To become a Book Fair patron, please call 248.432.5418 The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit Annual Jewish Book Fair exposes our community and the community at large to prominent and energizing authors from all over the world. We invite you to join us as we engage, educate and entertain you with this year’s incredible lineup.
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Thursday, November 2 Saturday, November 4
■ BOOK FAIR SNEAK PEEK Opening Night underwritten by Barbara & Douglas Bloom ■ OPENING NIGHT WITH JEFF ROSSEN 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Looking for something great to read? Please join us at our Book Fair Sneak Peek for an JEFF ROSSEN introduction to many of our Book Fair offerings, Rossen to the Rescue as well as some of the best newly published works! Millions of Americans watch Jeff 5RVVHQRQ1%&ȿVɁ7RGD\ɂZKHUHKH explains how to solve the world’s SNEAK PEEK PANEL: most harrowing problems. 6KDURQ6FKZDUW]Ɇ&RQQLH6LOYHUɆ&KHUL9LFWRU ,QRossen to the Rescue, Jeff Rossen Recommended books will be available with a special discusses many of his greatest discount on this night only. WLSVZKLOHVKDULQJSHUVRQDODQG VRPHWLPHVHPEDUUDVVLQJDQHFGRWHV that he couldn’t tell on TV. He provides game plans for KDQGOLQJDOPRVWHYHU\WKLQJOLIHFDQWKURZ\RXUZD\ȻVRPH of which may even save your life. Co-sponsored by the Commerce Township Community Library
Sunday, November 5
Day underwritten by Andi & Larry Wolfe ■ DETROIT WRITES (Local Authors)
10 a.m. Mark M. Bello: Betrayal of Faith Lawrence I. Berkove: How Butterfies Got Colored Wings Diane Bernstein: Teaching is Murder Leonard Borman: Fix the Roads: A Novel Edith Covensky: Life Is Fiction A. J. Reilly & Jon Dwoskin: The Think Big Movement: Grow your Business Big. Very Big! Renee Jaspan & Ellen Gendelman: When Ice Cream is Not Enough Gary Gerson: I’m Light: A Driver’s Search for Meaning on the Mean Streets Uber Detroit 11 a.m. Steve L. Cohn & Eric Sander Kingston: The Hidden Door: 26 Original Rabbinic Parables to Reveal the Concealed Donald Levin: The Forgotten Child Susan Knoppow & Kim Lifton: How to Write an Effective College Application Essay: The Inside Scoop for Parents Janet Meir: Voices 4 And more... Kenneth Garner & Andrei S. Markovits: Hillel at Michigan Shana and Rick Morrison: The Hug Store Donna Oram, MSW, ACSW: When Lupus Throws You for a Loop: A Handbook for the Newly Diagnosed, Lupus Veterans, and For Those Who Love Them Monica Starkman, MD: The End of Miracles Michael S. Walker: Quantum Fuzz Sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan jccdet.org/bookfair 248.661.1900 Sunday, November 5 continued 3 p.m. HOWARD MARKEL 1-4 p.m. The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek Opening the Doors Program