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NOVEMBER 11-18, 2018 Alexandra Silber Norman Eisen Allison Yarrow Dan Richard Abrams Kind www.katzjcc.org/abcfest Brad Meltzer SUNDAY NOV 11 David E. Sanger “…A reader finishes this The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, book fully understanding and Fear in the Cyber Age why cyberwar has moved 10:00 am • Lahn Social Hall rapidly to the top of Sponsored by SHM Financial America’s official list of national security threats. From the White House situation room to the dens And why, for the first time of Chinese government hackers to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley, David Sanger, national in three generations, this security correspondent for the New York Times and CNN reporter, reveals a world coming nation’s power in the world face-to-face with the perils of technological revolution. The Perfect Weapon is the dramatic is seriously threatened.” story of how great and small powers alike slipped into a new era of constant sabotage, misinformation, and fear, in which everyone is a target. —THE WASHINGTON POST $20 JCC Member / $25 Guest Community-Wide Kristallnacht Observance FREE!FREE! Michael Ross From Broken Glass: My Story of Finding Hope in Hitler’s Death Camps to Inspire a New Generation 11:30 am • Lahn Social Hall Sponsored by Valerie & David Gladfelter Endowment Fund of the JCF, Inc. From the survivor of 10 Nazi concentration camps, this inspiring memoir tells a story about finding strength in the face of despair. After enduring inconceivable cruelty as well as receiving compassion from caring fellow prisoners, Steve Ross believes the human spirit is capable of rising above even the bleakest circumstances. Once settled in the US, he devoted himself to underprivileged youth as a psychologist working in Boston city schools. At the end of his career, he spearheaded the creation of the New England Holocaust Memorial, a site millions of people, including young students, visit every year. His son, former Boston Councilman, Mike Ross, shares his father’s incredible story. In conjunction with the JCRC’s Esther Raab Holocaust Museum and Goodwin Education Center Dan Abrams SPOTLIGHT Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case EVENT That Propelled Him to The Presidency 7:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall Sponsored by Bank of America Lawyer and businessman extraordinaire, Dan Abrams tackles today’s biggest legal issues. As the Chief Legal Analyst for ABC News and the host of the top- rated cable series Live PD on A&E Network, Dan is a sought-after commentator. He was the co-anchor of ABC’s Nightline, host of The Abrams Report and the acclaimed Verdict with Dan Abrams on MSNBC, as well as the long-time Chief Legal Correspondent for NBC News. In those capacities, Dan has covered all of the highest profile cases of the past two decades. Dan will discuss his latest book detailing the events that propelled Lincoln towards the presidency and tackle current event issues in an evening you won’t want to miss. $30 JCC Member / $35 Guest MONDAY NOV 12 Marilyn Simon Rothstein Husbands and Other Sharp Objects 9:30 am • Lahn Social Hall Sponsored by Fox Rothschild, LLP After receiving rave reviews for Lift and Separate, Marilyn returns to discuss her latest laugh-out-loud novel. Recently divorced and ready to move on, Marcy Hammer must now plan a wedding with a head strong daughter, eccentric in-laws and the dreaded ex-husband. Marilyn’s humorous delivery and hilarious novel will make you think your family issues are normal. $10 JCC Member / $12 Guest Martin Fletcher Promised Land 11:00 am • Lahn Social Hall Sponsored by Hutchinson Plumbing, Heating & Cooling An Emmy award winning journalist, Fletcher makes the leap from fact to fiction with his latest novel. Two German brothers, reunited after the war, work to build the state of Israel while at the same time fall in love with the same woman. Fletcher mirrors the brother’s jealousies and intrigues to that of a young nation struggling to survive. Described as Dallas meets Exodus, it’s a scandalous page turner. $10 JCC Member / $12 Guest Appel Art Gallery Reception • 6:00 PM FREE!FREE! Sponsored by Ravitz Family Markets / Ravitz Family Foundation Mordechai David Goldhagen’s Merle Greene is Judy Okun’s Rosenstein’s sculptural forms and the owner of M3 love of the distinctive Jewish massive handblown Jewels and specializes outdoors inspires art is in homes, glass platters are in distinctive jewelry her original synagogues, and distinguished by with an international artwork on agencies around his unique style. flair. ceramic tiles. the world. Alexandra Silber in Concert After Anatevka and White Hot Grief Parade 7:30 pm • Lahn Social Hall Sponsored by Townsend Press / Judith Nadell • John Langan Grammy nominated international “It’s no secret that Alexandra Broadway actress and singer, Silber is one of our theater’s finest Alexandra Silber, takes