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Born Grace Goodside in the Bronx, The Nine Questions People Ask about Judaism New York, her parents, Russian-Jewish immigrants, had an important influence on her life. The film mixes candid recollections and passionate Thirty-six years ago two good friends decided to collaborate readings by Paley with fond remembrances by literary critics, family, and on what ultimately became one of the most influential Jewish writer-friends Allan Gurganas and Alice Walker into a uniquely insightful books of the last 40 years. Originally released as Eight account of a brilliant woman who constantly reinvented her life and art. Questions People Ask about Judaism, it offered answers to the –San Francisco Jewish Film Festival most basic questions asked by and non-Jews alike. Called “The intelligent skeptic’s guide to Judaism” by Herman Wouk, Free to Series Pass Holders • $8 ERJCC Member • $10 Public the work was lauded by Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox rabbis noting that it should be the first book any Jewish person should own. Later updated and re-released as Nine Questions People Ask about Judaism, 4:30 PM the book has been translated into over a dozen languages. Both Prager and Geila Hocherman Telushkin are prolific writers and exceptional speakers. Telushkin’sJewish Kosher Revolution: New Techniques & Great Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know about the Jewish Religion, Its Recipes for Unlimited Kosher Cooking People, and Its History was the most widely read book on Judaism of the last two decades. His monumental Code of Jewish Ethics: You Shall Be When one thinks of kosher cooking, the words Holy offered a comprehensive presentation of Jewish teachings on personal “innovative,” “fun,” and “delectable” don’t immediately character and integrity. Telushkin writes mysteries, Jewish humor books, come to mind. In Kosher Revolution, co-authors screenplays and scripts for TV shows including The Practice and Touched By Arthur Boehm and Geila Hocherman transform pre- an Angel. Prager is considered one of American’s most celebrated radio talk conceived notions. Rooted in traditional kosher practice, show hosts, broadcasting from Los Angeles since 1982. He has appeared on yet refreshingly creative, Kosher Revolution uses unique Larry King Live, Hardball, CBS Evening News and The Today Show sharing techniques based on simple food chemistry and ingenious his strong views on contemporary issues. His other collaboration with food substitutions, shifting the reader’s thinking, instilling confidence to Telushkin, Why the Jews?, is considered a seminal work on anti-semitism. access a limitless kosher repertoire. Arthur Boehm has co-authored many Happiness Is A Serious Problem was on the Los Angeles Times best seller cookbooks; his articles have appeared in and list for 15 weeks. In addition to his radio show and writing, Prager lectures . Geila Hocherman attended Cordon Bleu and worldwide, often in Russian and Hebrew, and enjoys conducting orchestras, the Institute of Culinary Education. She was the gourmet food buyer bringing the joy of classical music to thousands. for Bloomingdales, and also a private caterer. This presentation can revolutionize one’s rapport with, and appreciation for, kosher cooking. Underwritten by Mrs. Lila Rauch in memory of Gerald Rauch Patron Sponsors: Gail and Gary Swartz Patron Sponsor: Deborah Kaplan

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3 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Monday, October 31 6:15 PM 8:00 PM Jennifer Griffin & Greg Myre This Burning Land: Lessons from the Front Lines of the Transformed Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Arriving in Jerusalem in 1999 hoping to witness a historic Middle East peace deal, husband and wife journalists Greg Myre and Jennifer Griffin found themselves raising young daughters Hometown Heroes was a Jewish Book & Arts Fair hit last year, and this while covering the worst fighting ever between Israelis season we’re bringing it back as Local Literati. Come meet recently-published and Palestinians. This Burning Land explores the conflict’s Houston authors at a reception in the Bookstore. Get a chance to hear fundamental paradox. Israel, with its flourishing economy and first-hand all about their books. Join us to celebrate Houston authors, powerful military, has never been stronger, yet cannot sustain Lynn Abrams, Alan Berkowitz, Melissa Binstock, Judy Blake, Celina Fein, peaceful resolution. The book reveals what motivates some Palestinians to Judith Groudine Finkel, Eitan Kuperman, Abbie Lipschutz, Rabbi David Lyon, become suicide bombers and others, informants for Israel’s security forces. Brett Marks, Lasker Meyer, Dr. Henry L. Roubicek, Donna Siegel, Al Stiller Now a national security correspondent for Fox, Jennifer Griffin served as the and Jeremy Tucker. Books are available for purchase and authors will be Middle East correspondent in Jerusalem, 1999–2007. Currently present for signing. senior editor of NPR’s Morning Edition, Greg Myre worked as a New York Times

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4 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Tuesday, November 1 6:15 PM 8:00 PM Kostya Kennedy Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road As Nazi forces moved across Europe in summer to Peace and Human Dignity 1941, Joe DiMaggio’s astonishing, unsurpassed hitting streak Donna Frankoff Memorial Lecture captivated America. Kostya Kennedy’s 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Presented in cooperation with the Rothko Chapel Last Magic Number in Sports is the story of the streak finding its A Palestinian physician, born and raised in a refugee camp way into countless lives, from Italian kitchens of Newark to the in the Gaza strip, Izzeldin Abuelaish has been crossing lines playgrounds of Queens; from FDR’s Oval Office to the streets dividing Israelis and Palestinians his entire life—as a physician of San Francisco. Twenty-six-year-old DiMaggio—driven ballplayer, mercurial treating patients on both sides; as a humanitarian seeing star, conflicted husband—became an icon. With incisiveness the author gets education for women as a way forward; and tragically, as the inside the number itself, as sheer improbability heightens the magic of 56 grieving father who witnessed his three daughters’ deaths by consecutive games. Former staff writer at Newsday and a contributor to the Israeli tank shells. I Shall Not Hate is the riveting story of this New York Times, Kennedy is senior editor at Sports Illustrated. 56 recently exemplary doctor who, rather than seeking revenge, continues his call for received the award for best biography from the San Francisco Book Festival. people to come together in respect and peace. His response to this tragedy Patron Sponsors: Susan and Jack Lapin has garnered him humanitarian awards around the world. Dr. Abuelaish, a fetal medicine specialist, completed his residency at Soroka Medical Center, Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public Israel, followed by a subspecialty training in Italy and Belgium. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Elie Wiesel states, “This story is a necessary lesson against Wednesday, November 2 hatred and revenge.” Patron Sponsors: Joyce Greenberg 8:00 PM Patti and Marc Hanfling David Bezmozgis Jane and Larry Wagner The Free World Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public In The Free World, a “…brilliantly ironic and beautifully human novel of exile and yearning,” (Booklist), award-winning author Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston David Bezmozgis follows the Krasnasky Family, Russian Jews who escaped through a crack in the Iron Curtain in 1978. Illuminating a chapter of Jewish emigration history—the layover of many Russian Jews in Italy as they waited to learn if they Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts and receive a free Series Pass would be going to the United States, Canada, or Israel—the novel depicts plus additional perks when you opt for the benefits. the struggles of a family assimilating, capturing many big questions about Jewish life and the politics of that historical time. Bezmozgis proves why he Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston was recently proclaimed one of The New Yorker’s 20 Under 40. GO GREEN... Library Journal says The Free World “… is mellifluous, utterly captivating Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair Purchase a 100% recyclable reusable book bag for .99 writing, and you’ll live with the Krasnansky family as if it were your own.” Patron Sponsor: /Shari and Joe Epstein Get one free with a $75 purchase

