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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 books." 111 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 .