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OPE N I N G NI GHT
NOVEMBER 2009
1 SUNDAy
7:30 PM
2:00 PM
Film
Kike Like Me
UK, 2007, 86 minutes, Documentary, English
Director: Jamie Kastner
Jamie Kastner explores Jewish identity and modern anti-Semitism in New York, Israel,
Paris, Germany, and Poland. Described as provocative and mischievous, yet difficult to
dismiss, Kastner’s first person docu-essay is a mix of Gregory Peck and Michael Moore.
What Kastner learns and shares is as shocking as this movie’s title.
Dan Senor
Free to Series Ticket Holders • $7 JCC Member • $9 Public
Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
Best known as the Chief Spokesperson for the U.S.-led Coalition in Iraq, and a Senior
Advisor to Presidential Envoy L. Paul Bremer III, the Administrator of the Coalition
Provisional Authority, Dan Senor rode into Baghdad from Kuwait on the first convoy of
civilians into Iraq, less than two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Working
closely with the military, Senor advised the Bush Administration, the Blair Government in
the U.K. and Ambassador Bremer on a variety of Iraqi strategic, policy and communication
issues and was the civilian face of the Coalition Authority.
4:30 PM
Paula Eisenstein Baker
& Robert S. Nelson
Written with Senor’s brother-in-law, Saul Singer, editorial page editor of the Jerusalem Post,
Start-Up Nation asks how Israel—a tiny, young country with no natural resources and in
a constant state of war since its founding—produces more start-up companies than Japan,
India and the UK. The entrepreneurial lessons described in the book offer some impressive
and surprising clues for the U.S. as we work to reboot our own economy. Publisher’s Weekly®
calls Senor’s book “a rich and insightful read not just for business leaders and policy makers
but for anyone curious about contemporary Israeli culture.”
Leo Zeitlin Rediscovered
A Composer’s Lost Works
One of a group of early 20th century Russian composers who
used Jewish motifs in their music, Leo Zeitlin was virtually
forgotten until Paula Eisenstein Baker began a fascinating yearslong search that discovered his identity and much more. This
program explores the music and the search, which led to the
publication of Zeitlin’s chamber music, co-edited with
Robert S. Nelson. The program includes performances by
Susan Ganc (in Yiddish) and Lidya Osadchey (in Russian) of
Zeitlin’s four poetic recitations.
A Jewish Republican strategist and venture capitalist, in Spring 2008, Senor joined the
Council on Foreign Relations as an Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies. A
frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal editorial page and a Fox News analyst, Senor
has also written op-eds for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New York Post,
and the Weekly Standard.
Underwritten by Mrs. Lila Rauch in memory of Gerald Rauch
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2 MONDAy
2 MONDAy
12:00 NOON
8:00 PM
Dr. Ron Wolfson
Chana Bloch
Donna Frankoff Memorial Lecture
Hovering at a Low Altitude: The Collected
Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch
The Seven Questions You’re
Asked in Heaven
Twentieth-century Israeli poet and peace activist Dahlia Ravikovitch
is known for her freedom of expression and engagement with current
events in her verse about fathers and daughters, the precarious
position of women, and the plight of Palestinians.
Acclaimed poet and translator Chana Bloch
introduces her new translation (with Chana Kronfeld)
of the work of one of the truly great Hebrew poets of
our time. Block also presents from her new collection,
Blood Honey, poems of intimate memory and surehanded imagination that survey the human condition
with a tender, compassionate, and unflinching gaze.
The Seven Questions gives us a preview of the transformative
questions that will greet us in heaven—questions that raise issues
that are at the heart of a life that matters. With wisdom from Jewish
tradition and funny stories of how people have answered the
questions, Ron Wolfson, Dean of the Center for Jewish Education at
American Jewish University, encourages us to reflect on our life goals
and shape a life of purpose and meaning today.
Patron Sponsors: Vicky and Michael Richker
3 TUESDAy
6:15 PM
David Eagleman
12:00 NOON
Sum. Forty tales from the afterlives.
Etty Ben-Zaken & Eitan Steinberg
What happens after we die? In Sum, Baylor
College of Medicine neuroscientist
David Eagleman offers 40 short vignettes,
each imagining a fate that might await us after
death and offering an insight into human
nature. At once funny and unsettling, these
tales are rooted in science and awe at our
mysterious existence. Fellow Houstonians
Rodney Waters and Anita Kruse add their original musical
exploration of Eagleman’s engaging and thought-provoking look at
the human psyche.
Setting music to texts, using texts as music
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Israeli Artists in Residence
In this informal meeting, Eitan Steinberg will discuss setting music to texts with
Etty Ben-Zaken’s live demonstrations from Steinberg’s works (set to texts by poets
Dan Pagis, E. E. Cummings, and Raquel Chalfi). Ben-Zaken will talk about the musical
genre of Sound-Text, and will introduce the video-art film Name for which she has created
the soundtrack. Name (Israel, 2009, video-art, 19.5 minutes, Hebrew and English) tells
about Israeli individuals who have changed their names and identities at some point in
their lives. Her original vocal work uses fragments of texts, whispered and murmured to
create a musical score.
Patron Sponsors: Yael Shani and Yoram
in honor of Prof. Nachum Dafny
With funding by The Maurice Amado Foundation
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Free
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3 TUESDAy
3 TUESDAy
8:00 PM
6:15 PM
Lev Raphael
Mike Marvins
My Germany: A Jewish Writer Returns to
the World His Parents Escaped
Texas’ Big Bend: A Photographic Adventure
For over 20 years, Mike Marvins, Houstonian and third
generation professional photographer, has traveled Big
Bend with a backpack, by car and on horseback. In this first
comprehensive photographic study of the region, Marvins
takes the viewer deep into the magic of Big Bend, recreating
the feeling visitors have upon first encountering the beauty
of the area. Marvins is donating his royalties to the Friends
of Big Bend National Park and Friends of the State Ranch
State Park.
