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Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 2 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org OCTOBER OCTOBER 30 SATURDAY 31 SUNDAY 6:30 PM 1:30 PM Deutser Art Gallery Film Exhibition Opening ~ Sharon Dedication of the Director: Dror Moreh Israel, 2007, 90 minutes, Hebrew, English subtitles Gerald Rauch Cultural and Performing Arts Wing Who is Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon? What were his thoughts as he made historic decisions that would lead to a possible peace agreement? Director Dror Moreh, one of the new generation of independent filmmakers in Israel, started with 70 hours of exclusive Rafael Goldchain footage to introduce us to this very private man—farmer, husband, warrior, and father of I Am My Family: the settlers’ movement who turned into a strategic statesmen. Committing himself to peace Photographic Memories and Fictions in the Middle East, and with eyes wide open, he single-mindedly destroyed his life’s work. More than just a political documentary, Sharon is a classic tragedy with Moreh and his Rafael Goldchain’s exhibit, I Am My Family: Photographic Memories camera struggling to get to the heart of the puzzle that was Sharon in his later years. and Fictions, is a family album of traditional portrait photographs Free to Series Pass Holders • $8 JCC Member • $10 Public where the only subject is Goldchain himself. Using genealogical research, makeup, hair styling, costume, and props, Goldchain transforms himself over and over again into his ancestors, capturing their personification with the camera. His powerful images take us into his familial history, 4:30 PM and in essence, our history, of a family decimated and scattered by the traumatic events of the 20th century. Dennis Danziger 6:30 PM – Artist Talk A Short History of a Tall Jew 7:30 PM – Dedication In this darkly comic tale of love and loss, former sitcom writer Dennis Danziger (Taxi, Kate and Allie) gives us Reception and book signing follows in the bookstore Philip Lachman, age 39, single dad and high school teacher who is traversing LA in search of kindness—from his children, his students, and perhaps even the love of a woman who could be his second, and last, wife. He ultimately finds his way through the labyrinth of love and BOOKSTORE HOURS life by learning how to let go. Winner of LA’s Lit Crawl II and frequent contributor to The Huffington Post, Danziger will read excerpts from SUNDAY – THURSDAY: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM his novel, answer questions and, because he’s a teacher at heart, will walk everyone through a mini-lesson on how to write your FRIDAY: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM own story—fiction or fact. SATURDAY: 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public

Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 3 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org OCTOBER NOVEMBER 31 SUNDAY 1 MONDAY OPENING NIGHT 6:15 PM Alan Morinis 7:30 PM FREE Every Day, Holy Day EVENT! If we stop to think about each day, we can reflect on our thoughts and actions, and grow spiritually according to the Jewish practice of Mussar, an eminently wise, practical, and effective way to cultivate awareness, gratitude, personal growth, and ethical action on a daily basis. Alan Morinis, the respected leader in the Mussar Movement, designed Every Day, Holy Day as a daybook with 365 “traits of the CANCELLEDday” to infuse daily life with more purpose and meaning, making it an Jonathan Alter essential companion to anyone who wants to experience this The Promise: life-changing contemplative practice. President Obama, Year One PatronBY Sponsors: Sheila AUTHOR and Gordon Sack Jonathan Alter, Newsweek’s Senior Editor and author of its popular “Conventional Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public Wisdom Watch”, returns to the JCC Jewish Book & Arts Fair to speak on his second book about an American president. Alter chronicles the first year of President Barak Obama’s administration from late 2008’s pre-inauguration through the passage of the health care 8:00 PM Girls Night Out reform bill in March 2010. How is his book different from the other recent books written about Obama’s campaign and first year in office? This fast-paced and insightful narrative Jeffrey Zaslow offers a unique access inside the White House, detailing his management style and his thought process using “decision trees” of thoughts to formulate the economic bailout, the The Girls from Ames war in Afghanistan and the health care bill. Alter provides information from hundreds Donna Frankoff Memorial Lecture of interviews, including ones with the President’s aides, that give Friendship is a powerful force—as we see in this new anecdotes and details. The spotlight of this book centers on

New York Times bestseller about 11 childhood Southfield, MI. Photo Credit: Gary R. Miller, President Obama and his inner circle. In addition to his work with friends from Ames, Iowa. The women in this story remain strong through Newsweek, Alter is a contributing correspondent for NBC News college, marriage, divorce, and the death of one. Wall Street Journal and author of The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the columnist Jeffrey Zaslow recounts their stories, illustrating how the bonds Triumph of Hope. of friendship shape the lives of these women. The Girls from Ames is the Underwritten by Mrs. Lila Rauch in memory of Gerald Rauch story of a group of ordinary women who built an extraordinary friendship. Zaslow is also the co-author with Randy Pausch of The Last Lecture, and Patron Sponsors: Patti and Marc Hanfling Highest Duty, the memoir of Captain “Sully” Sullenberger. Free – tickets required Pick up tickets at the JCC or at area synagogues Patron Sponsors: Susie and David Askanase / Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public

Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 4 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org 2 TUESDAY 3 WEDNESDAY 6:15 PM 7:15 PM Eric Metaxas 6:30 PM Reception, European Eats & Beer Sampling Inside the Authors Studio Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy Exclusively for 21-35 Year Olds In this biography of anti-Nazi activist, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, we learn IDs Checked at the Door! the story of a man who leaves America for Germany to dismantle the Third Reich from the inside to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Through personal letters, journal entries, and firsthand accounts and with a Rachel Shukert passionate narrative voice, Eric Metaxas pieces together Bonhoeffer’s Everything is Going to Be Great story, juxtaposing his life as a Lutheran pastor and spy. Metaxas is a best-selling author who also writes for The New York Times, Atlantic An Underfunded, Overexposed European Grand Tour Monthly, and the Washington Post and is founder and host of Socrates Like so many of us, Rachel Shukert graduates jobless from NYU with in the City in New York City. a degree in acting. She catches her big break with a non-paying, Patron Sponsors: Sylvia and Aubrey Farb non-speaking role in a play touring Europe. A fluke at customs in Vienna lands her an unstamped passport and free reign to “find Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public herself.” Freewheeling through Vienna, Zurich and Amsterdam, Shukert navigates the tricky relationships, drunken mishaps, and miscommunication that every twentysomething faces when sent off 8:00 PM to negotiate the real world. Shukert, also the author of Have You No Shame?, the critically acclaimed essay collection about growing up Jonathan Schneer Jewish in Nebraska, is a performer and playwright whose writing has appeared on NPR and in numerous publications including Gawker, The Balfour Declaration: Heeb and The Daily Beast. The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict $15 (includes a copy of the book) The Balfour Declaration is the key action in Free entry to Series Pass Holders; Book available for purchase at the door history that committed Great Britain to support “a National Home for the Jewish People” in Palestine. Issued on this very date in 1917, this Declaration still reverberates today. With new material retrieved from historical archives, scholar Jonathan Schneer, a specialist in modern AUDITORY EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR HEARING IMPAIRED British history, details the public and private battles and discusses the If you need assistance in hearing clearly, equipment is now available repercussions of this declaration to many countries and, of course, to enhance your ability to hear the program. Just ask at the Box Office when you arrive and it will be provided for you with Israel. We learn of the generals and prime ministers, soldiers and courtesy and sensitivity. negotiators, who shed blood and cut deals to grab or give away the Made possible through the generosity of precious land, providing a riveting volume about the ancient faiths and The Center for ENT Doctors Weber, Moses, Hung, and Powitzky timeless treacheries that continue to drive global events today. Goldstaub Community Special Needs Fund Underwritten by /Shari and Joe Epstein Sharla and Henry Westheimer Family Philanthropic Fund CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY Patron Sponsors: Theba and Buster Feldman • Susan and Jack Lapin Karol and Daniel Musher Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public

Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 5 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org 3 WEDNESDAY 4 THURSDAY 8:00 PM 12:30 PM ALTERNATE Joshua Braff Joel Hoffman LOCATION Peep Show And God Said: How Translations David Arbus is graduating high school. What Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning should he do? The son of divorced parents, Arbus is torn between At Merfish Teen Center his mother who is trying to erase her past by living within a Hasidic sect in New York City, and his father who is struggling to maintain 9000 S. Rice his dignity in a less-than-savory business, operating a porn theatre in Melton Lunch and Learn Times Square. A healthy 17 year old with an interest in photography, Reading the Bible can be a daunting task, and linguist and translator David joins the family business. As entertaining as it is moving, Peep Joel Hoffman is here to help. The author uses his knowledge and skills Show looks at the fierce loyalties of two secret worlds, stripping away to correct some of the common errors in translating the language of the the curtains of both. Joshua Braff, the author ofThe Unthinkable Bible from Hebrew into English. The first three chapters explain how the Bible is translated Thoughts of Jacob Green, returns with another coming-of-age-story. from Hebrew to English, and continuing chapters apply his concepts to actual phrases that Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public should be reworded. Attentive readers will find this book extremely helpful to properly understand the Bible. Hoffman is a Ph.D. in Linguistics and has served on faculties at Brandeis University and Hebrew Union College. Optional lunch at 12:00 PM. $10 prepaid with reservation by Nov. 1. 8:00 PM Call 713-729-3200 x3288. Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public Sam Hoffman ALTERNATE Old Jews Telling Jokes LOCATION 6:15 PM At Congregation Or Ami 3443 Wilcrest Drive Sharon Pomerantz Laughter is part of our history, from the ghettos of Europe to Rich Boy Hollywood, to the Catskills, and to our family dinner tables. Jewish The favored son of struggling parents in a jokes are entertainment, the oral history of a culture, insightful social

Philadelphia Jewish neighborhood in the 1970s, Klarman Myra Credit: Photo criticism, and survival tactic rolled into one. Some jokes are risque Robert Vishniak finds himself on scholarship and off-color, but funny and familiar. Infused with a lifetime of at an elite New England university, mingling with the wealthy. As a Jewish experience, these jokes just plain make us laugh. Hollywood result, doors open, leading Robert to the highest circles of Manhattan director and producer Sam Hoffman launched a website for Jews society. After much professional success, he encounters a woman over 60 years old telling jokes. His new book offers up the best of the from the old neighborhood who re-awakens his old identity. This collection that continues to increase each year. When not collecting threatens to unravel his carefully constructed new persona. Rich Boy, jokes, Hoffman has produced, directed, and assistant directed such Pomerantz’s debut novel, is the first novel published by Twelve, a films asThe Royal Tenenbaums, School of Rock,and Groundhog Day. distinguished publisher who releases only 12 books per year. Patron Sponsors: Kimberly and Adam Siegel Patron Sponsors: Sharon and Gerry Laderman Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public

Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 6 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org 4 THURSDAY 5 FRIDAY 8:00 PM 1:00 PM Sarah Abrevaya Stein Film Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Ahead of Time Lost World of Global Commerce Director: Robert Richman In the late 1800s, ostrich feathers were to hats as diamonds are to wedding USA/Israel, 2009, 73 minutes, English, Hebrew with subtitles rings. African feathers were a hot commodity, and Jewish merchants were the salesmen. Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Professor and Maurice Amado Chair in This poignant documentary about Ruth Gruber, the youngest person in the world to receive a Sephardic Studies at UCLA, recounts the tales of these merchants who ran Ph.D., covers seven decades of her life as a photojournalist and foreign correspondent. Gruber the bustling global trade in ostrich feathers that flourished from the 1880s entered the Soviet Arctic in 1935 as the first journalist to do so, escorted Holocaust refugees to until the First World War. When the market crashed in the early 1900s, the America in 1944, covered the Nuremburg Trials in 1946, and documented the Haganah ship result was an economic catastrophe. In this remarkable book, awarded the Exodus in 1947. Using never-seen-before archival footage, we witness how her relationships Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature in 2010, Stein draws on rich archival with world leaders provided her unique access and insight into the modern history of the materials to bring to light the prominent and varied roles of Jews in the feather trade. She Jewish people. Gruber, presently a lively 98 year old, has been a much beloved speaker at discovers that Jews fostered and nurtured the trade across the global commodity chain. the JCC Jewish Book & Arts Fair. Ahead of Time is the directorial debut of award-winning cinematographer, Robert Richman (An Inconvenient Truth). Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public Free to Series Pass Holders • $8 JCC Member • $10 Public Underwritten by The Maurice Amado Foundation BE’TAY AVON SENIOR ADULT LUNCH PROGRAM Come have lunch and a program with the Be’tay Avon Crowd. 6 SATURDAY Lunch and Program • $5 JCC Member • $7 Public RSVP required for lunch. Call Esther Bethke at ext. 3258 8:00 PM GREAT SAVINGS! Purchase a Jewish Book & Arts Fair Series Pass for only JCC Member Public --- Admission­ to all programs: Film $50 $70 The Little Traitor 31 Authors 2 Concerts 4 Films Dror Moreh • JONATHAN ALTER • Dennis Director: Lynn Roth Danziger • Alan Morinis • Jeffrey Israel/USA, 2007, 88 minutes, English, Hebrew wth subtitles ZaslowBuy a• Book Eric & ArtsMetaxas Fair • Series Joshua Pass Braff Based in Palestine in 1947, a few months before Israel became a state, The Little Traitor is • Sam HoffmanAdvance •ticket Joel purchase recommendedHoffman • Sharon about the unlikely friendship of a young boy and a British Sergeant. Militant but sensitive, Pomerantz • Sarah Abrevaya Stein • twelve year old Proffy Liebowitz (Ido Port,Dear Mr. Waldman) is seized by British Robert SaveRichman money • The on Macaroonsprograms • Lynn Sergeant Dunlop (Alfred Molina, Law & Order Los Angeles) for being out past curfew, but Roth • Jordan$10 Discount forHill Seniors/Students • on seriesKaren passes Fisman • Adin Steinsaltz$2 Discount for Seniors/Students• Dani on singleShapiro tickets • Alana instead of turning him in, Dunlop takes him home. As Dunlop becomes a father figure, Online Liebowitz’s friends find their friendship problematic and call him a traitor leading to a trial Newhouse & Liel Leibovitz • David Dow • Matthew Goodmanjcchouston.org • Judith Viorst • that will change Liebowitz’s life forever. Based on the novel Panther in the Basement by Miryam Kabakov •in personTom Segev • Nehemia Amos Oz, director Lynn Roth seamlessly blends the touching tale of friendship, trust and GordonVisit the JCC andInformation Keith Desk or the BoxJohnson Office 30 minutes •prior Ericato the start of a Brownprogram betrayal against the larger backdrop of the last days of the British occupation of Palestine. • Smadar Levi • Bryan Edward Stone • The Klezmatics:by phone On Holy Ground • Free to Series Pass Holders • $8 JCC Member • $10 Public Mitchell Kaplan713.551.7255 • Martin Fletcher

Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 7 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org OLIVER LAPIN Sunday, November 7 FAMILY DAY 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM* *Adult programming continues throughout the day Concert, Authors, Books & Fun!

9:30 AM (Ages 3–6) 10:30 AM (1st–3rd grades) 1:00 PM (2nd–3rd grades) Joseph Had a Karen Fisman Jordan Hill Little Overcoat An Adventure in Latkaland: Drama games With activity and snack A Hanukkah Story with Hanukkah treats 1:00 PM (3rd–4th grades) 9:30 AM (1st–3rd grades) Karen Fisman 11:30 AM (2nd–5th grades) Jordan Hill An Adventure in Latkaland: Imaginary adventures Jordan Hill A Hanukkah Story Drama games with puppet making activity 10:30 AM (Ages 3–6) 11:30 AM (Ages 3–6) The Macaroons 2:00 PM (1st–2nd grades) Concert Joseph Had a Lauri B. Rosen Little Overcoat with illustrator, With activity and snack Bill Megenhardt Pixie & Trixie Bug reading & activity 10:30 AM (PreK–1st grades) Lauri B. Rosen with illustrator, 11:30 AM (K–1st grades) 3:00 PM (3rd–5th grades) Bill Megenhardt Lauri B. Rosen Pixie & Trixie Bug reading & activity Jordan Hill with illustrator, Bill Megenhardt Storytelling with improv Pixie & Trixie Bug reading & activity

Family Day is endowed in loving memory of Oliver Lapin by his family The Macaroons concert is underwritten by All events take place at JCC Houston • 5601 S. Braeswood the Barbara and Mark Paull Families All family events are FREE and open to the public, For concert tickets or information call and the Goldye M. and Samuel W. Spain with the exception of The Macaroons concert 713.551.7255 or visit jcchouston.org Children’s Performing Arts Fund 7 SUNDAY 7 SUNDAY 10:30 AM 10:30 AM & 1:00 PM Family Concert Karen Fisman The Macaroons An Adventure in Latkaland: A Hanukkah Story A Children’s Performing Arts Series Event In the spirit of Eric Kimmel’s Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblins, What do you get when the members of a critically-acclaimed band start having kids? We Karen Fisman’s new book is described as a “fast-paced fantasy plot” get an equally talented band writing and performing music for kids. The Macaroons, a full of humor and delight. On the first night of Hanukkah, Jacob spin-off of The LeeVees, best known for their garage rock spirited album,Hanukkah Rocks, Stern and his family are visited by a mysterious stranger who leaves featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, now take on such puzzling questions as “What’s behind a golden dreidl. Later that night, with a spin of the dreidl, a inside a mezuzah?” and “What should you do if you drop your matzoh ball on the ground?” girl named Sarah suddenly appears, taking Jacob on an extraordinary The Macaroons address these and so much more on their delicious debut album, Let’s Go adventure to Latkaland where the two children must draw on their Coconuts. With their big harmonies, irresistible melodies and a guitar-based sound that wits, bravery, and the lessons of history to overcome the fearsome recalls everything from the Kinks to Queen, The Macaroons bring their catchy pop-rock obstacles they encounter. In its easy chapter format, An Adventure in and super-fun music to the Kaplan Theatre stage. Young ones and their parents will love Latkaland is a marvelous tale inspired by the story of the Maccabees. rocking out to JDub’s first children’s music release and a PJ Library selection. Underwritten by the Barbara and Mark Paull Families and the Goldye M. and Samuel W. Spain Children’s Performing Arts Fund 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM & 2:00 PM Free to Series Pass Holders • $8 JCC Member • $12 Public Pre-paid Group packages for 10+ available. Call 713.551.7255 by Nov. 4. Lauri B. Rosen with illustrator, Bill Megenhardt 9:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM & 3:00 PM Pixie & Trixie Bug Jordan Hill In a magical, green garden down on Storyteller Rollingbrook Way, twins, Pixie and Trixie Bug live with all their garden friends. With creative “Once upon a time…there was a traveler between worlds, a wandering- rhyming text and gorgeous, colorful illustrations, wondering minstrel, a maggid of sorts, a high-energy professional Pixie & Trixie Bug shares that no matter who you storyteller…and his name was Jordan Hill.” That’s how you’re greeted are, how you are, what you look like, what you when you visit Jordan Hill’s website. A storyteller with specialties in like to eat or do or wear, everyone is unique and astronomy and Jewish stories, Hill is an educator in Jewish studies & math, special, just like me and you. Lauri B. Rosen is Houston’s Magical Kids a jazz, rock & klezmer musician, and can do all of it in three languages. Born in Johannesburg, Bookstore creator and owner of Children’s Chapters. Pixie & Trixie Bug he grew up in Dallas and is a Brandeis University graduate. “Storytelling,” says Hill, “is very is the first book in a series of children’s picture books she has done with much an intrinsic part of Jewish culture.” With his waist-length dreadlocks and mesmerizing illustrator Bill Megenhardt. style, Jordan Hill captivates children of all ages.

