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Evy Lipp PEOPLE of the BOOK Cultural Event Letty Cottin Pogrebin Evy Lipp PEOPLE OF THE BOOK Cultural Event Celebrating 15 years of bringing noted Jewish authors to our Federation members LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN is an author, activist, and na- tional lecturer. A founding editor and writer for Ms. magazine, PROUDLY PRESENTS Pogrebin is also the author of eleven books, including her latest novel, Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, and the acclaimed guidebook, How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick. Among her other publications are two memoirs – Getting Over Getting Letty Cottin Pogrebin Older and Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America – her first novel, Three Daughters, and the pre-feminist classic, How to Make it in a Man’s World, Besides her nearly 20-year affiliation with Ms. magazine, Pogrebin and Abigail Pogrebin has published articles and op-eds in The New York Times, Wash- ington Post, TIME, Huffington Post, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Times, The Nation, Travel & Leisure and Good TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2019 at 7:30pm Housekeeping, among other publications. She is a regular colum- nist for Moment magazine, and for ten years, wrote “The Working Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples Woman” column in Ladies’ Home Journal. Tickets: $18 per Jewish Federation of Greater Naples member In order to purchase an $18 ticket for this event, you must be a member of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. According to the bylaws of the JFGN, members are those individuals who donate an annual gift of $36 per person or more to the Federation’s Annual Community Campaign. Registration begins Monday, October 15 ABIGAIL POGREBIN is the author of the My Jewish Year: 18 Please mark your calendar for the event and registration dates. Holidays; One Wondering Jew – a much-expanded chronicle of her popular column for the Forward, for which she spent 12 months We respectfully ask that you not register prior to October 15. researching and observing every holiday in the Jewish calendar. Pogrebin is also the author of Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk X If you have not made a donation to the Federation’s Annual Campaign, please call about Being Jewish, which went into eight hardcover printings Julie Hartline, Campaign Associate, at 239.263.4205 to make a donation, or go online and was later adapted for the Off-Broadway stage. Her bestsell- to www.jewishnaples.org. ing Amazon Kindle Single, Showstopper, recounts her teenage adventure in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim’s X If you are a member of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, please call Renee’ flop, Merrily We Roll Along. with your credit card number at 239.263.4205, or mail your check ($18 per person) to Abigail was formerly a broadcast producer for Fred Friendly, JFGN, Attn: Renee’, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201, Naples, FL 34109. Charlie Rose and Bill Moyers at PBS, then for Ed Bradley and Mike Wallace at 60 Minutes. She has been published in many mag- X Tickets will not be mailed. Your name will be placed on azines and newspapers including Newsweek, New York magazine, a reservation list that will be checked at the door. the Forward, Tablet and The Daily Beast. She has moderated con- X versations at The JCC in Manhattan, 92Y and The Skirball Center. Please call Renee’ if you’d like to be a Patron of this event. Pogrebin is past-president of Central Synagogue in Manhattan..
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