In this moving memoir, award-winning
writer and second-generation Holocaust
literature pioneer Lev Raphael describes his journey of self-discovery
from a Jewish and gay identity shaped by his parents’ suffering under
the Nazis and marked by a hatred of all things German to a new self:
someone unafraid to face the past and transcend it. Hailed as
“a cleansing, passionate memoir” by Kirkus Reviews, Raphael’s work is
captivating to the end. Michigan State University Libraries have just
purchased Raphael’s literary papers covering his 31 years of published
and unpublished works.
Free to Series Ticket Holders • $10 JCC Member
$14 Public
Patron Sponsors: Mitzi Shure and Jerry Wische
7:30 PM
Lev Raphael presents at Congregation Beth El Wed., Nov. 4 at 7:30 PM.
3900 Raoul Wallenberg Ln. Missouri City
Call 281.499.5066 for information.
6:30 PM Reception, Cocktails and Light Bites
A private evening for young adults (ages 21-35)
IDs checked at the door!
kim Ablon whitney TEEN READ
Hal Niedzviecki
Nov. 4 and Nov. 5
Kim Ablon Whitney’s young adult novel
is this year’s Teen Read, a new initiative
to connect teens to the JCC Annual
Jewish Book & Arts Fair. Based on the
true account of the MS St. Louis, The
Other Half of Life imagines two teenage
travelers on board the doomed voyage
and the lives they might have lived. Elie Wiesel calls Whitney’s
book “an excellent introduction for young readers wishing
to understand contemporary history and its traumatic and
moral challenges.” Whitney will present a series of multimedia
programs for students.
The Peep Diaries: How We’re
Learning to Love Watching Ourselves
and Our Neighbors
Spying and peeping have been with us since Moses sent spies to scout out
the land of Canaan. In The Peep Diaries, noted social critic Hal Niedzviecki
explores the way we’re moving toward a tell-all show-all culture, the age of
“Peep Culture”—a digital phenomenon that is altering notions of privacy,
individuality, security and humanity, and radically changing the firmaments
of our culture and society.
$15 (includes the book)
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5 THURSDAy
6:15 PM
6:15 PM
David Kushner
Sara Houghteling
Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon,
and the Fight for Civil Rights in America’s
Legendary Suburb
Pictures at an Exhibition
This debut novel, set in Paris darkened by World War II, chronicles a
son’s quest to recover his family’s lost masterpieces looted by the Nazis
during the occupation. Author Sara Houghteling’s luminous historical
novel draws from her research on wartime France and the early 20th
century Parisian art scene. She is a recipient of a Fulbright scholarship to
Paris, first prize in the Avery and Jule Hopwood Award for novels, and a
John Steinbeck Fellowship.
Levittown recounts the true story of the Levitt family’s creation of a
storybook town, Levittown, Long Island, in the decade after World
War II in order to provide affordable housing and in response to
restrictive covenants. Levittown chronicles the reaction when one
Jewish family thwarts the whites-only covenant by secretly arranging
for a black family to purchase a home there. Author David Kushner is
contributing editor of Rolling Stone and Wired, an NPR essayist, and
teaches journalism at New York University.
Underwritten by
/ Betsy and Ed Schreiber
Patron Sponsors: Rosita and Albert Gaon • Joyce Greenberg
Patron Sponsors: Bobbi and Vic Samuels
8:00 PM
Community Read
Peter Manseau
8:00 PM
Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter: A Novel
Chris Bohjalian
One Book, One Jewish Community: Connecting People
One Book at a Time
Skeletons at the Feast
A National Jewish Book Award Fiction winner,
Peter Manseau’s charismatic tale of the lives of an aging Yiddish poet
and the young American Catholic helping him translate his memoirs
is a novel of faith lost and hope found in translation. Reminiscent
of the sharp, bittersweet tales of I.B. Singer, Songs contains mystery
and revelation and explores the art of translation, diversity within
the Jewish world, and the true meaning of bashert, or destiny. Join
hundreds of readers and be part of the Community Read by signing
up at www.jcchouston.org. Purchase the book now at Essence, the
JCC Gift Shop or at the Book Fair before the presentation and receive
a free ticket to Manseau’s talk.
In his 12th novel, New York Times bestselling
author Chis Bohjalian describes the terror
and tragedy of war and the heartbreak of love in its midst as German
refugees—a Prussian aristocrat, and her Scottish lover, a disguised
Jew—struggle west ahead of the Russian army. This tale of suspense and
moral complexity set in the waning months of World War II is based on
the diary of a Prussian woman and was a Washington Post Best Book of
2008.
Patron Sponsors: Helen Wils and Leonard Goldberg
Free to Series Ticket Holders
$10 JCC Member • $14 Public
Photo Credit: Daniel Mason
4 wEDNESDAy
Patron Sponsors: Family Tree DNA / Max Blankfeld / Bennett Greenspan
Karol and Daniel Musher
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6 FRIDAy
7 SATURDAy
1:00 PM
6:30 PM
Family Havdalah
Film
Blanka
Doni Zasloff Thomas
Israel, 2007, 38 minutes, Documentary, Hebrew and Ladino with subtitles
Director: Michal Houminer-Hirsch
Join Jersey singer Mama Doni Zasloff Thomas, talented and hip mother of two along with
Jonathan Fass, JCC Director of Jewish Living and Learning, as we end Shabbat and enter the
new week with a family Havdalah ceremony. The evening begins with Havdalah led by
Mama Doni followed by a “make your own pillow” craft project.
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Israeli Artist in Residence
Etty Ben-Zaken talks about the traditional Sephardic wedding as it was celebrated until the
beginning of the 20th century. Ben-Zaken will demonstrate traditional Ladino weddingsongs and will introduce the documentary Blanka. Created by young Israeli director
Michal Houminer-Hirsch, Blanka brings a brightful look into the life of the bride according
to Jewish custom, passed from mother to daughter. The film revolves around three female
characters from three generations, whose stories intertwine to form a rich mosaic and a
colorful picture of the stereotypical yet extremely moving wedding celebration.
$15 per family includes a signed Mama Doni CD, personalized Sh’ma Pillow, and
refreshments.
