Book Fair Brochure 2006

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34th Annual
JEWISH
book
arts
FAIR
October 29 – November 12, 2006
Underwritten by
The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation
Funded by
The Jewish Community Center of Houston’s
Patrons of the Arts
OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
The Jewish Community Center of Houston
5601 South Braeswood • Houston, Texas 77096
713-729-3200 • www.jcchouston.org
Bookstore Hours
SUN. - THU.
FRI.
SAT.
10:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M.
10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
7:30 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.
Book signing after each program
ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE
RECOMMENDED
ONLINE:
or
IN PERSON:
Visit the JCC Information Desk
or come to the box office 30 minutes prior
to the start of a program.
or
BY PHONE:
Purchase your tickets by calling 713.551.7255
PURCHASE A SERIES TICKET
FOR ADMISSION TO ALL
BOOK & ARTS FAIR PROGRAMS
Use one of the three
options mentioned above.
2006 Jewish Book & Arts Fair Steering Committee
Chair
Susan Farb Morris
Arts and Culture
Steering Committee
Bobbi Samuels, Chair
Book Club Liaison
Barbara Marcus
Bookstore
Volunteer Managers
Evelyn Ballard
Linda Chess
Louise Kershman
Ruth Morris
Sheila Sack
Cynthia Stetzer
Beverly Sufian
Book Selection
Barbara Lindenberg
Brochure
Nancy Parkans Ehrenkranz
Co-Chair
Susan Takiff Schneider
Children Books
and Programs
Ali Katz
Bunny Radoff
Lauri Sack
Patron Campaign
Terry Cominsky
Patron Events
Stella Blumenthal
Carol Samet
Donna Frankoff
Memorial Lecture
David Bell
Program
Norri Leder
Daniel Musher
Films
Barbara Winthrop Rose
Bettina Siegel
Program Volunteers
Marian Daum
Bonnie Cohen
Hospitality
June Pool
Publicity
Glenda Waldman
Hosts
Dita Dafny
Shifra Gardner
Leah Lax
Annette Rosen
Susan Altschuler
Sponsors
Karen Bodner
Lisa Estes
Arlyne Gimble
Sue Goott
Jill Reichman
Ahuva Terk
Music
Janice Rubin
$44 JCC Members/$64 Public
$5 Discount for Seniors/Students
Jewish Community Center
$1 Discount for seniors & students on single tickets
President
Nancy Lerner
Arts and Culture Assistant
Bethany Daniels Shapiro
Development Director
Debra Shniderson
Unless otherwise specified
Book & Arts Fair authors and special presentations
take place in the I.W. Marks Theatre Center
and the Oshman Gymnasium
at the Jewish Community Center
Joe Weingarten Building
Milton Levit Family Campus
5601 South Braeswood
Executive Vice President
Jerry Wische
Bookstore Manager
Barbara Lindenberg
Marketing Manager
Melissa Gordon
Associate Executive Director
Stuart Raynor
Dance Director
Maxine Silberstein
Public Relations
Helaine Brochstein
Program Director
Arts and Culture
Marilyn Hassid
Assistant Dance Director
Linda Gomez
Development Assistant
Leigh Savage
Theatre Manager
Jerry Lynch
Communications Coordinator
Jenna Ayzenshtat
Our Thanks to our Corporate Sponsors
Arts and Culture Program
Coordinator
Jennifer Handy
Sponsoring Organizations
The official hotel for the
2006 Book & Arts Fair
Eden Capital/The Newar Family Foundation
PATRONS
OF THE
A RTS
American Jewish Committee • American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) • American Society for Technion
Anti-Defamation League • B & P One/B & P Connections of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
Robert M. Beren Academy • Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance
Camp Young Judaea - Texas • Chevra Kadisha • Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
Congregation Beth El • Congregation Beth Israel Brotherhood • Congregation Beth Israel Sisterhood
Congregation Beth Rambam • Congregation Beth Yeshurun Brotherhood • Congregation Beth Yeshurun Sisterhood
Congregation Beth Yeshurun Young Adults/Young Couples • Congregation Brith Shalom Adult Education Committee
Congregation Brith Shalom Sisterhood • Congregation Emanu El Sisterhood • Congregation Jewish Community North
Congregation Or Ami • Congregation Shaar Hashalom Sisterhood • Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest
Chabad Lubavitch Outreach of Houston • The Emery/Weiner School • Holocaust Museum Houston
Houston Chapter of Hadassah • Houston Council of Jewish Holocaust Survivors • Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism
Houston Friends of Yiddish • Houston Hillel • Houston Kashruth Association • Inprint • Initiative for Jewish Women
Jewish Family Service • The Jewish Gay and Lesbian Social Group• Jewish Feminist Reading Group
Jewish Information Center of Houston • Meyerland Minyan • Monday Dialogues
National Council of Jewish Women – Greater Houston Section • The Nicole Suchowiecky Foundation of GHCF
Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services • Six Mothers • Temple Beth Torah
United Orthodox Synagogues Adult Education Committee • United Orthodox Synagogues Sisterhood
West Houston Lodge of B’nai B’rith • Women’s Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
Yiddish Vinkel • Young Israel of Houston
Thank you to our Day Chairs
Marsha Abramson • Bernice Blum & Steven Miller • Karen Krinsky Collman • Beverly Fanarof • Sharon Kagan
Haya Kowenski • Marilyn Leiman • Ellen Leventhal • Sheryl Levin • Esther Levine
Ilana Maidenberg-Bell • Ruth Morris • Cookie Portnoy • Ruth Rabie
Naomi Rosner • Sheila Sack • Lisa Torry • Ellen Tractenberg • Phyllis Turkel • Gayle Waldman
Hoffer Furniture
The Jewish Herald-Voice
JTA (www.jta.org)
Thank you to our Set-Up Committee
Janice Aronowitz • Martha Barvin • Sandy Block • Stella Blumenthal • Ellen DeLap • Margie Fields • Arza Funk
Amira Reiter • Shelley Roseman • Marci Baker Turrin • Mignon Wolf
As of print deadline.
34th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair
HOUSTON
JEWISH
film festival
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29
SHIRLEY & BILL MORGAN FAMILY MEMORIAL
Dedication Ceremony
FILM
A Cantor’s Tale
5:30 P.M.
2:00 P.M.
