Sisterhood Torah Fund Book Club

Join us to discuss these fabulous new books! Copies of the books are available in the Maxwell Abbell Library and from public libraries, as well as from local and online booksellers. For more information, email Rachel Kamin, Director of Lifelong Learning, or call her at 847/926-7902.

Participants are encouraged to make a minimum donation of $54 to the Torah Fund Campaign. If you donate $180 or more you will receive the beautiful 5787 “Shema Koleinu” (Hear Our Voice) Torah Fund pin. Click here for more information on how to make your Torah Fund donation online, by mail, or by phone.

Torah Fund Book Club Calendar 2026-2027:

Sisters of Fortune by Esther Chehebar
Saturday, October 10, 2026, 12:30 pm
In this hilarious, heart-warming debut novel, three Syrian Jewish sisters chase love and grapple with the growing pains of young womanhood as they seek their place within, and beyond, their Brooklyn community.

The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb by Emmet Hirsch Picoult
Saturday, November 14, 2026, 12:30 pm
This sweeping historical novel follows Joseph Friedmann from a traumatic childhood in a Catholic convent in Lebanon to the battlefields of Israel’s War of Independence and a dangerous career as an undercover Israeli spy. MEET THE AUTHOR IN PERSON AT BETH EL ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18.

Always Carry Salt by Samantha Ellis Hirsch
Saturday, January 9, 2027, 12:30 pm
The daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees, Samantha Ellis grew up surrounded by the noisy, vivid, hot sounds of Judeo-Iraqi Arabic, a language that’s now on the verge of extinction. How can she pass on this heritage to her son without passing on the trauma of displacement? An immersive and moving meditation on the words and traditions that shape us and what we carry forward into the future.

THE BOOK CLUB WILL CONTINUE ON MARCH 13 AND MAY 15, 2027 (BOOKS TBD).

Click here for Past Book Club Selections. All books are available in the Maxwell Abbell Library.