to the stage to share her version of what singing actors. But who knew happens to Hodel after she leaves Anatevka. Set on following she was a thrilling novelist as her fiancé to Siberia, this is a passionate love story of overcoming well? After Anatevka does Fiddler hurdles with a stunning conclusion to a timeless tale. In White on the Roof proud.” Hot Grief Parade, Alexandra shares her personal journey of how theater and dear friends helped her accomplish — TONY AWARD-WINNING fame after the tragic loss of her father. PLAYWRIGHT TERRENCE MCNALLY $20 JCC Member / $25 Guest TUESDAY NOV 13 Spencer Wise BooK The Emperor of Shoes CLUB 9:30 am • Lahn Social Hall PICK Sponsored by Creative Print Group Part love story, part father-son rivalry, Wise’s powerful debut novel is a transfixing story about an expatriate in southern China and his burgeoning relationship with a seamstress intent on inspiring dramatic political change. Skillfully plotted, Wise weaves together a timely meditation on idealism, ambition, exploitation and cultural revolution set against a vivid backdrop of social and technological change. $10 JCC Member / $12 Guest Mary Morris BooK Gateway to the Moon CLUB 11:00 am • Lahn Social Hall PICK Sponsored by Davis Enterprises Morris, an award-winning novelist, weaves a remarkable story set in a remote New Mexico town coming to grips with a dark history it never imagined. It begins with Luis de Torres, a Spanish Jew, who accompanies Christopher Columbus as his interpreter. His descendants travel from Spain and Portugal, settling in the hills of New Mexico. 500 years later, Miguel Torres, a young amateur astronomer, finds himself babysitting for the Rothstein family and is surprised to find many customs similar to ones he’s grown up with and never understood. $10 JCC Member / $12 Guest Enjoy a cold one before meeting Keach Hagey, compliments of Kramer Beverage. Keach Hagey The King of Content: Sumner Redstone’s Battle for Viacom, CBS, and Everlasting Control of His Media Empire 7:30 pm • Lahn Social Hall Sponsored by Werbitt/Shehata Gastroenterology Hagey, a Wall Street Journal award winning journalist, lays bare the remarkable story of Sumner Redstone. From owning a chain of drive-in movie theaters to becoming one of the world’s greatest media moguls, he made his share of enemies and feuded with nearly every member of his family. His life has become a tabloid soap opera and the center of legal disputes throughout his vast holdings, which include Paramount Pictures, Viacom and CBS. A biography and corporate whodunit filled with surprising details, Hagey investigates Redstone’s impact on business and popular culture, the family feuds, corporate battles, and the changing nature of media. $15 JCC Member / $18 Guest WEDNESDAY NOV 14 Dr. Randi Hunter Epstein Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just about Everything 9:30 am • Lahn Social Hall Sponsored by Samson Family Foundation Strap your seatbelts on for Aroused – a guided tour through the strange science of hormones and the quest to control them. Behavior, metabolism, sleep, mood swings, puberty, sex — you name it, Dr. Epstein takes readers on a journey brimming with fascinating anecdotes, illuminating new medical research, and humorous details. $10 JCC Member / $12 Guest Finding Yourself: A Spiritual Journey Moderated by Cantor Jen Cohen, Temple Beth Sholom 11:00 am • Lahn Social Hall Sponsored by Lexus of Cherry Hill Angela Himsel – A River Could Be a Tree How does a woman who grew up in rural Indiana as a fundamentalist Christian end up a practicing Jew in New York? Brought up in a strict evangelical home, Angela decides to study at Hebrew University. Rather than strengthening her faith, she is introduced to a thrilling new world and a whole new path for her life. Tova Mirvis – The Book of Separation Raised in a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish family, Tova commits herself to observing the rights and rituals of the religious community. Over the years her doubts become louder than her faith as she separates from the world she has known to discover who she really is and what she believes. $10 JCC Member / $12 Guest “Combining both the Norman Eisen personal and the The Last Palace: Europe’s Turbulent Century historical, Norman in Five Lives and One Legendary House Eisen’s remarkable book transports us into the 7:30 pm • Lahn Social Hall battle for democracy Sponsored by The Heart House through the lives of Former U.S Ambassador to Prague, Eisen tells the story of people who fought to the lives of those who preceded him in his ambassadorial save it and those who residence; a Jewish builder, Nazi occupier, post-WWII would seek to destroy American savior and a Cold War movie star-ambassador. Interwoven it. The Last Palace is not throughout is the story of his mother, a Czech Holocaust survivor who only a first-rate work sent him back to Prague.

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