Not Your Bubbe Book Club: Always Carry Salt by Samantha Ellis

Not Your Bubbe Book Club Hosts Discussion of Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture by Samantha Ellis

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

Calling all bibliophiles: Do you like to read between the wines? 📚

If you’re looking for a group that celebrates a love of both books and a good drink, then you’re in the right place!

One Monday a Month at 7:00PM at The Boston Synagogue.

Check out the Autumn | Winter Collection and reserve the books:

Monday November 9

7:00 PMAlways Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture by Samantha Ellis

Monday December 7

7:00 PMI Made It Out of Clay by Beth Kander

Monday January 11

7:00 PMHunting in America by Tehila Hakimi

Monday February 8

7:00 PMSoon by You by Dahlia Adler