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Book Fair hours at the West Bloomfield and
Oak Park JCCs are as follows:

From opposite page, left to right: Speakers at
this year's Book Fair include, among others,
Craig Hall, James Gelsey, Rabbi Herbert
Yoskowitz, Wendy Rose Bice, Judith Levin
Cantor; Rabbi Paul Yedwab, Ann Weiss, Bruce
Feiler, Ahuvah Gray, Joseph Berger, M Gary
Neuman, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Joan Kekst,
Jennifer Weiner, Leonard Fein, Faye Levy,
S. Jay Olshansky, Eileen Goltz, Petru Popescu,
Paula Peterson and David I. Kertzer.

two to ask S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D., about his book,
A Quest for Immortality. Olshansky and co-author
Bruce A. Carnes are leading research scientists into
the field of aging. Learn why today's purported foun-
tains of youth — antioxidants, hormones, vitamins
and the like — will not reverse the aging process.
Aimed at those looking to boost their longevity, A
Quest for Immortality focuses on the political and
philosophical issues surrounding the aging process.

The Oasis, Petru Popescu's third book, is a riveting tale
of love, faith and hope amidst unspeakable tragedy. The
author tells the tale of his in-laws, Blanka and Mirek,
who met and fell in love as prisoners in Dachau in 1944.
Mirek, a freedom fighter, saves Blanka's life, escapes
from Dachau and promises his beloved that he will
find her after the war. The book traces the couple's
promise to one another at a time when even count-
ing on one's next breath could be an iffy proposition.
Ruth Westheimer, better known as Dr. Ruth, will
w speak on her new book, Who Am I? Where Do I
Come From?, which presents the facts of life to chil-
dren. She'll talk about the importance of parents
and grandparents reading to their children as she
advocates for intergenerational relationships.
She has just completed her autobiography, All in a
Allan Gerson, author of the just-published The Price
Lifetime. She'll share many incarnations of her life —
of Terror One Bomb. One Plane. 270 Lives. The
from young child in prewar Europe to one of America's
History-Making Struggle for Justice After Pan Am 103,
most
recognized voices and authorities on sexuality.
replaces Robert Shapiro as Book Fair's Opening
Just
prior to Dr. Ruth's 8 p.m. Nov. 14 lecture, Book
Night speaker this year. Shapiro declined to come to
Fair
will
honor Irwin Shaw, who founded Book Fair a
Book Fair because he did not feel comfortable flying
half-century
ago, and all the others who chaired and co-
on a commercial airliner, according to his publicist.
chaired the event over its 50-year history.
Carolyn Hessel, head of the New York-based
In addition to the writers already mentioned,
Jewish Book Council, said she jumped at the
Book Fair has invited the following authors to
chance to bring Gerson's book, which he co-
speak, all of whom have been profiled in the pages
authored with Jerry Adler, to the public's attention.
of the Jewish News during the past year:
The book, which discusses terror and the quest for
Jennifer Weiner wrote the semi-autobiographical
justice, was rushed into bookstores just last week
novel
Good In Bed, a rueful exploration of the rela-
before its expected publication date in early 2002
tionship
between a young single journalist and her
because of the timeliness of the issues it addresses.
ex-boyfriend.
An excerpt runs in the Nov. 5 issue of Newsweek, and
Ann Weiss, daughter of Holocaust survivors, is the
Gerson's appearance on NBC's Today show is booked
author
of the The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of
for Wednesday, Nov. 7. The author also is scheduled to
Auschwitz-Birkenau,
based on a collection of 2,400
speak at the upcoming General Assembly of United
photographs
that
had
been taken away from people
Jewish Community Leaders in Washington, D.C.
arriving
at
the
camp
in
1943.
For more on Allan Gerson and his book, see
Bruce Feiler wrote Walking the Bible: A Journey
page 94.
Through the Five Books of Moses, about his own
Also canceling out of this year's Book Fair are
odyssey through the historic places of the Bible.
Amy Wilentz, author of Martyr's Crossing, and
In Joseph Berger's Displaced Persons: Growing Up
Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld, co-authors of
American
After the Holocaust, the writer and editor
Anne Frank And Me.
for
the
New
York Times shares his account of his fam-
Added to the lineup as the closing speaker, at 8
ily's
migration
from Eastern Europe to America when
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, is David I. Kertzer, author
he was 5 years old, and what happened afterward.
of The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican's Role in
Leonard Fein's Against the Dying of the Light: A
the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism.
Father's
Journey Through Loss, chronicles the death of
The book — a historical study whose chief source is
his daughter and shares his hard-earned wisdom. 0
the Vatican's secret archives — makes it irrefutably
clear how anti-Semitism at the highest levels of the
Catholic Church nurtured the hatred that would ulti-
mately make the Holocaust possible.
— Gail Zimmerman
Arts 6. Entertainment Editor

Terrorism Expert
Replaces Shapiro

6-10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9
7-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 (JPM Closed)
9:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 (Kahn)
9:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 (JPM)
9:30 a.m. -10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Nov. 12-15
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16
9:30 a,m.-10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18
9:30 p.m.- 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 (JPM)

The following special events take place at the D.
Dan and Betty Kahn Building on the Eugene and
Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus in
West Bloomfield unless otherwise noted. All
author appearances are open to the public at no
charge. This listing reflects the latest information
available, but is subject to change.

SUNDAY, Nov. 4
2 p.m. JPM Building:
Otherwise Known as
Sheila the Great, musical
show based on the Judy
Blume book, for chil-
dren ages 6 and up. $5
members/$8 nonmem-
bers. Followed by "Sefer
Safari," Jewish Reading
Program geared for chil-
dren ages 3-8. (248)
967-4030.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7
7 p.m.: Preview Night
See what's new! The
hottest in children's
books, cookbooks, fic-
tion and more.
Refreshments will be
served.

THURSDAY, Nov. 8
7 p.m.: Second Annual
Mahj Maven Night
Fee: $10 per person.
Reservations:
(248) 432-5577

SATURDAY, Nov. 10
Opening Night
7:30 p.m.: Patron Event,
by invitation only
8:45 p.m.: Allan Gerson,
The Price of Terror
Opening Night spon-
sored by DeRoy
Testamentary
Foundation.
Patron Reception co-
sponsored by AAA
Group Services, Embassy
Suites, Mont Blanc,

Twelve Oaks, Weight
Watchers, Maida
Portnoy, Marilynn and
Norton Weiss.

SUNDAY, Nov. 11
10 a.m.: Craig Hall, The
Responsible Entrepreneur
Co-sponsored by the
Lutz Company.
10:30 a.m.: James
Gelsey, Scooby-Doo and
the Caveman Caper and
Scooby-Doo and the
Rowdy Rodeo
Co-sponsored by Jewish
Parents Institute.
11 a.m.-3 p.m.: Local
Author Fair
11 a.m.: Rabbi Herbert
Yoskowitz, A
Kaddish Minyan
Co-sponsored by Adat
Shalom Adult Study
Commission, the Ira
Kaufman Chapel and
Eilu
Noon: Wendy Rose
Bice, A Timeless Treasure:
100 Years of Fresh Air
Society Camp
Co-sponsored by Fresh
Air Society-Tamarack
Camps.
1 p.m.: Judith Levin
Cantor, Jews in Michigan
Co-sponsored by The
Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan,
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, Congregation
Shaarey Zedek Men's

SCHEDULE on page 88

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2001

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