Join the family for the formal dedication of the
Bill and Shirley Morgan Wall of Remembrance
located in the lobby of the JCC.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
USA 2005, 95 min., English
Director: Erik Greenberg Anjou
Presented in cooperation with the
Houston Jewish Film Festival
Salute to Houston Authors
This year’s Houston Jewish Film Festival favorite, A Cantor’s Tale,
is a loving tribute to the Golden Age when renowned cantors made
best-selling recordings and attracted followers from miles around
to hear their sacred cantillations. The story follows the journey of
Jack Mendelson, the streetwise son of a New York deli owner,
whose mother’s passion for chazzanut predestined Jack and his
brother to follow this wondrous path. Today, Cantor Mendelson
continues to connect cantors in training, his students, and
anyone else interested to the great vocal traditions of Eastern
European sacred music. After the film, sing “chazzanus” with
the film’s star, Cantor Jack Mendelson!
6:15 P.M.
Join Houston authors at a wine reception to celebrate their
contributions to literacy, literature, and the world of books.
Shmooze with Rabbi Judy Abrams, Marjorie Arsht, Dan Gordon,
Willie Isaacs, Florence Kuznetz, Ken Olan, Bill Morgan,
Geoffrey Morris, Rabbi Avi Schulman, Annette Schwartz,
and Rabbi Jack Segal, just some of the “Houston Stars”
who’ll be signing their books.
Free
Filmmaker in attendance.
OPENING NIGHT
Underwritten by the Stein Family/Triple S Steel
Sponsored by Rosita and Albert Gaon
Free to Series Ticket Holders • $6 JCC Member • $8 Public
Andy Borowitz
8:00 P.M.
Rise Routenberg
and Barbara Wasser
The Borowitz Report
4:30 P.M.
Dubbed one of America’s leading
comic voices by The Wall Street
Journal, the multi-talented Andy
Borowitz has earned a reputation for
a no-holds-barred take on all things
famous – and infamous. Author of
four best-selling humor books
including The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers,
Who Moved My Soap? The CEO’s Guide to Surviving in
Prison, and his latest, The Republican Playbook: Dirty
Tricks, Distortions and Other Keys to Victory, his writing
has appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, The New York
Times and Vanity Fair. Fans know him for his award-winning
political satire on NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” CNN’s “90 Second
Pop,” and his daily Internet column, “The Borowitz Report.”
Come see for yourself why Borowitz, a former president of the
Harvard Lampoon, won the National Press Club’s first-ever
humor award as the King of Satire and all things political.
Divine Kosher Cuisine
Whether you’re cooking for one or 201,
Divine Kosher Cuisine brings kosher
home cooking into the 21st century with a flair and confidence
that will entice the novice, intrigue the gourmet, challenge the
adventuresome and delight the traditional. Featuring 350+ easy-tofollow recipes organized by courses and occasions, this unique
resource draws on 34 years of culinary experience and a treasure
trove of recipes tested, improved and perfected by national awardwinning As You Like It Kosher Catering of Schenectady, New York.
Sponsored by Susan and Stanley Schneider
Gumbo
11:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
at the Café at the J
Underwritten by
Eden Capital/The Newar Family Foundation
The Pulaski-Rauch Fund
A sure-fire recipe for good times.
Enjoy Gumbo’s delicious mix of
New Orleans jazz and blues.
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Rabbi Sidney Schwarz
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30
8:00 P.M.
Mother/Daughter Monday
Judaism and Justice
The Jewish Passion to Repair the World
Perri Klass and
Sheila Solomon Klass
Why is it that Jews are so involved in causes
dedicated to justice, equality, human rights and
peace? Are these trends influenced by religion, history, sociology,
or something else? In this fascinating analysis of Jewish issues
and identity, Rabbi Sidney Schwarz explores a community torn
between its instinct for self-preservation and a desire to serve as
an ethical “light to the nations.” A respected author, Rabbi Schwarz
is founder and president of PANIM: The Institute for Jewish
Leadership and Values.
12:00 Noon
Every Mother is a Daughter
The Neverending Quest for Success,
Inner Peace and a Really Clean Kitchen
(Recipes & Knitting Patterns Included)
Remember the first moment you heard your mother’s voice
coming out of your own mouth? But did that moment of recognition prompt you to engage your mother in a discussion
about how she shaped your career, your family life and your
sense of identity? In their alternately poignant and funny book,
pediatrician/author Perri Klass and her mother/college professor
Sheila Solomon Klass explore the joys, pains, love, resentment
and respect that universally impact maternal legacy in a
conversation recommended for every mother and daughter.
Sponsored by Sylvia and Aubrey Farb
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31
Simcha Weinstein
8:00 P.M.
Up, Up, and Oy Vey!
How Jewish History, Culture and Values
Shaped the Comic Book Superhero
T Cooper
It’s a fact: early comic book creators were almost
all Jewish. As children of immigrants, they spent their lives trying
to escape the second-class mentality forced on them by the outside
world. As a result, their superheroes mirrored their own desire to
live two lives – privately, as a Jew, and publicly, as an American.
Up, Up, and Oy Vey! is the uncanny story behind the creation of
the planet’s most famous superheroes and an inspiring account of
the birth, Jewish and mythical origins of the comic book industry.
BOOK ARTS FAIR
6:15 P.M.
&
Pick
A Community Read
Lipshitz Six, or
Two Angry Blondes a novel
In her sophomore effort, T Cooper touches on
family dynamics that many struggle with and few
are able to resolve. Traveling from Russian pogrom to middleclass tract living in Texas, this wild and unforgettably poignant
immigrant story makes the most of lost and found identity in the
mix of modern America. Blending themes of historical fiction,
gender, identity and family into a tour-de-force about where we
come from and our individual legacy, this engrossing, irreverent
book is a Jewish American original.
Simcha Weinstein appears at Congregation Beth El
November 1 • 7:00 P.M. • 3900 Raoul Wallenberg Lane, Missouri City
AUDITORY EQUIPMENT NOW AVAILABLE
FOR HEARING IMPAIRED
If you need assistance in hearing clearly, equipment is
now available to enhance your ability to hear the program.
Just ask at the Box Office when you arrive and it
will be provided for you with courtesy and sensitivity.
With an intriguing Houston family connection, Lipshitz Six is
this year’s Book & Arts Fair Pick. Join the Community Read,
presented by the JCC’s Journeys…Footsteps into Jewish Culture.
