WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 continued

DAY UNDERWRITTEN BY NATALIE & MANNY CHARACH

7:30 p.m.

Matti Friedman

CenterStage presents...

The Aleppo Codex

Art History Day of Learning

(See description on page 11 at 8:15 p.m.

10 a.m.

CenterStage presents...

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Irwin Shaw Night,
with Nonie Darwish

Gustav Klimt's renowned painting of
Adele Bloch-Bauer hangs in the Neue Galerie
in New York City.

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The Lady in Gold

The Devil We Don't Know:
The Dark Side of Revolutions
in the Middle East

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The story behind this painting is enthralling,
dating back to Vienna at the turn of the century and
ending in modern day with justice and restitution.

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To the Western world, the words "Arab
Spring" signaled a new reality: people eager for
democracy, ready to finally live in a society that
recognized the rights of women, embraced the
right of everyone to practice his own faith and
provided economic opportunities for all.

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Many of Klimt's portrait models were Jewish, and
his work was supported by the Jewish community.
Then Hitler came to power and their art collections were seized by
the Nazis.

Learn the incredible tale of this masterpiece and its long journey
to New York.

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Human rights activist and Egyptian native Nonie Darwish knew the
truth, and in The Devil We Don't Know, she considers the terrible reality
of these tumultuous events. In fact, she points out, radical groups are
taking over and already implementing their goals: war against Israel,
ridding Egypt of Coptic Christians and waging jihad against all non-
Islamic nations.

Co-sponsored by Henry & Delia Meyers Library and Media Center, Institute of
Retired Professionals (IRP), Janice Charach Gallery, ORT America - Michigan
Region, Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah

11:15 a.m.

DIA Lecture with Salvadore Pons Salut on "Restitution"

The Devil We Don't Know contains in-depth research, an impressive
collection of facts and is brilliantly insightful. It is one of the most
important books for understanding Islam, the Arab nations and
changes in the world today.

12:30 p.m.

Box lunch available for advance purchase.

$8 JCC members / $10 non-members

$10 - Registration for lunch required by November 7.
Please call the The Berman box office at 248.661.1900.
Box lunch and movie ticket discount: $20.

Use your ticket for this program as a valuable coupon at our book store!
$5 off of any $25 or more purchase, excluding speaker books.

2 p.m.

Co-sponsored by Zionist Organization of America Michigan Region

Film: The Rape of Europa

2006, USA, 117 minutes

How many important works of art were stolen or detroyed by the Nazis
during WWII? Hundreds? Thousands? Experts think the number may
be as many as one-fifth of all known significant works of art! Narrated
by Joan Allen, this award-winning documentary uses interviews and
eyewitness accounts to show how heroic Europeans, Russians and
Americans worked to save the art of Europe during WWII.

"Think before you speak. Read before you think."

Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

"A room without books is like a body

This incredible documentary begins with one painting, Gustav Klimt's
Gold Portrait of Frau Bloch-Bauer, which, like countless other paintings,
was stolen from Jews, disappeared, and then mysteriously reappeared
in galleries and museums in Europe and America. Maria Altmann, the
niece of the man who commissioned the painting, waged a long legal
battle to have possession returned to her, and won. When the painting
was later sold at auction, its price of $135 million set a record. Until recently
the idea of restitution was unheard of; only now is international tracing
available and a central clearing-house of information being formed.
Don't miss this classic film about love, art, family and restitution.

without a soul."

Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Books are the quietest and most constant of
friends; they are the most accessible and wisest
of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."

Charles W. Eliot

Sponsored by Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival

"Always read something that will make you look
good if you die in the middle of it."

$11 - Please call the The Berman Box Office at 248.661.1900.

P.J. O'Rourke

www.bookfair.jccdet.org

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