Rabbi James Gordon...JPM Building ....1 p.m. Gerda and Kurt Klein Author of: Authors of: Pray Ball!: The Spiritual Insights of a Jewish Sports fan The Hours lifter: Letters of Love and Longing This book is a collection of over 20 spiritual Jewish messages each using sports events, figures and analogies as illustrations. Rabbi Gordon provides a reminder that sports can indeed reinforce such important traditional lessons as respect, team play, fairness, philanthropy and hard work. A former Illinois Assistant Attorney General mediator, Rabbi Gordon is the spiritual leader of Congregation B'nai Shalom of Buffalo Grove, Ill. Co-sponsored by: B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region, Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation Kate Wenner 8 p.m. 2 p.m. Her life was the subject of the Academy Award-winning HBO documentary, One Survivor Remembers. Gerda Weissman Klein now shares her letters written during her year-long separation from her liberator and fiance, Kurt Klein. The Hours After is a testa- ment that love can bloom even during the aftermath of the Holocaust, putting a horrible past behind you in order to grasp onto a brighter future. Mrs. Klein, appointed by President Clinton to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, is a renowned interna- tional speaker on humanitarian causes. The Kleins are the founders of the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation, formed to promote edu- cation, teach tolerance and lessen prejudice and discrimination. Co-sponsored by: Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, American Technion Society and CHAIM Author of: Setting Fires In her debut novel, Wenner, an award-win- ning former producer of ABC's 20-20, writes the story of a woman's struggle with her complex family history and an eruption of anti-Semitism. This is a gripping tale of one woman's determination to face a tragic past as well as strengthen her family bonds as she unravels the shocking secrets behind the two fires that come to dominate and haunt her life. Co-sponsored by: JCC Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival Maureen El Coco JPM Building 4 p.m. Pitta Halberstam ....Jill] Building...8 p.m. See 10 a.m. Monday, November 6 for description. Co-sponsored by Marvin and Betty Danto Family Health Care Center Monday, llouember 6, 2000 Day underwritten by: Doug and Barbara Bloom, lindrea and Lawrence IL Wolfe Family foundation Villa Halberstam Small Miracles for Women See Children's and Family section for more information. Dauid Ehrenstein 5 p.m. Author of: Open Secret: Gay Hollywood 1928-2000 Through the lens of 70 years of cinema, Ehrenstein examines the changing roles of gays within mainstream heterosexual America. Part social history and part Tinseltown exposé, this reveal- ing, witty and provocative book explores the lives and careers of some of the silver screen's foremost homosexual personalities. Ehrenstein, recently interviewed on El, has covered the entertain- ment industry for the Los Angeles Times, Daily Variety, The Advocate and many other publications. Co-sponsored by: Michigan Jewish AIDS Coalition Rabbi Elie Spitz 6:30 p.m. Author of: Does the Soul Survive? Do we have a soul that survives our earthly existence? Rabbi Spitz answers this question and others as he relates his own experi- ences and those shared with him by peo- ple he has worked with as a rabbi. He gives firsthand accounts about what propelled him from a skeptic to a believer. Rabbi Spitz is a leading professor of Jewish spirit- uality and law at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles. Co-sponsored by: Jewish Theological Seminary, Ira Kaufman Chapel, Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network and Eilu v' Eilu 10 a.m. Author of: Continuing the tradition of Small Miracles, Yitta Halberstam and co-author Judith Leventhal are back with a collection of 60 new stories, written to touch the hearts of women of all generations. These remark- able, true tales and the coincidences they feature, will delight and inspire women of all ages. Halberstam has been published in more than 50 national newspapers and magazines, including Parade, Working Woman, Money, New York Magazine and various Jewish publications. Co-sponsored by.' Marvin and Betty Danto Family Health Care Center lunch is Serued 11:45 a.m. See registration form inside back cover to register. Domi Eue 1 p.m. Author of: The family Orchard Nomi Eve's debut novel is a rich tapestry of Jewish life, woven from timeless themes: the evolution of family, the setting down of roots, the sorrow of immigrants and the joy of pioneers, the secrets that bind families together and the legends that sustain them. The novel follows six generations-starting in Israel as young immigrants-as they live, love and grow. Eve has worked as a freelance book reviewer and writer for The Village Voice, Boston Globe, New York Newsday and Jerusalem Post. Co-sponsored by: Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliary, Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood, Women's American ORT-Michigan Region and Congregation B'nai David Sisterhood