presents Dr. John Harvey Kellogg was the man Anita Naftaly Family Circle Conference IURP0LFKLJDQUHDG\WRFRQTXHU WKHZRUOGȿVPRVWWHUULEOHPDODG\ MICHELE BORBA, Ed. D. indigestion. He established the “It’s Not All About Me: Developing Empathy and %DWWOH&UHHN6DQLWDULXPZKRVH Character in Kids” JXHVWVLQFOXGHG$PHOLD(DUKDUW Author of UnSelfe: Teaching Children Empathy in Their %RRNHU7:DVKLQJWRQ*HRUJH Bernard Shaw and Henry Ford. All-About-Me World and The 6Rs of Bullying Prevention -RKQȿVEURWKHU:LOOPHDQZKLOHZDV 0LFKHOH%RUED(G'LVDQDZDUG starting the Battle Creek Toasted ZLQQLQJDXWKRUSV\FKRORJLVWDQG &RUQ)ODNH&RPSDQ\ZKLFKZRXOG expert in developing empathy forever change how Americans ate. and character in kids. Dr. Borba KDVEHHQVHHQRQɁ7RGD\ɂ These competitive brothers were Ɂ*RRG0RUQLQJ$PHULFDɂɁ&11ɂ dedicated to improving health through Ɂ'DWHOLQHɂɁ061%&ɂɁ7KH(DUO\ nutrition and diet. 6KRZɂDQGɁ$QGHUVRQ&RRSHUɂ Co-sponsored by Bookstock Fund *XHVWVZLOOOHDUQVSHFLѹFSUDFWLFDO strategies that can be used the 5 p.m. next day. )RUWHDFKHUVSDUHQWVDQGPHQWDO ALEX BERENSON health professionals. The Prisoner Join John Wells on his terrifying Noon Registration and Resource Fair PLVVLRQWRXQPDVND&,$PROH$OO he has to do is go undercover as an Presentation followed by informal 1 p.m. $O4DHGDMLKDGLJHWFDSWXUHGDQG parent Q & A and dessert reception EHIULHQGDPHPEHURI,6,6 Tickets New York Times best-selling author ,QDGYDQFH:DONLQ Alex Berenson presents his latest 7RUHJLVWHU novel featuring the incomparable -RKQ:HOOV$EORFNEXVWHUWKULOOHU The PrisonerLVѹOOHGZLWKVXVSHQVH 1:30 p.m. WKDWZLOOOHDYHUHDGHUVDVWRQLVKHG Co-sponsored by Jewish Ensemble Theatre RABBI JOSEPH H. KRAKOFF DR. MICHELLE Y. SIDER 7 p.m. Never Long Enough: Finding Comfort and Hope Amidst Grief and Loss JOEL STONE 5DEEL-RVHSK.UDNRIIVHQLRU Detroit 1967 director of Jewish Hospice and ,QWKHVXPPHURI'HWURLW &KDSODLQF\1HWZRUNZURWHNever experienced one of the worst racially Long Enough, with illustrations by charged civil disturbances 'U0LFKHOOH<6LGHUDVDJXLGHWR LQ8QLWHG6WDWHVKLVWRU\,QDQHYHQW begin conversations about death WKDWKDVEHHQFDOOHGDɁULRWɂɁUHEHOOLRQɂ DQGRIIHUFRPIRUWDQGDVDQ ɁXSULVLQJɂDQGɁLQVXUUHFWLRQɂ interactive text so that mourners thousands of African-Americans can create a keepsake to remember took to the streets for several days loved ones. RIORRWLQJDUVRQDQGJXQѹUH)LIW\ Co-sponsored by IRP (Institute for Retired \HDUVODWHUQDWLYH'HWURLWHUVFLWHWKLV Professionals), the Ira Kaufman Chapel HYHQWDVSLYRWDOLQWKHFLW\ȿVKLVWRU\\HWIHZFRPSOHWHO\ XQGHUVWDQGZKDWKDSSHQHGZK\LWKDSSHQHGRUKRZLW continues to affect the city today. Sponsored by Anti-Defamation League Co-sponsored by WISDOM (Women’s Interfaith Solutions for Dialogue and Outreach in Metro Detroit)
jccdet.org/bookfair 248.661.1900 Monday, November 6 2:30 p.m.
