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44 October 20 • 2016

SPECIAL EVENTS

BOOK FAIR
PREVIEW PANEL
10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3
Join book club facilitators Tara
Hayes, Sharon Schwartz and
Connie Silver to learn about favor-
ites and hidden gems at the Annual
Jewish Book Fair.

PEOPLE OF THE
COLORING BOOK
2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3
$12 ($10 for JCC members); res-
ervations required by Thursday,
Oct. 27.
The JCC’s Meyers Library hosts
a coloring event, including snacks
and a coloring book to keep. Art
therapist Kathy Shnurr from Henry
Ford Hospital will discuss how art
can be part of the healing process.

PATRON NIGHT
Saturday, Nov. 5
6:45 p.m. — Private reception
(Book Fair patrons only)
7:30 p.m. — Presentation by Ben
Mezrich: Once Upon a Time in
Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs.
A True Story of Ambition, Wealth,
Betrayal, and Murder
8:30 p.m. — Patron dinner (Book
Fair patrons only)
Once Upon a Time in Russia is a
true tale of Russia’s super wealthy,
an incredible business scheme and

its international repercussions,
and dangerous, complex politi-
cal entanglements. At its center:
mathematician Boris Berezovsky
and mechanic Roman Abramovich,
who built an aluminum empire
and whose lives would take
dramatic and devastating turns,
including the mysterious death of
a friend, overwhelming pressure
from the Russian government and
suicide.

SPORTS MORNING,
WITH BAGELS AND
COFFEE
Sunday, Nov. 6
10 a.m. — Michael Rosenbaum:
Wolverine: A Photographic
History of Michigan Football,
Vol. I
Former Jewish News staffer
Mike Rosenbaum has compiled a
spectacular collection of more than
1,000 rare and unpublished photo-
graphs from five of the University
of Michigan’s greatest seasons:
1925, 1947, 1969, 1997 and 2011.
In the words of U-M Head Coach
Jim Harbaugh, “It’s a great book!”

10:45 a.m.
Book Fair appearance by Gary
Belsky
Gary Belsky and Neil Fine: On
the Origins of Sports: The Early

HISTORY

6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2
Howard Blum: The Last
Goodnight
OSS Chief “Wild” Bill Donovan
called Betty Hack “the greatest
unsung heroine of WWII.” Born
Amy Thorpe in Minneapolis,
Hack appeared to be simply a
debutante. But in fact, she was
“Cynthia,” a spy involved in
numerous covert operations,
including helping break the
Enigma code on behalf of the
Allies. Adventurous, scandal-
ous and dazzling, Hack used her
many skills to charm information
out of the enemy.

History and Original Rules of
Everybody’s Favorite Games
Sports fans, your bible is here.
Everything you need to know —
the original rules, the history, the
who, what and why of the world’s
21 most popular sports — in a
single volume. It’s enough to make
you cry with joy. But you’ll laugh,
too, because Belsky and Fine aren’t
just experts — they’re funny!
This New York Times best seller
was written by “two of the sports
world’s greatest sleuths, uncovering
the kind of nuggets that will make
anyone who reads this delightful
book smarter, funnier and the toast
of any conversation,” according to
ESPN.com editor Chad Millman.

BOOK CLUB NIGHT
7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7
Meet-and-greet, book discussion
and dessert reception

Boris Fishman: Don’t Let My
Baby Do Rodeo
$37 ($35 for JCC members) –
Speaker, book and dessert
$20 ($18 for JCC members) –
Speaker and dessert reception
only
Reservations required by
Monday, Oct. 31.
Max is a charming boy who his
adoptive parents, Maya and Alex,

8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2
Robert P. Watson: The Nazi
Titanic: The Incredible Untold
Story of a Doomed Ship in World
War II
$12 ($10 for JCC members)
The SS Cap Arcona lived many
lives: as a German luxury liner, as
the star of a Goebbels propaganda
film and as a military ship used to
transport Nazi soldiers. Then, near
the end of the war, she was loaded
with concentration camp prisoners
— and inadvertently bombed by
the British Royal Air Force. Robert
P. Watson searched through forgot-
ten records and diaries to find the
true, tragic story of one of history’s
worst maritime disasters.

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adore. So when Max suddenly
begins acting very oddly — con-
sorting with wild animals and
eating grass — Mom and Dad are
mystified. In an effort to under-
stand their boy, the couple decide
to return to Max’s roots. Then off
they go on a cross-country trip to
Montana, a journey that will have
profound consequences for the
entire family.

11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8
Cooking demonstration and
tasting
Ina Pinkney: Ina’s Kitchen:
Memories and Recipes from the
Breakfast Queen
$12 ($10 for JCC members)
includes tasting; reservations
required by Tuesday, Nov. 1.
Nobody did breakfast like Ina.
From her Heavenly Hots to her
Blobbs, Ina knew how to make
your morning shine. Ina Pinkney
was Chicago’s “Breakfast Queen,”
whose fans ranged from politi-
cal strategist David Axelrod to
Chicago sports anchor Jim Rose.
But after decades in the busi-
ness, she decided it was time to
close the doors. Here, at last, are
Pinkney’s delicious recipes for
anyone to recreate — along with
her memories of growing up in
Brooklyn, feeding thousands of