65th Annual Jewish Book Fair - JCC of Metro Detroit - 2016

November 2-13, 2016

From the Chairs This year we mourn the passing of Elie Wiesel. Writer and activist, he leaves behind a legacy of more than 60 books and many more good works. Wiesel reminded us of the importance of bearing witness, of sharing the personal journey, of reaching out through word and deed with humanity, empathy and intent.

As we head into the 65th Annual Jewish Book Fair, we are particularly mindful of our role in carrying on that tradition.

Each year we devote Kristallnacht Remembrance Day to recounting the events of the Holocaust, events which shaped history and our people. Important stories continue to emerge from that historical crucible, so this tradition serves, not just as a requiem for those lost, but as recognition that it continues to illuminate our history, our identity and our sense of our place in the world.

This is the purpose of each of our Book Fair events.

In Our Separate Ways, Steven Simon delves into our role as Jews in the United States, and our collective part in the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. While Jonathan Safran Foer ignites the question of whether Jews in the Diaspora should share the defense of Israel, Kenneth Marcus discusses The Definition of Anti-Semitism. In The Secret of Chabad, Rabbi David Eliezrie helps us understand how this philosophy influences modern Judaism. And Rabbi David Fohrman provides a new perspective on an ancient story in The Exodus You Almost Passed Over.

Women may examine relationships with husbands or mothers through The Imperial Wife, The Other Einstein or The Bridge Ladies. Lisa Smith provides a window into the life of an addict in Girl Walks Out of a Bar. And Steven Gaines gives us a humorous and painful look at growing up gay in 1960s Brooklyn.

Whether it’s a mirror or a window, each book is an opportunity to understand ourselves and our world.

And we don’t just examine weighty questions of identity and moral imperative. Adam Levin and Dr. Mache Seibel take an informative, but decidedly lighter look at identity theft and menopause, respectively, in Swiped and The Estrogen Window. Families and children can explore stories and projects in Shalom Street, and try some Spiritual CrossTraining with Tamarack Rabbi Ben Shalva. And we’ll go where no book fair has gone before with Mark Altman, as he tells us the inside stories of 50 years of Star Trek.

On Sunday, November 13, our author talks conclude on a high note, as Daniel Bergner tells the very special and inspiring story of Ryan Speedo Green, a boy who emerged from a precarious childhood to become an international opera star.

We have worked diligently to curate a collection of books, authors, ideas and events that we look forward to experiencing and sharing with you. Please come and enjoy with us the singular thrill of hearing authors discuss a book that inspired such passion that they have spent weeks, months and years writing and rewriting to share with you.

BOOK STORE HOURS Wednesday, November 2

5 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Friday, November 4

9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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ORDER TICKETS EARLY! Events are free, unless otherwise noted

Advance registration recommended for all ticketed events To purchase tickets:

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Save with a Book Fair Discount Pass!

Pass includes all eight non-food speaker events and two movies for just $85! ($70 for JCC members) To order tickets: jccdet.org/bookfair I 248.661.1900

Grab a bite at the Café in the J! Sandwiches, snacks and more available during most Book Fair events from

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It is certainly our passion to bring so many diverse experiences to our community. We hope you will find much to inspire, educate and entertain you during these twelve days of Book Fair.

See you there!

Terry Hollander Sue Lutz

Cover art by Malena Valcarce

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Wednesday, November 2

Lunch and Learn

Day Underwritten by Nancy & James Grosfeld

Rabbi David Fohrman The Exodus You Almost Passed Over

OPENING NIGHT

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Each year at Passover we read the story of the Exodus from Egypt. It seems like something we already know. But do we?

Howard Blum The Last Goodnight

Rabbi Fohrman invites readers to look at this story with fresh eyes - to join him on a guided adventure as he reveals a side of the Exodus that illuminates not just the past but the future.

She was the “Blonde Bomb,” the “Mata Hari from Minnesota,” a woman who, according to her obituary in Time, “used the boudoir as Ian Fleming's character [James Bond] used the Beretta.” Betty Pack was an American debutante whose bravery, sense of adventure and fluid morality knew virtually no bounds. Born in Minneapolis, she became “Cynthia,” a WWII spy whose work was essential to helping break the Enigma code.

$22 ($18 for JCC members), includes buffet lunch Reservations required by Thursday, October 27 Co-sponsored by Melton Detroit & FedEd, Partners in Torah, SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment)

2 p.m. I Henry & Delia Meyers Library

Howard Blum’s book is a riveting and revealing portrait of a dazzling woman who OSS Chief “Wild” Bill Donovan called “the greatest unsung heroine”

People of the Coloring Book

Please join us for a relaxing and fun afternoon with coloring, snacks and conversation. Art therapist Kathy Shnurr from Henry Ford Hospital will speak about the health value of coloring.

of the war.

Co-sponsored by ORT America – Michigan Region

8 p.m. I The Berman

$12 ($10 for JCC members), includes a coloring book to keep Reservations required by Thursday, October 27

Robert P. Watson, Ph.D. The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II

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Jonathan Safran Foer Event Film: “Everything Is Illuminated”

The SS Cap Arcona began as a German luxury liner. When the Nazis came to power, she became the star of a propaganda film. When the film was a failure, the Cap Arcona was stripped down and used to transport soldiers.

The Cap Arcona took on yet another role after she was packed with thousands of concentration camp prisoners.

The British Royal Air Force mistakenly destroyed the ship, and nearly all of the prisoners were killed.

Written and directed by Liev Schreiber and starring Elijah Wood, Everything Is Illuminated is a charming and thoughtful film based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. The story focuses on a young Jewish man who goes in search of the woman who saved his father during the Holocaust.

“Profound in the way that life is profound in hindsight, its view of the past both fixed in history and mutable in the telling. And it’s exquisitely tender.” – The Houston Chronicle Sponsored by Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival

Robert P. Watson has unearthed forgotten records, conducted interviews and accessed diaries and oral histories to expose the story of one of history’s worst maritime disasters.

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Jonathan Safran Foer Book Talk Here I Am

$12 ($10 for JCC members) Co-sponsored by the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus

Here I Am is Jonathan Safran Foer’s searching, hard-hitting and entertaining novel that recalls one of the most powerful scenes in the Torah. (When God calls, “Abraham!” before ordering him to sacrifice his son, Abraham responds, “Here I am.”) Unfolding over four weeks in Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a family in crisis. Jacob and Julia Bloch and their three sons confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are truly living when an earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the meaning of home ― and the fundamental question of how much aliveness one can bear.