Day underwritten by Esther & Neal Zalenko LYNDA SCHUSTER Dirty Wars and Polished Silver: The Life and Times of 11 a.m. a War Correspondent Turned Ambassatrix SANA KRASIKOV Detroit native Lynda Schuster The Patriots worked as a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and The The Patriots is the story of Florence Christian Science Monitor covering )HLQZKROHDYHV%URRNO\Q&ROOHJH ZDUWRUQ&HQWUDODQG6RXWK$PHULFD during the Great Depression to take 0H[LFRWKH0LGGOH(DVWDQG$IULFD DMRELQ5XVVLDDQGKHUVRQ-XOLDQ 6FKXVWHUWKHZLIHRIDQDPEDVVDGRU who makes the opposite journey WHOOVKHUH[WUDRUGLQDU\OLIHVWRU\ and comes to live in America. Yet for including her experience working on his job Julian must return to Moscow DNLEEXW]ZKLOHSURYLGLQJDZLQGRZ where he learns that Florence’s KGB LQWRWKHFXOWXUHDQGFRQѺLFWVH[LVWLQJ ѹOHKDVEHHQRSHQHG7KHVHFUHWV in these regions. “A riveting inter- there are both terrifying and poignant and reveal a story no national thriller ... a page-turner one could have imagined. WKDQNVWROXFLGZULWLQJDQGWKULOOLQJVWRU\WHOOLQJɂ(Kirkus). Co-sponsored by Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood Co-sponsored by the JCC’s Arts, Culture and Education Department
1 p.m. ■ BOOK CLUB NIGHT ■ EXPLORING DETROIT Book Club membership not required 6:30 p.m. Light dinner followed by author talk BARBARA MADGY COHN The Detroit Public Library: RACHEL KADISH An American Classic The Weight of Ink 7KH'HWURLW3XEOLF/LEUDU\LVѹOOHG 6HWLQ/RQGRQLQWKHVDQGWKH ZLWKUHPDUNDEOHDUFKLWHFWXUH HDUO\stFHQWXU\The Weight of LQWULFDWHFDUYLQJVPXUDOVPRVDLFV Ink is the interwoven tale of two DQGSDLQWHGZLQGRZV,WVKLVWRU\ ZRPHQRIUHPDUNDEOHLQWHOOHFW LVORQJEHJLQQLQJLQDQGLWLV (VWHU9HOD]TXH]DQHPLJUDQWIURP ѹOOHGZLWKFRQWULEXWLRQVIURPIDPHG Amsterdam who is permitted to artists Mary Chase Perry Stratton (co-founder of Pewabic VFULEHIRUDEOLQGUDEELMXVWEHIRUH 3RWWHU\ DQG(GZLQ+RZODQG%ODVKѹHOG ZKRSDLQWHGPXUDOV the plaque hits the city; and Helen LQWKH/LEUDU\RI&RQJUHVV DPRQJPDQ\RWKHUV :DWWDQDLOLQJKLVWRULDQZLWKDORYH The Detroit Public Library is the story of one of the city’s of Jewish history. greatest works of art. Helen has been summoned to view DFDFKHRIth century Jewish documents newly discovered MICHAEL G. SMITH LQDKRPHUHQRYDWLRQ(QOLVWLQJWKHKHOSRI$DURQ/HY\DQ $PHULFDQJUDGXDWHVWXGHQWDVLPSDWLHQWDVKHLVFKDUPLQJ Designing Detroit DQGLQDUDFHZLWKDQRWKHUIDVWPRYLQJWHDPRIKLVWRULDQV The GM Building. The University +HOHQHPEDUNVRQRQHODVWSURMHFWWRGHWHUPLQHWKHLGHQWLW\ of Michigan’s Hill Auditorium. RIWKHGRFXPHQWȿVVFULEHWKHHOXVLYHɁ$OHSKɂ The Detroit News building. Kirk in TICKETS the Hills. All are the work of Wirt 5RZODQGD&KHOVHD0LFKLJDQERUQ IRU-&&PHPEHUV Ȼ6SHDNHUERRNDQGOLJKWGLQQHU artist who served as chief designer IRU-&&PHPEHUV Ȼ6SHDNHUDQGOLJKWGLQQHURQO\ for Albert Kahn. Designing Detroit Reservation required by Tuesday, October 31 offers a look at one of Michigan’s most Co-sponsored by Bookies Book Club, Congregation Beth Ahm LQQRYDWLYHDQGRIWHQRYHUORRNHG Sisterhood, Temple Israel Weinberg Family Library architects and his contributions to the city and beyond. Sponsored by Wayne State University Press Co-sponsored by Henry & Delia Meyers Library and Media Center, Janice Charach Gallery
