Libby Lazewnik
JPM Building...1:30 p.m.
Author of:
Author of:
God at the Edge: Searching
for the Divine in
Uncomfortable and
Unexpected Places
The Judge
A schoolteacher on the brink of marriage
learns firsthand what a broken heart feels
like. An Orthodox judge sends a small-time
criminal to prison and finds his life turned
upside down by sudden tragedy. Five years later these two lives
become intertwined by the evilness of a man bent on revenge.
This spine tingler will keep you on the edge of your seat. Libby
Lazewnik is the former senior editor at Targum Press in Jerusalem
and currently does free-lance editing.
Co-sponsored by: Yeshiva Beth Yehudah
Underwritten by: Deborah Roberts and David H. Morrison Family Fund
2:30 p.m.
Dori Carter
Author of:
Beautiful Wasps
Having Sex
6:30 p.m.
flmy Dockser Marcus
Rabbi Goldstein sets out to find God in tough and often scary situ-
ations. He tells the story of his arduous search for faith and writes
with clarity, empathy and insight about the religious mystics whose
quest for enlightenment he himself so movingly emulates. Rabbi
Goldstein is the founding rabbi of The Shul in New York's Greenwich
Village and has served on the faculty of New York University and the
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is also the
National Jewish Chaplain for the Federal Law Enforcement Officers
Association.
Co-sponsored by Mel Foundation of Metro Detroit, Young Adult
Division of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Tuesday, flouember 7, 2000
Former screenwriter and TV producer Dori
Carters witty and moving novel about the
experiences and insights of a female Jewish
screenwriter is filled with minutely observed industry rituals and hilar-
iously accurate dialogue. Through the eyes of her main character,
we learn how Jews regard themselves in the land that created the
beautiful WASP and, ultimately come to understand the forces that
create Hollywood. Carter worked in Hollywood for more than 25
years. She has written for both movies and television, and pro-
duced for television as well.
Co-Sponsored by: The JCC Institute for Retired Professionals
Author of:
The Uiew from Ilebo: How
firchaeology Is Rewriting
the Bible and Reshaping
the Middle fast
In The View From Nebo, Amy Dockser Marcus investigates how
recent archaeological findings and modern technology are
changing not only our understanding of the Scriptures, but the
face of the Middle East today. She blends science, history, politics
and biblical scholarship to reveal new and controversial discover-
ies at archaeological sites. A former Wall Street Journal reporter
and Middle East correspondent, Marcus is currently a senior writer
for Money magazine.
Co-sponsored by: Ecumenical Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies,
National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel and Temple Kol
Ami
Domi Eue
8 p.m.
Rabbi Mies Goldstein
JPM Building...8 p.m.
Author of:
The family Orchard
Day underwritten by: Reua and Robert Rosen,
Carolyn and Hugh Greenberg, Bill and Shirlee Jacobs
10 a.m.
Rochelle Rrich
Author of:
Dead fiir
Award-winning author Rochelle Krich's latest
book stars her popular LAPD Homicide
Detective Jessie Drake in another superb
novel of mystery, murder and suspense. As
Jessie investigates the kidnapping of the
daughter of an old friend, a radio talk show psychologist, she is
drawn into a web of revenge. Krich is the author of nine books, an
award-winning educator and former chair of the English depart-
ment at Yeshiva University of Los Angeles.
Co-sponsored by Akiva Hebrew Day School, Temple Israel
Sisterhood, Young Israel of Southfield Sisterhood, Young Israel of
Southfield, Young Israel Council of Metropolitan Detroit.
11:45 p.m.
Lunch is Serued
Contact Hadassah for reservations
1 p.m.
Judith Uiorst
Author of:
Suddenly Sixty and
Other Shocks of Later Life
In this collection of poems and stories,
Judith Viorst leads her readers on a voyage
from aging, to marriage, to the joys of
being a grandparent. This book is at times whimsical and at times
poignant as the shocks of aging are revealed with honesty and
humor. Viorst is the acclaimed author of several best-selling chil-
dren's books, poems and other collections of stories.
Co-sponsored by: Hadassah of Greater Detroit
See 1 p.m. Monday, November 6 for description.
Martin Goldsmith
Co-sponsored by Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliary, Temple Kol
Author of:
Ami-Sisterhood, Women's American ORT-Michigan Region and
Congregation B'nai David Sisterhood
Underwritten by: Deborah Roberts and David H. Morrison Family Fund
JPM Building...1 p.m.
The Inextinguishable Symphony
See 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 7 for description.
Co-sponsored by: Hidden Children, Holocaust Education Coalition