Susan Friedland 10 a.m. Yaffa Eliach Author of: Shabbat Shalom Susan Friedland has devoted her cookbook to the many traditions, rituals and foods of the Sabbath, particularly appropriate foods, 0.4 She is a cookbook editor at HarperCollins and the author of The Passover Table and co-author of The Jewish American Kitchen. Saturday, november 13, 1999 Day underwritten by: Benard Maas foundation- Hi Dorfman 5 Dauid Engelbert, Trustees Eddie fisher with Dauid fisher 8 p.m. Authors of Been There, Done That There Once Was a Time: R 900-Year Chronicle of the Shell of Eishyshok This award-winning book examines in photos and narrative the history of a small shtetl, Eliach's home- town, wiped out by the Nazis, Her book is a memorial to those who perished. She is the founder of the first Center for Holocaust Documentation and Research in the U.S, and professor of history and literature in the Judaic studies department at Brooklyn College. Co-Sponsored by: Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan Hoot Budin Sunday, llouember 14, 1999 Day underwritten by: Suzy 6 Bruce Gershenson, Andrea L. 6 Lawrence II. Wolfe family foundation 6 BED foundation-Lawrence 6 Danie Allan Itamar Rabinouich Waging Peace: Israel and the firabs at the End of the Century Author of: filter Long Silence Helen Fremont was raised as a Roman Catholic, but felt an affinity for Jewish cul- ture and tradition, After Long Silence is about one woman's search for identity. Fremont is a lawyer with the Massachusetts public defender agency and a consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice. Co-Sponsored by: Children of Holocaust Survivors in Michigan (CHAIM), Michigan Jewish AIDS Coalition, Simcha 1 p.m. Author of: • Eileen Pollack JP111 Building Rabinovich will offer his commentary on the continuing conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbors. He is a professor of Middle Eastern history and a former rector of Tel Aviv University. He also headed the Israeli delegation for peace with Syria (1992-95) and served as Israel's ambassador to the United States (1993-96). Co-Sponsored by: Labor Zionist Alliance, Michigan/Israel Connection Carl Reiner The Pigskin Rabbi Ezekiel "Ziggy' Cantor is the star player in Willard Manus' latest novel about a young Orthodox rabbi turned professional football player. Manus is the author of a number of novels, including his best known, Mott the Hoopla Co-Sponsored by: Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation 1 p.m. Author of: Paradise new York Loss, identity, memory and nostalgia are major themes of Professor Pollack's first novel, loosely based on her childhood visits to her grandparents' hotel in the Catskills. Ms. Pollack has directed the undergraduate creative writing program at the University of Michigan for the past five years and is an assistant pro- fessor in U of M's Master of Fine Arts program. 6:30 p.m. Author of: 11 a.m. Willard Manus 4 p.m. He's a musician, He's a comedian. Who is he? He's Noah Budin, a performer whose songs are highly charged and envoke a sense of pride in being Jewish. See chil- dren's section for more information. Sponsored by: The JPM Target Concert Series Singer and actor, Eddie Fisher has done and seen it all. With honesty and irrepressible wit, he recreates an era and takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride that is his life. This program will be conducted as an interview. Co-Sponsored by: Marvin & Betty Danto Family Health Care Center Helen Fremont 3 p.m. Author of 8 p.m. Author of How Paul Robeson Saued Illy Life and Other Mostly Happy Stories In this wonderful collection of short stories, Reiner again spotlights the ingenious talent that has made him a comedic superstar. He most recently won the Grammy Award with Mel Brooks for Best Comedy Album of the Year for The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000. This program will be conducted as an interview, Co-Sponsored by: Anti-Defamation League