The Lessans Family Annual Bo November 8-17, 2013
Dr. Stuart Lessans, his daughter Faye and wife Dr. Ellen Lessans; Alan L. Wurtzel, author of “Good to Great to Gone: The 60 Year Rise and Fall of Circuit City”; Drs. Lessans’ son Matthew; and Irene Wurtzel, Alan’s wife Photo by Andrew Ship
Marion Grodin (middle), author of “Standing Up: A Memoir of a Funny (Not Always) Life,” with Bruce and Paula Robinson, sponsors of the Grodin event Photo by Andrew Ship
JCCGW President Brad Stillman; Abbe Lowell (co-sponsor of the Dershowitz event); Alan Dershowitz, author of “Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law;” and JCCGW CEO Michael Feinstein Photo by Andrew Ship
Sponsors Richard Lieberman and Helene Weisz with Ellen Kassoff Gray and Todd Gray, authors of “The New Jewish Table: Modern Seasonal Recipes for Traditional Dishes”
Elinor Lipman (middle), author of “The View from Penthouse B” and “I Can’t Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays” with Lisa Shofnos and Phyllis Lessans of Women’s Philanthropy of The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, sponsors of the Lipman event Photo by Stanley Schofer
Thomas Harding, author of “Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz,” and Professor Richard Breitman of American University Photo by Andrew Ship
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