Buy Lipshitz Six at Essence, the Judaica shop at the JCC or
online at www.jcchouston.org and receive your free ticket to this
program that includes a pre-talk reception with the author and
priority placement in the autograph queue at the book signing.
Made possible through the generosity of
The Center for ENT
Doctors Weber, Moses, Hung, and Powitzky
Goldstaub Community Special Needs Fund
Sharla and Henry Wertheimer Family Philanthropic Fund
Sponsored by Barbie and Jeffrey Horowitz
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Sunday, October 29 – Sunday, November 12
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Island of Hope
Living Voices –
A Live Theatrical Performance for
Religious and Day Schools
Leah, a ten-year-old Jewish girl growing up in a
Russian shtetl, escapes to America with her family.
After a long and risky journey, Leah alone is detained at Ellis
Island, confronted by fears and obstacles that she can’t comprehend.
Photographs by
Matt Mendelsohn
In the Footsteps of The Lost
Opening Reception 5:30 P.M.
Underwritten by a bequest of
the Kaye and Sonia Marvins Trust
Presented in cooperation with the Bureau of Jewish Education
of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
Daniel Mendelsohn
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2
6:15 P.M.
Ruth Andrew Ellenson
The Lost
A Search for Six of Six Million
1:00 P.M. at the Merfish Center, 9000 S. Rice
For five years, Daniel Mendelsohn traveled the
globe searching for an answer to the question he
had first asked as a boy: What really happened to his great uncle
Shmiel and his family during the Holocaust? In The Lost: A
Search for Six of Six Million, he weaves together his startling
discoveries about the past, family secrets and Judaism itself in a
haunting real-life mystery as historically important as it is beautifully
written. By turns heart-breaking and life-affirming, the book
reiterates the fundamental need for new voices to keep Holocaust
remembrance alive over the course of the coming generations.
The Modern Jewish Girl’s Guide to Guilt
In a laugh-out-loud, pull-no-punches collection of
essays by some of today’s top Jewish women
writers, learn what it means – culturally,
spiritually and emotionally – to be a Jewish woman in today’s
“What will they think?” world. Have you ever heard your
grandmother’s biological clock? Would your own mother out you
at her Yiddish Club? This entertaining, anything-goes book covers
topics from Jewish guilt to things your rabbi warned never to
discuss in public. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and
Los Angeles Times bestseller.
Optional lunch at 12:30 P.M. $8 prepaid with reservation made by
Oct. 31. Call 713-729-3200 ext. 3231.
David Brog
8:00 P.M.
Standing With Israel
Why Christians Support the Jewish State
OPERA
Der Kaiser von Atlantis
Are Christian Zionists a threat to Jewish survival
or are they today’s righteous gentiles? In his
provocative new book, Capitol Hill veteran David Brog confronts
Jewish discomfort with the deepening Christian embrace of Israel
and the Jewish people, concluding that this support is not only a
pragmatic necessity, but a genuine expression of Christian
solidarity without ulterior motives. Shattering long-held myths, he
takes the reader on a historical journey that delves into the
foundation and reasons why Christian Zionists feel so strongly
about Israel, unveiling a new paradigm for an essential JewishChristian pro-Israel alliance.
7:30 P.M.
at Congregation Beth Israel, 5600 North Braeswood
Written by Holocaust victim Viktor Ullmann (with a libretto by
Peter Kein) and conducted by James Conlon, Music Director of
the Los Angeles Opera, this chamber work in four scenes is an
allegory about the horrors of Nazism and the trials of the
Jewish people during the Second World War. An example of
“entartete musik” – music suppressed by the Third Reich – this
haunting opera is considered to be Ullmann’s masterpiece.
Presented in partnership with the Houston Grand Opera and in
association with Holocaust Museum Houston, Congregation
Beth Israel and KUHF 88.7 FM.
Tickets • $36 • $72 (Limited $18 obstructed view tickets available)
Sponsored by
Paula and Irving Pozmantier
Sheila and Gordon Sack
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4
All the Bar. . .
without the Mitzvah!
It’s Date Night at the J!
Comedy, film, a little wine and a lot of laughs!
A truly righteous event
8:00 P.M.
Catie Lazarus
8:00 P.M.
Josh Frank
fool the world
the oral history of a band called PIXIES
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Jokes
Roger Bennett
Talk about comic timing. In The Complete
Idiot’s Guide to Jokes, Catie Lazarus, fellow
comedians and some of the country’s top
motivational speakers share hilarious quips, jokes and real
advice on how to keep your own audience in laugh-out-loud
stitches. Featured in Hadassah Magazine as one of four
Jewish female comedian rising stars, Lazarus was awarded
“Best Comedy Writer” by Emerging Comics of New York, has
performed alongside Wendy Liebman and written for Time Out
New York, the Forward and countless publications. Did you
hear the one about the one-handed mohel?
Bar Mitzvah Disco
20’s and 30’s, this is the program for you. In this
totally RAD evening, hear the story of a generation
through shared culture, music, and life cycle
events. Both Frank and Bennett, in separate
tributes, speak about young dreamers and innovators that in
their own quirky ways, created everlasting and shared memories.
$5 with RSVP to www.jcchouston.org or 713.551.7255
$10 at the door
Presented in cooperation with
Sponsored by
Briggs and Veselka
Betsy and Ed Schreiber
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3
EllynAnne Geisel
FILM
Rashevski’s Tango
12:00 Noon
The Apron Book
Making, Wearing and Sharing
a Bit of Cloth and Comfort
9:40 P.M.
Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2003, 97 min.,
French and Hebrew w/ English subtitles
Today’s hottest collectible, aprons take us back to
the very essence of our domestic lives. The
Apron Book reminds us of everything we once
loved about aprons, celebrates the spirit of the men and women
who wore them, and even shows us how to make them to enjoy
today. Each colorful page offers a delightful combination of
photographs, recipes and tips for collecting and preserving these
textile artifacts, plus excerpts from the countless inspirational
stories Geisel gathered collecting 300+ aprons from all over
America. Be sure to wear your favorite apron!
Director: Sam Garbarski
Presented in cooperation with the Houston Jewish Film Festival
Family matriarch Rosa Rashevski believed that a tango was as
good as chicken soup and better than organized religion. Her
death at 81 sets off identity crises and soul-searchings among
three generations of Rashevski’s, from Shoah survivors to
intermarried couples and non-observant Jews. A sophisticated,
witty and affectionate look at modern European Jewish identity.
