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NOVEMBER 2009

Kike Like MeUK, 2007, 86 minutes, Documentary, EnglishDirector: Jamie Kastner

Jamie Kastner explores Jewish identity and modern anti-Semitism in New York, Israel, Paris, Germany, and Poland. Described as provocative and mischievous, yet difficult to dismiss, Kastner’s first person docu-essay is a mix of Gregory Peck and Michael Moore. What Kastner learns and shares is as shocking as this movie’s title.

Free to Series Ticket Holders • $7 JCC Member • $9 Public

Leo Zeitlin RediscoveredA Composer’s Lost Works

One of a group of early 20th century Russian composers who used Jewish motifs in their music, Leo Zeitlin was virtually forgotten until Paula Eisenstein Baker began a fascinating years-long search that discovered his identity and much more. This program explores the music and the search, which led to the publication of Zeitlin’s chamber music, co-edited with Robert S. Nelson. The program includes performances by Susan Ganc (in Yiddish) and Lidya Osadchey (in Russian) of Zeitlin’s four poetic recitations.


Paula Eisenstein Baker & Robert S. Nelson

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Film

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Dan SenorStart-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic MiracleBest known as the Chief Spokesperson for the U.S.-led Coalition in Iraq, and a Senior Advisor to Presidential Envoy L. Paul Bremer III, the Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Dan Senor rode into Baghdad from Kuwait on the first convoy of civilians into Iraq, less than two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Working closely with the military, Senor advised the Bush Administration, the Blair Government in the U.K. and Ambassador Bremer on a variety of Iraqi strategic, policy and communication issues and was the civilian face of the Coalition Authority.

Written with Senor’s brother-in-law, Saul Singer, editorial page editor of the Jerusalem Post, Start-Up Nation asks how Israel—a tiny, young country with no natural resources and in a constant state of war since its founding—produces more start-up companies than Japan, India and the UK. The entrepreneurial lessons described in the book offer some impressive and surprising clues for the U.S. as we work to reboot our own economy. Publisher’s Weekly® calls Senor’s book “a rich and insightful read not just for business leaders and policy makers but for anyone curious about contemporary Israeli culture.”

A Jewish Republican strategist and venture capitalist, in Spring 2008, Senor joined the Council on Foreign Relations as an Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies. A frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal editorial page and a Fox News analyst, Senor has also written op-eds for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New York Post, and the Weekly Standard.

Underwritten by Mrs. Lila Rauch in memory of Gerald Rauch


Leo Zeitlin RediscoveredA Composer’s Lost Works

One of a group of early 20th century Russian composers who used Jewish motifs in their music, Leo Zeitlin was virtually forgotten until Paula Eisenstein Baker began a fascinating years-long search that discovered his identity and much more. This program explores the music and the search, which led to the publication of Zeitlin’s chamber music, co-edited with Robert S. Nelson. The program includes performances by Susan Ganc (in Yiddish) and Lidya Osadchey (in Russian) of Zeitlin’s four poetic recitations.



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Hovering at a Low Altitude: The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch

Twentieth-century Israeli poet and peace activist Dahlia Ravikovitch is known for her freedom of expression and engagement with current events in her verse about fathers and daughters, the precarious position of women, and the plight of Palestinians. Acclaimed poet and translator Chana Bloch introduces her new translation (with Chana Kronfeld) of the work of one of the truly great Hebrew poets of our time. Block also presents from her new collection, Blood Honey, poems of intimate memory and sure-handed imagination that survey the human condition with a tender, compassionate, and unflinching gaze.


12:00 NOONChana Bloch

Sum. Forty tales from the afterlives.What happens after we die? In Sum, Baylor College of Medicine neuroscientist David Eagleman offers 40 short vignettes, each imagining a fate that might await us after death and offering an insight into human nature. At once funny and unsettling, these tales are rooted in science and awe at our mysterious existence. Fellow Houstonians Rodney Waters and Anita Kruse add their original musical exploration of Eagleman’s engaging and thought-provoking look at the human psyche.

Patron Sponsors: Yael Shani and Yoram in honor of Prof. Nachum Dafny


David Eagleman 6:15 PM

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Dr. Ron WolfsonDonna Frankoff Memorial Lecture

The Seven Questions You’re Asked in HeavenThe Seven Questions gives us a preview of the transformative questions that will greet us in heaven—questions that raise issues that are at the heart of a life that matters. With wisdom from Jewish tradition and funny stories of how people have answered the questions, Ron Wolfson, Dean of the Center for Jewish Education at American Jewish University, encourages us to reflect on our life goals and shape a life of purpose and meaning today.