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5 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Thursday, November 3 6:15 PM 8:00 PM Marc Ostrofsky Meir Shalev Get Rich Click: The Ultimate Guide to Beginnings: Reflections on the Bible’s Making Money on the Intriguing Firsts Houston’s Marc Ostrofsky says, “If you can click a mouse, Although Meir Shalev says he is not religious, this prolific you can make money on the Internet.” An entrepreneur who Israeli writer and columnist for the Israeli daily newspaper started with only a $5000 car loan, Ostrofsky has founded, Yediot Ahronot has been fascinated with Bible stories all his built up, and sold over $100 million in businesses. He made life. His father, a Bible scholar and noted poet, took Shalev the Guinness Book of World Records for the most expensive as a child to the places where the biblical events actually domain name, Business.com, ever sold ($7.5 million initially, occurred. “We were reading David and Goliath on location,” then again in 2008 for $345 million). An easy-to-follow book, Shalev says, as he encourages people to explore the Bible Get Rich Click offers great tips on achieving financial success. for its tremendous capacity to inspire imagination. With empathy, wit, and “In today’s ‘Internet economy,’ everyone can make money online. My friend wisdom, Shalev’s collection of eleven captivating essays takes readers on Marc teaches you how in Get Rich Click. I love this book!” a provocative, inspiring literary journey. Exploring familiar Bible stories (Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple) and reintroducing its characters through the dramatic lens of “firsts” -- the Patron Sponsors: Sharyn and David Harris first love, the first hate, the first death, the first dream, the first laugh, the author creates a new approach to ancient history. In addition to Beginnings, Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public Shalev who is making his second appearance at the ERJCC Jewish Book & Arts Fair has recently released his memoir, My Russian Grandmother and Saturday, November 5 Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir, introducing readers to the Israeli pioneers with grit and humor of a people building ever-new lives. 8:00 PM Sponsored by the Consulate of Israel to the Southwest Film Patron Sponsors: Karol and Daniel Musher La Rafle (The Roundup) Iris and Uriel Mushin Directed by Roselyne Bosch France, 2010, 120 minutes Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public French, German, and Yiddish with English subtitles • Drama Starring Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds, The Concert) and BOOKSTORE HOURS Jean Reno (The Da Vinci Code, The Professional), this powerful drama sunday – thursday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM focuses on the events and aftermath of the infamous Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup Friday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM in July, 1942 in Vichy France. From the Velodrome D’Hiver, where Jews Saturday: 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM were crammed together, to the camp of Beaune-La-Rolande, we follow the intersecting lives of 4 Parisians caught up in the roundup of more than Read. Drink. Enjoy! 13,000 Jews, including 4,000 children. Based on extensive research and Grab a bite before or after a program first-hand accounts, La Rafle brings history to life through its characters. Open daily until 8:00 PM except for Fridays and Saturdays Winner of eight Audience Awards at international film festivals,La Rafle Email [email protected] or call opened the 2010 Jerusalem Film Festival. 713.729.3200, ext. 3232 to pre-order your meal and it will be ready for you! Free to Series Pass Holders • $8 ERJCC Member • $10 Public

6 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org go out of this OLIVER LAPIN Sunday, November 6 FAMIL Y DA for reading 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM Y at the *Adult programming continues throughout the day Concert, Authors, Books, Songs & Fun

9:30 – 10:20 AM • Ages 6 – 9 12:30 – 1:30 PM • All Ages Ellen Leventhal, Ellen Rothberg and Bill Megenhardt Lunch and Learn Bully in the Barnyard • Book + Activity Michele Perchonok and special appearance by NASA Astronaut Greg Chamitoff

10:30 – 11:20 AM • Ages 3 – 9 Craig Parks • CONCERT 2:00 – 3:00 PM • Ages 3 – 6 Aubrey Davis Kishka for Koppel • Book + Activity 10:30 – 11:20 AM • Ages 3 – 6 Anita Kruse and Lisa Sheinbaum Purple Song • Book + Music 2:00 – 3:00 PM • Ages 6 – 9 Anita Kruse and Lisa Sheinbaum Purple Song • Book + Music 11:30 – 12:20 PM • Ages 3 – 6 Aubrey Davis Also Happening 1:30 PM • Bookstore Kishka for Koppel • Book + Activity Local Literati Book Signing Rabbi Roy Walter My Prayers: A Jewish Child’s Book of Prayers for Every Day 11:30 – 12:20 PM • Ages 6 – 9 Shop the Bookstore for 4:00 PM • Deutser Art Gallery Ellen Leventhal, Ellen Rothberg and Bill Megenhardt children’s books, Meet the Artist Reception Purple Song: Illustrations by Lisa Sheinbaum books for teens, cookbooks, Bully in the Barnyard • Book + Activity Judaics and more. Start your Hanukkah shopping early!