Thursday, November 3 Day Underwritten by Barbara & Douglas Bloom

10 a.m. I Janice Charach Gallery Book Fair Preview Panel

With Tara Hayes, Ph.D., Sharon Schwartz and Connie Silver

Too many books to choose from? Hear our local book experts rave about their hot picks. Recommended books will be available with a special discount on this day only.

$12 ($10 for JCC members) Movie and Author Talk Co-sponsored by Adat Shalom Synagogue, Sisterhood of Adat Shalom

Light breakfast will be provided by the Anti-Defamation League.

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Thursday, November 3 continued

Lisa F. Smith Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir

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Louis Grumet The Curious Case of Kiryas Joel: The Rise of a Village Theocracy and the Battle to Defend the Separation of Church and State

Instead of a cup of coffee, Lisa F. Smith began her day with a bottle of wine and three lines of cocaine. Only then could she head off to work at the high-pressure, international firm where she practiced corporate law.

Twenty years ago, in the middle of the night and on the last day of session, the New York State Legislature created a publicly funded school district to cater to the small village of Kiryas Joel. Virtually everyone who lives there is a Satmar Jew, and the village exerts extraordinary pressure over both political parties.

How had it come to this? Smith was born into a middle-class Jewish family, was an excellent student in college and was recruited right out of school. Yet by the time she was 25 she was drinking all day.

Girl Walks Out of a Bar is a witty, honest account of a smart woman who hid her alcohol and cocaine addiction from her co-workers and friends.

Marking the first time in American history that a governmental unit was established for a religious group, the legislature’s action prompted years of litigation.

Lisa will present her story with Lisa Kaplan of the Henry Ford Maplegrove Center for substance abuse.

Co-sponsored by Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House

The case, Board of Education of the Village of Kiryas Joel v. Grumet, eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court and became the most important legal precedent in the fight to uphold the separation of church and state.

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Larry Olmsted Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating & What You Can Do About It

The Curious Case of Kiryas Joel details the inside story of this fight for the First Amendment and against New York’s most powerful politicians.

Fish reeking with chemicals and drugs (many of which, for health reasons, are illegal in the United States), topped with fake oil and wood pulp. Sound tasty?

$12 ($10 for JCC members) Co-sponsored by the Jewish Bar Association of Michigan (JBAM)

That’s exactly what you may be ingesting when you eat your next meal of “wild caught” salmon topped with extra-virgin olive oil and a shaving of Parmesan cheese.

Friday, November 4 HEALTH AWARENESS DAY

Day Underwritten by Sallyjo and H. Barry Levine

Fish, wine, beef, cheese, honey and even coffee are only a few of the foods that are regularly mislabeled, adulterated and swapped for cheaper products every day in this country. Real Food/Fake Food invites readers into the seedy underbelly of food fakery, revealing the truth about favorite foods and the deceptive practices behind them.

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Mache Seibel, M.D. The Estrogen Window: The Breakthrough Guide to Being Healthy, Energized, and Hormonally Balanced – Through Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond When to take it. How much. Whether to take it at all. Estrogen has baffled women and physicians alike after a national study reported that it could lead to an increased risk of heart disease and cancer.

o-sponsored by Congregation B’nai Moshe, JCC Women’s Executive C Health Club, Sisterhood of Congregation B’nai Moshe

Now, one of America’s leading experts on women’s wellness and menopause unveils the results of his groundbreaking research on hormone therapy.

Please help the Henry & Delia Meyers Library and Media Center grow!

The Estrogen Window provides much-needed, comprehensive information about why estrogen therapy is valuable, the health benefits it provides, the best types of therapy and when it should be taken.

Purchase and donate a book of your choice at Book Fair To thank you, we will add a personalized bookplate

Sponsored by Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Maimonides Society

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Saturday, November 5

the world’s 21 most popular sports are presented in a single volume, written in an engaging style and filled with fascinating facts and trivia (Who introduced dribbling in basketball? How long have concessions been part of football?).

This is the ultimate book for the thinking fan and for anyone who wants more ammo for one-upping family and co-workers!

PATRON NIGHT

Generously sponsored by DeRoy Testamentary Foundation

6:45 p.m. I Marion & David Handleman Hall Patron Reception

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Ben Mezrich (Author Talk) Once Upon a Time in Russia

Co-sponsored by JCC Men’s Executive Health Club

Boris Berezovsky was a mathematician who managed a car-reselling business. Roman Abramovich was a mechanic who sold imported rubber ducks from his home. Together, the two men built a multi-billion-dollar oil and aluminum empire as they battled their way through the chaos of post-Soviet Russia.

11:30 a.m. I Marion & David Handleman Hall Ann Arbor!

Ari Weinzweig Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading, Part 4: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to the Power of Beliefs in Business

Once Upon a Time is a true story of wealth, rivalry and betrayal among mega-wealthy Russians - and its international repercussions. Ben Mezrich goes behind the scenes of the metioric rise of the Russian oligarchs and of Vladimir Putin.

In 1982, Ari Weinzweig – with a $20,000 bank loan, a Russian history degree and four years of experience washing dishes, cooking and managing restaurant kitchens – co-founded a small deli in Ann Arbor. Today, Zingerman’s is a nationally known icon that includes 10 businesses with more than 750 employees and $55 million in annual revenue.

$12 ($10 for JCC members) Author Talk is open to the public.

8:30 p.m. I Marion & David Handleman Hall Patron Dinner

The Patron Reception and Dinner are reserved for Book Fair patrons.

To become a patron, please contact Linda Levy: 248.432.5652 or llevy@jccdet.org.

At the same time, Zingerman’s is an active part of the community, donating 10% of its annual income to local organizations and non-profits. In his latest Guide to Good Leading, Weinzweig draws on his own .. experience, plus ideas from figures like Anais Nin and Viktor Frankel, to provide a guide with creative, thoughtful and fresh ideas for anyone in business.

Sunday, November 6 Day Underwritten by Andi & Larry Wolfe

SPORTS MORNING AT THE J, with bagels and coffee with Michael Rosenbaum and Gary Belsky

10 a.m. I Janice Charach Gallery

12:15 p.m. I Marion & David Handleman Hall

Michael Rosenbaum Wolverine: A Photographic History of Michigan Football, Vol. I

Jon Milan and Gail Offen Iconic Restaurants of Ann Arbor

From Pizza Bob’s to Krazy Jim’s to Zingerman’s, Ann Arbor has some of the most iconic restaurants in Michigan. And whether it’s pizza or beer, the city’s residents have definite ideas about which eatery serves the best.

