50 | OCTOBER 27 • 2022
ARTS&LIFE
JEWISH BOOK FAIR
B
roadway stars light
up this year’s Detroit
Jewish Book Fair, Nov.
1-13, hosted at the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield, where some guest
speakers will appear in person
and others will make their
presentations virtually.
On Patron Night, Saturday,
Nov. 5, actor-comedian
Harvey Fierstein, will discuss
his memoir, I Was Better
Last Night, in a live virtual
presentation hosted by Sam
Dubin, creator and co-host of
the FedRadioDetroit podcast.
For Patrons only, a live
program after the talk, at 7:30
p.m., will feature nightclub
entertainer David LaMarr,
accompanied by Brian Buckner.
French specialty foods will be
served.
Going back in time and with
segments featured remotely
and in person, the fair offers a
program at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 12, that will salute famed
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein.
Mark Eden Horowitz will
talk about his work on the
book The Letters of Oscar
Hammerstein II. He will be
in conversation with Neil
Michaels, Temple Israel
cantor.
After the conversation,
Broadway stars Josh Young and
Emily Padgett, now based in
Michigan, will be at the event to
perform Hammerstein hit songs
from shows such as Carousel,
South Pacific and Oklahoma.
(See page 52.)
Moving from Broadway to
the kitchen, Shannon Sarna will
go over her text from Modern
Jewish Comfort Food at 11 a.m.
on Friday, Nov. 11. She will
demonstrate how to prepare
some sample comfort foods and
offer program participants a
tasting.
Approaching the subject of
discrimination, Liza Wiemer
will appear in person at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 9, when her
topic will relate to the young
adults in her novel about
students being given The
Assignment as it is related to
Nazis. She will talk about how
the assignment was handled.
(See next page)
Another book about the
Nazis is David Kertzer’s The
Pope at War: The Secret History
of Pius XII, Mussolini and
Hitler. It will be the topic at
7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9,
in a virtual discussion with
Rabbi Eli Mayerfeld of the
Zekelman Holocaust Center in
Farmington Hills.
A personal story about a
family reacting to the Holocaust
is the subject of an in-person
presentation by sportsman
Dan Grunfeld with his book
By the Grace of the Game: The
Holocaust, A Basketball Legacy,
and an Unprecedented American
Dream at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
10. He will be in conversation
The Detroit Jewish Book Fair, Nov. 1-13,
offers something for everyone.
A
Smorgasbord
ofChoices
SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
David LaMarr
in Ain’t
Misbehavin
Josh Young and Emily Padgett will perform Oscar Hammerstein tunes.