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Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 9 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org 7 SUNDAY 7 SUNDAY 4:30 PM Dani Shapiro Devotion: A Memoir In her newest memoir, Dani Shapiro’s mid-life spiritual journey starts with her son’s questions about God, mortality, and the afterlife. Lacking answers but with a desire to respond to her son, she seeks the help of a yogi, a Buddhist, and a rabbi. Through honest self-reflection on faith and doubt, Shapiro’s readers take stock of their own spiritual inventory and perhaps find some answers of their own. Neither showboating nor seeking pat answers, Shapiro, author of the best-selling memoir Slow Motion, continues her tradition of insightful and penetrating writing. Devotion was an O, The Oprah Magazine book pick, a Today Show best book in Winter 2010, and received four stars from People Magazine. Patron Sponsors: Jane and Larry Wagner 11:30 AM Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public Global Day of Jewish Learning Center for Jewish Living and Learning with Houston Rabbis and Educators Jewish communities in North America and around the world join together for a Global Day of Jewish Learning to celebrate Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s completion of the Talmud translation and commentary that he has been working on for 45 years. This unprecedented event is intended to remind us that while Jews are dispersed around the globe, we are bound together through our sacred texts and values. The broad-reaching goals of the Siyyum are to promote Jewish education, to unite the Jewish community, and to foster partnerships among local Jewish organizations and synagogues around a common theme. Rabbis and educators from all over Houston will host tables of ten for a one-hour lively learning session on a topic based on Tractate Ta’anit. The study session ends with a live broadcast with Rabbi Steinsaltz. Whether you are an experienced learner or engaging in study for the first time, this opportunity is a once-in-a- lifetime experience. Free Events continue year round. See pages 17 and 18 for programs through December.

Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 10 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org 7 SUNDAY 8 MONDAY 7:30 PM 5:30 PM Alana Newhouse & Liel Leibovitz Hometown Heroes Houston authors abound, and each season compelling books come to our attention. We Tablet Magazine: A New Read on Jewish Life want the community to get to know these authors, too. Join us to celebrate Houston Tablet, a daily online magazine of Jewish news, ideas, and culture authors Alan Berkowitz, Gerald Blumenthal, D.E. Cummings, Ron DeVere, Cele Keeper, launched in June 2009 as a project of the not-for-profit Nextbook Sheldon Rubenfeld, Lester Smith, Anna Steinberger on behalf of Emil Steinberger z”l, Inc. Its sister organization, Nextbook Press, publishes a line of Renee Wallace and Sara B. Wolf and their new works at a reception in the bookstore. You’ll Jewish-themed books. Tablet Senior Editor Alana Newhouse have a chance to meet our hometown heroes and learn about their new books. Books will and Liel Leibovitz, editor and author of The Chosen Peoples: be available for purchase and authors will be signing in the store. America, Israel, and the Ordeals of Divine Election, will discuss Free as of print deadline Jewish fiction, writing, and the new digital world. Newhouse joined Nextbook in 2008 and oversaw its redesign and relaunch as Tablet magazine. Previously, she spent five years as culture editor of the Forward. Houston audiences will remember her 6:15 PM appearance speaking on A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life from the Pages of the Forward, David Dow the maiden publication of the Forward-branded books she started with W.W. Norton. A graduate of Barnard College The Autobiography of an Execution and Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, Newhouse Current Litigation Director of the Texas has contributed to The New York Times, The Washington Post, Defender Service, University of Houston Law The Boston Globe, and Slate. Leibovitz, executive producer, professor and lawyer for more than 100 death video and interactive media designer, is a native of Tel Aviv. penalty cases, David Dow offers us a candid He completed his doctoral studies in communications at look into how the death penalty affects lawyers, Columbia University researching the ontology of video games, clients, and our society. The emotional toll on which means he spends more time playing games than a grown man should. all parties is palpable as Dow details a handful of real-life outcomes while respecting attorney-client privilege. Through his personal story, Patron Sponsor: Deborah Kaplan he describes the paradox of his day job defending death row inmates Free and coming home each day to his loving wife and son. Publishers Weekly states, “Dow’s book is a sobering, gripping and candid look into the death penalty.” Patron Sponsors: Maida and Paul Asofsky Susan and Stanley Schneider The Jewish Community Center Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public