Tom Brady, Charles Woodson, Denard Robinson, Bo Schembechler: The might and majesty of Michigan football is captured in more than 1,000 rare and unpublished photographs from five thrilling seasons: 1925, 1947, 1969, 1997 and 2011. You’ve never seen the story of the Wolverine gridiron told like this. Fans include U-M head coach Jim Harbaugh, who called it “a great book!”

Come along on a delicious journey into the city’s favorite dining spots, some of which have been around for many years. Along the way, learn fascinating information about Ann Arbor, food and drinks, and hear the story of one of the most unusual series of laws related to the campus district and prohibition.

10:45 a.m. I Janice Charach Gallery

Gary Belsky On the Origins of Sports: The Early History and Original Rules of Everybody’s Favorite Games

Co-sponsored by Bookstock, Hazan, David-Horodoker Organization and JCC Center Travel

The world’s passion for sports has started wars, emptied treasuries, ended marriages and set cities aflame. Fans spend hundreds of dollars on tickets, devote entire weekends to watching games and argue with colleagues over the greatest athlete of all time.

For the first time, the original rules, history and miscellany of

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4 p.m. I Janice Charach Gallery

Adina Hoffman Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City

1 p.m. I Shalom Street Museum Book Fair at Shalom Street!

Jerusalem would not be the city it is today were it not for three architects: Erich Mendelsohn, who had daring visions in design and politics; the mysterious Spyro Houris, who left behind stately structures but little evidence that he existed; and Austin St. Barbe Harrison, the reserved but quietly inspired British expat.

Lisa Rose Shmulik Paints the Town

Book reading with PJ Library author Lisa Rose, plus a fun Shalom Street painting project!

Israeli Independence Day is coming up, and the mayor is planning a spectacular celebration.

To prepare for the festivities, he asks Shmulik to paint a mural.

As she traces these three remarkable lives, Adina Hoffman also paints a rich and compelling picture of Jerusalem, a city where layers of history and meaning are piled atop each other hiding in plain sight, where identity is dynamic and complex, where the streets hold stories of passion, intrigue and surprise.

Shmulik agrees, but then he can’t decide what to paint. Instead, he looks for inspiration in the clouds, the trees and his own dreams.

Meanwhile, Shmulik’s dog Ezra takes the painting job into his own hands (or paws) and gets the park ready for Yom Ha’aztmaut (Israel Independence Day)! Shmulik Paints the Town is a delightful story about friendship, cooperation and doing your best. (Ages 5-10)

Sponsored by Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds Co-sponsored by Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies, Wayne State University, WISDOM, Young Israel of Oak Park

1:45 p.m. I Shalom Street Museum Darcee Hope Matlen Moshe & Asa

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Kenneth L. Marcus The Definition of Anti-Semitism

Asa is a Holocaust survivor who made a beautiful life for himself and his family in Detroit. At 91 years old, he met a sweet 2-year old named Sacha, and the two instantly became best pals. This is the story of their friendship, with valuable lessons on kindness and overcoming hardship. (Ages 8-12)

College students who say that they have nothing against Jews; Zionism is the problem.

A Jewish presidential candidate who labels Israel “an apartheid state.”

Henry Ford – who chronicled the “Jewish menace” in his newspaper but admired his neighbor Rabbi Leo Franklin and sent him a new car every year.

Proceeds from the book are donated to autism-based charities.

Co-sponsored by Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit

What did it mean to be anti-Semitic 1,000 years ago, 100 years ago – and what does it mean today?

2:30 p.m. I Marion & David Handleman Hall

After exploring how the definition of the term has evolved throughout history, Kenneth Marcus’s important work considers a legal analysis of the meaning of the word, current debate about what it means to be anti-Semitic and the delicate line that separates anti-Zionism from anti-Semitism.

Rabbi Benjamin Shalva Spiritual Cross-Training: Searching Through Silence, Stretch, and Song

On a quest for enlightenment, 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. Using lessons gained through years of religious exploration, Rabbi Shalva offers simple, powerful ways to help others connect with their spiritual selves - whether in a house of worship, a yoga studio, sitting in traffic or even working late at the office. In this honest and funny memoir, he discusses “spiritual cross-training in three simple steps”: silence, stretch and song.

Co-sponsored by StandWithUs-Michigan

Have we got a sweetART of a deal for you!

All purchases at the Janice Charach Gallery are

Join us for an hour of celebration, learning and self-exploration. Be sure to wear comfortable clothing that allows for easy movement.

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Stop in and see our beautiful collection of paintings, jewelry, gifts and more!

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This true story remains filled with mysteries and is the inspiration behind Alyson Richman’s new novel. How did Marthe, the daughter of a laundress, come to live in such opulence? Why was she the subject of a work

by Boldini? Who was Solange Beaugiron, and why did she never return to the Paris apartment?

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Chanan Tigay The Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt for the World’s Oldest Bible

Co-sponsored by the Henry & Delia Meyers Library and Media Center/ Joan & Dr. Robert Jampel

In 1883, a bearded man with luxurious hair walked into the British Museum and announced that he had an extraordinary item for sale.

3 p.m. I Janice Charach Gallery

Appearing at Book Fair: Carolyn Daitch

Carolyn Daitch and Lissah Lorberbaum The Road to Calm Workbook: Life-Changing Tools to Stop Runaway Emotions

Moses Shapira was a convert to Christianity who had once been a leading antiquities dealer in Jerusalem. But a terrible scandal had destroyed his business, and now Shapira was left with no choice but to sell, for one million pounds, his greatest find: the world’s oldest copy of the Bible. So begins a fascinating true account that reads like a classic detective story. At its heart is a curious, devious, tragic man and a mysterious document that was denounced as a fake - but may have been exactly what Shapira said it was.

Stress, anxiety and life’s daily challenges leave many with a sense that they are being overwhelmed by feelings (“emotional flooding”). Carolyn Daitch and Lissah Lorberbaum offer guidelines to help anyone develop the skills needed to dial down reactivity, practice mindfulness and focus positively on the future.

