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Wednesday, November 9
1:15 p.m.
DAY UNDERWRITTEN BY BEA & BORIS KATZ (z"/)
Charles King
Odessa: Genius and Death in a
City of Dreams
7:30 a.m.
UNDERWRITTEN BY CREDIT UNION ONE
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Business Breakfast with Josh Linkner
Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System
To Drive Breakthrough Creativity
DREAM1N
A PHOTON ITiTel∎ TO ORIVIT
JOSH LINKNER
Yes, says Josh Linker, a New York Times
bestselling author; CEO of Detroit Venture Partners, which helps
rebuild urban areas through technology and entrepreneurship; and
founder, chairman and former CEO of ePrize, the largest interactive
promotion agency in the world.
In Disciplined Dreaming, Linkner, also a talented jazz guitarist,
presents a five-part process to help boost creative growth in
individuals and organizations. Learn how to look at the world,
business, your hobby and your dreams in a completely new way.
Chairs: Terry Hollander and Reva Rosen
Co-chairs: Ken Bloom, Rick Bloom, Jeffrey Budaj, Stephen Feldman,
Steven Fisher, Brian Hermelin, Martin W Hollander, Michael
Horowitz, Howard Iwrey, Jeffrey Kaplan, Steven J. Matz, Howard
Rosenberg, Brian Siegel, Diane Siriani, Steven Weisberg
Co-sponsored by CommunityNEXT, the Professional Advisory Committee of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, chaired by Howard Rosen
Advanced registration required by November 1
$36 for a copy of the book, breakfast and program
($18 for breakfast and program only)
KRISTALLNACHT COMMEMORATION
— We Remember
Day-sponsored by C.H.A.I.M.- Children of Holocaust Survivors Association of Michigan,
Hidden Children & Child Survivors of Michigan, Holocaust Memorial Center, Jewish Senior Life,
Mardigian Library at the University of Michigan - Dearborn, Program for Holocaust Survivors &
Families, The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivors Oral History Archive at the University of
Michigan — Dearborn, World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust
10 a.m.
Restitution is an impossible-to-put down, true
story of friendship, betrayal and making amends.
Following the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia,
Victor and Marie Reeser know that, as Jews, they
and their children must leave immediately. They
find refuge in Canada and secure a safe home for
their treasures, including four valuable paintings,
with Victor's business partner, Alois Jirak.
Odessa is an elegy for the vibrant, multicultural
tapestry in which a thriving Jewish population
once existed.
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Creativity, Einstein said, is more important
than knowledge. But is everyone really capable
of creative thinking?
Kathy Kacer
Restitution: A Family's Fight for Their
Heritage Lost in the Holocaust
GENIUS AND DEATH IN
A CITY OF DP.EAMS
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Italian merchants, Greek freedom fighters,
Turkish seamen and Jewish tavern keepers,
traders and journalists were all seeking fortune
and adventure in Odessa, the greatest port on the Black Sea. There
was death on staggering scale due to the plagues common to
seaports - but also the mass murder of Jews carried out by the
Romanian occupation during WWII.
Charles King, professor of international affairs and government at
Georgetown University, is the author of four books on Eastern Europe
and a frequent commentator on television, radio and in the press.
Co-sponsored by Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
1 p.m.
Kathy Kacer
Restitution: A Family's Fight for Their
Heritage Lost in the Holocaust
(See description at left)
3 p.m.
Susanna Piontek
Have We Possibly Met Before?
And Other Stories
Each story in Susanna Piontek's compelling
new collection is like a surprise gift: a bit of
unexpected magic you will never forget.
First published in German, these stories shock, question conventions
and come with completely original endings. Like a modern-day
0. Henry, Piontek writes tales that are clever and perceptive, but also
provide a compassionate look at what it means to be human.
Born in Poland and originally trained as a radio producer, she turned to
writing, notably short stories that have been translated into numerous
languages.
6:30 p.m.
Jack Mayer
Life in a Jar:
The Irena Sendler Project
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After the war, the Reesers are eager to secure their items, and especially
the much-loved artwork, from Jirak. In fact, it will take another 50 years
- years filled with death, revolution, greed and one extraordinary young
man - before the paintings are reunited with the family.
Co-sponsored by the Janice Charach Gallery
"The greatest gift is a passion for reading."
- Elizabeth Hardwick
During WWII, Irena Sendler, a Polish-Catholic
social worker, organized a rescue network to
save 2,500 Jewish children from death. Knocking
on Jewish doors in the Warsaw Ghetto, Sendler
says she "tried to talk the mothers out of
their children."
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This virtually unknown story remained hidden for 60 years until
three high school girls, from an economically depressed, rural
school district in Kansas, began a history project. Their journey of
overcoming personal obstacles in their lives while researching this
National History Day project was supported and championed by
the girls' history teacher.
Please join us for a discussion with invited guests: author Jack Mayer;
Kansas history teacher, Norman Conard; child of Holocaust survivors
and director of Hidden Children & Child Survivors of Michigan, Rene
Lichtman and Renata Zajdman, a survivor saved by Irena Sendler.
Co-sponsored by the Michigan Jewish Institute
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