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Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 11 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org 8 MONDAY 9 TUESDAY 8:00 PM 6:15 PM Matthew Goodman Miryam Kabakov Hold Love Strong: A Novel Keep Your Wives Away from Them: Marilyn Hassid Emerging Author Orthodox Women, Unorthodox Desires Abraham Singleton struggles with devastation and life’s obstacles as he Reconciling queerness with religion has always been an enormous comes of age in the Ever Park projects while watching The Cosby Show and challenge. When the religion is Orthodox Judaism, the task is even more dreaming of a future as a Huxtable. Born to a 13-year-old mother, Abraham daunting. This 14-essay anthology reveals the stories of Jewish women is a keen observer and a deeply empathetic young man who grapples with the who fall on all ranges of the “coming-out” spectrum. Some have come inescapable truths of his childhood, yet understands the promise contained out of the closet, some live double lives, and some are trying to maintain in education, love and personal expression. Hold love strong is the pledge issued to him at a straight life. Other books have explored being queer in Judaism, and birth. With his deftly crafted characters and rich language, Matthew Goodman’s debut novel this one shows the repercussions of the identity – what happens after shows that deep spirit, determination, and drive allow us to overcome anything. Hold Love the struggle, when the real work of building integrated lives begins. Strong was selected as a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers book and a USA Today Editor Miryam Kabakov is a social worker and Jewish educator whose New Voices Pick. HEEB Magazine listed Goodman among its 100 young Jewish people of note. compelling collection, that includes an essay by Houstonian Leah Lax, is an appealing read for a general audience, students of women’s and gender studies, and for anyone struggling Patron Sponsors: Marilyn Hassid and Marc A. Gessner personally with the same issue. Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public

9 TUESDAY ALTERNATE 10:30 AM LOCATION Judith Viorst Life Lessons from Under Eight till Almost Eighty At Congregation Beth Yeshurun • 4525 Beechnut Beloved author of classic children’s books such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst’s adult poetry Read. Drink. Enjoy! collections have always offered funny, touching, and true reflections on Grab a bite before or after a program each decade of life. Viorst, has tickled us with her musings on the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. She returns to speak about these stages of life in addition to her 8th decade that Open daily until 8:00 PM except for she plays with in her new book, Unexpectedly Eighty. She describes how 80 isn’t too old to Fridays and Saturdays flirt, to drink, and to dance and the wonder of seeing the world with new eyes—not because of revelations, but because of a successful cataract operation. Her clever stories attest that life Email [email protected] or call is for living, and we should value our friends and family. 713.729.3200, ext. 3232 Patron Sponsors: Lorraine and Sidney Brown to pre-order your meal and it will be ready for you! Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public

Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 12 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org 9 TUESDAY 10 WEDNESDAY 8:00 PM 6:15 PM Tom Segev Rodger Kamenetz Simon Wiesenthal The Life and Legends Burnt Books : Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav and Franz Kafka

Shirley and Bill Morgan Family Holocaust ©DanPorges Credit: Photo Acclaimed author of The Jew in the Lotus, Rodger Kamenetz has long Memorial Program been engaged in the study and practice of Jewish spirituality. The more he learned about the life and work of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (great- Israeli journalist, historian, and Haaretz columnist Tom Segev offers us grandson of the Ba’al Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism), the more the first fully documented biography of Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. aware he became of unexpected connections between the lives and A man who many considered a hero for punishing Nazi criminals, others works of Franz Kafka, a secular artist fascinated by Jewish mysticism, saw as someone who couldn’t let go of the past. Segev gained access to and Rabbi Nachman, a religious mystic who reached out to secular Wiesenthal’s thousands of private papers and archives, including records Jews. Both men died young of tuberculosis. Both invented new forms of the U.S., Israeli, Polish, and East German secret services that reveal of storytelling that explore the search for meaning in an illogical, unjust the intriguing secrets of Wiesenthal’s life. The research includes his world. Both gained prominence with the posthumous publication of investigative techniques, unlikely friendships, and reasons behind the their writing. And most intriguing of all, both left strict instructions that their unpublished rivalry with Elie Wiesel. This eagerly-anticipated book is proof of Amazon writings were to be burned after they died. Kamenetz offers us a groundbreaking dual Review’s observation that Tom Segev’s books are always worth the wait. Segev last appeared biography of the venerated Hasidic storyteller, Rabbi Nachman, and the iconic modern at the Jewish Book & Arts Fair with the release of One Palestine, Complete, named as one of master, Franz Kafka, that uncovers surprising parallels between the two tragically the top 10 books for 2000 by The New York Times. abbreviated lives. Patron Sponsors: Zahava Haenosh Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public Patti and Dan Steiner Mitzi Shure and Jerry Wische Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public 8:00 PM Nehemia Gordon and Keith Johnson A Prayer to Our Father Starting in Jerusalem, follow the journey of faith of a white Jewish Bible The Jewish Community Center of Houston scholar and African-American Christian pastor as together they uncover Jewish Book & Arts Fair is a member of the the roots of the most beloved Christian prayer—the only prayer written by Jewish Book Fair Network. Jesus—The Lord’s Prayer. Their adventure takes them to the Galilee where Jesus taught the multitudes to pray. Along the way they discover a Hebrew The Jewish Book Council serves to promote the reading, writing, publication, version of The Lord’s Prayer, preserved in secret by Jewish rabbis for over a distribution, and public awareness of books that reflect the rich variety of the thousand years. The richness of meaning that the Hebrew version unlocks Jewish experience. The Jewish Book Network is a membership organization of reveals a powerful message of spiritual growth for Jews and Christians alike. over 100 participating sites, JCC’s, synagogues, Hillels, Jewish Federations and other related organizations that host Jewish book programs. Patron sponsors: Nancy and Steve Lerner To learn more, visit www.jewishbookcouncil.org Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public

Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 13 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org 11 THURSDAY 1 3 SATURDAY 6:15 PM 8:00 PM Dr. Erica Brown Smadar Levi in concert Confronting Scandal: How Jews Can Lumaraz: Music of Old and New Respond When Jews Do Bad Things North Africa to the Middle East With prominent Jewish names in the news Maurice Amado Foundation Residency and Concert shining a negative light on Judaism, how do we respond? Why do their actions make us uncomfortable? Dr. Erica Brown tackles these Smadar Levi is a Moroccan-Israeli singer who grew up in Sderot. The theme of peace plays thorny issues and more by looking at Jewish history to show us what a prominent role in her thinking and as a performer for Seeds of Peace, she understands Jewish texts and philosophy say about managing shame and the the importance of communicating about it with future generations. Smadar has taken wrongdoings of others. In a call to answer to a higher authority, Brown the “peace talk” another step forward by setting her own brand of music to never-before- also addresses practical ways to strengthen our own ethical behavior, published poetry of 7th-18th century writers first translated by Princeton Professor Bernard engender greater self-respect, and finally, gain the respect of others. Lewis. These works written in medieval Islam-Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Hebrew provide a fascinating glimpse into a time when men sat in tents, discussing and solving the Patron Sponsors: Sherry and Gerald Merfish challenges of peace in their day. The concert features Smadar’s new compositions along with Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public traditional Sephardic and Mizrachi works. Two familiar faces join Smadar and her band on stage—Esta’s Ori Beanstok (guitar, oud, dumbek) and Shlomo Deshet (percussion). 8:00 PM Underwritten by the Maurice Amado Foundation Free to Series Pass Holders • $18 JCC Member • $25 Public • Reserved Seating Joel Chasnoff The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish The 38th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair is proud Kid From Chicago Fights Hezbollah to partner with Taping For The Blind, Inc. Photo Credit: Susie Flax Susie Credit: Photo When 24-year-old Joel Chasnoff from Chicago Three books and the corresponding author programs have volunteered to fight for the Israel Defense Forces, he did not know been selected for audio access. that the experience would be book material. A stand-up comic whose The Girls from Ames(Jeffrey Zaslow) career failed to get off the ground, he opts for a serious change of By Fire, By Water (Mitchell James Kaplan) pace. Chasnoff’s memoir takes us through his mishaps at training Unexpectedly Eighty (Judith Viorst) camp, mandatory snack breaks, and living with teenage boys who have For people with print and visual handicaps, please contact Taping For The Blind, Inc. not been away from home before. After a tour in Lebanon fighting for information on audio book access for featured authors. Hezbollah, Chasnoff realizes he has lived his own coming-of-age story. 713-622-2767 • www.tapingfortheblind.org With stage and screen credits in eight countries, serving as the warm- up act for Jon Stewart and Lewis Black, and a new memoir filled with humor and compassion, it’s hard to believe his career ever stalled. Patron Sponsors: Elena and Joel Dinkin Susan and David Morris GET CONNECTED Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public follow us on:

Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 14 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org 14 SUNDAY 14 SUNDAY 11:00 AM 1:30 PM Bryan Edward Stone Film The Chosen Folks: Jews on the Frontiers of Texas Texas History is big, and the Jewish people have been part of it since The Klezmatics: the Spanish Inquisition. Bryan Edward Stone’s book on Texas Jewry reveals the story behind how Texas became a state with one of the On Holy Ground largest populations of Jewish people in the South and West. Through Director: Erik Greenberg Anjou biographies, memoirs, and photographic histories of notable Texas Jews, USA, 2009, 106 minutes, English Stone, an exceptional thinker and storyteller, describes the evolution Houstonians will remember filmmaker Erik Greenberg Anjou’s intimate look at of how Jews came to Texas, long before Jacob H. Schiff launched the Cantor Jack Mendelsohn in the film,A Cantor’s Tale. Once again, Anjou delves deep into idea of using Galveston as a new port of entry for European Jews. An the lives of extraordinary musicians as individuals and together as the 2006 Grammy Award Associate Professor of History at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi and Winning New York based band, The Klezmatics. Although best known for klezmer music, a Visiting Professor at the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the a vibrant genre that mixes Yiddish culture with folk beats, their Grammy was awarded for University of Texas at Austin, Stone publishes frequently on Texas Jewry. Best World Music for their first English language album,Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Patron Sponsors: Bobbi and Vic Samuels Guthrie. On Holy Ground documents the band’s journey to become a global sensation. The Susan and Ed Septimus film shows how they redefined Jewish music for over two decades and follows the ups and Gail and Gary Swartz downs of live shows. It highlights stories of the band members’ lives unrelated to music – battling middle age, raising families while working, and getting along with bandmates. Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public Talk back follows the screening with Director Erik Anjou and Klezmatics members Paul Morrissett and Lorin Sklamberg.

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Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 15 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org 14 SUNDAY 14 SUNDAY COMMUNITY READ CLOSING NIGHT 4:30 PM 7:30 PM Mitchell James Kaplan Martin Fletcher Walking Israel: By Fire, By Water: a novel A Personal Search for the Soul Set in 15th century Spain, Luis de Santangel, of a Nation

chancellor to the court, friend of King Ferdinand, Photo Credit: Renee Rosensteel and a converso--a Jewish convert to Christianity- Longtime chief of the NBC -is tired of the Spanish Inquisition. With violence all around, his Tel Aviv News Bureau, Martin Jewish heritage makes him an easy target. A friend and financier of Fletcher brings a unique Christopher Columbus, de Santangel is intrigued with the tantalizing perspective on Israel as he new world. His attraction to a beautiful Jewish woman and growing walks the 100-mile coastline knowledge of Judaism make for unique challenges. Kaplan, a from Lebanon to Gaza. With a screenwriter, brings fifteenth-century Spain to dazzling, engrossing life backpack, change of clothes, and a in his exquisitely crafted sweeping debut story of love, God, and faith. cell phone, Fletcher sets out on his personal journey of discovery of Israel along what he considers to be the most interesting Join hundreds of readers and be part of the Community Read by signing up at hundred miles in the world. Fletcher believes, “The farther you jcchouston.org. Purchase the book now at Essence, the JCC Gift Shop, at the move from the centers of power, and the closer you get to the real Hadassah Office or at the Book Fair before the presentation and receive a free people, the less their stories fit the political platitudes.” Sharing ticket to Kaplan’s talk. history and musings down memory lane with the “Joe Shmoes” Patron sponsors: Tanya and Joe Blanga he meets along the way takes us far away from the center of officialdom, negotiations, and endless agreements and disputes. He fills his book with life lessons learned from observing Free to Series Pass Holders PLE – ONE Israeli Arabs, Holocaust survivors and life with the kibbutzniks. With humor, historical O BO $10 JCC Member • $14 Public PE O G K insight, and stories of the people he meets, Fletcher offers us his interpretation of Israel in N A I T T Reception at 4:00 PM for C A a spectacular and unique way. One of the most respected foreign correspondents today, E T N I Fletcher has covered wars and natural disasters in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Community Read Participants M N

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Events continue year round. Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public See pages 17 and 18 for programs through December.

Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 16 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org l i t e r a t u r e f i l m a r t m u s i c d a n c e l e a r n i n g c e n t e r f o r j e w i s h l i v i n g & l e a r n i n g LEARNING HANUKKAH CELEBRATION Kulanu Mini Courses Women’s Beit Midrash Rabbi Michele Faudem & Ariela Davis Celebrate Hanukkah with Shalom Sesame Sunday, Dec 5 10 Mondays beginning Oct 4 • 7:30 – 9:00 PM • $60m/$70p 3:00 PM Join a group of women for the study of Biblical and Rabbinic texts each Monday night at our newly FREE established Women’s Beit Midrash. The Women’s Beit Midrash is a new initiative to encourage the with a New, Unwrapped Gift to Donate to Houston Families in Need study of texts. A basic knowledge of Hebrew is helpful. Join us as Shalom Sesame returns to Houston just in time for Hanukkah! Does Judaism Believe in Karma? Our Hanukkah Celebration will include the première of the new Shalom Sesame series just LEARNING released exclusively to Jewish Community Centers across North America, followed by activities

Rabbi Judy Abrams, Ph.D. Four Wednesdays beginning Oct 6 • 7:30 - 8:30 PM • $30m/$40p and treats for the whole family.

& The Jerusalem Talmud presents many extensive texts on the idea of Karma: that the energy we send out is the energy that returns to us. This class will examine the many stories and teachings about Jewish Karma and how it works. No Talmud study background or Hebrew is needed for this class. The Jewish Community Center is pleased to partner with Maqom, a school for adult Talmud study founded and directed by Rabbi Judith Z. Abrams, Ph.D. לבטיה של חברה מתהווה מנחה: ורד גדות שישה שבועות החל מיום שלישי ה–5 באוקטובר

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משעה 19:30 – 21:00 $45m/$60p cast of Shalom Sesame במסגרת קורס זה נעקוב אחר בניית החברה הישראלית והתגבשות דפוסים פוליטיים בה. נבדוק את השפעות העליות השונות על החברה בינקותה. בנוסף ניגע בנושאים כגון: FAMILY FUN שנות העשרים – תקוות ואכזבות’ המרד הערבי’ הישוב ומדיניות בריטניה ועמדות ביישוב בשאלה הערבית. אמצעי הלימוד יכללו בין היתר מקורות ספרותיים’ סרטים ובולים. Beginning Hebrew - Level 1 Something Fun for Families

JEWISH Inst: Karen Greenspan on December 24! 10 Mondays beginning Oct 4 • 7:00 – 8:30 PM • $175m/$225p Craig Parks in his Kol Kef Concert This introductory course is a program of letter recognition, reading proficiency, building vocabulary Friday, Dec 24 and learning basic phrases using the Hebrew textbook series Aleph Isn’t Tough. No class 11/8. 11:00 AM NEW Conversational Hebrew $8 Kids – Adults Free FOR Inst: Naomi Barancik Craig mixes it up in a delightful Jewish musical celebration for 10 Tuesdays beginning Oct 5 • 9:30 – 10:30 AM • $117m/$150p children and their families in a concert of songs from his new Kol Kef (All Fun) CD. Craig’s energetic, silly, and fun style of song This course will teach basic, everyday spoken Hebrew. You will learn to build simple sentences and have leading brings new life to old favorites. Craig’s performance is full a basic conversation. No prior knowledge of Hebrew necessary, just a willingness to learn. No class 11/23. of groovin’ music, hilarious shtick, and some fun surprises! Beginning Hebrew - Level 3 For information about Craig, go to www.craigparksmusic.com. Inst: Karen Greenspan 10 Wednesdays beginning Oct 6 • 7:00 - 8:30 PM • $175m/$225p Please contact Naomi Barancik at 713.729.3200, ext. 3288 or [email protected] In this course we will continue to practice reading skills and vocabulary building with a focus on to enroll in any of these CJLL programs. reading Torah. No class 11/10, 11/24. CENTER AdvanceAdvance ticketticket purchasespurchases onlineonline atat jcchouston.orgjcchouston.org 1717 BecomeBecome a a JCC JCC Patron Patron of of the the Arts Arts at at jcchouston.org jcchouston.org CENTER

LECTURES/LITERATURE Exploring Our Heritage Bagels & Grits: How Jews Built a Home in the South An Evening with David Grossman Author of To the End of the Land Lecture by Dr. Stuart Rockoff, Director of the History Monday, Oct 18 • 8:00 PM • $10m/$15p Department at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life From one of Israel’s most acclaimed writers comes a novel of extraordinary power about family life—the greatest human drama— Sunday, Dec 12 • 7:30 PM • $10m/$15p and the cost of war. In To the End of the Land Ora, a middle-aged

Dr. Stuart Rockoff will trace the history of Jews in the South and show how they adjusted to FOR Israeli mother on the verge of her son’s release from army service, the region’s unique culture while maintaining their own Jewish traditions. He will also explore sets out for a hike in the Galilee leaving no forwarding information how the Jewish South has been transformed over the last several decades, with the decline of for the soldiers who might darken her door with the worst possible small-town congregations and the rise of large Jewish communities like Houston. news. Never have we seen so clearly a presentation of the reality

and surreal of daily life in Israel and the burdens that fall on each generation anew.