All events take place at ERJCC Houston Oliver Lapin Family Day is endowed in loving The Craig Parks concert is underwritten by 5601 S. Braeswood memory of Oliver Lapin by his family the Barbara and Mark Paull Families All family events are FREE and open to the public, and the Goldye M. and Samuel W. Spain with the exception of the Craig Parks concert For concert tickets or information call 713.551.7255 or visit erjcchouston.org Children’s Performing Arts Fund

7 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org go out of this OLIVER LAPIN FAMIL Y DAY for reading Sunday, November 6 at the

9:30 – 10:20 AM 10:30 – 11:20 AM ages 3 – 6 & 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM & 2:00 – 3:00 PM ages 6 – 9 book & activitY for ages 6 – 9 book & music activitY for Bully in the Barnyard Purple Song Ellen Leventhal, Ellen Rothberg, Illustrator Bill Megenhardt Anita Kruse and Lisa Sheinbaum

Beloved teacher and author, Ellen Leventhal, teams up again A flying treble clef? Indeed! InPurple Song, the inaugural with co-author, Ellen Rothberg and illustrator Bill Megenhardt, book by authors Anita Kruse and Lisa Sheinbaum, Purple for book three featuring the spunky cow, Sue Ellen, showing Song does fly. Along with her other purple companions, readers that she has a mind of her own when it comes to things Purple Song lifts the spirits of a lonely friend through the around the farm. In the latest story, Max’s nephew, Jake, joy of musical colors. Purple Song is the logo for Purple comes to visit with big ideas and an even bigger personality. Songs Can Fly, a non-profit organization that provides a creative musical Will Sue Ellen do everything Jake tells her to do, or will she do outlet for children being treated for cancer and blood disorders at Texas what she knows is right? With Megenhardt’s bold and colorful illustrations, and Children’s Hospital and their siblings. Sheinbaum serves on its Advisory “the Ellen’s” catchy narrative that speaks to important issues of respect, love Board. Kruse is Founder and Executive Director. The songs have flown around of nature, and love for each other, this new book is another sure hit. Free the globe and traveled out of this world on two space shuttle missions. Sheinbaum’s beautiful illustrations can be seen in the ERJCC Deutser Art Gallery throughout the Fair. Come prepared to sing and to add your voices to 10:30 – 11:20 AM the joy of musical colors. Free “camp in a concert” for ages 3 – 9 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM Craig Parks & 2:00 – 3:00 PM Need a slice of summer during the fall? Craig Parks, joined by book & activitY for ages 3 – 6 Russell Angelico, relive camp memories with a fun filled musical event. From Kishka for Koppel day schools to camps and synagogues, Craig Parks has entertained thousands of kids with his high energy music. He has toured in rock bands, appeared Aubrey Davis • PJ Library Author with Rick Recht and Craig Taubman, and studied with Debbie Friedman (z”l) Aubrey Davis has worked as a logger, farmer, salesman and teacher. As he and Danny Maseng. Park’s performances draw from his 15 years working as a traveled across Europe and North Africa, he discovered traditional folktales song leader, youth director, educator, and camp director. With his rockin’ and and turned his energies to writing and storytelling. The Bagels from Benny rhythmic acoustic guitar, Craig leaves kids smiling, laughing, and feeling great award-winning author’s new book once again takes a fresh approach to a about being Jewish! “Craig’s energetic and fun style of song leading brings new classic tale. A magic meat grinder helps a poor Jewish couple learn a little life to old favorites and a new love for Jewish songs whenever he strums his gratitude after the three wishes it grants them go awry. A cautionary story guitar,” San Diego Jewish Journal. Kids love Craig Parks and you will too when that questions today’s consumerism and excessiveness, Kishka for Koppel, like he returns to Houston for his third live concert! the best folktales, can help children and adults alike to look beyond and within. Underwritten by the Barbara and Mark Paull Families For over 30 years Davis has told stories to people of all ages. Now a retired and the Goldye M. and Samuel W. Spain Children’s Performing Arts Fund teacher, he taught an oral language program to primary and special needs Free to Series Pass Holders • $8 ERJCC Member • $12 Public students for 17 years. “I taught them language through story,” Davis said. Pre-paid group packages for 10+ available. Call 713.551.7255 by Nov. 3 “They taught me how to communicate simply, clearly and dramatically.” Free

