Wednesday November 9 Dave Lieberman 10 a.m. Author of: The Search for Major Plagge The son of two holocaust sur- vivors, Dr. Good shares the remarkable story of Karl Plagge, a German army officer who saved Good's mother and more than 250 other Jews from Vilna, Lithuania by providing them with work permits as "indispensable° laborers essential to the war effort. Dr. Good is a physi- cian in Durham, Connecticut. Co-sponsored by: Holocaust Education Coalition and Hidden Children & Child Survivors of Michigan Gigi Anders 1 p.m. Author of: Jubana! Growing up with one Jewish parent and the other Cuban made for an interesting, oy vey and ay caramba upbring- 'rig! Ufe in Havana was picture perfect until the Castro regime began in 1959 and a year later forced her family to leave with practically noth- ing. Gigi Anders is a Washington Post special correspondent and a frequent contributor to several popular magazines. Co-sponsored by Adat Shalom Sisterhood Enoch Brater ...........1 p.m. JPM Building, Oak Park Author of: Admission: $5/$8 Food Networks popular Dave Lieberman brings cooking to a _ fresh new level. The book fea- tures wonderful dishes that can be used for casual sit-downs, cooking for a crowd, living room and tailgate parties and much more. Lieberman shares personal stories, helpful hints, and big, bright, colorful pictures. Co sponsored by: Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood Jewish Carpets This concise literary biogra- phy—the first new study pub- lished since the playwright's death—gives the general reader a welcome introduction to this legendary American writer. Professor Brater follows Miller's career from his prizewinnin student days at the University of Michigan through the landmark success of Death of a Salesman, to his marriage to Marilyn Monroe and beyond. Co-sponsored by: The Center's JPM Building Book Club Gigi Anders ............7 JPM Building, Oak Park See Wednesday, Nov. 9 1 p.m. for details. Co-sponsored by: Adat Shalom Sisterhood A Special Presentation! Peter Schroeder & Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand ....7 p.m. Authors of: The Six Million Paper Clips /5r-S1 7 p.m. JPM Building, Oak Park The Jewish Community Center in Oak Park will hold a reception to open an exhibit and sale of Jewish carpets that are recreations of seven rug designs from the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Israel. Anton Felton, author of Jewish Carpets and the world's foremost scholar on the subject, will be speaking and signing his book. Steven Roberts . .8:15 p.m. Author of: My Father's House Admission: $51$8 Acclaimed New York Times correspondent Steve Roberts recounts how life for his family began in America after his grandparents took the voyage from Bialystok in Eastern Europe to the life his par- ents created in Bayonne, New Jersey. This memoir tracks how his father's house came to be and the future and memories it holds. Co- sponsored by: NCJI/V-Greater Detroit Section, ADL and the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan Arthur Miller: A Playwright's Life & Works ArimicQinn. p.iu -b. Young and Hungry 1.1P1 I, IR V Day underwritten by: The Atara & Ray Zimmerman Fund and Sam & Jean Frankel Dr. Michael Good 7 Author of: Friday November 11 Day underwritten by: The Nosan/Nosanchuk Families Book Fair Fund Join us for our first Teen Health Awareness Day! A special day for parents of tccns and health professionals Dr. Brad Sachs 11 a.m. The Good Enough Teen: Raising Adolescents With Love and Acceptance 8 :- • - erx. can be very challenging years. Brad Sachs provides the tools through lists, strategies, quizzes, exercises and stork that will help parents recognize unrealistic expectations and develop those feelings into acceptance, nurturin n Co-sponsored by: Sunday November 13 Day underwritten by: Andi & Larry Wolfe and D. Dan Kahn in memory of Betty Kahn Eric Konigsberg 11 a.m. Author of: Blood Relation Eric Konigsberg discovers one day that his seemingly generic Jewish clan has a black-sheep in its bloodline, his long-lost great-uncle Heshy, a.k.a. Harold "Kayo" Konigsberg, a notorious freelance Mafia hit man legendary for his brutality and his brilliance. In Blooa' Relation, Konigsberg looks for answers to this long-suppressed family mystery. Co-sponsored by: Association of Jewish Libraries-Michigan Chapter People of the Book/Dances of the Book 12:30 p.m. Join Harriet Berg and the Festival Dancers in the Henry & Delia Meyers Library for an excit- ing lecture/dance demonstration. Sit back and enjoy the performance as our dancers take you on a journey through history and learn about the many styles of Jewish dance. Berl Falbaum 1 p.m. JPM Building, Oak Park Author of: Shanghai Remembered The fascinating anthology tells the story of hardship and survival in wartime Shanghai, through vivid personal accounts of 23 "Shanghailanders." Their stories are a tribute to the tenacity and spirit of the refugees under harsh conditions. Mr. Falbaum was born in Berlin and escaped to Shanghai in 1939. He is a former reporter for the Detroit News. Co-sponsored by: Akiva Day School and Young Israel Council of Metropolitan Detroit Linda Glaser 2 p.m. Children's Author of: Bridge to America The year is 1920 and the set- ting is a shtetl, a small village in northern Poland, where a young family lives in fear of the ruthless Cossacks and unpredictable pogroms. Nine year-old Fivel longs for his father and is afraid for their lives. This absorb- ing, ultimately hopeful novel creates an unfor- gettable portrait of a family, a time and the bridging of two worlds. Co sponsored by: Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit PTO - Eric Konigsberg 3 p.m. JPM Building, Oak Park See Sunday, Nov. 13, 11 a.m. for details. - Michigan Region r- B'nai B'rith Youth CI ^Ira 1111"...,:w4. a • 4. ) ' ••■ ••■•■