$12 ($10 for JCC members) Co-sponsored by Melton Detroit & FedEd, SAJE

The first section of the book helps readers understand when and why emotional flooding occurs. The second section gives instructions for “daily stress inoculations,” a practice for relaxing and lowering emotional reactivity.

By following the program, readers can develop resilience, well-being and freedom from the emotional patterns that create suffering and damage relationships.

Monday, November 7 Day Underwritten by Esther & Neal Zalenko

11 a.m. I Janice Charach Gallery Claudia Kalb Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History’s Great Personalities

Anonymous Sponsor

7:30 p.m. I Marion & David Handleman Hall BOOK CLUB NIGHT

Einstein was a bit quirky; but did he actually have autism? Marilyn Monroe never showed up to work on time and had profound insecurities; was she suffering from borderline personality disorder?

Meet-and-Greet and Dessert Reception Event

Boris Fishman Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo

Claudia Kalb looks through the lens of modern psychology to consider the lives of 12 leading figures in fields from entertainment to philosophy. Using historical documents, biographies and interviews, she provides an intriguing look at some of the most influential figures of our time.

When a Montana teen leaves her son with adoptive parents Maya and Alex, her final words to them are: “Don’t let my baby do rodeo.”

Eight years later, Max is an enchanting and mystifying boy whom his Russian immigrant parents adore. When he suddenly begins consorting with wild animals, eating grass and running away to sit face down in a river, Maya and Alex decide to return to the boy’s roots in an effort to understand his odd behavior. In their first-ever drive west of New Jersey, the couple begin a cross-country trip to Montana. Along the way, Maya becomes illuminated by the journey, her own erstwhile wildness summoned for a reckoning by the unsparing landscape, with seismic consequences for herself and her family.

Co-sponsored by JCC’s The Active Life (TAL)

1:30 p.m. I Janice Charach Gallery Alyson Richman The Velvet Hours

In 1942, Solange Beaugiron closed the doors to her Paris apartment and fled the Nazis, never to return. Seventy years later, after Solange’s death, the apartment was opened.

Inside was the elegance of another era: lavish furniture and tapestries, taxidermied animals and a portrait of Marthe de Florian, Solange’s grandmother, by Giovanni Boldini.

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$37 ($35 for JCC members) – Speaker, book and dessert reception $20 ($18 for JCC members) – Speaker and dessert reception only Reservations required by Monday, October 31 Co-sponsored by Bookies Book Club

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Tuesday, November 8

Wednesday, November 9

Day Underwritten by Rona Rones

Day underwritten by Raymond & Atara Zimmerman Philantropic Fund

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KRISTALLNACHT REMEMBRANCE DAY

Cooking Demonstration and Tasting

Honoring the memory of Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), Nobel Laureate, professor, political activist, Holocaust survivor and author of Night, an unforgettable account of the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

Ina Pinkney Ina’s Kitchen: Memories and Recipes from the Breakfast Queen It was the only place to go when you were craving Heavenly Hots, or maybe just a great plate of pancakes with sour cream and fruit compote.

11 a.m. I Janice Charach Gallery

Book Fair presentation by Jamie Wraight, Ph.D.

Moriz Scheyer (1886-1949) Asylum: A Survivor’s Flight from Nazi-Occupied Vienna Through Wartime France

Ina Pinkney had been feeding Chicago for more than 30 years when, three years ago, the “Breakfast Queen” closed her restaurant.

At last, Pinkney’s famed recipes are here for anyone to recreate – along with Pinkney’s memories of growing up in Brooklyn, feeding thousands of happy diners and what it’s really like to operate a restaurant.

In 1943, Moriz Scheyer began drafting an account of his wartime experiences: a tense, moving, at times almost miraculous story of flight and persecution in Austria and France.

Once an editor at Vienna’s leading newspaper, Scheyer brought his critical and emotional voice to bear on his own experiences: Vienna at the Anschluss; Paris pre-war and under Nazi occupation; two periods of incarceration in French concentration camps; contact with the Resistance; a failed attempt at escape to Switzerland; and a dramatic rescue followed by clandestine life in a mental asylum run by Franciscan nuns.

$12 ($10 for JCC members) includes tasting Reservations required by Tuesday, November 1 Co-sponsored by IRP (Institute for Retired Professionals)

1:30 p.m. I Janice Charach Gallery Betsy Lerner The Bridge Ladies: A Memoir

The “Bridge Ladies” were the women Betsy Lerner’s mother gathered with every Monday for lunch and a game. They were all Jewish, dressed in sweater sets and were full-time homemakers.

Co-sponsored by Hidden Children and Child Survivors of Michigan

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Many years later, Lerner returns to her childhood home where the women still play bridge.

Joel E. Dimsdale, M.D. Anatomy of Malice: The Enigma of the Nazi War Criminals

In an effort to better understand her mother, Lerner sits down with the Bridge Ladies, learns to play the game and discovers a generation of women who were brave and dedicated to a strict code of conduct. Readers of all ages (bridge players or not) will be drawn into this touching, true story about mothers and daughters, friendship, growing old and the need to be loved.

Before the start of the Nuremburg Trials, most people were certain that Nazi leaders were depraved psychopaths. But when the interviews and psychological tests were completed, the answer was no longer so clear.

Dr. Joel Dimsdale uses the latest developments in psychiatry, psychology and The Enigma of the Nazi War Criminals neuroscience to take a new look at four of the men on trial Joel e. dimsdale at Nuremberg: Robert Ley, Hermann Göring, Julius Streicher and Rudolf Hess. His surprising findings include a remarkably broad spectrum of pathology, taking readers on a complex and troubling quest to make sense of the most extreme evil.

Co-sponsored by Friends of Jewish Senior Life, Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood

Help keep refugees warm!

The Anti-Defamation League of Metropolitan Detroit and the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees, in cooperation with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, are collecting coats, boots and other items for winter to be donated to refugees in Greece, Turkey, Jordan and Syria.

Please bring gently used or new blankets, sleeping bags, winter boots, coats and jackets, hats and gloves in any size, for children or adults. Bins for donations will be available throughout Book Fair.

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Thursday, November 10 Noon I Marion & David Handleman Hall LUNCH WITH THE AUTHORS

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Book Fair appearance by David Kinney

Robert K. Wittman and David Kinney The Devil’s Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich

Marie Benedict and Irina Reyn

Marie Benedict The Other Einstein

The diary of one of the world’s most evil men had vanished.

Mileva Maric was the only female physics major at the Polytechnic in Zurich, where she met – and fell in love with – a classmate named Albert Einstein.

