In addition, Book Passage will initiate two new book groups featuring works by conference authors and led by Dr. Carol Benet beginning in December. For information, call (415) 927-0960.

A recommended reading list for “Writing the Jewish Future: A Global Conversation” includes:

“Roommates: My Grandfather’s Story” by Max Apple (Warner)

“The Family Markowitz” by Allegra Goodman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

“Dreams of an Insomniac” by Irena Klepfisz (Eighth Mountain)

“A Feast in the Garden” by George Konrad (Harcourt Brace)

“October Eight O’Clock: Stories” by Norman Manea (Grove)

“The Puttermesser Papers” by Cynthia Ozick (Alfred A. Knopf)

“Eve’s Apple” by Jonathan Rosen (Random House)

“Against Identity” by Leon Wieseltier (William Drenttel)

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