happy diners and what it’s really
like to operate a restaurant.

LUNCH WITH
THE AUTHORS
Noon, Thursday, Nov. 10
Irina Reyn: The Imperial Wife
Marie Benedict: The Other
Einstein
$30 ($25 for JCC members)
includes luncheon; reservations
required by Thursday, Nov. 3.

The Imperial Wife
Tanya Kagan is living the best of
times — she’s about to make the
biggest sale of her career when the
Order of St. Catherine goes up for
bid at a New York auction house
— and the worst of times: Her
husband has vanished. Things get
even more complicated when ques-
tions arise over the provenance of
the Order. Suddenly, readers jump
into history and to the original
owner of the artifact: Catherine the
Great, the infamous 18th-century
empress who has more in common
with Tanya than anyone could have
imagined.

The Other Einstein
Einstein’s first wife, Mileva
Maric, was dedicated to her hus-
band and children — she also
was a physics scholar in her own

right. In fact, many suggest that
she may have had more to do with
Einstein’s work than anyone might
know. Marie Benedict’s insightful
novel imagines Mileva’s world and
paints a picture of a woman who
was essential to the personal, and
professional, life of her famous
husband.

IRWIN SHAW NIGHT
Thursday, Nov. 10
6 p.m.
Book Fair appearance by Steven
Simon
Dana Allin and Steven Simon:
Our Separate Ways: The Struggle
for the Future of the U.S.-Israel
Alliance
Are the United States and Israel,
once the closest of allies, headed
for a very different relationship?
Two of the country’s leading
political analysts present a new
and eye-opening look at the two
nations. Just how much damage
was done by the strained relation-
ship between Benjamin Netanyahu
and Barack Obama? What will a
Trump or Clinton presidency mean
for the future? Should Israel cul-
tivate a new best friend in Russia
or China? Could American-Israel
relations ever return to what they
once were?

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Noon, Thursday, Nov. 3
Lunch and Learn with Rabbi David
Fohrman: The Exodus You Almost Passed
Over
$22 ($18 for JCC members), includes
buffet lunch; reservations required by
Thursday, Oct. 27.
Pesach (Passover) is the most widely
observed Jewish holiday, and at its center
is the Haggadah, which families read every
year. And yet this story we imagine so famil-
iar is, in fact, full of mysteries. Consider, for
example, the curious name; wouldn’t “The
Holiday of Freedom” make more sense?
And why did God make the Exodus — the
plagues, the wandering in the desert — so
incredibly long and arduous?
Rabbi Fohrman reveals a side of the

8 p.m.
Uri Bar-Joseph: The Angel: The
Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel
$12 ($10 for JCC members)
In 2007, Ashraf Marwan, the
son-in-law of former Egyptian
President Gamal Nasser, was found
dead outside his London home.
The official ruling was suicide.
But many suspected otherwise —
especially in view of the fact that
just weeks earlier Marwan had
been confirmed as a spy for Israel.
In fact, he was “the best source we
ever had,” according to the Mossad.
What could have prompted
such a man, who became one of
President Anwar Sadat’s closest
advisers, to spy for Israel? No one
could have imagined the truth.

BREAKFAST AND
BRILLIANT IDEAS
7:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11
Adam Levin: Swiped: How to
Protect Yourself in a World Full of
Scammers, Phishers, and Identity
Thieves
$15 ($12 for JCC members),
includes breakfast; reservations
required by Friday, Nov. 4.
In the past five years, more than
27 million Americans have been
victims of identity theft. If you use
a credit card, access social media or
own a business, you are at risk.

But there are steps you can
take to make yourself safer. Adam
Levin is an expert in cybersecurity,
identity management and identity
theft resolution. In the Amazon
best seller Swiped, he tells what you
need to do to keep yourself, and
your family, safe.

AN EVENING
OF STAR TREK!
Saturday, Nov. 12
7:30 p.m.
Book Fair appearance by Mark
A. Altman
Edward Gross and Mark
A. Altman: The Complete,
Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral
History of Star Trek: The Fifty-
Year Mission
$12 ($10 for JCC members)
An entire Book Fair evening
devoted to Star Trek? Highly logi-
cal.
The evening begins with a
presentation — including film
clips, mementos and rare photos
— by Mark A. Altman, co-author
of The Complete, Uncensored,
Unauthorized Oral History of Star
Trek: The Fifty-Year Mission, which
Kirkus Reviews called “an abso-
lute must for any Star Trek fan.”
His presentation will focus on the
cultural impact of the show and
its Jewish influences, and he will

reveal stories from the behind-the-
scenes making of every incarnation
of the franchise.

9 p.m.
Film Presentation
$12 ($10 for JCC members)
After the presentation, live long
and prosper as you see the film
For the Love of Spock, a tribute to
Leonard Nimoy. The documentary,
made by Leonard’s son Adam, is
narrated by Zachary Quinto and
includes interviews with William
Shatner, George Takei, Walter
Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Chris
Pine and many more.
Or attend both the book and
film presentations for $19 ($16 for
JCC members).

7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13
Rights of Passage
Presented by the Jewish
Ensemble Theatre and the Annual
Jewish Book Fair, this premiere
was written by JET Playwright-
in-Residence Kitty Dubin. With
a blend of laugh-out-loud com-
edy and heartfelt drama, Rights
of Passage explores the defin-
ing moments in the journey
of life from a brit to a shivah.
Performance followed by discus-
sion with Kitty Dubin.

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Exodus that illuminates not just the past but
the future, and tells not only of freedom but
of destiny.

2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6
Benjamin Shalva: Spiritual Cross-Training:
Searching Through Silence, Stretch, and
Song
Tamarack Camps’ Rabbi Benjamin Shalva
journeyed through the wilds of Tibet, took
a pilgrimage to a monastery, wrestled with
demons, danced with temptresses and sang
with hundreds of voices under the stars.
Based on his experiences, he offers simple,
powerful ways to help others connect with
their spiritual selves — whether in a house
of worship, a yoga studio, sitting in traf-
fic or even working late at the office. Wear
comfortable clothing for this participatory
workshop.

3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13
Rabbi David Eliezrie: The Secrets of
Chabad: Inside the World’s Most Successful
Jewish Movement
Chabad is the fastest-growing Jewish
network in the world, with representa-
tives in cities large and small, coun-
tries with tremendous Jewish popula-

tions and others with only a handful of Jews.
How did this Brooklyn-based group,
whose leader died more than 20 years ago,
come to be the one of the most successful
Jewish movements today? Rabbi Eliezrie
takes readers inside the lives of the men and
women of Chabad.

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