Purchase a ticket to Catie Lazarus and attend the film for free.
Become a JCC Patron of the Arts and
receive a free Series Ticket when
you opt for the benefits.
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Diane Levin Rauchwerger
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Stanley Hordes
11:45 A.M.
11:00 A.M.
Dinosaur on Hanukkah
A mischievous dinosaur visits a little boy on
Hanukkah and causes a commotion as he lights
candles, makes latkes and plays dreidel. Join this
playful dino in a rousing holiday romp. Librarian Rauchwerger’s
highly animated presentation introduces children to all of her
characters with adorable puppets who seem to appear from
nowhere—keep your eyes on her apron…it’s very large and
very full!
To the End of the Earth
A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico
While working as New Mexico State Historian,
Stanley Hordes heard stories of medieval Hispanos who lit candles
on Friday night and abstained from eating pork. Migrating to the
New World to escape persecution, they eventually settled in New
Mexico and the Southwest, with a rich Sephardic legacy. Hordes
explores the remarkable story of these Crypto-Jews and the
tenuous preservation of their rituals and traditions over the past
five hundred years. Reconstructing the history of a people who
tried to leave no documentary record, he writes a compelling
work that inspires and enlightens us about how culture survives.
Free
Ellen Leventhal and Ellen Rothberg
1:30 P.M.
Underwritten by
The Maurice Amado Foundation for Sephardic Heritage Programs
Sponsored by Family Tree DNA/Bennett Greenspan and Max Blankfeld
Ages 5-8
Don’t Eat the Bluebonnets
Growing up in New Jersey, Ellen Leventhal didn’t
dream of bluebonnet fields, but she did dream of
writing books. Ellen Rothberg wrote and
illustrated her first children’s book at seven.
Joining forces in Houston, their collaboration,
Don’t Eat the Bluebonnets, is a delightful
journey with a sassy cow named Sue Ellen who
loves the taste of bluebonnets. Learn respect for
nature and others in this winner of the ABC’s Children’s Picture
Book Competition.
Sunday, November 5
Programs and activities for ages 2 - 92
and SEPHARDIC HERITAGE DAY
authors, storytellings, crafts, and tasty delicacies
See Page 13 for details
Free
FunkeyMonkeys
10:00 A.M.
and 4:30 P.M.
Ages 2-5
Laura C. Moser
Ages 2-6
2:00 P.M.
Creative Collaborations
A Writers’ Workshop
For 8th-10th grade students
Family Performance
Combining the best of “Seinfeld,”
and the Wiggles®, the
FunkeyMonkeys is a supergroup
of musical, monkey-kid-ults who
play their own instruments and make up stories on the spot with
every audience. Led by Joshua Sitron, former composer for
Nickelodeon’s “Dora the Explorer,” the FunkeyMonkeys delight,
entertain and connect with kids, their parents and grandparents.
Last season’s CD, Jewish FunkeyMonkeys, offers seriously funked
up tunes behind a children’s chorus with such great takes as
Funky “Fiddler on the Roof,” Hip Hop “Hatikva,” and Reggae “Ma
Nish Tanah.”
Teen novelist Laura Moser grew up in Houston where she attended
Congregation Emanu El and St. John’s School. A graduate of
Amherst College, she is the author of a Bette Davis biography and
the co-author with Lauren Mechling of the comic novels for teens
The Rise and Fall of a Tenth-Grade Social Climber, All Q, No
A: More Tales of a Tenth-Grade Social Climber, and the soonto-be-released Foreign Exposure. She has also written for Slate,
Newsday, and The New York Times. Often asked “What’s it like to
write with another person?” Moser leads this “chain writing”
exercise, where students discover for themselves how
unpredictable—and hilarious—creative collaborations can be.
Underwritten by the Paull Families
Barbara and Mark Paull, Emily, Josh and Lexie Paull &
Crista, Jonathan, Julia and Jenna Paull
$8 JCC Member • $12 Public • $10 and $14 at the door
$10 includes writing materials and a signed book by the author
www.jcchouston.org to pre-register
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HOUSTON
JEWISH
film festival
Rabbi Daniel Gordis
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Ever Again
FILM
6:15 P.M.
Coming Together, Coming Apart
A Memoir of Heartbreak and Promise in Israel
2:00 P.M.
Underscoring the vast human toll inherent in the
complex and often incomprehensible IsraeliPalestinian conflict, Rabbi Daniel Gordis paints a
personal, timely and relevant picture detailing the passion, anger
and pain in the lives of Israelis today. Interweaving Israel’s
pullout from Gaza with his newly-drafted daughter’s march into
an unknown future, Gordis peers deeply into the soul of a
country where the more people appear bound together, the more
completely they’re torn apart. Author of If a Place Can Make
You Cry, and Does the World Need Jews, he captures the hope,
spirit and details that explain the larger meaning of all Israeli lives.
Israel, 2005, 100 min., English
Director: Richard Trank
Presented in cooperation with the
Houston Jewish Film Festival
A compelling examination of the resurgence of violent antiSemitism and terrorism threatening all of Western civilization,
Ever Again exposes the dangerous Islamic extremism and culture
of death impacting attacks in Madrid and London. Taking a hard
look at the new Neo-Nazism in Germany and shifts from antiSemitism of the right to anti-Semitism of the extreme left, it raises
disturbing questions about our future. Among others, Harvard
University Law Professor Alan Dershowitz is prominently
featured in this film.
Sponsored by
Beverly and Gerald Fanarof
Ruth and Israel Gottesman
Ann and Stephen Kaufman
Ellen Frankel
Israel Teen Programs Fair
8:00 P.M.
3:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Folktales of the Jews Volume 1
Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion
Come learn about a variety of summer, semester and yearlong Israel experiences. Meet trip providers and speak with
teens who have recently returned from Israel.
Since the creation of the State of Israel, the Israel
Folktale Archives (IFA) has collected more than
20,000 tales from newly arrived immigrants, long-lost stories
shared by families from around the world. Seventy-one tales have
been selected from the archives to create Tales from the
Sephardic Dispersion, the first volume in Folktales of the
Jews, a five-volume series and the most important collection of
Jewish folktales ever published. A monument to a rich but
vanishing oral tradition, this treasure house of Jewish lore has
remained largely unavailable to the entire world, until now.