Rice University/JCC Lecture Series JEWISH Marc Tyler Nobleman Author of Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman Sunday, Oct 24 • 7:30 PM • $10m/$15p It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Siegel and Shuster!: The Two Jewish Teens Who Created Superman Envisioning Jerusalem in the Pre-Modern World Over a feverishly hot 24 hours in 1934, geeky writer Jerry 2010 Annual Lecture Series Siegel and artist Joe Shuster dreamed up a character who was

everything they were not — and who launched both the superhero $10m/$15p per lecture • $20m/$30p series LIVING genre and the comic book industry. Did Hitler personally ban Superman comics? Does Superman have The Earthly Jerusalem: Judean, Roman, and Byzantine Remains of the a Hebrew name? Why couldn’t Joe draw on Thursday nights? In this Holy City lively talk, Nobleman shares secrets and rare, unpublished photos Lecture by Dr. Shira Lander about the creation of the world’s first comic book superhero. Thursday, Oct 14 • 8:00 PM

Exploring Jewish Music Heavenly Jerusalem in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature Lecture by Dr. Matthias Henze The Golden Age of American Musical Theater and the Legacy & of Jewish Immigration Thursday, Oct 21 • 8:00 PM

Lecture by Imagining Jerusalem in Late Medieval and Renaissance Art LEARNING Dr. Howard Pollack, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Lecture by Dr. Diane Wolfthal Music at the Moores School of Music, University of Houston Thursday, Oct 28 • 8:00 PM Sunday, Nov 21 • 7:00 PM • $10m/$15p The Jewish Community Center, in collaboration with Rice University, has created an annual Jewish Americans, many of them children of Eastern European immigrants, lecture series presented by faculty associated with the Jewish Studies Program. played an unusually prominent role in the what many regard as the golden age of American opera and musical theater. This broad survey of musicals and The lectures will be held at the Jewish Community Center. operas from Kern and Hammerstein’s Show Boat (1927) to Bock and Harnick’s Fiddler on the Roof Underwritten by the Maurice Amado Foundation. (1964), also including works by Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin, Weill, Copland, Blitzstein and Bernstein, considers ways in which themes of migration, departure, arrival, assimilation and utopia inform this repertoire. c e n t e r f o r j e w i s h l i v i n g & l e a r n i n g Advance ticket purchases online at jcchouston.org 18 Become a JCC Patron of the Arts at jcchouston.org SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 30 th 6:30 PM Deutser Art Gallery 38 Annual Opening Rafael Goldchain I Am My Family: Photographic Memories and Jewish Book & Arts Fair Fiction 7:30 PM Dedication of the Gerald Rauch Cultural and Calendar Performing Arts Wing OCTOBER 31 NOVEMBER 1 NOVEMBER 2 NOVEMBER 3 NOVEMBER 4 NOVEMBER 5 NOVEMBER 6 1:30 PM 7:15 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM Film Rachel Shukert Joel Hoffman Film Sharon Everything is Going to Be Great: And God Said: How Translations Ahead of Time 6:15 PM An Underfunded, Overexposed European Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning Grand Tour at Merfish Teen Center 4:30 PM Eric Metaxas 9000 S. Rice Dennis Danziger Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, 8:00 PM A Short History of a Tall Jew 6:15 PM Prophet, Spy Joshua Braff 6:15 PM OPENING NIGHT Alan Morinis Peep Show Sharon Pomerantz FREE Every Day, Holy Day 8:00 PM Rich Boy 7:30 PM EVENT! 8:00 PM Jonathan Schneer 8:00 PM Jonathan Alter 8:00 PM The Balfour Declaration: Sam Hoffman 8:00 PM Film The Promise: President Jeffrey Zaslow The Origins of the Old Jews Telling Jokes Sarah Abrevaya Stein Obama: Year One The Girls from Ames Arab-Israeli Conflict At Congregation Or Ami Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and The Little Traitor 3443 Wilcrest Drive a Lost World of Global Commerce NOVEMBER 7 NOVEMBER 8 NOVEMBER 9 NOVEMBER 10 NOVEMBER 11 NOVEMBER 12 NOVEMBER 13 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM 5:30 PM 10:30 AM Oliver Lapin Family Day Hometown Heroes Judith Viorst Reception at Congregation Beth Yeshurun 6:15 PM 11:30 AM Celebrate Houston Authors 4525 Beechnut Global Day of Jewish Learning Erica Brown 6:15 PM 6:15 PM 6:15 PM Confronting Scandal: 4:30 PM David Dow Miryam Kabakov How Jews Can Respond When Jews Dani Shapiro Keep Your Wives Away Rodger Kamenetz Do Bad Things The Autobiography of an Burnt Books Devotion: A Memoir Execution from Them: Orthodox Women, Unorthodox Desire 8:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM Joel Chasnoff 8:00 PM Alana Newhouse Nehemia Gordon The 188th Crybaby Brigade: Matthew Goodman Tom Segev Concert and Liel Leibovitz Hold Love Strong: A Novel and Keith Johnson A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago Simon Wiesenthal: The Life A Prayer to Our Father Fights Hezbollah Smadar Levi Tablet Magazine and Legends Due to circumstances beyond our control programs are subject to change. NOVEMBER 14 SAVE MONEY ON PROGRAMS, BUY A SERIES PASS 11:00 AM BOOKSTORE HOURS Bryan Edward Stone $50 JCC Member/$70 Public The Chosen Folks SUNDAY TO THURSDAY $10 Discount for seniors & students on series passes 1:30 PM 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM $2 Discount for seniors & students on single tickets Film online The Klezmatics FRIDAY jcchouston.org 4:30 PM 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM in person Mitchell James Kaplan Visit the JCC Information Desk or the Box Office By Fire, By Water SATURDAY 30 minutes prior to the start of a program 7:30 PM by phone GET CONNECTED Martin Fletcher 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM 713.551.7255 Walking Israel follow us on: Nonprofit Org. US Postage PAID The Jewish Community Center of Houston Houston, Texas 5601 S. Braeswood Houston, Texas 77096-3907 Permit No. 6217 713.729.3200 jcchouston.org

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