RSVP with payment by Nov. 1 713-551-7255
8:00 PM
Film
With funding by The Maurice Amado Foundation
Free
Emotional Arithmetic
BE’TAY AVON SENIOR ADULT LUNCH PROGRAM
Come have lunch and a program with the Be’tay Avon Crowd.
Lunch and Program $2.50 JCC Member/$5.00 Public
RSVP required for lunch. To RSVP, call Esther Bethke at ext. 3258
USA, 2008, 89 min, Drama, English
A story of redemption, healing, and reconciliation ignited by the
reunion of three survivors of Drancy, the World War II internment
camp just outside of Paris. Based on a novel by Matt Cohen and
starring Gabriel Byrne, Christopher Plummer and Susan Sarandon,
Emotional Arithmetic is an unexpected and tender love story that is life-altering for the main
characters and all those around them.
AUDITORy EqUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR HEARING IMPAIRED
If you need assistance in hearing clearly, equipment is now available
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
courtesy and sensitivity.
Made possible through the generosity of
The Center for ENT Doctors Weber, Moses, Hung, and Powitzky
Goldstaub Community Special Needs Fund
Sharla and Henry Wertheimer Family Philanthropic Fund
The 37th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair is proud
to partner with Taping For The Blind, Inc.
Three books and the corresponding author programs have been selected for audio access.
Sum. Forty tales from the afterlives. (David Eagleman)
Skeletons at the Feast (Chris Bohjalian)
The Last Ember (Daniel Levin)
CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED By
For people with print and visual handicaps, please contact Taping For The Blind, Inc.
for information on audio book access for featured authors.
Ann Hauser Laufman, CFP and Naomi Duke, CFP
Financial and Estate Planning for Special People and their Families
713-622-2767 • www.tapingfortheblind.org
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Saturday, Nov. 7th 6:30 pm
FAMILY HAVDALAH
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Sunday, November 8
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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Concert, Authors, Books & Fun!
9:00 AM (all ages)
Cereal Bar and Bagel Breakfast
With special guest, Cat in the Hat!
10:00 AM
(Youngsters)
Mama Doni Family
Concert
10:00 AM (1st–3rd grades) and
11:00 AM (PreK–1st grades)
Ann koffsky Illustration Workshops and
Eight Lights for Eight Nights Book Reading
10:00 AM (for ages 7 and up)
Shmuel Blitz
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Release
Search for Stones
All events take place at JCC Houston • 5601 S. Braeswood
All family events are FREE and open to the public, with the exception
of Family Havdalah Craft and CD activity, breakfast and Mama Doni Concert
For concert tickets or information call
713-551-7255 or visit www.jcchouston.org
*Adult Programming continues throughout the day
11:30 AM (1st –3rd grades)
Sheila Aron
I’m Glad I’m Me – Weaving the Thread of
Love from Generation to Generation
Book reading
1:00 PM (for ages 3–6)
Shmuel Blitz
Jewish Bedtime Stories Book Reading
1:00 PM (3rd grade and up) and
2:00 PM (2nd–5th grades)
Ann koffsky Illustration Workshops
3:00 PM (2nd–5th grades)
Brett Man
The Mad Hatter Magician
Family Day is endowed in loving memory of Oliver Lapin
by his family
Mama Doni concert is underwritten by
the Barbara and Mark Paull Families and the
Goldye and Sam Spain Children’s Performing Arts Fund
8 SUNDAy
8 SUNDAy
9:00 AM
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Cereal Bar and Bagel Breakfast
Make chef hats and eat your breakfast with our
special guest, Cat in the Hat!
Ann Koffsky
Children’s Illustrator and Author
All ages
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
$3 per person RSVP prior to November 1
Breakfast and Family Concert package • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public
10:00 AM
Ann Koffsky is the illustrator and author of more than 20 books for
children including, Eight Lights for Eight Nights, My Jewish Counting Book
and My Cousin Tamar Lives in Israel. Her work has also been featured on
over 100 greeting cards and on products as diverse as toys, housewares
and gift items.
Ann will bring along a giant grab bag and conduct an entertaining
book-making workshop, guide children through one of her crafts from
her Eight Lights for Eight Nights book, and take older students from their
first “sloppy” rough sketch to the final published book. She uses examples
of her own original artwork as well as a live sketching demonstration to describe each stage.
Fun and interactive for the youngest of book lovers!
Family Concert
Mama Doni
A Children’s Performing Arts Series Event
The Mama Doni Band rocks Houston bringing its Jewliciously cool and fun concert for the
whole family. Mama Doni’s songs are a breath of fresh air for everyone from babies to bubbes–
hip young kids and their even hipper parents and grandparents. A Brandeis University and
NYU graduate, Jersey singer Doni Zasloff Thomas’s music boasts universal themes of love and
laughter and are filled with musical and lyrical surprises. Reggae, folk, classic rock, country,
hip hop, klezmer, and theatrical music are woven together into energized and unconventional
songs that are each stories unto themselves, with characters you can’t help but love. Winners of
the Simcha Award at the 2008 International Jewish Music Festival, Amsterdam, this is funky
music with a Jewish twist.
Free
10:00 AM and 1:00 PM
Shmuel Blitz
Underwritten by the Barbara and Mark Paull Families
and the Goldye and Sam Spain Children’s Performing Arts Fund
Children’s Author
Breakfast and Family Concert package • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public
10:00 AM — For ages 7 and up
1:00 PM — For ages 3–6
ArtScroll author Shmuel Blitz is best known
for opening the wonders of Jewish prayer and
learning to youngsters through his popular ArtScroll Children’s
Siddur. He has written enchanting tales in his bestselling Bedtime
Stories for Jewish Children. Shmuel brings us his newest work,
Search for the Stones, combining cutting edge animation imagery
with traditional Jewish values, for an exciting, fast-paced fantasy/action novel that children
won’t forget!
The Jewish Community Center
Become a JCC Patron of the Arts and receive a free
Series Ticket when you opt for the benefits.