Edited by Frankel, the Editor-in-Chief of The Jewish Publication
Society, the book is an invaluable resource for rabbis, educators,
storytellers and anyone who loves an engaging tale.
Alan Dershowitz
4:30 P.M.
What Israel Means to Me
By 80 Prominent Writers, Performers,
Scholars, Politicians and Journalists
Donna Frankoff Memorial Lecture
In this new book, 80 prominent writers, scholars and journalists –
some Jewish, some not – share insights and thoughts about the
meaning of Israel in their lives. Contributors include dauntless
supporters Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman, the Reverend
Pat Robertson and actress Natalie Portman, as well as writers
who oppose many of the country’s policies (like Shulamit Aloni
and Michael Lerner), to round out the conversation. Ever
vigilant in his personal and powerful support for Israel,
Professor Dershowitz’s latest work is, as always, a challenging
and thought-provoking read.
Underwritten by
The Maurice Amado Foundation Program in
Sephardic Jewish Heritage.
Have your dinners waiting and ready for you!
Delicious new menu options
Underwritten by
Amegy Bank of Texas
The Donna Frankoff Book Fair Endowment Fund
go to www.jcchouston.org
for details on how to order pre-paid dinners
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Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Mother/Daughter Monday
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Denise Epstein
8:00 P.M.
12:00 Noon
A Code of Jewish Ethics
Volume I: You Shall Be Holy
Suite Francaise
Ukrainian-born Irene Nemirovsky was a
successful writer living in Paris when she was
deported to Auschwitz in 1942 and died a month
later at age 39. Two years earlier, she’d begun
Suite Francaise, a luminous portrayal of a human drama in
which she herself would become a victim. She had completed
two parts of the epic, saved in handwritten manuscripts her
daughters would take with them through hiding and freedom.
Sixty-four years later, Nemirovsky’s literary masterpiece chronicles
the Nazi invasion of Paris and the tragedies that ensued.
This vast volume of the first major code of Jewish
ethics distills more than 3,000 years of laws and
suggestions on how to improve one’s character to become more
honest, decent and just. With a goal of restoring ethics to its
central role in Judaism, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin offers compelling
examples from the Torah, the Talmud, rabbinic commentaries and
contemporary stories to help experts and ordinary readers translate
Jewish learning into ethical behavior. Applicable to Jews and nonJews alike, the book speaks to everyone concerned with leading a
virtuous and meaningful life.
Sponsored by
Lorraine and Sid Brown
Susan and Jack Lapin
Mitzi Shure and Jerry Wische
Sponsored by
Deborah Kaplan
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
Leslie Goldman
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
4:30 P.M.
Dara Horn
Locker Room Diaries
The Naked Truth about Women,
Body Image and Re-imagining
the “Perfect” Body
What woman doesn’t experience moments of
self-doubt when it comes to her body? In her fascinating, tell-all
locker room confidential, Leslie Goldman reveals what women
really think about their bodies, how driven they are in the quest
for perfection and for many, the long road to self-acceptance.
Blending expert opinion with wonderfully intimate, often hilarious
confidences, Locker Room Diaries will inspire anyone who’s ever
experienced the highs and lows of our beauty-obsessed culture.
6:15 P.M.
The World to Come
A million-dollar painting by Marc Chagall is stolen
from a museum by Benjamin Ziskind, a loner
who believes the painting used to hang on a wall
of his deceased parents’ living room. As he and his sister evade
the police, they encounter family stories about love, loss and
betrayal that shape their future and “the world to come.” Prizewinning author Dara Horn interweaves mystery, romance,
folklore, theology and history into a spellbinding tale that travels
from Soviet Russia to New Jersey and Vietnam. A New York Times
Book Review and Book-of-the-Month Club Readers Selection.
Sponsored by Susie and David Askanese
Iris Krasnow
6:15 P.M.
I Am My Mother’s Daughter
Making Peace with Mom – Before It’s
Too Late
With many women living past 80, adult
daughters may be embroiled with their mothers well past the
time their own hair turns gray. Since “you can’t divorce your
mother or kiss and make up at her funeral,” living longer
means there is more time to make peace with each other.
Through both joyful and wrenching anecdotes by more than
100 adult daughters, I Am My Mother’s Daughter offers fresh
prescriptions on how to come to terms with the one woman
who loves you more than any other.
Become a JCC Patron of the Arts and
receive a free Series Ticket when
you opt for the benefits.
PATRONS
OF THE
A RTS
Due to circumstances beyond our control, programs are subject to change.
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NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
First Annual Shirley and Bill Morgan Family
Holocaust Memorial Program
Gary Shteyngart
8:00 P.M.
Tom Reiss
Absurdistan: a novel
8:00 P.M.
From the critically-acclaimed, best-selling author
of The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, comes
the uproarious and poignant story of one very fat
man and one very small country. Misha Vainberg,
the 325-pound son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, wants
nothing more than to live in the Bronx with his hot Latina girlfriend.
When his gangster father in Russia murders an Oklahoma
businessman, all hopes of a U.S. visa are lost. Will the tiny, oil-rich
nation of Absurdistan sell Misha a Belgian passport? Through this
not so tongue-in-cheek take on third world countries, politics and
family, Leningrad native Gary Shteyngart once again confirms he
is one of the most talented and entertaining writers of his generation.
The Orientalist
Solving the Mystery of a
Strange and Dangerous Life
Part history, part cultural biography and
part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of
Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who escaped the Russian Revolution
in a camel caravan, transformed himself into a Muslim prince,
and as "Essad Bey" and "Kurban Said," became a best-selling
author in Nazi Germany. Author Tom Reiss spent five years
tracking down police records, love letters and deathbed
diaries, caught up in encounters as dramatic, surreal and often
heartbreaking as his subject’s life. Harvard graduate and former
student of the University of Houston Creative Writing Program
studying with the late writer Donald Barthelme, Reiss writes
about politics and culture for The New Yorker, The New York
Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Sponsored by
Karol and Daniel Musher
Bobbi and Vic Samuels
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Sponsored by
Shirley and Bill Morgan
Susan and David Morris
Jim Keen
6:15 P.M.
