2 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
l Jesse Kellerman
Ari Schonbrun
Miracles & Fate on 78
A 9/11 Story of Inspiration
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Everyone knows someone like Arthur
Pfefferkorn. He's that guy who never really"lived up to
his potential." He wanted to be a writer but ended up
a ho-hum college professor, now middle-aged and at
the bottom of his game.
On September 11, 2001, Ari Schonbrun went
to his office at Cantor Fitzgerald - the Wall Street firm
that occupied the top five floors of Tower One in the
World Trade Center. He was on the 78th floor when
the first plane hit. In the midst of smoke and chaos,
Schonbrun found a co-worker who was terribly burned
and needed help to walk down the stairs.
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POTBOILER
Even his love life is about as exciting as warmed-up
oatmeal.
Then Arthur learns that his oldest friend William de
Vallee - now a bestselling author and the husband of the woman Arthur
loved - has vanished.
Of 662 Cantor employees in the building that day,
only four survived.
Ari believes that God was looking out for him; 9/11 began his rebirth.
No longer focused on career and the"wrong" things, he began putting his
family first, volunteering, giving back to the community and focusing on
what matters most in life.
Of course, Arthur is troubled...but at the same time he can't forget
everything that William enjoyed that he never had.
Finally, Arthur decides to reconnect with William's wife - which is about to
take them to both to a surprising world of intrigue and the unexpected.
Co-sponsored by Henry & Delia Meyers Library and Media Center, JCC Arts, Culture
and Education Department
Mystery lovers are certain to enjoy this newest work from best-selling
author (and son of two other famous mystery writers...) Jesse Kellerman.
3 p.m.
Co-sponsored by Association of Jewish Libraries - Michigan Chapter
Francine Hermelin Levite
CenterStage presents...
Closing Night, with Madeleine Albright
My Haggadah: Made It Myself
Entertain and engage the kids in your life
with this make-it-yourself book. Built around the 15
steps of a sedar, with the basic blessings, songs and
stories plus plenty of room to personalize and make
it your own, this book allows you to create a Haggadah
your family will cherish always.
7 p.m.
My Haggadah
Made It Myself
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l i l Madeleine Albright
Francine Hermelin Levite's career includes magazinewriting, children's
software developer, graphic design.
Soon before President Bill Clinton named her
secretary of state, Madeleine Albright learned
of her Jewish ancestry. She didn't hear the facts
from her parents or family; she discovered the
truth from a Washington Post reporter. The
revelation, she said, left her"shocked."
Co-sponsored by Federation's Jewish Family Education Project & Experience for
Families (JEFF), Henry & Delia Meyers Library and Media Center, Sarah & Irving Pitt
Child Development Center, Shalom Street
3:30 p.m.
Presented by Gary Graff
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MOST INFAMOUS LEGENDS
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She also provides extraordinary insight
into the Czech psyche and takes on, in her typical cut-to-the-chase
style, current political issues. Of the infamous 2009 "Open Letter"to
President Barack Obama, in which European politicians lambasted the
lack of Transatlantic ties, she writes: "We all worked to have Europe
whole and free. The first President Bush said it, President Clinton said it,
and I said it, over and over again. It was a theme.
Co-sponsored by JCC Stephen Gottlieb Music Festival
4:30 p.m.
Monni Must
Living Witnesses: Triumph Over Tragedy
Triumph Over Tragedy is the latest in Monni
Must's global project to portray the lives of the few
remaining Holocaust survivors. Featuring 250 photos
by Must, a professional photographer, this gem contains
pictures that are both works of art and a key to the door
of a single, unforgettable story.
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Albright tells of her many ancestors murdered
by the Nazis and of the ones who survived: her
parents, who managed to flee Czechoslovakia
only to return after the war and then leave
again after the Communists took over.
Fifty-seven of the greatest myths from rock and country music are debunked -
or proven, at last, to be true - by two of today's greatest music journalists.
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MADELEINE
ALBRIGHT
Already famous
throughout Washington as a brilliant
storyteller, Albright proves herself an equally
talented writer in Prague Winter, a story of
Czechoslovakia, family, politics, love and loss.
Gary Graff and Daniel Durchholz
Rock 'n' Roll Myths
This is the perfect book for anyone who ever wondered
about Van Halen and those brown M&Ms...
Or what KISS really stands for...
Or the truth behind that dragon named Puff...
Music critic Gary Graff finally brings the truth to all
those music rumors from Ozzy and the bat to Mama
Cass and the ham sandwich.
Prague Winter: A Personal Story
of Remembrance and War
"Then, all of a sudden, we get this whiny letter while people are dying
in Iraq and Afghanistan that we aren't paying enough attention to
Central Europe when we had clearly done that for a very long time"
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Always outspoken and insightful, Madeleine Albright has written a
mesmerizing book filled with both political and personal revelations.
Co-sponsored by Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, Israel Bonds
$16 JCC members / $21 non-members
Monni Must is a portrait photographer in Sylvan Lake
who specializes in seniors, babies, children and families.
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.
Co-sponsored by Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit
www.bookfair.jccdet.org
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