8 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Sunday, November 6 2:00 PM 7:30 PM Film Alick Isaacs Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams A Prophetic Peace: Judaism, Religion, and Politics Directors: Yonathan & Masha Zur Marilyn Hassid Emerging Author Israel, 2009, 86 min. English, German, Hebrew with English subtitles • Documentary Alick Isaacs’ combat experience in the second Lebanon War provoked him to search for a way of reconciling the Exploring the persona of Amos Oz, this film opens a rare window into the belligerence of religion with its messages of peace. Challenging world as observed through the eyes of one of Israel’s greatest authors. deeply held convictions about Judaism and Zionism, war and Mirroring the story-telling of his memoir, A Tale of Love and Darkness, this peace, and rejecting the notion of Jewish theology as partial documentary follows Oz on his book tour and through several emotion-laden to war and vengeance, A Prophetic Peace points to ways in philosophical explorations. It is Amos Oz’s uniquely Israeli experience as which Judaism can be a path to peace. Isaacs is known to well as his universal perspective that distinguish him as the compelling and Houston audiences for two highly successful scholar-in-residence programs. thought-provoking subject of this documentary. Houston has been honored In his first book, we also learn about “Talking Peace,” the project he co- with Oz’s three appearances at the ERJCC Jewish Book & Arts Fair; we now directs that strives to bring individuals with differing views together to share have the privilege of getting a deeper look into the man. diverse understandings of peace. Isaacs teaches at the Melton Center for Free to Series Pass Holders • $8 ERJCC Member • $10 Public Jewish Education at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Join us to celebrate his return to Houston. “A timely, highly original, and important work.... What renders this book 4:30 PM quite unique is its powerful and truly engaging autobiographical setting Marc Agronin that lends Isaacs’ argument a compelling first person urgency.” How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the -- Menachem Fisch, author of Rational Rabbis: Science and Talmudic Culture Heart of Growing Old Patron Sponsors: Marilyn Hassid and Marc A. Gessner Drawing on moving personal experiences and in-depth Mitzi Shure and Jerry Wische interviews with pioneers in the field, psychiatrist Patti and Dan Steiner Marc Agronin gives us How We Age, a spellbinding book Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public that looks at what aging means today: how our bodies and brains age, and our current understanding of the process. Agronin writes luminously of life as he sees it as a doctor, from lessons he learns from patients in a Miami nursing home…“the kind of place that many dismiss as ‘God’s waiting room.’ ” Nothing in the doctor’s medical training has prepared him for what he was to discover. The manifestations of aging The 39th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair is proud to partner with aren’t one-sided, and with the challenges, there are equal doses of spirit, Sight into Sound. Two books have been selected for audio access. hope and promise. For people with print and visual handicaps, Patron Sponsors: Judy and Ken Arfa please contact Sight into Sound for information on audio book access for featured authors. Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public 713-622-2767 • www.tapingfortheblind.org

9 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Monday, November 7 6:15 PM 8:00 PM Gerald Steinacher Nazis on the Run: How Hitler’s Henchmen Fled Justice community read Shirley and Bill Morgan Family Holocaust Memorial Program In the first book to provide a fascinating and complete picture Vaclav & Lena of this little-known story of justice denied, historian by Haley Tanner Gerald Steinacher, a Research Fellow both at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 and at Harvard, 2009 – 2011, reveals how Nazi war criminals fled from Europe at the end of World War II. He also addresses key decisions made by the Red Cross, the Vatican, and the Secret Services of the major powers that helped make it possible for war criminals to escape justice and find refuge. “This book will be the standard for generations of historians who wish to study the fate of Hitler’s followers who evaded justice for decades or escaped it altogether…” (Library Journal). Patron Sponsors: Sheila and Gordon Sack In Haley Tanner’s “…terrific, enlightened debut that captures the fervor that hides in naïveté…” (Kirkus Reviews), the title characters, Russian-Jewish Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public immigrants from radically different backgrounds, meet as five-year-olds in their Brooklyn school’s ESL class. Orphan Lena is introverted and trapped in an unstable home; Vaclav has a love of magic, indulged by his hardworking Ideas & Ideals parents pursuing the American Dream. Lena becomes the magician’s Four Compelling Books assistant as Tanner weaves their story of childhood friendship and love, to stimulate your mind uninhibited and strong, and the transformations of that relationship through time. Highly original and universally resonant, Vaclav and Lena establishes Meir Shalev/Beginnings Haley Tanner as one of our most exciting literary talents. Alick Isaacs/A Prophetic Peace Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole/Sacred Trash Join hundreds of readers as part of the Community Read by signing up at Paula Fredriksen/Augustine and the Jews erjcchouston.org. Purchase the book now at Essence, the ERJCC Gift Shop or at the Book & Arts Fair before the presentation and receive a free ticket Center for Jewish to Tanner’s talk. Special package price Living and Learning of $70 plus tax Bonus Gift: Free Ticket to David Bezmozgis (The Free World) appearing (retail value $100 plus tax) Wed., Nov. 2 at 8:00 PM. Option: Purchase The Free World for $18 (30% off) Buy it for yourself or for a gift! See the Bookstore Managers Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public to purchase. Reception at 7:30 PM

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10 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Tuesday, November 8

ALTERNATE Photo Credit: Bill Cassara 10:00 AM LOCATION 8:00 PM Marilyn Berger Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole This is a Soul: Sacred Trash: An American Doctor’s Remarkable Mission in Ethiopia The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza At Congregation Beth Yeshurun • 4525 Beechnut St. Sacred Trash is the story of the retrieval of the most Seasoned journalist Marilyn Berger brings us a tale of significant finding of Jewish manuscripts ever discovered the rarist of altruism and compassion in the story of from an Egyptian “geniza,” (a repository for worn-out Dr. Rick Hodes, nicknamed “Father Teresa.” Hodes arrived in texts). Award-winning poet Peter Cole and acclaimed Africa twenty-eight years ago to help victims of a famine. He essayist Adina Hoffman weave this tale of remarkable is still there helping the sickest and poorest, having officially treasures with portraits of Solomon Schechter and other adopted five Ethiopians. Hodes’ dedication to changing lives in heroes of this drama. The examination of the medieval Ethiopia is the story behind This is a Soul. While Berger was in documents themselves—letters and poems, wills and Africa to write about “Dr. Rick,” she unexpectedly became part of the story marriage contracts, Bibles, trousseaux lists, prescriptions, and mysterious when a sick street child moved her and she adopted him. The story of her charms presents a panoramic view of nine hundred years of Mediterranean nine year old son, now healthy and thriving, is intertwined with Hodes’ and Judaism. Hoffman and Cole bring readers into the heart of this little known the author’s, and is unforgettable in pathos and possibility. trove. A gripping story of adventure and redemption, Sacred Trash is part biography and part exploration, underscoring the supreme value that Jewish Patron Sponsor: Zahava Haenosh people place on the written word. JEWISH Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public Underwritten by The Maurice AmadoBOO FoundationK& ARTS FAIR Also appearing at Patron Sponsors: Susan and David Morris Temple Beth Tikvah Bobbi and Vic Samuels 6:15 PM in Clear Lake Judith Brin Ingber Monday, Nov. 7, 7:30 PM Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance 39th Annual Houston knows Judith Brin Ingber from her multiple performances in Houston with her performing arts group Voices of Sepharad. A choreographer and dancer, Ingber lived in Israel from 1972-1977 and worked with the Batsheva Dance Company. She was assistant to October 30 – November 13 Sara Levi-Tanai, director of Inbal Dance Theatre. Along with sixteen other contributors and illustrated with 180 dance photos, Ingber has assembled Advance Ticket Purchase Recommended a wealth of details and ideas showcasing the diversity of dance in Judaism online: and in Israel. Many of us know some dance steps, but do we really know erjcchouston.org their origins, or what they mean? Noted scholar Riv-Ellen Prell (University of IN PERSON: Minnesota) commented, “Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance is work of great Visit the ERJCC Information Desk or come to the box office originality and importance, not only to the world of dance, but to the study of 30 minutes prior to the start of a program. global Jewish culture and the arts.” BY PHONE: Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public 713.551.7255