Become a patron of the Arts (Gold level and above) and attend
a dinner with Tom Reiss. www.jcchouston.org
Inside Intermarriage
A Christian Partner’s Perspective
On Raising a Jewish Family
It’s no secret that interfaith marriages are
complicated, especially when both partners are
connected to their own religious faiths and communities. Using a
healthy dose of humor and insights gleaned from his own
experience, Jim Keen provides practical advice and solutions on
how to give children a clear Jewish identity while maintaining a
comfort level for both Christian and Jewish parents. Including
seasoned perspectives from professional counselors and advisors,
Inside Intermarriage is relevant for individuals of all ages and
faiths.
Jeffrey Goldberg
6:15 P.M.
Prisoners
A Muslim and a Jew Across the
Middle East Divide
In 1990, Jeffrey Goldberg was an American Jew
serving as a guard in Israel’s largest prison. His prisoner, Rafiq,
was a rising leader in the PLO. Prisoners is the incredible
account of Goldberg’s life in the harsh desert prison, his travels
among Islamic fundamentalists and his extraordinary relationship
with Rafiq, that continues to this day. Now an award-winning
correspondent for The New Yorker, Goldberg paints a riveting,
impassioned portrait about the truths that lie buried within the
animosities of the Middle East.
Lev Raphael
7:30 P.M.
At JCC West Houston
1120 Dairy Ashford
Sponsored by
Terry and Martin Cominsky
Edith and Bob Zinn
281.556.5567
Program description appears on Page 11.
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Flamenco Sepharad
8:30 P.M.
Lev Raphael
8:00 P.M.
With their uniquely passionate program of
music, song and dance from the Sephardic
and Andalousian worlds, Gerard Edery and
Flamenco Sepharad present a fiery,
rhythmic performance you won’t want to miss. Commanding songs
in over a dozen languages, these gifted musicians interpret both
ancient and modern repertoire, combining stylistic authority with
immense creative flair. Emotive vocals, world beat percussion,
Spanish dance and oriental timbres make Flamenco Sepharad’s
masterful arrangements a must-see musical experience.
Secret Anniversaries of the Heart
New & Selected Stories
Writing a Jewish Life
Lev Raphael’s Secret Anniversaries of the
Heart unites the best stories from the internationally acclaimed
Dancing on Tisha B’Av, with 12 new stories, including one never
before published. In his moving collection, he speaks to the
richness and variety of faith, family, history, sexuality, what it
means to be a Jew and what it means to be a man. He takes us
into uncharted literary territory with wonderfully flawed characters
living with passion and pain. In his memoir, Writing a Jewish
Life, Raphael comes to terms with his sexuality, his spirituality
and his calling as a writer. Achingly honest about what it means
to be a gay son of Holocaust survivors, he transcends the
boundaries of race, gender and ethnicity, to remind us of our
collective, shared humanness.
Underwritten by The Maurice Amado Foundation
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Rabbi Byron Sherwin
11:00 A.M.
Kabbalah: An Introduction to
Jewish Mysticism
The Cubs and the Kabbalist: How a
Kabbalah-Master Helped the Chicago Cubs
Win Their First World Series Since 1908
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Family Concert
A primer for those seeking a comprehensive, yet accessible
introduction to Jewish mysticism, Rabbi Byron Sherwin’s Kabbalah
provides a scholarly work organized around five models of Jewish
mystical theology and experience. The Cubs and the Kabbalist
tells the story of Rabbi Jay Loeb, who learns that his wife’s erratic
behavior is tied to the hapless Chicago Cubs, whose dim
prospects for the pennant have compromised her work, family life
and health. When the rabbi secretly performs a kabbalistic ritual
in Wrigley Field that magically alters their luck, the Cubs and his
wife commission him to use his knowledge to help the players
develop the spiritual strength they need to prevail – all the way to
the World Series.
Shirlala
7:00 P.M.
Delight to the sounds
and inspiration of
Shirlala, an outrageously
hip band whose
innovative Jewish programs pair deeply
rooted tradition with contemporary
Jewish thought. A Jewish musician,
educator and performer with a unique,
high-energy style, Shira Kline and her
talented trio combine teaching,
storytelling and performing to create a rich musical experience
for children and adults alike. Prepare to sing and dance –
Shirlala is contagious!
Sponsored by Michael Richker and Vicky Pravda
LOOKING WHERE TO SHOP AFTER
THE BOOK & ARTS FAIR?
Underwritten by the Goldye and Sam Spain Fund
Sponsored by Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
$5 JCC Member • $7 Public
MON – WED
THU
FRI & SUN
SAT
11 A.M. – 6 P.M.
11 A.M. – 8 P.M.
11 A.M. – 3 P.M.
CLOSED
BOOKS JUDAICA MUSIC
BOOKS
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kids
Located at the JCC • 5601 S. Braeswood
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Rabbi Irwin Kula
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Jeffrey Shandler
6:15 P.M.
2:00 P.M.
Yearnings
Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life
Adventures in Yiddishland
Postvernacular Language & Culture
A provocative religious leader and respected
spiritual iconoclast, Rabbi Irwin Kula has inspired
thousands of people across the country using ancient Jewish
wisdom in ways that speak to modern life. In Yearnings:
Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life, this cutting-edge
thinker brings insights of tradition to challenges of the present to
help people live more fully. Merging ancient Jewish wisdom with
contemporary insights that offer practical perspectives to everyday
problems, Kula invites us to accept, even celebrate, our messy
human experiences, so we may embrace the endless project of
building a rich life.
For Jeffrey Shandler, Associate Professor of Jewish
Studies at Rutgers University, “Yiddishland” is an
imaginary realm defined by the use of Yiddish, a “portable sense
of place.” Adventures in Yiddishland examines the transformation
of Yiddish in the six decades since the Holocaust, tracing its shift
from the daily language of millions to a postvernacular language
of an estimated one million Jews. Traversing the broad spectrum
of people who engage in Yiddish in communities across America
and the world, this lively book investigates the many contemporary uses of the language, and explains how yesterday’s Yiddish
is today’s pop culture.
Underwritten by The Rosita and Albert Gaon Jewish Heritage Fund
In Loving Memory of Arturo Singer
Sponsored by Houston Friends of Yiddish
CLOSING NIGHT
Moodafaruka
Bryan Fogel and
Sam Wolfson
11:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
at the Café at the J
8:00 P.M.