— For kids 1st — 3rd grades
— For kids PreK — 1st grades
— For kids 3rd grade and up
— For kids 2nd — 5th grades
Free
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8 SUNDAy
8 SUNDAy
11:00 AM
2:00 PM
Film—Encore Presentation
Ari Y. Kelman
Blessed Is The Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
Station Identification: A
Cultural History of Yiddish
Radio in the United States
Director: Roberta Grossman
USA, 2008, 85 min, Documentary, English
Houston Jewish Film Festival 2009 Audience Choice Award
During radio’s golden age, Yiddish
programming helped Jewish immigrants deal with the everyday
issues in their lives, guiding them in their efforts to become
American. At the same time, these new Americans tuned in to
hear voices like their own, creating a virtual community across
time, space, and generations. Ari Kelman, Assistant Professor
of American Studies at UC Davis, has excavated the archives,
bringing this period into vivid focus in the first book-length
treatment of this vibrant phenomenon.
Compelling, surprising, and personal, this film portrays
the amazing story of Hannah Senesh, the World War
II-era poet and diarist,who became a paratrooper,
resistance fighter, and modern-day Joan of Arc. Through
both archival footage and reenactments, retrace Senesh’s
amazing life escaping pre-war Europe, sneaking into
Palestine, and her perilous mission to rescue Jews during
the Holocaust.
4:30 PM
11:30 AM
Matthew Bernstein
Sheila Aron
Screening a Lynching:
The Leo Frank Case on Film and
Television
I’m Glad I’m Me
Weaving the Thread of Love From Generation to Generation
For ages 5 — 8
The case of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory supervisor in Atlanta convicted
for the murder of a young woman in 1913 and later lynched by an
angry mob, was one of the most sensational trials of the early 20th
century. Emory University Professor, Chair and Director of Graduate
Studies, Matthew Bernstein explores depictions of the case on the large
and small screens, examining how the media dealt with the complex
issues of racism, anti-semitism, and class in America.
Unconditional love is the theme of Sheila Aron’s first book that
demonstrates how far the language of “I love you the way you are”
can go toward helping a child think and feel “I’m glad I’m me.”
Through a collection of 18 simple, everyday conversation models and
luscious illustrations, the reader learns how messages of love can be
communicated between parents and children that can positively shape
a child’s personality and self-esteem.
Patron Sponsors: Susan and Stanley Schneider
Free
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8 SUNDAy
9 MONDAy
5:30 PM
10:00 AM
Rachel Sontag
Barbara Graham
House Rules
Eye of My Heart:
27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and
Perils of Being a Grandmother
Daughter of a well-liked doctor in an upper
middle class suburb of Chicago, Rachel Sontag was controlled and
terrorized by her father’s serious depression. Questioning his authority
led to brutal fights and disobedience meant humiliating punishments. A
compelling and at times, horrifying work with impressive grace and prose
that is both precise and rich, House Rules offers a chronological recounting
of a family life that dispels the myth of the typical Jewish family.
Like a schoolgirl with her first crush is how Barbara Graham felt
when she became a grandmother at 58. Grandmotherhood, she soon
realized, is far more complicated and when Graham could find nothing
literary that told the truth about a role that tends to be dismissed in
patronizing, stereotypical terms, she set out to collect essays from some
famous writers including Judith Viorst, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, and
Anne Roiphe. Universal themes permeate these real stories by
remarkable women, all grandmothers.
Patron Sponsor: Zahava Haenosh
Bubbes…don’t miss this morning devoted to you, and be
sure to purchase a “Bubbe’s Bag” to fill with books and cds
for your adorable grandkids! Free with a $100 purchase.
7:30 PM
David Sax
6:15 PM
Save the Deli:
In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye,
and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen
Ernest H. Adams
From Ghetto to Ghetto:
An African-American Journey
to Judaism
Freelance journalist David Sax takes readers on a journey through North
America, exploring the history, the reach, and the future of the Jewish
delicatessen. And then there’s the food—how it’s made, who makes it best,
and where to go for particular dishes. Though endangered by assimilation
and health food trends, a new generation of deli owners and lovers and a few
venerable old-timers are keeping the tradition alive.
Underwritten by
Bubbe Day at the J!
Born and raised in a basement apartment in Harlem during the
Jim Crow era, Ernest Adams’ experience of racism molded him into a
young black man with anti-white and anti-Jewish feelings. A friendship
with a fellow law student and his rabbi father led Adams, who holds
both a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia and a law degree from
NYU, to shed his prejudice and embrace Judaism. This memoir is a
sometimes uncomfortable account of that journey, truly a tale for the
new post-racial America.
KENNY &ZIGGY S /Ziggy Gruber
•NEW YORK DELICATESSEN RESTAURANT•
Patron Sponsors: Patti and Dan C. Steiner
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10 TUESDAy
8:00 PM
10:00 AM
Michael Tucker and
Jill Eikenberry
Family Meals:
Coming Together to Care for an Aging Parent
Photo Credit: Kristine Walsh
9 MONDAy
Lisa Grunberger
Yiddish Yoga: Ruthie’s Adventures in Love,
Loss and the Lotus Position
In collaboration with Congregation Beth Yeshurun Sisterhood
at Congregation Beth Yeshurun 4525 Beechnut
As Family Meals begins, former LA Law stars Michael Tucker and
wife Jill Eikenberry are enjoying the start of their retirement in Italy
when they must return home to care for Jill’s ailing mother, widowed
and suffering pronounced dementia. In the process of making the
decisions that face those caring for aging parents, each member of
the family makes an individual journey. This heartwarming memoir
chronicles how they ultimately come together in the process.
Performance artist and poet Lisa Grunberger tells the story of a recently
widowed Bubbe in New York City who accepts her granddaughter’s gift
of a year of yoga lessons with surprising results. By turns poignant and
funny, Yiddish Yoga is a touching, witty and human story of love in its
many expressions and shows us how to embrace the future and move
forward without forgetting the past—with greater flexibility, new postures,
and unexpected friendships!
