These are books that have been recommended by our Rabbis, that have been written by speakers at our shabbatonim, that are being discussed by the Beth Sholom Jewish Book Club, or have some other connection with Beth Sholom.

	A Tale of Love and Darkness, by Amoz Oz (2005; Harvest Books paperback) is the subject of discussion at the next meeting of the Beth Sholom Jewish Book Club. The meeting, at 8:00 PM on Monday, January 23 rd, will be in the conference room at Beth Sholom.
	To Heal a Fractured World, the Ethics of Responsibility, by Jonathan Sacks (2005; Schocken). Rabbi Dr. Sir Jonathan Sacks is the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom. He will be speaking at a Shabbaton on November 25 and 26, 2005. On Saturday night following Shabbat, Rabbi Sacks will be speaking at the shul concerning his new book
Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, world renowned author and lecturer, was featured at a Shabbaton on May 2, 2002. She currently has two books available: "The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis" (1995; Jewish Publication Society) is available both in hardcover and paperback. The Particulars of Rapture: Reflections on Exodus (2001; Doubleday) is only available in hardcover; it was published in February 2001.
	A Tzaddik in Our Time: The Life of Rabbi Aryeh Levin, by Simcha Raz (4th edition, 1989; Feldheim). In his Dvar Torah on September 4, 1999, Rabbi Tessler highly recommended this book. In fact, he said that if you buy only one book this year (other than the Torah) it should be this one.
	Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and the Last Great Lesson, by Mitch Albom (1997; Doubleday). Rabbi Tessler dedicated his drosha on Rosh Hashana 5759 (1998) to Marvin Podgor Z"L, a member of Beth Sholom who was dying of cancer at the age of 42. His source for much of this most unusual sermon was not the Torah, not the Talmud, but Tuesdays with Morrie. This book by sportswriter Mitch Albov tells how after 20 years he renewed his friendship with his favorite undergraduate professor, Morrie Schwartz, who was dying from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease), and of this final "course" he took with Morrie. Although it would be easy to see it as a course in how to die with dignity in the most undignified of circumstances, it is really a course in how to live.

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