Mixing Flamenco, Middle Eastern, Spanish and
Western motifs, Moodafaruka creates a tapestry
of sound that is both familiar and new.
Jewtopia
The Chosen Book for the
Chosen People
Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson
were two struggling actor/
writers in Hollywood.
Desperate to get a break, they created a one-act festival, for
which they wrote and performed an original scene about a
gentile guy who wanted to marry a Jewish girl so he would
never have to make another decision. Over the next year, the
duo took the concept of that ten-minute scene and turned it
into a two-hour play. Jewtopia premiered in Los Angeles in
May 2003. Eventually, Broadway came knocking. Playing to
sold-out New York audiences since 2004, Jewtopia recouped its
entire initial investment in a record 16 weeks. Jewtopia: The
Chosen Book for the Chosen People, explores the play’s
stereotypes, guilt and off-the-wall spirit in a hilarious book
you’re sure to remember. Fogel and Wolfson will present a
charming and witty book talk. Suffice it to say, their parents
are clearly kvelling!
FILM
Forgiving Dr. Mengele
4:30 P.M.
USA, 2005, 80 min., English
Directors: Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh
Presented in cooperation with the Houston Jewish Film Festival
Forgiving Dr. Mengele details the shocking act of forgiveness by
Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who along with her twin sister
Miriam, were victims of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele’s cruel genetic
experiments. The film follows Eva’s metamorphosis from
embittered survivor to tireless advocate for reconciliation, and
highlights her ideas about justice, revenge and – even in the face
of passionate opposition from other survivors – the possibility of
healing through forgiveness.
Sponsored by
Frank Crystal & Company/Joel Goldstein
Olga Lara
Due to circumstances beyond our control, programs are subject to change.
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Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006
9:15 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
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FunkeyMonkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M.
Ages 2-6
Family Performance
Dinosaur on Hanukkah . . . . . . . . . 11:45 A.M.
Ages 2-5
Don’t Eat the Bluebonnets . . . . 1:30 P.M.
Ages 5-8
Ellen Leventhal and
Ellen Rothberg
Creative Collaborations . . . . . . . . 2:00 P.M.
8th-10th grade students
Laura C. Moser
A Writers’ Workshop
Israel Teen Programs Fair . . . . . 3:30 - 8:30 P.M
Sing-a-long with Nitsana Lazarus and her puppets
Hear Sephardic Tales by Dan “Danté” Gordon
CONCERT • AUTHORS • STORYTELLING
PUPPET SHOWS • CRAFTS
Fun Activities for the Whole Family
Throughout the Day!
Visit the Kids’ Korner Section
in the JCC Bookstore
Family Day is underwritten in loving memory of
Oliver Lapin by his family and friends
FUNKYMONKEYS CONCERT
Underwritten by the Paull Families
Barbara and Mark Paull,
Emily, Josh and Lexie Paull &
Crista, Jonathan, Julia and Jenna Paull
Sponsored by Shari Riesenfeld/
Mad Science of Houston
The Maurice Amado Foundation
* Family Day events are free and open to the public.
FunkeyMonkey Concert Tickets are $8 JCC Member • $12 Public • $10/$14 at the door.
Adult Programming ongoing throughout the day
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It’s Time for the Community Read!
Calling all independent
BOOK&ARTS FAIR
readers and book clubs.
Pick
Sign up & join in!
A Community Read
OCTOBER 22 – DECEMBER 15, 2006
T Cooper blends historical fiction, gender,
identity and family into a tour-de-force called
Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes a novel.
For five years, former USA Today
photographer Matt Mendelsohn
traveled the world with his brother,
Daniel, looking to unlock the mystery surrounding the deaths of six
family members in the Holocaust.
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six
Million, has been acclaimed as one
of the best books of the year. The
Houston JCC is proud to be the first stop for the accompanying
photo exhibit, In the Footsteps of The Lost.
“A blazing young writer. Funny, engrossing,
irreverent. I loved this book.”
—Rona Jaffe, author of The Best of Everything
“Cooper takes apart the usual Jewish heritage tale and themes
of assimilation, touching them with postmodern parody and
—Publishers Weekly
Chagallesque folk magic.”
T Cooper lecture and booksigning at the
34th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair on
Monday, October 30 at 6:15 p.m.
Opening Reception with the artist
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 5:30 P.M.
To participate in the Community Read
email [email protected].
Gallery Hours
Monday – Thursday • 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Friday & Sunday • 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Purchase the book at Essence. . . the Judaica Shop at the JCC
and receive a free ticket to T Cooper’s Book & Arts Fair
program, including a private reception and priority
position in the book signing queue.
Underwritten by a bequest of
the Kaye and Sonia Marvins Trust
Jewish Community Center • 5601 S. Braeswood • 713.551.7255
All works available for purchase.
This novel contains graphic language and adult subject matter
The Deutser Art Gallery season is funded in part by the JCC Patrons of the Arts.
Just when you thought it was over……
Rabbi Harold S. Kushner speaking on his newest book
Overcoming Life’s Disappointments
Monday, December 4 • 8:00 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center
From the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, a new book about how to overcome the common difficulties
of life. We learn how to meet disappointment with faith in ourselves and the future, and how to respond to heartbreak with
understanding rather than bitterness and despair. A book of spiritual wisdom—as practical as it is inspirational.
Harold S. Kushner is Rabbi Laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, where he resides. He has been honored by
the Christophers, a Roman Catholic organization, as one of the 50 people who have made the world a better place in the
last half century, and by Religion in American Life as the “Clergyman of the Year.”
Free to Book & Arts Fair Series Ticket Holders • $6 JCC Member • $8 Public
Purchase tickets online at www.jcchouston.org or by calling 713-551-7255
Tickets on sale during the Book & Arts Fair in the bookstore.
The Jewish Community Center of Houston Book & Arts Fair is a member of the Jewish Book Fair Network.
Thank you to the Jewish Book Council Director, Carolyn Starman Hessel, Joyce Lit and Miri Pomerantz.
The following authors appear in cooperation with the JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL:
Roger Bennett
David Brog
T Cooper
Bryan Fogel
Josh Frank
Jeffrey Goldberg
Leslie Goldman
Stanley Hordes
Dara Horn
Jim Keen
Perri Klass
Iris Krasnow
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Rabbi Irwin Kula
Rabbi Harold Kushner
Daniel Mendelsohn
Diane Rauchwerger
Rise Routenberg
Gary Shteyngart
Barbara Wasser
Sam Wolfson
34TH ANNUAL JEWISH BOOK & ARTS FAIR CALENDAR
Sunday, October 29
FILM - A Cantor’s Tale
Rise Routenberg &
Barbara Wasser
Friday, November 3
2:00 P.M.