Patron Sponsors: Sharon and Gerry Laderman
Susan and David Morris
Alana Spiwak and Sam Stolbun
6:15 PM
Daniel Asa Rose
Larry’s Kidney: Being the True Story of How I
Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep
Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Skirting the
Law to Get Him a Transplant—and Save His Life
Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair
GO GREEN... Purchase a 100% recyclable reusable book bag for .99
An O. Henry Prize winning author and former Arts & Culture Editor
of the Forward, Daniel Asa Rose’s memoir is stranger than fiction,
as the book’s title aptly summarizes. Answering the call from a longlost cousin, Rose sets off for China and the world of medical tourism.
Recounting adventures that veer from slapstick comedy to nail-biting
tension, Larry’s Kidney describes the lengths some of us are willing to go
to help family—even when it’s ill-advised.
Read. Drink. Enjoy!
Grab a bite before or after a program
Open daily with extended hours except for Saturdays
Email nosher@jcchouston.org or call
713-729-3200, ext. 3232
to pre-order your meal and it will be ready for you!
Photo Credit: John Goodman
Reservations for lunch call 713-551-7255 by November 4
Underwritten by
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8:00 PM
NOON
Daniel Levin
S.L. Wisenberg
The Last Ember
The Adventures of Cancer Bitch
Marilyn Hassid Emerging Author Program
In a funny and unflinching memoir, former Houstonian S.L. Wisenberg
describes losing a breast to cancer while retaining her sense of humor,
outrage, and skepticism. Unsparing in her descriptions of fumbling doctors
and her own awkward announcement to her students, Wisenberg’s book
combines the erudition of Leon Wieseltier and the cleverness of
Fran Lebowitz in a volume that moves from the personal to the political,
from the everyday to the profound without missing a beat. This third generation Texan and
award-winning journalist is the creative nonfiction editor of Another Chicago Magazine and
co-director of Northwestern’s M.A./M.F.A. in Creative Writing program. She teaches in the
University of Chicago’s Graham School of General Studies, in the certificate program in
creative writing.
In this historical thriller, Daniel Levin provides long-buried secrets,
hidden puzzles based on ancient religious texts, and a race around
the Mediterranean—all sure to appeal to fans of the Da Vinci Code.
The discovery of an ancient stone map reveals not only an ancient
intelligence operation to protect an artifact hidden for 2000 years, but
also a ruthless modern plot to destroy all traces of it by a mysterious
radical bent on erasing all remnants of Jewish and Christian
presence from the Temple Mount. Levin’s debut novel is a riveting
tale that takes readers expertly through biblical and Jewish history,
archaeology, ancient civilizations, and international law without
letting up on the fast-paced narrative. Levin holds degrees in Roman
and Greek Civilizations and is a Harvard Law School graduate.
Patron Sponsors: Paula and Irving Pozmantier
Patron Sponsors: Ann and Stephen Kaufman • Linda and Jerry Rubenstein
6:30 PM
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10 TUESDAy
Andrew Blauner
New this year...
Brothers: 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry
In collaboration with Congregation Beth Yeshurun
100 Jewish Men at Congregation Beth Yeshurun 4525 Beechnut
Buy Book Fair Bucks to gift friends and family with books,
music, and programs.
In this volume, editor Andrew Blauner brings together stories by some
of our greatest literary stars, all examining the complex relationship
between brothers. His collection explores experiences of love, loyalty and
loss, altruism and anger, and competition and compassion. Ranging from
hilarious to thought-provoking, the tales in this remarkable compilation,
full of intimacy and pain, joy and rage, humor and humanity, are sure to
surprise, enlighten, sadden, and comfort. Andrew Blauner is the Founder
of Blauner Books Literary Agency. He is the editor of COACH: 25 Writers
Reflect on People Who Made a Difference (with a foreward by Bill Bradley)
and co-editor of Anatomy of Baseball (with a foreward by Yogi Berra).
Receive as our gift a free “Bubbe’s Bag” with the purchase
of $10000 of books and music in the Book & Arts Fair
bookstore (or available for purchase @ $3.00)
For Beth Yeshurun 100 Jewish Men members only. Call Rabbi Strauss at 713-666-1881
for information on membership.
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Neal Bascomb
8:00 PM
Steven V. Roberts
From Every End of This Earth:
13 Families and the Lives They Made in America
Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a
Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World’s Most Notorious Nazi
At Temple Sinai 13875 Brimhurst Dr.
Shirley and Bill Morgan Family Holocaust Memorial Program
Distinguished journalist and New York Times bestselling author
Steven V. Roberts follows the stories of thirteen immigrant families in an
in-depth look at immigration in America today. Roberts examines the many
cultural phenomena tied to immigration, shedding light on the enormous
contributions immigrants continue to make to the fabric and future of
America. Timely and insightful, Roberts’ book is an important read at a time
when our national immigration policy is a source of so much controversy.
Based on groundbreaking new information and interviews, recently
declassified documents, and meticulous research, Neal Bascomb
chronicles the exhaustive efforts of Nazi hunters to locate Adolf
Eichmann and bring him to justice which led to the events of 1960
when Mossad and Shin Bet worked to secretly capture the war
criminal and bring him to Israel for trial. Hunting Eichmann offers the
first complete account of this gripping tale, one of the most important
spy missions in history. Neal Bascomb is the author of the national
bestseller The Perfect Mile, the critically acclaimed Higher, and the
award-winning Red Mutiny. A former editor and international journalist, Bascomb has
also contributed to the New York Times.
$36 includes the book (advance purchase only)
Tickets available online at www.jcchouston.org or by calling 281.496.5950 (Temple Sinai)
713.334.4300 (Congregation Or Ami) or 281.556.5567 (JCC West Houston)
8:00 PM
7:30 PM
Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Sam Apple
The Murmuring Deep:
Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious
“And I Did Not Know: The Secret of Prayer”
American Parent: My Strange and
Surprising Adventures in Modern Babyland
Parents Night Out
Jacob wakes from his dream with a conviction of ignorance. This encounter
with God and with himself initiates him into a new way of understanding
his role. Exile brings him into his ‘dark night of the soul:’ two dark nights –
the dream of the ladder and his unwitting marriage to Leah – complicate
and transfigure his world. Renowned scholar Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg will
lead the audience in exploring this tension in a 90 minute study session.
