Book Fair

Booking
It!

Thousands of Detroiters
attend the 42nd
annual Jewish Book Fair at the JCC.

Author Michael Bar-Zohar au-
tographs his book, Brothers.

Patrons of the 1993 Jewish
Book Fair.

ver 1,200 people came
to opening night of
(,r7 1"' the 42nd annual Jew-
ish Book Fair, which
spturday
startea
_
and extends through Nov.
16 at the Maple-Drake Jewish
Community Center.
The Book Fair kicked off with
an appearance by Helen Suz-
man, author of
In No Uncertain
Terms, a mem-
ber of South
Africa's parlia-
ment, Nobel
Peace Prize
nominee and
president of the
South African
Institute of Race Relations.
Thousands of patrons at-
tended other lectures, as well as
browsed through the shelves of
literature for sale during the
week.

Some of the high-
lights for the remain-
ing Book Fair days
include an evening
with Kinky Friedman
n';If,"_f_trn?n and Rrowsinq Patrons check out the books.
the Texas Jew Boys,
who wrote Elvis, Jesus
and Coca-Cola. Mr. Friedman
thor of Fima, will speak at 7
will speak at 8 p.m. Saturday,
p.m.
Nov. 13.
Local author David Techn-
Sunday will
er will present his work, A Can-
include a 3 p.m.
dle for Grandpa: A Guide to the
speech by Har-
Jewish Funeral for Children
ry Blackstone
and Parents, at 10:15 a.m. Sun-
Jr., author of
day, followed by another local
The Blackstone
writer, Ezekiel Leikin, author
Book of Magic
of The Beilis Transcripts: The
and Illusion, a 4
Anti-Semitic Case that Shook
p.m. presenta-
the World. Mr. Leikin will speak
tion by Yaakov Kirschen, the
at 11:15 a.m.
cartoonist ofDrybones, appear-
Shulamith Harevin, author
ing regularly in The Jewish
of City of Many Days will speak
News. Mr. Kirschen has put
at 1 p.m. The Mythmakers will
together a book, Trees... The
present a children's program of
Green Testament. Amos Oz, au-
Jewish folk tales and Klezmer

Book Fair continues
through Tuesday,
Nov. 16, with
speakers and sales.

2 P.m.
music,
The speaker series Will wrap
up on Monday, Nov. 15, with a
1 p.m. appearance by George
Greenstein, author of Secrets of
a Jewish Baker: Authentic Jew-
ish Rye and Other Breads; and
a 7 p.m. appearance by actor
Tony Curtis, author of The Tony
Curtis Story.
Book Fair hours are: 10 a.m. cn
to 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12; 7
p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday,
Nov. 13; 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on >.
Sunday, Nov. 14; 9:30 a.m. to
10 p.m., Monday, Nov. 15; and
9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday,
Nov. 16.

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