Dauid Hays
JPM Building....6:30 p.m.
Rosellen Brown
See 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 8 for description.
Half a Heart
Co-sponsored by: Fresh Air Society/Tamarack Camps
Samuel Freedman and Rd Goldman
8 p.m.
Authors of:
Jew us. Jew [Freedman)
Being Jewish [Goldman)
Jew vs. Jew.' As Jews become more incor-
porated into the American culture, the
question "Who is a Jew?" has become even
more controveislc! rind important. Having found religious toler-
ance in America and the realization of Israel, Jews are now strug-
gling to prevent internal problems from tearing apart their com-
munity. A professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of
Journalism, Freedman has been honored as the nation's out-
standing journalism educator. Being Jewish: With a growing num-
ber of Jews returning to their religious roots, this book thoughtfully
examines what it means to be Jewish in today's society.
Transcending the boundaries of the Orthodox, Conservative and
Reform movements, Goldman explores the meaning and origins
of the ritual moments at the heart of Judaism. He is a former
reporter for the New York Times and currently teaches at Columbia
University's Graduate School of Journalism.
Co-sponsored by: Adat Shalom Synagogue Study Commission,
Agency for Jewish Education, Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education, Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment (SAJE) and
Temple Emanu-El EMES
Fern Shumer Chapman..JP111 Building...8 p.m.
See 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 8 for description.
Co-sponsors listed with previous entry.
Day underwritten by: Bea and Boris Katz, Jean and Sam Frankel, Benard
Maas Foundation-Hi Dorfman and Dauid Engelbert, Trustees
10 a.m.
Author of:
Haven
In 1944, as special assistant to the Secretary
of the Interior, Ruth Gruber was sent on a
top-secret mission to escort 1,000 World
War II refugees into the United States as the
war raged to a close. Onboard ship, Gruber
listened to the heart-breaking tales told by the weary survivors, as
they recounted story after story about the atrocities committed by
the Nazis. Haven follows the dangerous journey that Gruber and
the refugees undertook on their flight from Naples, Italy, to sanctu-
ary in America and their struggles once they arrived in New York. Dr.
Gruber is the author of 15 books and an accomplished journalist,
foreign correspondent and photographer.
Co-sponsored by: ElderLink, Jewish Home and Aging Services/
LeVine Institute on Aging
Lunch is Serued
11:45 p.m.
See registration form inside back cover to register.
Ruth Gruber
JPM Building
In Brown's newest book, civil rights activist,
Miriam Vener, is leading a comfortable
upper class life with her family in Houston in
the 1980s. Her life suddenly changes with
the appearance, after almost 18 years, of
Veronica, her biracial daughter, born of Miriam's passionate affair
with a brilliant black professor at a Mississippi college, who has
raised the child ever since. Rosellen Brown is the author of five nov-
els, a collection of stories and poetry. She currently teaches in the
Graduate Creative writing Program at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Co-sponsored by: NA'AMAT
lloah Gordon
2:30 p.m.
Author of:
The Last Jew
In the year 1492, the Inquisition has all of
Spain in its grip. Jews must flee or be killed.
Those wishing to remain must convert to
Catholicism. Young Yonah Toledano, hav-
ing witnessed the brutal death of his father
and brother, vows to retain his faith in memory of his family.
Trapped in Spain by circumstance, fearful of the dangers of the
Inquisition, he becomes The Last Jew. Gordon, author of The
Physician and Shaman, is internationally known and has won sev-
eral writing awards. Co-sponsored by: NAAMAT
!Ilan Kaufman
6:30 p.m.
Author of:
Thursday, llouember 9, 2000
Ruth Gruber
1 p.m.
Author of:
1 p.m.
Author of:
Haven
See 10 a.m. Thursday, November 9 for description.
Co-sponsored by: ElderLink, Jewish Home and Aging Services/
LeVine Institute on Aging
Jew Boy
Touching on themes rarely explored in
American writing, Kaufman deftly deals with
the pain, guilt and confusion of American-
born children of Holocaust survivors. He tells
the story of his struggles with his mother, a
Holocaust survivor, whose mind is as scarred by her trauma as her
child is badly marked by her transferred abuse, as well as his strug-
gles to understand his Jewish identity. Kaufman is an award-winning
editor and writer. His writings have appeared in the San Francisco
Examiner, Tel Aviv Review, Witness and other publications.
Co-sponsored by: Temple Beth El Brotherhood and The Jewish
Hour-WPON 1460 AM, Fridays at 3 p.m.
Dauid Horouitz
8 p.m.
Author of:
fi Little Too Close to God
Horovitz immigrated to Israel from England
in 1983. His account of the years he has
spent in his adopted country offers a reveal-
ing human perspective on daily life behind
the headlines.He shares both the positive
and negative aspects of living in the land he calls home. Horovitz
is the editor of the Jerusalem Report, Israel's most prestigious
English-language publication, and a frequent contributor to news-
papers around the world.
Co-sponsored by: Israel & Overseas Department of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, Labor Zionist Alliance, Michigan
Coalition of Humanistic and Secular Jews (Birmingham Temple,
Jewish Parents Institute, Sholem Aleichem Institute and Workmen's
Circle/Arbiter Ring), Michigan/Israel Connection, Federation's
Community Outreach and Education Department
bah Gordon..JP111 Building
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8 p.m.