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After the Jewish News went to press last week, it was announced that clos-
ing-night speaker David I. Kertzer, author of The Popes Against the Jews, has
withdrawn from Book Fair due to scheduling conflicts.
In his place, speaking 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at the JCC
in West Bloomfield will be Howard Blum, author of the just
published The Brigade: An Epic Story of Vengeance, Salvation
and WWII (HarperCollins; $26).
Blum is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair magazine and
best-selling author of five nonfiction books, including The
Gold of Exodus. In The Brigade, he documents the true story of Howard
the first Jewish army in modern times.
Blum
Its soldiers participated in a covert operation to execute
Nazis after the war and ultimately moved away from revenge to rescue
40,000 orphans from Europe and help create the State of Israel.
Blum's appearance is sponsored by the National Christian Leadership
Conference for Israel, Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation and Temple
Israel Brotherhood.
In another change, Scooby Doo children's author James Gelsey, appearing
10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the West Bloomfield JCC, will not involve
audience members in writing his next book. Instead, he will do a creative
exercise with children during his presentation.
Jewish girls for him to marry," says
Hessel in a nod to her second career as
a "Yenta the Matchmaker."
"Spirituality is the biggest thing
going right now," says Hessel.
"Feminism in Judaism is also impor-
tant, and thank God for that. Other
themes we're seeing today are
Christian-Jewish relations, politics,
and always a lot of Holocaust stories,
which are very important."
In the wake of the Sept. 11th terror-
ist attacks, books about world events
have taken on top priority.
"Books that exploit the situation are
negative, and we have to be careful of
being emotionally charged," she says.
"What we need to do is educate and
inform."
When she learned about Allan
Gerson's book The Price of Terror: One
Bomb. One Plane. 270 Lives. The
History-Making Struggle for Justice After
Pan Am 103, which discusses terrorism
and the quest for justice, she leapt at
the opportunity to rush the book to
the public's attention.
Hessel made a rash of calls to her
constituents and organized a tour,
which includes a speaking engagement
at the General Assembly of United
Jewish Community Leaders in
Washington, D.C., and a stop at
Detroit's Book Fair as well.
The book was scheduled for mid-
February release, says Gerson, "but we
moved up the release to October.
Carolyn is helping coordinate this push."
Dedicated And Focused
Sitting in the office she rents from the
Manhattan JCC, Hessel is surrounded
by stacks of books, galleys and corre-
spondence from authors, editors and
agents, and others who have sought to
"get to her." The phone rings constantly.
In spite of the clamor, she preserves a
buoyantly unstressed demeanor along
with a strict leave-work-at-the-office
policy, although some household activ-
ities have been reduced.
"My husband has recently been
threatening to carpet the oven. Jewish
women don't want to cook anymore."
Ever the book maven, she quickly
adds, "But we still buy those wonder-
ful Jewish cookbooks."
• As for her rank as a poWer broker,
Hessel finds herself more comfortable
with descriptions such as "dedicated,
loyal, mission-oriented and focused."
Nonetheless, Hessel is not unfamil-
iar with the concept of power — a fact
illustrated by a story she tells after the
World Trade Center attack.
"Walking to the office, I saw that
smoke and thought, 'Why bother with
Jewish books at a time like this?' Then
I realized, if we threw up our hands
every time a calamity befell us, where
would we be?"
She straightened her shoulders and
went into work, her purpose reaffirmed.
"You see," she says, "I do what I do
because I truly believe in the power of
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The Jewish Book Fair runs
through Nov. 18 at the West
Bloonafield and Oak Park JCCs.
For a complete schedule, go to
www.detroitjewishnews.com .