American Parent is part memoir, part history, and part journalism, a
personal tour of the increasingly complex world of baby products, classes,
and fads that confront new parents. Embarking on his own journey into
parenthood, Sam Apple, who grew up in Houston, not too far from the
JCC, talks to a wide range of experts—a childbirth hypnotist, a nanny spy,
the mohel who circumcised him, and others—searching for answers.
He brings humor and a healthy skepticism to confused and vulnerable
first-time parents.
In her latest book of biblical exposition, Zornberg moves away from
traditional commentary based on the weekly Torah portion. Here she puts
God and the men and women of the Bible on the couch using acute literary
analysis and the tools of psychoanalysis to reveal surprising new understandings of both the
Bible and the motivations of the familiar biblical characters who populate the stories.
Patron Sponsors: Judy and Ken Arfa
Parents who attend together get a second ticket free.
1 1 wEDNESDAy
Photo Credit: Debbi Cooper
6:15 PM
Photo Credit: ©Jillian Mcalley
1 1 wEDNESDAy
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12 THURSDAy
12 THURSDAy
12:30 PM
8:00 PM
The Dybbuk—Trapped Between Two Worlds
Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can
Win a War That May Never End
Ofer Ben-Amots
Daniel Gordis
A Jewish Story and Its Universal Meaning
Melton Lunch and Learn at the Merfish Teen Center
Can Israel win the next military war for survival,
whomever the foe? Can Israelis keep up the will to fight? Daniel Gordis,
Senior Vice President of the Shalem Center, is confident his fellow Jews
can renew their faith in the legitimacy and future of Israel. In Saving Israel,
Gordis outlines a clear and passionate case for defending and celebrating the
existence of the Jewish state while grappling with the controversial questions
that many Israelis and American Jews are loath to confront.
The Dybbuk is the transcendent story of two lovers separated by death. Ofer Ben-Amots has
composed a new chamber opera of the tale, written by S. Ansky and H.N. Bialik in 1914.
This session with the composer explores the history and enduring power and appeal of the
drama and is presented to increase appreciation for the performances of the new opera that
will take place at the JCC Nov. 14 and 15.
Optional lunch at 12:00 Noon. $9 prepaid with reservation made by Nov. 9. Call 713-729-3200 x3257.
Patron Sponsors: Carol and Michael Goldberg
Sheila and Gordon Sack in memory of Devora Urkowitz
Underwritten by The Maurice Amado Foundation
14 SATURDAy
6:15 PM
Avinoam J. Patt
8:00 PM
Finding Home and Homeland
Jewish Youth and Zionism in the Aftermath
of the Holocaust
The Dybbuk
Composer: Ofer Ben-Amots
This inspiring history examines the role of young survivors of the
Holocaust in the creation of the State of Israel. From kibbutzim organized
in displaced persons camps, these dedicated, resourceful, and resilient
young Jews acted with passion to establish the new Jewish state. Avi Patt’s
book provides a fresh perspective on an important chapter in Jewish
history arguing that Zionism was highly successful in filling a positive
function for young displaced persons in the aftermath of the Holocaust
because it provided a secure environment for vocational training,
education, rehabilitation, and a sense of family. A former Houstonian,
Patt is the Philip D. Feltman Chair in Modern Jewish History at the
University of Hartford.
The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds is a multimedia chamber opera in three acts,
composed by Ofer Ben-Amots and inspired by S. Ansky’s timeless Yiddish play of the same
name. Ben-Amots’ new opera features abstract and realistic video and photo projections
synched with dramatic and musical action. The music intertwines folk elements with
contemporary textures to create a haunting, self-contained world to tell a powerful story
of transcendent passion between two ill-fated lovers. Ben-Amots’ evocative music creates
a grand drama of love, death, mysticism, humor, and tragedy, uniquely told through the
female character’s point of view.
Underwritten by The Maurice Amado Foundation
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15 SUNDAy
15 SUNDAy
10:15 AM
1:00 PM
Being in the community is
not the same as being part of
the community.
Entrée to Judaism:
A Culinary Exploration of the Jewish Diaspora
Tina Wasserman
Why Should You Care?
Wherever Jews have settled, they have adapted local tastes and
ingredients to meet the needs of Shabbat and kashrut, creating
a rich and diverse menu of flavors and styles, all still Jewish.
Food columnist for Reform Judaism Magazine, Tina Wasserman,
offers a comprehensive cookbook that explores the variety of
Jewish culinary expression around the world and across the ages.
Wasserman shares the histories and recipes of the great Diaspora
communities shedding light on the many wonderful ways these
communities have told their stories through food.
Thinking about inclusion for people with special needs might help us think about it for
ourselves. What we want for them—being part of the community—is what we want for
ourselves. Isn’t it?
Please join us for an important conversation on how our Jewish community is embracing
inclusion and how you can be a part of it.
Guest Speaker
Rabbi Bradley Artson
God Loves Everyone:
Lessons from the Torah and My Autistic Son
2:00 PM
The Dybbuk
Brad Artson is not only a rabbi and theologian, but the father of
Jacob, a boy who lives with autism and who struggles not to be
defined by the label. Rabbi Artson will remind us – as a parent and
teacher – of the Torah’s insistence on inclusion, on being made in
God’s image. He will inspire us to become agents for change – justice and welcome as core
communal and personal goals.
11:15 AM
11:30 AM
Encore Performance
Break
Inclusion is as Inclusion Does, or
Good Intentions Aren’t Enough
The Jewish Community Center of Houston
Jewish Book & Arts Fair is a member of the
Jewish Book Fair Network.