Alfred Rosenberg was considered the “chief philosopher” of the Third Reich and was one of the main authors of Nazi ideology. Between 1934 and 1944, he kept a private journal that offered a remarkable look at one of the most tumultuous times in history.

The two wrote numerous letters to each other which they filled with information about their families, sentiments of affection and a great deal of talk about physics.

Eventually, Albert and Mileva married and had children.

It contained details of secret documents about the “Jewish question;” plans for the massive collection of great art the Nazis had stolen; and it revealed Rosenberg’s views on other Third Reich leaders.

When they were courting, Einstein promised Mileva that he would always treat her as an equal in both love and work. But did he?

The last anyone had seen of the journal was at the Nuremberg Trials. But then it landed in the hands of a prosecutor’s mistress and an eccentric professor. An elaborate game of cat-and-mouse ensued until the diary was finally secured.

Marie Benedict’s insightful novel imagines the world that Mileva inhabited and makes a case that this remarkable woman was critical to Einstein’s success.

The Devil’s Diary is the true story of the hunt for a WWII document that offers a unique account of the Nazi rise to power and the genesis of the Holocaust.

Irina Reyn The Imperial Wife

Co-sponsored by C.H.A.I.M. – Children of Holocaust Survivors in Michigan, Voice/Vision Archive and the Mardigian Library at U-M Dearborn

Tanya Kagan is about to make the biggest sale of her career. A specialist in Russian art at a leading New York auction house, she is trying to entice oligarchs in Russia to bid on the Order of Saint Catherine.

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Neal Bascomb The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb

At the same time, Tanya is dealing with the biggest mystery of her own life: the sudden departure of her husband.

It’s 1942, and the Nazis are desperate to build an atomic bomb. All they need is deuterium oxide, also known as heavy water.

Vermork is the lone plant that makes this rare substance, and it is located in a remote valley in Norway.

When questions arise over the provenance of the Order, the story sweeps readers into history, to the original owner of the priceless artifact: Catherine the Great, the infamous 18th-century empress who, it turns out, faced many of the same issues Tanya wrestles with in her life.

The Imperial Wife is a suspenseful novel and a provocative look at whether female ambition – at work and in the home - is regarded any differently today than it was in the past.

The Allies are determined to destroy Vermork. But how can they reach a castle atop a massive gorge in a country controlled

by Hitler? Enter a Norwegian scientist, the British Special Operations and an unforgettable collection of patriots.

$30 ($25 for JCC members), includes luncheon Reservations required by Thursday, November 3 Co-sponsored by National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section, West Bloomfield Township Public Library

The Winter Fortress is an epic, thrilling, true story of the greatest act of sabotage in WWII - and one that altered the course of the war. $12 ($10 for JCC members) Co-sponsored by Temple Israel

To become a Book Fair Patron, contact Linda Levy at 248.432.5652 or llevy@jccdet.org.

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Thursday, November 10 continued

Friday, November 11

6 p.m. I The Berman IRWIN SHAW NIGHT

Day Underwritten by Rona Rones

Dana H. Allin and Steven N. Simon Our Separate Ways: The Struggle for the Future of the U.S.– Israel Alliance

Adam Levin Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves

BREAKFAST AND BRILLIANT IDEAS!

Book Fair appearance by Steven N. Simon

7:30 a.m. I Marion & David Handleman Hall

The U.S.-Israel alliance is on the path to being irrevocably transformed – and very possibly not for the better.

Some 18 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2015, according to the Department of Justice. If you have a bank account, use a credit card or access social media, if you own a business, have health insurance or buy anything online – you are at risk. Is there any way to protect yourself?

So say two of the world’s shrewdest political analysts, Dana Allin and Steven Simon, whose new book takes a look at how these once close allies are drifting apart. The authors discuss the effects of the painfully strained relationship between Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama; what a new U.S. presidency will mean for the future; and whether American support is no longer the best choice for Israel, which might instead look to Russia, China and India.

The chair and founder of IDT911, one of the largest theft management companies in the country, and co-founder of Credit.com, Adam Levin is an expert in cybersecurity, identity management and identity theft resolution.

In Swiped, an Amazon best seller, he provides practical suggestions to help you understand what you need to protect yourself, your family, your business, your identity and your sanity.

This provocative, insightful and engaging book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of the United States and Israel.

Co-sponsored by Ameinu Detroit, Anti-Defamation League, JCRC/AJC: A Partnership for Advocacy and Community

$15 ($12 for JCC members), includes breakfast Sponsor a table for $200 Reservations required by Friday, November 4

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10 a.m. I Janice Charach Gallery

Uri Bar-Joseph The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel

Lynda Cohen Loigman The Two-Family House

It’s 1947 at a two-family brownstone in Brooklyn where, in the middle of a terrible blizzard, two babies are born just moments apart.

Ashraf Marwan was intelligent and charming, the son-in-law of Egyptian President Gamal Nasser and one of President Anwar Sadat’s closest advisors. He was also a spy for Israel “the best source we have ever had,” according to former Mossad Chief Zvi Zamir. In 2007, weeks after his work on behalf of Israel was confirmed, Marwan died under mysterious circumstances when he fell from the balcony of his elegant home in London.

Though the mothers could not be more different - Rose is quiet and dutiful, and Helen is warm and busy with her four boys – the two support each other, bound together by that one unforgettable night.

But slowly the friendship begins to change, and no one knows why.

The Angel is a riveting look at an elusive and daring man, the surprising factors that motivated him and the astonishing information he was able to provide to Israel. It also gives an insider’s view of the complicated world of Middle East espionage.

Told from multiple perspectives, The Two-Family House is a story of choices, family and forgiveness, all entwined in a single secret.

Sponsored by Hadassah of Greater Detroit Co-sponsored by Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood, Sholem Aleichem Institute/A Cultural Organization

$12 ($10 for JCC members) Sponsored by ZOA-Michigan Region

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! Are you a Michigan native who has moved out of state? Would you like to join the JCC but have yet to find the right membership for you? We’d love to tell you about our NEW Community membership!

JCC Community members make monthly contributions that directly support JCC programs, like Book Fair.

In return, they receive discounts on select ticketed events, as well as reduced rates on JCC Recreational and Fitness day passes. Community membership contributions may also be used to send tribute cards.

To learn more, please visit jccdet.org/community or call 248.432.5418.

