Hakimi at The Boston Synagogue. Let’s dive into the twists and turns of this captivating story together. Don’t miss out on the chance to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. You do not want to miss this.
See you there!
“Hunting in America, Tehila Hakimi’s debut novel, is a haunting story about a woman attempting to escape her past and create a new identity. With restrained and beautiful prose, Hakimi spins an intoxicatingly strange tale about an Israeli woman relocating to America, learning to hunt, and possibly losing her grasp on reality.”
Read more here: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/hunting-in-america

Not Your Bubbe Book Club Discussion of Soon by You by Dahlia Adler
2027-02-08 19:00 - 21:00
Not Your Bubbe Book Club Hosts Discussion of Soon by You by Dahlia Adler
Join us for a wild night of intrigue At Not Your Bubbe’s Book Club – it’s not your grandma’s book club, that’s for sure!

Venue: The Boston Synagogue
Date: February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Join us for a lively discussion of Soon by You by Dahlia Adler at The Boston Synagogue. Let’s dive into the twists and turns of this captivating story together. Don’t miss out on the chance to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. You do not want to miss this.
See you there!
“Ari Becker, the editor of a spicy romance site, is exhausted by the prospect of attending yet another wedding, especially the one for which she’s asked to take out her ​“trashy piercings.” Yes, she’s always the bridesmaid, never the bride, but marriage isn’t on her radar. She’s worried about how her tight friend group has started to slip away into the world of wives while she’s trying to survive wearing impossibly high heels.”
Read more here: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/soon-by-you