Presented by
The following authors appear in cooperation with the Jewish Book Council
Ernest H. Adams, Sam Apple, Neal Bascomb, Andrew Blauner,
Chana Bloch, Chris Bohjalian, David Eagleman, Barbara Graham,
Lisa Grunberger, Sara Houghteling, A.J. Jacobs, Ari Y. Kelman,
David Kushner, Daniel Levin, Peter Manseau, Hal Niedzviecki,
Lev Raphael, Daniel Asa Rose, Steven V. Roberts, David Sax, Dan Senor,
Rachel Sontag, Joseph Telushkin, Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry,
Tina Wasserman, and Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Closed captioning provided by JFS Alexander Institute
Free
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C L OS I NG N I GH T
15 SUNDAy
7:30 PM
4:30 PM
The Guinea Pig Diaries:
My Life as an Experiment
A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 2:
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
Presented in collaboration with
Brazos Bookstore
The second volume in
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s series on
Jewish ethics explores ethical behavior
in interpersonal relationships, covering
hospitality, visiting the sick, obligations to the dead, comforting
mourners, charity, relationships between Jews and non-Jews,
justice, and tolerance. Telushkin provides a clear and masterful
synthesis as he puts the commandment to love at the center of
Jewish theology and experience, guiding us on how to be kinder,
more perceptive, and more compassionate.
Author of The New York Times bestsellers
The Know-It-All and The Year of Living
Biblically, A.J. Jacobs is the editor-at-large of Esquire magazine and
a contributor to NPR. His latest book continues his experiential
journalism and is a mix of popular articles written for Esquire such
as “My Outsourced Life,” Jacobs’ quest to delegate every task in his
life to a management team in India, as well as new experiments where he learns about love,
business, history, fame and marriage. This irresistible page-turner proves once again that
Jacobs is unmatched in his ability to combine side-splitting entertainment with profound
life lessons.
Patron Sponsor: Deborah Kaplan
Underwritten by
Patron Sponsors:
Photo Credit: Julie Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs
Rabbi J oseph Telushkin
/Shari and Joe Epstein
Theba and Buster Feldman
Cathy and Joe Jankovic
Barbara Winthrop Rose and Jay Steinfeld
JCC 37th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair
Broadening its Reach
The JCC 37th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair continues to forge new partnerships and create new initiatives in an effort to broaden its reach.
• “Inside the Authors Studio”, launched last year as a private event for young adults ages 21-35 returns.
• “One Book, One Jewish Community: Connecting People One Book at a Time” is the theme of the new and expanded community read with public programs leading up to the
author appearance at the Fair.
• Niche Marketing activated members representing a diverse cross-section of the community to promote author appearances in new and creative ways.
• Three books will be “radio read” for individuals with visual, physical, or learning disabilities through our partnership with Taping For The Blind, Inc.
• JCC auditory equipment is available for assistance to clearly hear programs. Captioning will be available at numerous programs.
• The Bubbe’s Bag is back to be filled with fabulous children’s books and cd’s.
• A “Teen Read” brings Jewish teens together to read and discuss a single book and hear from the author.
• Book Fair Bucks become a great way to gift people books or attendance to programs.
• The Fair “goes green” with reusable bags available for purchase at .99 to carry home newly purchased books.
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CENTER FO R JEwISH LIVING & LEARNING
The Music of Ethnic
Communities in Israel
Instructors: Dr. Eitan Steinberg and
Etty Ben-Zaken
kulanu Mini-Courses
and Ongoing Learning
Opportunities
Turn it and Turn it: Studying
the weekly Torah Portion
Instructor: Jonathan Fass
Fridays · 12:00 PM
FREE and Open to the Public
A weekly discussion
of the Torah
portion using both
classic and modern
commentaries. No
Hebrew knowledge
required. Bring a
copy of the Torah.
Four Mondays beginning
October 5
7:30 – 8:30 PM
$36m/$48p
An exploration of the musical traditions
of israel including a discussion of the
phenomenon of globalization, the
merger of diverse musical traditions,
the influence of Ladino music and the
use of traditional Jewish music as an
inspiration for today.
This course is offered as part of the JCC
Israeli Artists in Residence Program.
Etgar keret
with a Film Screening of
$9.99
Saturday, October 24
7:30 PM
$10m/$15p
$9.99 is a film based
on the short stories of
Israeli author
Etgar Keret who will
make his Houston
debut.
What is the meaning
of life? Why do we
exist? The answer to
this vexing question is now within your
reach in a small, yet amazing booklet
that can be yours for only $9.99.
Geoffrey Rush, Anthony Lapaglia, and
Samuel Johnson star in this astonishing
work of stop-motion animation that
explores urban disillusionment and
dreams deferred.
Tanach Be’Shana:
Study the Entire Bible in a year
Instructors: Various Including Rabbi Barry Gelman,
Rabbi Moshe Davis, Aharoni Carmel,
Gabi Gelman, Rabbi Avi Pollak,
Jonathan Fass, and
Rabbi Michele Faudem
29 Sessions Beginning
Monday, October 12
at 8:00 PM
Classes are held at
United Orthodox Synagogues
$150 JCC or UOS Members/ $180
General Public
for
j ewi sh
Daniel Pearl/Jewish
Social Action Month
Harmony for Humanity
Concert
Sunday, October 18
4:00 PM
$10 ($5 with a Canned Food
Donation for the Meals on Wheels
Program)
Daniel Pearl was
a reporter with
the Wall Street
Journal and a
talented musician
who was kidnapped
and murdered
by extremists in
Pakistan. In his
memory, the JCC
has teamed with The Barry Sea Paradox
to present “A History of Rhythm
and Blues” a concert that combines
entertainment, education and tribute
as we strive to bring us all a little closer
together.
October 18 begins the Hebrew month
of Cheshvan, declared Jewish Social
Action Month by leading Jewish
organizations around the world.
The JCC will sponsor a “soup and a
sandwich” canned food drive to coincide
with the concert.
Beginning Hebrew*
JCC 2009-10
Inaugural
Lecture Series
$175m/$225p
Instructor: Karen Greenspan
Ten Mondays beginning
October 5
7:00 - 8:30 PM
This introductory course is a program of
letter recognition, reading proficiency,
building vocabulary and learning basic
phrases. The course uses the Hebrew
textbook series beginning with Aleph
Isn’t Tough.