11 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Wednesday, November 9 6:15 PM Jay Michaelson God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality 7:30 PM Author Jay Michaelson, on the “Forward 50” 6:30 PM Reception in the Bookstore list of the most influential Jewish leaders in America, dispels the “God vs. Gay” myth that the Bible forbids homosexuality— Inside the Authors Studio one of the most divisive, painful myths in our time. In his Exclusively for ages 21–Thirty Something game-changing book, he makes the case for people to IDs Checked at the Door! support equality for gays and lesbians, not despite religion, but because of it. Michaelson shows that the Bible does not prohibit same-sex intimacy, and that it honors love, justice, diversity, and compassion above all else. With confirmation from Bible readings, scientific data, and an accessible, scholarly approach to faith,God vs. Gay? portrays that sexual diversity is part of nature’s beauty. This book reinforces the belief that same-sex families will strengthen, not threaten, the values religious people hold sacred. Patron Sponsors: Maida and Paul Asofsky Steven Levy In the Plex: Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public How Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

ALTERNATE Few companies in history have enjoyed the astounding 8:00 PM LOCATION success and admiration Google has enjoyed. In the Plex John Thorn uncovers the company’s mystique, giving the reader a Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game fascinating glimpse of the company that transformed the At Temple Sinai • 13875 Brimhurst Dr. Internet. Veteran technology reporter from Newsweek In Baseball in the Garden of Eden, “a singular treat for Steven Levy, who was granted unprecedented access, baseball fans” (Kirkus Reviews), John Thorn reveals the true, takes readers inside Google headquarters—the Googleplex— unknown, and wonderfully entertaining story of baseball’s to reveal its inner workings. The book reveals an origins. The author, named Official Baseball Historian of Major unapologetically elitist approach, as Google’s engineers League Baseball in 2011, gives a colorful account of where are pampered with everything from free food and dry cleaning to on-site the sport began, who deserves credit, and how it evolved into doctors and masseuses. But as Google grows larger, its operational models America’s favorite pastime. More than a slice of sports history, often become incongruent to the working reality. Levy, now Senior Editor at its backdrop is the tale of 19th-century America, land of opportunity and Wired, guides the reader through the transforming behemoth and the new limitation, glory and greed. “The One True Game’s old creation myths are challenges it faces. nowhere near as interesting and as much fun as the truths that Thorn digs $15 (includes a copy of the book) advanced purchase up about the conspiracies, vices, and raucous behavior of baseball’s earliest $20 (includes a copy of the book) at the door innings.” (Robert Lipsyte, author of An Accidental Sportswriter) Free entry to Series Pass Holders; Book available for purchase at the door Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public $38 includes the book and reserved seating (advanced purchase only)

12 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Thursday, November 10 ALTERNATE 12:30 PM LOCATION 8:00 PM Paula Fredriksen Amy Ephron Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Loose Diamonds and Other Things Defense of Jews and Judaism I’ve Lost (and Found) Along the Way Melton Lunch and Learn • At Merfish Teen Center • 9000 S. Rice Blvd. With refreshing humor and clarity, best-selling author of Although Christianity was born within Judaism, it became A Cup of Tea, Amy Ephron brings us her collection of the strongest source of persistent anti-Judaism in the West. essays: Loose Diamonds and Other Things I’ve Lost (and Augustine’s theological vision, in sharp contrast to his anti- Found) Along the Way. A sophisticated celebration of Semitic opponents and to his own church, held that the source of memory and friendships, the collection highlights Ephron’s Jewish scripture was the same as that of the New Testament— observations on her life, her romances and marriages, and God Himself. Augustine’s singular way of defending Judaism on the things that make life livable. She writes unflinchingly protected Jewish lives against the brutality of the crusades. In about the fragility and tenuousness of life, how fortune can Augustine and the Jews, Paula Fredriksen traces the social and turn on a dime, and how circumstances are often beyond intellectual forces of the convoluted history of Christian anti-Judaism, confirming our control. She expresses with both quick wit and a tender treatment the Augustine’s response as he challenged this toxic tradition. Fredriksen authored enduring effects of parental wisdom, the complications and rewards of From Jesus to Christ, the basis of a PBS Frontline documentary, and Jesus of marriage, and the intricate ups and downs of all relationships—in a style that Nazareth, King of the Jews, winner of a National Jewish Book Award. makes Ephron’s personal essays engaging and universally relevant. Optional lunch at 12:00 Noon. $10 prepaid with reservations by Nov. 7 Patron Sponsors: Vicky and Michael Richker Contact Naomi Barancik 713.729.3200 ext. 3288 to reserve lunch Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public 6:15 PM Friday, November 11 Alyson Richman 1:00 PM The Lost Wife Film Alyson Richman, critically-acclaimed author whose novels Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness have been published in ten languages, explores the depth of Director: Joseph Dorman • USA, 2011, 93 min. English and Yiddish with English subtitles first love, the power of memory, and the resilience of human spirit in The Lost Wife. Called “the Sophie’s Choice of this A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the generation” by best-selling author John Lescroart, the novel Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the begins with the reunion of Josef and Lenka, each thinking Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new the other perished in the Holocaust. They had not seen each literature. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on other for sixty years, both having ensured their own survival the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. by fleeing Nazi Europe. Author Martin Fletcher, says ofThe Lost Wife, it “begins Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern with a chilling revelation and had me hooked throughout. A love story wrapped Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it. A century later, in tragedy and survival…Tense, emotional and fulfilling: a great achievement by Jews around the world still face the same struggle between tradition and Alyson Richman.” assimilation, and can find solace and laughs in the historic Yiddish writer.

Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public Free to Series Pass Holders • $8 ERJCC Member • $10 Public

13 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Saturday, November 12 Sunday, November 13 11:00 AM Steven Fenberg Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good Next to Franklin Roosevelt, the most powerful person in the nation during the Great Depression and World War II was not a member of the president’s Brain Trust, a Wall Street figure, or a military man. It was Jesse Jones, the Houston entrepreneur with an eighth grade education who went to Washington as an appointed official and salvaged capitalism. Steven Fenberg, a Bellaire High School graduate, founding volunteer group leader of the ERJCC Nite Owls, and the Community Affairs Officer for Houston Endowment, “has given us a wonderful new biography of a man who played a critical role in the most tumultuous years of the American Century” (Pulitzer-Prize winning author Jon Meacham). Unprecedented Power relates Jones’ remarkable contributions, dispelling misconceptions about the New 8:00 PM Deal and World War II mobilization, and offering perspectives on some of PROJECT Trio in concert today’s most pressing predicaments. Maurice Amado Foundation Residency and Concert Patron Sponsors: Sylvia and Aubrey Farb

Downbeat Magazine says PROJECT Trio is “packed with musicianship, joy Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public and surprise!” Greg Pattillo (flute), Peter Seymour (bass) and Erik Stephenson (cello) burst onto the scene with their landmark videos right out of the internet generation, making an impact on audiences of all 2:00 PM ages. Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, these three virtuosic composer/performers Film are a passionate, high energy chamber music ensemble that blends classical Anita training with an eclectic taste in musical styles. Patillo, acclaimed by The Director: Marcos Carnevale New York Times as “the best person in the world at what he does,” has Argentina, 2009, 104 min. Spanish with English subtitles redefined the flute sound through the addition of beat box. Dallas native Drama • Audience Choice Award, 2011 Houston Jewish Film Festival Seymour received his Masters in Bass performance at Rice University. In In this poignant drama, Anita Feldman (an extraordinary debut by Alejandra addition to playing with numerous orchestras, he has shared the stage with Manzo) is a young woman with Down syndrome. Lovingly cared for by her Wynton Marsalis and Bobby McFerrin. Stephenson has played at numerous mother (Oscar® nominee Norma Aleandro), Anita helps run their small festivals and with reknowned orchestras, and is noted for engineering and stationery store in their Buenos Aires Jewish neighborhood. Everything mixing two full length PROJECT Trio albums. PROJECT Trio is a musical changes on July 18, 1994, when a car bomb explodes outside the AMIA experience that defines a new level of entertainment. Jewish Community Center, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds. Underwritten by The Maurice Amado Foundation Disoriented, Anita wanders the city for days – learning to care for herself and deeply affecting everyone she meets. Reserved Seating Free to Series Pass Holders • $8 ERJCC Member • $10 Public Free to Series Pass Holders • $18 ERJCC Member • $25 Public

14 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Sunday, November 13 THIS EVENT CANCELLED 4:30 PM 7:30 PM Adrienne Cooper with pianist Marilyn Lerner CLOSING Enchanted: A New Generation of Yiddish Song NIGHT Charles Fox If you think you know what to expect when Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music you hear the words, “Yiddish song,” you’re in for a surprise with the release of Adrienne Cooper’s new CD “Enchanted: Many of us can sing all or part of the theme songs A New Generation of Yiddish Song.” Internationally recognized as one of from Happy Days, Love Boat, and even Laverne this generation’s stellar performers and teachers of Yiddish vocal music, & Shirley. Not so well known theme songs include Cooper appears on concert, theater, and club stages around the world. She Monday Night Football and The Wide World of Sports. has appeared at the ERJCC Kaplan Theatre numerous times including the These are just some of the most recognizable TV rollicking ESN: Songs from the Kitchen with The Klezmatics’ Lorin Sklamberg theme songs penned by composer Charles Fox, an and Frank London, Ghetto Tango with Zalmen Mlotek, and most recently anonymous musical guest in our homes night after as part of the Three Yiddish Divas with Joanne Borts and Theresa Tova. night after night. In his memoir, Killing Me Softly: Enchanted offers an exploration of the emotional and textural possibilities My Life in Music, Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee that Yiddish song can provide; from deeply traditional a cappella passages Fox, highlights his musical life, including letters he to jazz ballads, from pop to multi-layered big-band arrangements a la Spike wrote home while living in Paris from 1959-1961 Jones. Cooper’s presentation will be peppered with samplings from her CD when he was studying with the most renowned and with accompaniment by Canadian jazz great, pianist Marilyn Lerner. music composition teacher of the 20th Century, Nadia Boulanger. Fox composed music for more than 100 films and television series and worked with such great entertainers as Roberta Flack, Jim Croce, Barry Manilow, Patron Sponsor: /Ziggy Gruber and Lena Horne. Recognizing his vast contributions to American culture, Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public Fox was inducted into the Smithsonian Institute at the newly-renovated Entertainment Exhibit. Now, the only existing copy of the Happy Days record has a place of honor next to Fonzie’s jacket. He was recently seen in 100 Voices: A Journey Home where he joined a group of cantors on a historical mission to Poland, the birthplace of cantorial music. Fox’s memoir is a compelling story of a composer whose work continues to entertain BOOKSTORE HOURS listeners around the world. sunday – thursday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM Friday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Patron Sponsors: Gloria and Buzzy Bluestone Lorraine and Sid Brown Saturday: 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM Kimberly and Adam Siegel Barbara Winthrop Rose and Jay Steinfeld GET CONNECTED Free to Series Pass Holders • $10 ERJCC Member • $15 Public follow us on:

15 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org literature Israel @ 63 film Understanding Our Land and art Our People music dance Nov 27 – Dec 12, 2011 learning Morocco A Jewish $3739 per person (double occupancy)* Heritage This trip is Israel like you’ve never experienced Tour before, the chance to travel alongside Israelis. Encounter and explore Israel’s richness and complexity with firsthand, shared experience Oct 23 – Nov 4, 2011 through food, fashion, the arts and social $3225 per person (double occupancy)* issues. Understand the challenges of the (airfare from ) modern state; hunger, poverty, defense, environment, and compare them to today’s Morocco is a country where the colors are issues facing . vivid, the contrasts are intense, and views are picturesque. You will explore the mystical *plus applicable taxes scenes in the maze-like bustling souks of Marrakech, appreciate the vibrant blend of Limmud cultures in the narrow alleyways of medieval Conference at Fez and encounter the history of the Jews in the University Casablanca and Rabat. of Warwick, Coventry, England Cuba A Carnival of Jewish Learning, A Jewish A Festival of the Mind and Spirit Mission Engaging Israel: Foundations for a New Relationship Dec 23 – 29, 2011 Instructors: Local Clergy and Educators The Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community 9 Mondays beginning Oct 10 • 7:00 - 9:15 PM Nov 2 – 10, 2011, Jan 18 – 26, 2012 Center is organizing a community-wide trip to the Limmud conference at the University $60 for JCC Members and the General Public and March 7 – 15, 2012 of Warwick in Coventry, England. Limmud is (Oct 10, 17, 24, Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 12, 19) $2999 per person (double occupancy)* a conference for people of all ages and every perspective, from all over the UK and around The Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Congregation Beth Yeshurun, the Jewish Join us on this extraordinary mission to Cuba the world, hundreds of presenters, a thousand Federation, and Jewish agencies throughout Houston are joining forces to offer Engaging Israel: and bring support and aid to the Cuban Jewish conversations on every subject of interest to Foundations for a New Relationship, a course developed by the Shalom Hartman Institute. community. Meet the children of the ORT Jews - text study, music, theatre, literature, Sunday School and advance Jewish practices, debate and politics - all wrapped up in a week Each two-hour session will include a video presentation by Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, followed by ideals and education. Learn first-hand about of community, warmth, laughter, passion, an interview with an Engaging Israel team member or leading expert on the issue at hand. Following today’s Jewish community and share their excitement and discovery. The conference the video, the session will continue with an interactive, text-based learning session led by local dreams for the future. The spirit of the Jewish attracts over 2,000 participants for close to clergy and educators. A textbook, developed especially for the course, includes materials to study community will open your eyes, heart and mind. 1,000 sessions over a five-day period. the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel from biblical times to the present day. *plus applicable taxes For more information about participating in a coordinated trip, please contact Jonathan Fass at [email protected].

16 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Symposium: Lifelong Learning Synagogue Institute Architecture: A Bundle of Letters: Art Objects The President An Exhibition of and Sacred and the Jews Art Quilts by Maya Spaces Chaimovich Wednesdays, Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Deutser Art Gallery • Aug 19 – Oct 26 Purple Song Thursday, Dec 15 • 7:30 PM Instructor: Jonathan Fass Illustrations by Houston Artist $10 Member / $15 Public $28 Member / $39 Public Sixteen years ago, Israeli-born Maya Lisa Sheinbaum Lecture by: Morton Levy, FAIA Chaimovich started traditional quilting and studied at the Shenkar College of Art Design Since George Washington wrote to the Jews in Ramat Gan, under the tutelage of artist Deutser Art Gallery • Oct 29 – Dec 2 Join us for a lecture and slide presentation on of Rhode Island, American Jews have had an Orna Roglit. She quickly became attracted to the architecture of synagogues through the ongoing relationship with our nation’s highest a more abstract style and has now exhibited Meet the Artist Reception centuries, beginning with the pre-synagogue office. This course will discuss the relationship her art quilts all over the world, including Sunday, November 6 sacred spaces of the Bible and concluding with that American presidents have had both to the Israel, England, Japan, Switzerland and the 4:00 PM the contemporary, and sometimes eclectic, Jewish community and to Jews within their U.S. Chaimovich has participated in the Inter- synagogue design of Mexico, Europe, Israel, administration. Administrations to be discussed national Quilting Association exhibition, the Works available for purchase and the US. The lecture will also explore include those of George Washington, Ulysses Quilt Nihon Japan exhibition (2008 and 2010), The Deutser Art Gallery Season is funded in the archaeological remains of the earliest S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard and Quilt National in Columbus (2009). part by the ERJCC Patrons of the Arts synagogues of the ancient Near East, a review Taft and Warren Harding. of the surviving synagogues of pre-war Europe and the unique Jewish folk art of the wooden Gallery Hours synagogues of Poland. The ERJCC’s Symposium: Lifelong Learning Institute Monday – Thursday • 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM offers courses on a variety of subjects including Friday & Sunday • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Morton Levy, a native Houstonian, leads a highly but not limited to: fine arts, science, civil liberties, respected long-time Houston architectural practice. literature, entertainment, economics and industries in Included in his extensive portfolio are the design of and around Houston. For a complete course listing for six Houston area synagogues and eight renovation/ the fall visit erjcchouston.org/symposium. expansion projects for the ERJCC. In recent years he To register contact Jennifer Handy at 713.729.3200 Judaic Quilting has been an active speaker and author on the subject ext. 3244 or [email protected]. Israeli Folkdancing of architecture for religion. for Beginners Instructor: Dee Jacobson, Dance Coordinator: Instructor: Shira Moses Hazon’s CSA at the ERJCC Sara Norris Monday, Oct 10 Tuesdays • 7:30 - 10:00 PM 1 - 4 PM Hazon’s Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) $4 ERJCC Member / $6 Public Program enables the Jewish community to support Mondays, Oct 17 & 24 (drop-in) local, sustainable agriculture. It is the first Jewish CSA 2 - 4 PM $32 ERJCC Member / $48 Project in North America, where individuals pre-purchase DANCE Public (series pass) a share of a farmer’s produce for an entire season. The $40 ERJCC Member / $50 Public CSA guarantees the farmer a secure market and gives members access to local, (Minimum of 5 students required. All supplies These open dance sessions include instruction organic produce at competitive prices, while helping to preserve farmland and included in the cost.) and review of classics along with today’s most build community. Members pick up their delicious, fresh produce once a week for popular Israeli folk dances, including couples the entire growing season. In coordination with A Bundle of Letters, the quilting and line dances. Requests are honored. No exhibit in the Deutser Art Gallery, learn how to quilt need to pre-register, just come and pay at the from quilt-master Sara Norris. In this three-session To register visit erjcchouston.org or contact Jennifer Handy at 713.729.3200, door. Children are welcome. ext. 3244 or [email protected]. class students will learn the appliqué technique while making their very own challah covers.

