Jewish LIFE Festival of Books and Culture
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Wednesday, March 14 • 12:00 pm The False Friend This novel is a complex psychological drama of two eleven-year-olds who go into the woods, but only one comes out. The one friend, Djuna disappeared, and for twenty years the other friend, Celia blocked out how it happened. People assumed Djuna had been abducted, although no clues were found. Celia returns to the home town to confess what really happened and to clear her conscience, however, no one believes her. Come in and accompany us as Myla Goldberg tells us of this deeply resonant and emotionally charged story. Fee: $18/advance, $22/at the door |
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Thursday, March 22 • 7:00 pm Doctor, Your Patient Will See You Now: Gaining the Upper Hand in Your Medical Care Steven Kussin will come to enlighten us as he explains his ways to encourage people to become empowered consumers in the medical world. Incorporating a physician-insider's perspective of the medical world, Doctor Your Patient Will See You Now, promotes the reader's independence, health literacy, consumerism, self advocacy and provides a sense of confidence to back it all up. He will inspire us to become more observant when approached with medical jargon. Hosted by Wilf Campus Fee: $10/advance, $15/at the door |
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Community-wide Yom Hoshoah Program Thursday, April 19 • 7:00 pm Felice Cohen What Papa Told Me Felice Cohen writes this novel through the perspective of a granddaughter whose grandparents were in the Holocaust. The inspiring story is of Murray Schwartzbaum whose courage and sheer will helped him survive in eight different labor and concentration camps. In his later years, he moved to America and created a life for himself with a career and a family. It's a complete life story from before, during, and after World War II. Fee: Free to the Community |
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Sunday, March 18 • 10:30 am Our Haggadah: Uniting Traditions for Interfaith Families Join Cokie and Steve Roberts while they reveal their Passover traditions in an engaging version of the Haggadah. They believe friend and family coming together and celebrating our freedom is the very heart of the Passover holiday. Integrating chronicles of their own marriage and family life, and partially a contemporary guide to celebrating Passover and other religious holidays, Our Haggadah is a thoughtful, moving take on the core values of togetherness, compromise and love. Fee: $18/advance, $22/at the door |
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