$10m/$15p (per lecture)
$21m/$33p (series)
Man of Action:
Maimonides as Jewish
Community Leader
*No previous Hebrew study necessary
A Jewish Sampler:
Needlepoint for Advanced
Beginners
Lecture by Dr. Paula Sanders
wednesday, October 14
8:00 PM
Instructor: Barbara Winthrop Rose
Between Athens and
Jerusalem: Maimonides as
Jewish Philosopher
Tuesdays, October 6, 20 and 27
7:00 – 8:30 PM or
Lecture by Dr. Gregory Kaplan
8:00 PM
$60m/$80p
wednesdays, October 7, 21
and 28 • 10:00 – 11:30 AM
From Cordoba to Cairo:
Maimonides as Jewish Traveler
of the Islamic west
Lecture by Dr. David Cook
8:00 PM
Rice University Lectures will take
place at the JCC.
This course is offered in partnership
with United Orthodox Synagogues.
for
j ewi sh
18
lea rning
Contextualizing
Moses Maimonides
Rice University
Jewish Studies
Program
The Jewish Studies Program at
Rice University, in collaboration with the
JCC, has created a new annual lecture
series presented by faculty affiliated with
the Rice program.
Please call United Orthodox Synagogues
at 713.723.3850 to register for this
course.
c enter
&
Underwritten by
The Maurice Amado Foundation
The Tanach is the greatest book of all
time. It is a global bestseller translated
into hundreds of languages. Yet many
Jews have never studied this great
storehouse of heritage in depth. The
Tanach Be’Shana course covers every
book of the Bible, week by week, in
one year. Take this year to discover the
greatest story ever told.
literature f i l m a r t
music dance learning
liv ing
liv ing
C ENT ER FOR JEwISH LIVI NG & LEARNING
c enter
literature f i l m a r t
music dance learning
&
(Additional materials fee required
$90 – includes hand-painted Judaic
needlepoint canvas, threads, needle,
stitching frame & stitch guide.)
Learn new
needlepoint
stitches with
varying threads
as you stitch a
beautiful Judaic
Needlepoint
Sampler! A
finished
needlepoint is a
Judaic treasure that will be cherished
from generation to generation.
Each participant should know how to
do the Continental and/or Basketweave
stitch.
Please contact
Naomi Barancik at
713.729.3200 to enroll in
any of these CJLL programs.
lea rning
SUNDAy
37th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair Calendar
NOVEMBER 1
2:00 PM
FILM -
Kike Like Me
4:30 PM
Paula Eisenstein Baker &
Robert S. Nelson
Leo Zeitlin Rediscovered
A Composer’s Lost Works
OPENING NIGHT
7:30 PM
Dan Senor
Start-Up Nation: The Story of
Israel’s Economic Miracle
NOVEMBER 8
Family Day
Concert, Authors, Fun
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
11:00 AM
Ari Y. Kelman
MONDAy
NOVEMBER 2
12:00 NOON
Chana Bloch
Hovering at a Low Altitude
TUESDAy
NOVEMBER 3
12:00 NOON
Ben-Zaken & Steinberg
Blessed Is The Match
4:30 PM
Matthew Bernstein
Screening a Lynching
5:30 PM
Rachel Sontag
House Rules
7:30 PM
David Sax
NOVEMBER 4
6:15 PM
David Eagleman
Sum. Forty tales from the
afterlives.
8:00 PM
Dr. Ron Wolfson
The Seven Questions You’re Asked
in Heaven
NOVEMBER 9
10:00 AM
Barbara Graham
Eye of My Heart
Texas’ Big Bend
7:30 PM
6:30 PM Reception
Hal Niedzviecki
The Peep Diaries
8:00 PM
Lev Raphael
My Germany
NOVEMBER 10
10:00 AM
Lisa Grunberger
Yiddish Yoga
(at Congregation Beth Yeshurun)
1:00 PM
Tina Wasserman
Entrée to Judaism
2:00 PM
The Dybbuk
Encore Performance
4:30 PM
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
A Code of Jewish Ethics
CLOSING NIGHT
7:30 PM
A.J. Jacobs
The Guinea Pig Diaries
SATURDAy
NOVEMBER 6
NOVEMBER 7
Blanka
6:15 PM
David Kushner
Levittown
7:30 PM
Lev Raphael
(at Congregation Beth El)
8:00 PM
Chris Bohjalian
Skeletons at the Feast
NOVEMBER 11
12:00 NOON
S.L. Wisenberg
The Adventures of Cancer Bitch
6:30 PM
Andrew Blauner
Brothers
6:15 PM
Sara Houghteling
6:30 PM
FAMILY HAVDALAH
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
FILM -
Doni Zasloff Thomas
Pictures at an Exhibition
Community Read
Peter Manseau
Emotional Arithmetic
Songs for the Butcher’s
Daughter
NOVEMBER 12
12:30 PM
Ofer Ben-Amots
The Dybbuk—Trapped Between
Two Worlds
A Jewish Story and Its
Universal Meaning
NOVEMBER 13
NOVEMBER 14
Bookstore
Open regular hours
6:15 PM
Neal Bascomb
6:15 PM
Ernest H. Adams
From Ghetto to Ghetto
8:00 PM
Michael Tucker and
Jill Eikenberry
Family Meals
6:15 PM
Daniel Asa Rose
Larry’s Kidney
8:00 PM
Daniel Levin
The Last Ember
Hunting Eichmann
7:30 PM
Sam Apple
American Parent
8:00 PM
Steven V. Roberts
From Every End of This Earth
8:00 PM
Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
6:15 PM
Avinoam J. Patt
Finding Home and Homeland
8:00 PM
Daniel Gordis
Saving Israel
8:00 PM
The Dybbuk
Chamber Opera
Composer: Ofer Ben-Amots
The Murmuring Deep
NOVEMBER 15
God Loves Everyone
FRIDAy
1:00 PM
FILM -
6:15 PM
Mike Marvins
Save the Deli
10:15 AM
Rabbi Bradley Artson
NOVEMBER 5
Setting music to texts
Station Identification
2:00 PM
FILM-Encore Presentation
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