4:30 P.M.
Divine Kosher Cuisine
Morgan Memorial
Wall Dedication
5:30 P.M.
Salute to Houston Authors
6:15 P.M.
OPENING NIGHT
Andy Borowitz
8:00 P.M.
EllynAnne Geisel
Tuesday, November 7
12:00 Noon
The World to Come
Saturday, November 4
Gary Shteyngart
Catie Lazarus
Absurdistan: a novel
8:00 P.M.
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Jokes
FILM - Rashevski’s Tango
Sunday, November 5
Stanley Hordes
11:00 A.M.
The Borowitz Report
Monday, October 30
Family Day - Go Bananas at the J
12:00 Noon
Every Mother Is a Daughter
The Neverending Quest for Success,
Inner Peace and a Really Clean Kitchen
Lev Raphael at the JCC West Houston
1120 Dairy Ashford
7:30 P.M.
PERFORMANCE –
FunkeyMonkeys 10:00 A.M. & 4:30 P.M.
Tom Reiss
8:00 P.M.
Thursday, November 9
11:45 A.M.
The Orientalist
Ellen Leventhal and
Ellen Rothberg
1:30 P.M.
Prisoners
A Muslim and a Jew Across
the Middle East Divide
2:00 P.M.
Lev Raphael
FILM - Ever Again
2:00 P.M.
Writing a Jewish Life
Up, Up, and Oy Vey!
Alan Dershowitz
4:30 P.M.
Saturday, November 11
Wednesday, November 1
What Israel Means to Me
By 80 Prominent Writers, Performers,
Scholars, Politicians, and Journalists
Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes a novel
8:00 P.M.
Judaism and Justice
The Jewish Passion to Repair the World
Simcha Weinstein
PERFORMANCE - Living Voices
8:00 P.M.
5:00 P.M.
"Island of Hope" for students
Art Opening
5:30 P.M.
Daniel Mendelsohn
6:15 P.M.
The Lost
A Search for Six of Six Million
David Brog
8:00 P.M.
Thursday, November 2
1:00 P.M.
The Modern Jewish Girl’s Guide to Guilt
OPERA
7:30 P.M.
at Congregation Beth Israel
Josh Frank and Roger Bennett
Laura C. Moser
Rabbi Daniel Gordis
6:15 P.M.
Coming Together, Coming Apart
A Memoir of Heartbreak and Promise in Israel
Ellen Frankel
8:00 P.M.
Folktales of the Jews
Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion
Standing With Israel
Why Christians Support the Jewish State
Don’t Eat the Bluebonnets
Teen writers’ workshop
Tuesday, October 31
Denise Epstein
(for ages 21-35)
fool the world: the oral history of a band
called PIXIES
Bar Mitzvah Disco
6:15 P.M.
8:00 P.M.
Secret Anniversaries of the Heart
New & Selected Stories
PERFORMANCE - Shirlala
Family Performance
7:00 P.M.
CONCERT –
Flamenco Sepharad
8:30 P.M.
Sunday, November 12
Rabbi Byron Sherwin
11:00 A.M.
Kabbalah: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
Monday, November 6
12:00 Noon
The Cubs and Kabbalist: How a Kabbalah
Master Helped the Chicago Cubs Win Their
First World Series Since 1908
Suite Francaise
Jeffrey Shandler
Leslie Goldman
Adventures in Yiddishland
Postvernacular Language & Culture
4:30 P.M.
Locker Room Diaries
The Naked Truth about Women, Body Image,
and Re-imagining the “Perfect” Body
Iris Krasnow
8:00 P.M.
6:15 P.M.
Inside Intermarriage
A Christian Partner’s Perspective on Raising a
Jewish Family
Jeffrey Goldberg
6:15 P.M.
8:00 P.M.
Jim Keen
Dinosaur on Hanukkah
T Cooper
6:15 P.M.
Wednesday, November 8
9:40 P.M.
To The End of the Earth
A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico
Perri Klass and
Dara Horn
The Apron Book
6:15 P.M.
I Am My Mother’s Daughter
Making Peace with Mom —Before It’s Too Late
A Code of Jewish Ethics
Volume 1: You Shall Be Holy
8:00 P.M.
2:00 P.M.
FILM - Forgiving Dr. Mengele
4:30 P.M.
Rabbi Irwin Kula
6:15 P.M.
Yearnings
Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life
CLOSING NIGHT
Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson
8:00 P.M.
Jewtopia
The Chosen Book for the Chosen People
One Special Performance Only!
TicketsNow on Sale!
in partnership with the Houston Grand Opera
presents:
in association with
and
“
The Kaiser of Atlantis”
“
”
Thursday, November 2, 2006 • 7:30 P.M.
Congregation Beth Israel • 5600 North Braeswood
Chairs: Nancy & Steven Lerner and Becca & Dr. John Thrash
By Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944)
A critically–acclaimed composer and musician, Ullmann was the official music director
at the Terezin Ghetto (Theresienstadt). In September 1944, as musicians were
rehearsing Der Kaiser, the S.S. descended upon the camp and discovered within
the piece anti-Nazi sentiments and satiric allusions to Hitler. The performance was
silenced, and Ullmann and others were sent to Auschwitz where they perished.
MUSICAL DIRECTOR:
James Conlon
Newly-named Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera and former Principal
Conductor of the Paris National Opera from 1995-2004, Conlon is dedicated
to raising public consciousness to the significance of works of composers whose
lives were affected by the Holocaust.
To obtain tickets, visit
or
www.HoustonGrandOpera.org
DIRECTOR:
Ed Berkeley
Edward Berkeley is the director of undergraduate opera studies at The Juilliard
School and artistic director of the Willow Cabin Theater Company. An award-winning
director, Berkeley has directed operas throughout the United States including at
the Houston Grand Opera.
For underwriting opportunities, contact Debra Shniderson - JCC Development Director 713.729.3200 Ext. 3225
or [email protected] • To become a JCC Patron of the Arts visit www.jcchouston.org
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