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9 p.m. I The Berman

Friday, November 11 continued

Film: For the Love of Spock

11:30 a.m. I Janice Charach Gallery

A tender (but logical) look at the memorable Vulcan and the actor who first played him, “For the Love of Spock” is a film by Adam Nimoy, Leonard’s son. It features narration by Zachary Quinto and includes interviews with fans, the cast and crew of “Star Trek.”

Ayelet Tsabari The Best Place on Earth: Stories

Where is the best place on Earth?

The characters in Ayelet Tsabari’s debut collection are travelers, immigrants and restless souls looking for some place to feel at home.

$12 ($10 for JCC members) Film only Mark Altman presentation and film “For the Love of Spock”: $19 ($16 for JCC members) Co-sponsored by JCC’s Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival

Eleven spellbinding stories focus on mothers and children, soldiers and bohemians, lovers and best friends. There are tales of a man surprised to discover his former free-spirited girlfriend is now Orthodox; a woman who visits her daughter and is stunned to see how her grandson is being raised; a boy who writes poetry in a bomb shelter; and two estranged sisters who try to recapture the bond they had as children.

Sunday, November 13 10 a.m. - noon I Janice Charach Gallery READ IN DETROIT

Come enjoy a morning with our local authors.

Moderated by Sid Simon of the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan Light refreshments will be provided.

Tsabari’s stories are absorbing and surprising as they reflect the burdens of history and the universal desire to belong.

Elizabeth Applebaum: In the Museum of Yearnings, and The Mournful Things That Lay Claim to Our Heart Esther Sokolov Fine: Raising Peacemakers Natalie Freed: A Table Between Us Ellen Gendelman: Missing Peace Laurice LaZebnik: Minnie’s Potatoes Donald Levin: Guilt in Hiding Dina Routin: Ascending David Reich: Am I a Soldier Yet? Suzanne Stoica: Reluctant Healer Gregory D. Sumner: Detroit in World War II Ruchie Weisberg: Kaddish for my Mother Arthur Wiggins: Human Side of Science: Edison and Tesla, Watson and Crick, and Other Personal Stories behind Science’s Big Ideas (with Charles M. Wynn Sr.)

Co-sponsored by Congregation Beth Ahm Sisterhood, Temple Israel Sisterhood

Saturday, November 12 Day Underwritten by Elaine & Michael Serling

GO WHERE NO BOOK FAIR HAS GONE BEFORE!

7:30 p.m. I The Berman

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

Sponsored by Jewish Historical Society of Michigan

“An absolute must for any Star Trek fan” (Kirkus Reviews) and “[for] anyone who wants a better understanding of how television and film production works.” (Booklist)

Noon I Janice Charach Gallery Steven Gaines One of These Things First: A Memoir

The Fifty-Year Mission is the definitive oral history of the show that boldly took viewers where no man had gone before. This is the story of “Star Trek” from those who know it best: the cast, executives, writers and creators.

One of These Things First is Steven Gaines’s unflinchingly honest, touching and very funny story of growing up gay in Brooklyn, where his grandfather lived with both his wife and mistress; where his only confidant was a lonely woman dying of MS; where he was mercilessly teased but found solace in a second-run movie theatre.

Altman’s presentation will focus on the cultural impact, history and enduring appeal of “Star Trek,” as well as the influence of Jewish culture on the formative stages of the show. He also will share previously unknown stories about the behind-the-scenes making of every incarnation of the franchise, supplementing his presentation with clips, rare photos and memos.

From the best-selling author of Philistines at the Hedgerow

One of These Things First a memoir

STEVEN GAINES

After a suicide attempt, 15-year-old Steven agreed to go to a mental institution – but only a fancy one – where he met another collection of odd characters including a fashion editor who may have had an affair with JFK, a doctor who tries to “cure” him of his homosexuality and a Broadway producer who tells him: “Write it all down.”

$12 ($10 for JCC members)

Co-sponsored by the Jewish Gay Network of Michigan

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3 p.m. I Janice Charach Gallery

Sunday, November 13 continued

Rabbi David Eliezrie The Secret of Chabad: Inside the world’s most successful Jewish movement

1:30 p.m. I Janice Charach Gallery Eric Trager Arab Fall

How does a collection of Brooklyn-based, black-hatted, bearded rabbis become a billion-dollar powerhouse?

The Muslim Brotherhood is one of Egypt’s most infamous organizations. How did it win power so quickly after the “Arab Spring” - and then fall even more quickly, culminating with the military coup that toppled Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi in 2013?

Chabad has the fastest-growing Jewish network in the world, with representatives who often leave large Jewish communities to settle in the most unlikely of places like Siberia, Mumbai and Boise. And despite the death more than 20 years ago of its most influential leader – the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson – Chabad has not only survived; it has flourished.

Arab Fall examines the Brotherhood’s decisionmaking throughout this critical period.

Based on extensive research and interviews with dozens of Brotherhood leaders and cadres including Morsi, Trager explains how the very organizational characteristics that helped the Brotherhood win power also contributed to its downfall.

Through first-hand accounts, Rabbi Eliezrie takes readers inside the lives of the men and women of Chabad and its nearly 1,000 centers in North America. He also considers the increasing numbers of men and women who do not identify as Orthodox yet choose to affiliate with the group.

2 p.m. I Shalom Street Museum BOOK FAIR AT SHALOM STREET!

5 p.m. I Janice Charach Gallery

Daniel Bergner Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family

Doris Rubenstein The Journey of a Dollar

Ryan Speedo Green grew up in a bulletriddled house across the street from a drug dealer’s headquarters. When he was 4, he saw his mother ready to stab his father. In elementary school, he was in a program for uncontrollable kids. When Ryan was in 6th grade, the police took him away in shackles.

Inspired by their former Peace Corps volunteer/teacher, a class decides to send money to a school in a remote village in the Andes.

A student named Elliot is excited to be a part of it, but is puzzled as to how the money will get from his hands to a faraway land.

His mom guides him through an imaginary journey, connecting him with hundreds of other kids from across the country in an effort to get their dollars to Ecuador.

Then when he was 15, Ryan heard Denyce Graves perform in “Carmen.” The music, and two teachers who recognized something in Ryan that he couldn’t see in himself, changed his life.

Along the way, Elliot learns about banking, nonprofit organizations, geography and how charitable effort really does reach people in need, and that, in the end, they’re a lot like him!