jccdet.org/bookfair 248.661.1900 Tuesday, November 7 ■ PATRON NIGHT With Nathan Englander Day underwritten by Rona Rones Patron Night sponsored by the DeRoy Testamentary 11 a.m. Foundation
DAPHNE MERKIN 6:30 p.m. Patron Dinner This Close to Happy: 8 p.m. Author Talk – Open to the public A Reckoning with Depression Beginning with a childhood where NATHAN ENGLANDER she felt little love and continuing WRWKLVGD\0HUNLQKDVVXIIHUHGZLWK Dinner at the Center of the Earth clinical depression. Dinner at the Center of the Earth 7KHUHLVQRFXUHQRKRSHIRUWRWDO is both a political thriller and a KDSSLQHVVEXWLQVWHDGVKHVD\VWKH FRPSHOOLQJORRNDWWKH0LGGOH(DVW possibility of reaching a place of with a collection of characters ɁUHODWLYHDOOULJKWQHVVɂ ranging from an American waitress Merkin’s book provides an invaluable LQ3DULVD&DQDGLDQEXVLQHVVPDQ look at an illness that is rarely D\RXQJ3DOHVWLQLDQDSULVRQHULQ discussed and offers “a stunningly perceptive voice into the DVHFUHWFHOODQGWKH,VUDHOLOHDGHU IRUHIURQWRIWKHFRQYHUVDWLRQDERXWGHSUHVVLRQRQHWKDWLV who is the only person who knows ERWKUHDVVXULQJDQGUHYHODWRU\ɂLQWKHZRUGVRIUHQRZQHG of the prisoner’s existence. psychologist Carol Gilligan. This latest novel is a tour de force from one of America’s most talented authors whose works Co-sponsored by Kadima, Jewish Family Service have appeared in the New Yorker, The New York Times and the Atlantic Monthly. 2:30 p.m. 1DWKDQ(QJODQGHUUHFHLYHGD*XJJHQKHLP)HOORZVKLS D3(10DODPXG$ZDUGWKH%DUG)LFWLRQ3UL]HDQGWKH PETER GETHERS 6XH.DXIPDQ3UL]HIURPWKH$PHULFDQ$FDGHP\RI$UWV My Mother’s Kitchen /HWWHUVDPRQJPDQ\RWKHUV -XG\*HWKHUVbZDV\HDUVROGZKHQ SUPPORT BOOK FAIR, BECOME A PATRON! she took a low-level job with a new Please call the Development department at 248.432.5418 chef named Wolfgang Puck. She soon EHFDPHDPDVWHULQWKHNLWFKHQ ZRUNLQJDV3XFNȿVFORVHDVVRFLDWH Wednesday, November 8 becoming a friend of Julia Child and Jonathan Waxman and teaching Day underwritten by Nancy & James Grosfeld celebrities invaluable kitchen hacks. 7KHQ*HWKHUVEHFDPHLOODQGZKHQ 10:30 a.m. VKHZDVLQKHUVLWEHFDPHFOHDU to her son Peter that she wouldn’t JANET BENTON live much longer. Peter decided to Lilli de Jong recreate and serve his mother her favorite dishes. Lilli de Jong arrives at the doorstep of a Philadelphia home for unwed -XVWRQHSUREOHPKHGRHVQȿWFRRN PRWKHUVLQ $VKHVLWVZLWKKLVPRWKHULQKHUѹQDOGD\VOLVWHQLQJWR She has nowhere else to turn. Her VWRULHVRIKHUSDVW*HWKHUVOHDUQVQRWRQO\KRZWRSUHSDUH family will not help her. The baby’s food but what it means to be a family. father has abandoned her. She is no Co-sponsored by the Sisterhood of Adat Shalom Synagogue, longer allowed to teach and has no Congregation B’nai Moshe Sisterhood, Hazon source of income. To keep her child would mean a life of poverty. But when WKHEDE\LVERUQHYHU\WKLQJFKDQJHV/LOOLWHOOVKHUVWRU\ LQDGLDU\ZKHUHUHDGHUVOHDUQRIKHUMRXUQH\WKDWVWDUWV at a charity and moves to the streets of a new American city. Lilli de JongLVDVWRU\ѹOOHGZLWKDGYHQWXUHDQGVXUSULVH and offers a thoughtful testament to a mother’s love. Co-sponsored by Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood
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