To register contact Naomi Barancik, 713.729.3200, ext. 3288 or [email protected]. 17 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org Community-Wide Sukkot Celebration

Merfish Teen Center Hanukkah Celebration 9000 S. Rice @ N. Braeswood 77096 with the Gizmo Guys

Sunday, October 16 Sunday, December 25 • 11:00 AM 2:00 - 5:00 PM $10 Kids/$12 Adults/Family Max $50 FREE Free to Children Under 2

Celebrate Sukkot at the Second Annual Join us for high-flying fun when the Gizmo Community-Wide Sukkot Celebration with Guys return to Houston for a comedy activities for children of all ages including pony juggling performance with a uniquely winning rides, a petting zoo, a bounce house, a rock combination of dazzling technique and wall, arts and crafts, and outdoor games. Stop infectious humor. The Gizmo Guys have amazed by the HEB Fresh Market for healthy snacks and amused audiences around the world, and shake the lulav at the Sukkah. The event made numerous television appearances, won is FREE and open to the entire community. international juggling competitions, and taught at top circus schools because their rapid-fire act This program is sponsored by Congregation exhilarates and inspires sidesplitting laughter in Beth Israel, Congregation Beth Yeshurun, audience members of all ages. Come celebrate Congregation Brith Shalom, Congregation Hanukkah with us at the ERJCC! Purchase Emanu El, ERJCC, HEB, National Jewish tickets online at erjcchouston.org or contact Outreach Program, Sukkot Across America, Naomi Barancik, 713.729.3200, ext. 3288 or United Orthodox Synagogues. [email protected].

18 2011 Jewish Book & Arts Fair | Advance ticket purchases online at erjcchouston.org Become an ERJCC Patron of the Arts at erjcchouston.org SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 30 OCTOBER 31 NOVEMBER 1 NOVEMBER 2 NOVEMBER 3 NOVEMBER 4 NOVEMBER 5 10:00 AM Bookstore opens 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM Kosher Chili Cookoff 2:00 PM Film Grace Paley: Collected Shorts 6:15 PM 6:15 PM 4:30 PM Geila Hocherman 6:15 PM Kostya Kennedy Marc Ostrofsky Kosher Revolution: New Local literati free event 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Get Rich Click: The Ultimate Techniques & Great Recipes Last Magic Number in Sports Guide to Making Money on for Unlimited Kosher Cooking 8:00 PM the Internet Jennifer Griffin & Greg Myre 8:00 PM 7:30 PM This Burning Land: Lessons Izzeldin Abuelaish 8:00 PM OPENING NIGHT free event from the Front Lines of I Shall Not Hate: A Doctor’s 8:00 PM Meir Shalev 8:00 PM Dennis Prager & the Transformed Israeli- Journey on the Road to David Bezmozgis Beginnings: Reflections on Film Rabbi Joseph Telushkin Palestinian Conflict Peace & Human Dignity The Free World the Bible’s Intriguing Firsts La Rafle (The Roundup) The Nine Questions People Ask about Judaism NOVEMBER 6 NOVEMBER 7 NOVEMBER 8 NOVEMBER 9 NOVEMBER 10 NOVEMBER 11 NOVEMBER 12 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM 10:00 AM 6:15 PM 6:15 PM 12:30 PM Oliver Lapin Family Day Marilyn Berger Jay Michaelson Gerald Steinacher Melton Lunch & Learn This is a Soul: God vs. Gay? The Religious Nazis on the Run: How Hitler’s Paula Fredriksen 1:00 PM 2:00 PM An American Doctor’s Case for Equality Henchmen Fled Justice Augustine and the Jews: Film Film Remarkable Mission in 7:30 PM A Christian Defense of Jews Sholem Aleichem: Amos Oz: The Nature of 7:30 PM Ethiopia Inside the Authors and Judaism Laughing in the Darkness Dreams Judith Brin Ingber at Congregation Beth Yeshurun Studio at Merfish Teen Center Seeing Israeli and 4525 Beechnut St. 4:30 PM Steven Levy 9000 S. Rice Blvd. Jewish Dance Marc Agronin 6:15 PM In The Plex at Temple Beth Tikvah 6:15 PM How We Age: A Doctor’s Judith Brin Ingber 6:30 PM 12411 Park Shadows Trail Reception in the Bookstore Alyson Richman Journey into the Heart of Seeing Israeli and The Lost Wife Growing Old 8:00 PM Jewish Dance 8:00 PM community read John Thorn 8:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM Haley Tanner Baseball in the Garden of Amy Ephron Alick Isaacs Adina Hoffman & Peter Cole 8:00 PM Vaclav & Lena Eden: The Secret History of Loose Diamonds and Other A Prophetic Peace: Judaism, Sacred Trash: The Lost and concert 7:30 PM the Early Game Things I’ve Lost (and Found) Religion, and Politics Reception for Community Read Found World of the Cairo PROJECT Trio at Temple Sinai Along the Way participants Geniza 13875 Brimhurst Dr.

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