This is an unforgettable, true story of a journey from a place of despair to stardom at the finest opera houses in the world, of powerful racial complexity, about believing in dreams no matter the odds.

Illustrated by Huntington Woods resident Howard Fridson, also famous for his role as supervisor of Author Camp at JCC Day Camps. (Ages 8-12)

Co-sponsored by Repair the World

7 p.m. I JET - Jewish Ensemble Theatre “Rights of Passage”

Presented by the Jewish Ensemble Theatre and Annual Jewish Book Fair, this premiere of “Rights of Passage” was written by JET Playwright-in-Residence, Kitty Dubin. With a blend of laugh-out-loud comedy and heartfelt drama, “Rights of Passage” explores the defining moments in the journey of life from a brit to shiva. The outstanding ensemble features Sandra Birch, Fred Buchalter, Brian Michael Ogden, Meredith Deighton, Julia Glander and Jamie Warrow.

Performance followed by discussion with Kitty Dubin.

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B O O K FA I R AT A G L A N C E Program

Cost (JCC member)

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6 p.m.

Howard Blum

Free

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Date and Time Wednesday, November 2

Thursday, November 3

Friday, November 4 Saturday, November 5

Sunday, November 6

8 p.m.

Robert Watson, Ph.D.

$12 ($10)

3

10 a.m.

Book Review Panel

Free

3

Noon

Lunch and Learn - Rabbi David Fohrman

$22 ($18)

3

2 p.m.

People of the Coloring Book (price includes book)

$12 ($10)

3

4 p.m.

4 p.m. Everything Is Illuminated (film) 6 p.m. Book talk with Jonathan Safran Foer

(For both programs)

Jonathan Safran Foer Event

$12 ($10)

3

8 p.m.

Louis Grumet

$12 ($10)

4

10 a.m.

Health Awareness Day - Mache Seibel, M.D.

Free

4

11:30 a.m.

Lisa F. Smith

Free

4

1 p.m.

Larry Olmsted

Free

4

7:30 p.m.

Patron Night - Ben Mezrich

$12 ($10)

5

10 a.m.

Sports morning - Michael Rosenbaum, Gary Belsky

Free

5

11:30 a.m.

Ann Arbor! - Ari Weinzweig, Gail Offen, Jon Milan

Free

5

1 p.m.

Children’s program - Lisa Rose

Free

6

1:45 p.m.

Children’s program - Darcee Hope Matlen

Free

6

2:30 p.m.

Singing, Stretching and Silence with the Tamarack Rabbi Rabbi Ben Shalva

Free

6

4 p.m.

Adina Hoffman

Free

6

6 p.m.

Kenneth L. Marcus

Free

6

8 p.m.

Chanan Tigay

$12 ($10)

7

11 a.m.

Claudia Kalb

Free

7

1:30 p.m.

Alyson Richman

Free

7

3 p.m.

Carolyn Daitch

Free

7

7:30 p.m.

Book Club Night meet & greet and dessert reception - Boris Fishman

$20 event; $37 book & event ($18 event; $35 book & event)

7

11 a.m.

Cooking demonstration and tasting with Chicago’s Breakfast Queen Ina Pinkney

$12 ($10)

8

1:30 p.m.

Betsy Lerner

Free

8

11 a.m.

Scholar talk on Asylum - Jamie Wraight, Ph.D.

Free

8

Wednesday, November 9

1:30 p.m.

Joel Dimsdale

Free

8

Kristallnacht Remembrance Day

6 p.m.

David Kinney

Free

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8 p.m.

Neal Bascomb

$12 ($10)

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Noon

Lunch with the Authors - Marie Benedict, Irina Reyn

$30 ($25)

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Monday, November 7

Tuesday, November 8

Thursday, November 10 Irwin Shaw Night

Friday, November 11

Saturday, November 12

Sunday, November 13

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6 p.m.

Steven N. Simon

Free

10

8 p.m.

Uri Bar-Joseph

$12 ($10)

10

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Brilliant Ideas! - Adam Levin

$15 ($12)

10

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Brilliant Ideas! - Sponsor a table of 10

$200

10

10 a.m.

Lynda Cohen Loigman

Free

10

11:30 a.m.

Ayelet Tsabari

Free

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7:30 p.m.

Mark A. Altman

$12/ ($10)

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9 p.m.

Film - For the Love of Spock

$12 ($10)

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An evening of Star Trek – Altman and film

$19 ($16)

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10 a.m.

Read in Detroit: Local Authors

Free

11

Noon

Steven Gaines

Free

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1:30 p.m.

Eric Trager

Free

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2 p.m.

Children’s Program - The Journey of a Dollar - Doris Rubenstein

Free

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3 p.m.

Rabbi David Eliezrie

Free

12

5 p.m.

Daniel Bergner

Free

12

7 p.m.

Play: Rights of Passage - Kitty Dubin

For ticket information: 248.788.2900 or cbremer@jettheatre.org

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Thank You to Our Sponsors The JCC’s Annual Jewish Book Fair is one of Metro Detroit’s premier cultural events, featuring best-selling authors in fiction and non-fiction, plus politicians, entertainers, historians, leading chefs, Pulitzer Prize winners and talented local authors.

We would not be able to host Book Fair without the generous support of our sponsors.

PUBLISHERS The Baronette Renaissance* Bookstock – Used Book & Media Sale DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Hour Detroit

EDITORS Credit Union ONE*

DAY UNDERWRITERS

Barbara & Douglas Bloom* Nancy & James Grosfeld* Sallyjo & H. Barry Levine* Rona Rones* Elaine & Michael Serling* Andi & Larry Wolfe* Esther & Neal Zalenko* Raymond & Atara Zimmerman Philanthropic Fund*

AUTHORS

Natalie & Manny Charach* Carol & Ronald Fogel* Henry Ford Health System* Terry & Martin Hollander* Sheri & David Jaffa* Sophie Pearlstein*

BOOK LOVERS

American Fireplace Distributors Anonymus Donor Brooklyn Bagel Detroit Roofing Company - Lee Lutz Gail & Steve Fisher Hollander, Ellison & Associates, PC Sue & Alan Jay Kaufman* Cis Maisel Kellman* Jennifer & Mark LoPatin Sandi & Steve Matz

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Pet Nosan* Rosenberg Family Dental Bluma & Robert (z”l) Schechter* Merton Segal* Showfer Books T.H. Rosen Electrical Consultant Tama, Budaj, Raab, PC Cheri & Dean Victor West Bloomfield Nursing Center Judy Yunas

