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FROM
SCRATCH
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Fiction
INSIDE THE
FOOD
NETWORK
Big Personalities,
High Drama—
the Extraordinary
5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11 (WB)
Eric Kahn Gale: The Bully Book
Eric Haskins just started sixth grade
when the class bully renamed him Eric
the Grunt; it doesn't take long until
everyone does the same. Finally, Eric
learns about the Bully Book, a guide
that teaches how to
"make trouble with-
out getting in trouble, rule the school
and be the man:' The author, a U-M
grad, is an actor, writer and producer.
Based on his own childhood experi-
ences, The Bully Book is his first novel.
The Big TrUCk
That Went By
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JEWS
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 (WB)
T. K. Thorne: Last Chance for
Justice: How Relentless Investigators
Uncovered New Evidence Convicting
the Birmingham Church Bombers
T.K. Thorne was the first woman to
serve on the Birmingham, Ala., police
force, starting in 1960. She was also
Jewish. In her new book, she provides
details about an investigation into one
of the most tragic cases in American
history: the 16th Street Baptist Church
bombings of 1963, in which four little
girls were killed.
8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 (WB)
Eric A. Goldman: The American
Jewish Story Through Cinema
Darryl Zanuck was a Methodist
determined to make Hollywood's
first big film about anti-Semitism. If
he could just get past all the Jewish
executives worried it would "stir
up trouble:' Beginning with early
films like Zanuck's breakthrough
Gentleman's Agreement and continuing
to The Way We Were (1973) Avalon
(1990) and Everything Is Illuminated
(2005), Eric Goldman, adjunct asso-
ciate professor of cinema at Yeshiva
University and the Jewish Theological
Seminary, will use film clips and his
book as he explores the relationship
between Jewish filmmakers, the Jews
who helped establish Hollywood and
onscreen images of American Jewry.
$8 JCC members/$10 nonmembers.
(248) 661-1900.
4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 (OP)
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 (WB)
Richard Breitman and Allan J.
Lichtman: FDR eb, the Jews
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earning almost $1 billion a year, and
its colorful collection of personalities.
Salkin dishes up all the fascinating and
juicy facts.
Tickets to both Sheri Fink and Allen
Salkin are $10 ICC members/$12 non-
members (tickets to individual events
are not available).
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Jonathan M. Katz
Richard Breitman will discuss
Franklin D. Roosevelt, a consummate
politician and a man whose decisions
would affect the lives of millions —
for better or worse — during World
War II. Following an extensive study
and after considering surprising new
sources, the authors reveal a compli-
cated president who was sympathetic
but also powerfully shaped by popular
opinion and political realities.
$10 JCC members/$12 nonmembers.
(248) 661-1900.
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 (WB)
Sheri Fink: Five Days at Memorial:
Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged
Hospital
Detroit native and Pulitzer Prize-
winning author Sheri Fink tells the
story of the tragedy, compassion and
life-or-death decisions at Memorial
Medical Center in New Orleans. After
Hurricane Katrina, the hospital was
left with little electricity, storm water
throughout the facility and caregivers
so exhausted they could hardly think.
Months after Katrina, Memorial's
professionals were facing charges that
they deliberately injected patients with
drugs to hasten their deaths. Five Days
recounts a hospital under siege and
exposes a nation poorly equipped to
handle large-scale emergencies.
8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 (WB)
Allen Salkin: From Scratch: Inside
the Food Network
Ah, the delicious secrets behind
those names! Rachael Ray. Paula Deen.
Julia Child. Tyler Florence. Emeril
Lagasse. Ina Garten. Here, at last, is
the story of the Food Network, now
Noon Thursday, Nov. 14 (WB)
Luncheon with Jane Weitzman: Art
& Sole: A Spectacular Selection of
More Than 150 Fantasy Art Shoes
from the Stuart Weitzman Collection
As executive vice president of Stuart
Weitzman Designs, Jane Weiztman
was not only involved in this innova-
tive business (famous for its display
of footwear made of everything from
playing cards to cake frosting), she
was the force behind the company's
profound support of breast and ovar-
ian cancer research and awareness,
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including the famous Stuart Weitzman
Celebrity Breast Cancer Shoe Auction.
Tickets required: Lunch and author
program: $30. Book, lunch and author
program: $50. Reservations required by
Nov. 4. (248) 432-5462.
6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 (WB)
Jonathan Katz: The Big Truck That
Went By
Jonathan Katz was the only full-time
American news correspondent in Haiti
when, in 2010, the deadliest earth-
quake in the history of the Western
Hemisphere struck.
It was a day of terror and death
— for which Haiti was totally unpre-
pared. The world responded quickly
and generously with more than $16
billion in financial pledges. But three
years later, Haiti remains a nation of
unsanitary conditions and poverty.
What happened?
the
habbat
rincess
Families
10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 (OP)
Bubbies, Bagels & Books
Storyteller Helene Shaw will read
from Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts, a collec-
tion of enchanting stories accompa-
nied by Jewish recipes, by Jane Yolen
and Heidi Steeple. Recommended for
ages 3-8.
11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 (WB)
Story time with Karin Jill Katz:
There's a Fly in My Soup
Karin Jill Katz reads her new book,
a short, rhyming story that teaches
tolerance, manners and respect.
Afterward, children will enjoy a fun
activity. Recommended for children
ages 3-6.
1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 (OP)
Kids Can Be Authors, Too!
This program showcases the writing
talents of students at Southfield-based
Aviva Hebrew Day School, who met with
Holocaust survivors, interviewing, writ-
ing and telling their stories, which were
then gathered together into a published
book. The students will present their
work, moderated by Holocaust Memorial
Center Director Stephen Goldman.
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Tale
Feasts
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2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 (WB)
Children's Tea with author Amy
Meltzer: The Shabbat Princess
Children ages 3-9 are invited to bring
parents, grandparents and friends for a
fancy tea, complete with treats and plen-
ty of fun! Meet a little girl who wants to
be a Shabbat princess. Her parents have
never heard of such a thing, but they
invite her to dress up like a princess on
Friday night, and they help make things
even more festive with candlesticks and
a beautiful silver goblet.
Tickets are required: $10 for tea and
author program. Reservations required
by Nov. 7. (248) 432-5462.
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