BOOK FAIR AMBASSADORS

(Sponsoring Organizations) Adat Shalom Sisterhood Adat Shalom Synagogue Ameinu Detroit Anti-Defamation League Bookies Book Club

C.H.A.I.M – Children of Holocaust Survivor’s Association in Michigan Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies, Wayne State University Congregation Beth Ahm Sisterhood Congregation Beth Shalom Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood Congregation B’nai Moshe Congregation B’nai Moshe Sisterhood Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House David Horodoker Organization Detroit FedEd & Melton Development Corporation for Israel/ Israel Bonds Federation’s Maimonides Society Friends of Jewish Senior Life Hadassah Greater Detroit Chapter Hazon Henry & Delia Meyers Library & Media Center/Joan & Dr. Robert Jampel* Hidden Children & Child Survivors of Michigan Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman

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Family Campus IRP Janice Charach Gallery JCC Center Travel JCC’s Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival JCC Men’s Executive Health Club JCC’s The Active Life JCC Women’s Executive Health Club Jewish Bar Association of Michigan (JBAM) JCRC/AJC: A Partnership for Advocacy and Community Jewish Ensemble Theatre Jewish Gay Network of Michigan Jewish Historical Society of Michigan Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section ORT America – Michigan Region Partners in Torah Repair the World SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment) Shalom Street Museum Sholem Aleichem Institute StandWithUs-Michigan Temple Israel Temple Israel Sisterhood Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood The Berman Center for the Performing Arts Voice/Vision Archive & the Mardigian Library Wayne State University Press West Bloomfield Township Public Library WISDOM (Women’s Interfaith Solutions for Dialogue & Outreach in Detroit) Young Israel of Oak Park Zionist Organization of American – Michigan Region *JCC Pillars of Light List as of September 19, 2016

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Thank You to the JCC’s Pillars of Light The ongoing annual commitment of our Pillars of Light donors offers leadership and support that are essential to the continued growth of programming at the Jewish Community Center.

Pioneer

Anonymous Donor Madeleine & Mandell Berman Florine Mark

Visionary

Financial One Accounting, Inc. Gretchen & Ethan Davidson Meijer

Pacesetter

Nancy & James Grosfeld Joan & Dr. Robert Jampel Judith & Edward Narens Henrietta & Alvin Weisberg

Innovator

Barbara & Douglas Bloom Natalie & Manny Charach

Jeffrey Charach Credit Union ONE Judith & Irwin Elson Sue & Alan Jay Kaufman Andi & Larry Wolfe

Gloria (z”l) & Marvin Siegel The Westin Southfield Raymond & Atara Zimmerman Philanthropic Fund

Regent

Champion

The Baronette Renaissance Penny & Harold Blumenstein Henry Ford Health System The John & Ella Imerman Foundation Renée & Earl Ishbia Sheri & David Jaffa Cis Maisel Kellman Minkin Family Foundation Northwest Child Rescue Women Sophie Pearlstein The Ravitz Foundation Bluma & Robert (z”l) Schechter

Carol & Ron Fogel Terry & Martin Hollander The Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Support Foundation Kaufman Insurance and Financial Group, LLC Sallyjo & H. Barry Levine Mark/Lis Family Philanthropic Fund Pet Nosan Rona Rones Karen & Todd Sachse Merton Segal Elaine & Michael Serling Sydelle Sonkin Esther & Neal Zalenko

Pillars of Light donate $5,000 or more annually to Jewish Community Center programming

For more information on becoming a Pillar of Light, please call the development department at 248.432.5418

Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit BOOK FAIR COMMITTEE Co-Chairs Terry Hollander Susan Lutz Associate Chairs Helayne Kaplan Jennifer LoPatin Sandi Matz Committee Leslie Bash Roz Blanck Brenda Brook Heidi Budaj Janice Cohen Susie Feldman Nancy Finkel Gail Fisher Carol Weintraub Fogel Vera Gell Shelley Goldin Sarah Gottlieb Wendy Heller-Kippelman Cheryl Kirsch Marilyn Kohen Addie Levine Sallyjo Levine Francine Menken Maida Frank Portnoy Elaine Robins Rona Rones

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Candy Rosen Lauren Rosenberg Sheri Schiff Steve Showfer Pam Siegfried Lynn Silverman Cheri Victor Margie Winston Judy Yunas Linda Zlotoff

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER President Rick Zussman Chair Florine Mark Vice Presidents Howard Iwrey H. Barry Levine Eric Lumberg Mark Rubenfire Nathan Upfal Jeremy Wolfe

Arts, Culture & Education Department Staff Department Director Noemi Herzig

Treasurer Terry Hollander

Book Fair Director Beth Robinson

Secretary Miriam Bergman

Book Fair Associate Director Linda Levy

Executive Committee Members at Large Michael Berger Steve Fisher Carol Weintraub Fogel Ilana Glazier Martin Hollander Scott Small

The Berman Center for the Performing Arts Elaine (Hendriks) Smith, Director Eric W. Maher, Technical Director Bryan Spangler, Front of House Manager

Jessica Bryer, Group Sales Manager Neil Koivu, Master Electrician Kate Peckham, Logistics Coordinator

Board of Directors Barbara Bloom Stacy Brand Jeffrey F. Budaj

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Paul Chaben Carrie Cohen Suzan Curhan Steve Eisenshtadt Lena Epstein Stephen Feldman Dennis Frank Sonia Gonte Karen Gordon Scott Isner Steve Kaplan Howard Katz Alan J. Kaufman Steve Lefkofsky Susan Lutz Jerold R. Minkin Andrew Pass Evelyn Rosen Jared Rothberger Franci Silver Malke Torgow Bubba Urdan Steve Weisberg Immediate Past President Florine Mark Executive Staff Brian D. Siegel, CEO Larry Poupard, CFO Mort Plotnick, Executive Director Emeritus

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Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus 6600 W. Maple Road • West Bloomfield, MI 48322 jccdet.org

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Patron Night featuring

BEN MEZRICH

Saturday, November 5, 2016 PATRON RECEPTION I 6:45 P.M. AUTHOR TALK I 7:30 P.M. PATRON DINNER I 8:30 P.M. Author event tickets available to the public To become a Book Fair patron, please call 248.432.5652.

Book Fair Patron Night generously sponsored by DeRoy Testamentary Foundation