Patron Sponsors: Vicky and Michael Richker


Etty Ben-Zaken & Eitan SteinbergSetting music to texts, using texts as musicCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Israeli Artists in ResidenceIn this informal meeting, Eitan Steinberg will discuss setting music to texts with Etty Ben-Zaken’s live demonstrations from Steinberg’s works (set to texts by poets Dan Pagis, E. E. Cummings, and Raquel Chalfi). Ben-Zaken will talk about the musical genre of Sound-Text, and will introduce the video-art film Name for which she has created the soundtrack. Name (Israel, 2009, video-art, 19.5 minutes, Hebrew and English) tells about Israeli individuals who have changed their names and identities at some point in their lives. Her original vocal work uses fragments of texts, whispered and murmured to create a musical score.

With funding by The Maurice Amado Foundation

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6:15 PM Lev RaphaelMy Germany: A Jewish Writer Returns to the World His Parents Escaped

In this moving memoir, award-winning writer and second-generation Holocaust literature pioneer Lev Raphael describes his journey of self-discovery from a Jewish and gay identity shaped by his parents’ suffering under the Nazis and marked by a hatred of all things German to a new self: someone unafraid to face the past and transcend it. Hailed as “a cleansing, passionate memoir” by Kirkus Reviews, Raphael’s work is captivating to the end. Michigan State University Libraries have just purchased Raphael’s literary papers covering his 31 years of published and unpublished works.

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Lev Raphael presents at Congregation Beth El Wed., Nov. 4 at 7:30 PM. 3900 Raoul Wallenberg Ln. Missouri City Call 281.499.5066 for information.6:30 PM Reception, Cocktails and Light Bites

Inside the Authors StudioA private evening for young adults (ages 21-35) IDs checked at the door!

Hal NiedzvieckiThe Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our NeighborsSpying and peeping have been with us since Moses sent spies to scout out the land of Canaan. In The Peep Diaries, noted social critic Hal Niedzviecki explores the way we’re moving toward a tell-all show-all culture, the age of “Peep Culture”—a digital phenomenon that is altering notions of privacy, individuality, security and humanity, and radically changing the firmaments of our culture and society.

$15 (includes the book)

Texas’ Big Bend: A Photographic Adventure

For over 20 years, Mike Marvins, Houstonian and third generation professional photographer, has traveled Big Bend with a backpack, by car and on horseback. In this first comprehensive photographic study of the region, Marvins takes the viewer deep into the magic of Big Bend, recreating the feeling visitors have upon first encountering the beauty of the area. Marvins is donating his royalties to the Friends of Big Bend National Park and Friends of the State Ranch State Park.

Free to Series Ticket Holders • $10 JCC Member $14 Public

kim Ablon whitney TEEN READNov. 4 and Nov. 5

Kim Ablon Whitney’s young adult novel is this year’s Teen Read, a new initiative to connect teens to the JCC Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair. Based on the true account of the MS St. Louis, The

Other Half of Life imagines two teenage travelers on board the doomed voyage and the lives they might have lived. Elie Wiesel calls Whitney’s book “an excellent introduction for young readers wishing to understand contemporary history and its traumatic and moral challenges.” Whitney will present a series of multimedia programs for students.


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Sara HoughtelingPictures at an ExhibitionThis debut novel, set in Paris darkened by World War II, chronicles a son’s quest to recover his family’s lost masterpieces looted by the Nazis during the occupation. Author Sara Houghteling’s luminous historical novel draws from her research on wartime France and the early 20th century Parisian art scene. She is a recipient of a Fulbright scholarship to Paris, first prize in the Avery and Jule Hopwood Award for novels, and a

John Steinbeck Fellowship.

Underwritten by / Betsy and Ed Schreiber

Patron Sponsors: Rosita and Albert Gaon • Joyce Greenberg


Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter: A NovelOne Book, One Jewish Community: Connecting People One Book at a Time

A National Jewish Book Award Fiction winner, Peter Manseau’s charismatic tale of the lives of an aging Yiddish poet and the young American Catholic helping him translate his memoirs is a novel of faith lost and hope found in translation. Reminiscent of the sharp, bittersweet tales of I.B. Singer, Songs contains mystery and revelation and explores the art of translation, diversity within the Jewish world, and the true meaning of bashert, or destiny. Join hundreds of readers and be part of the Community Read by signing up at www.jcchouston.org. Purchase the book now at Essence, the JCC Gift Shop or at the Book Fair before the presentation and receive a free ticket to Manseau’s talk.

Patron Sponsors: Family Tree DNA / Max Blankfeld / Bennett Greenspan Karol and Daniel Musher Free to Series Ticket Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public

Peter Manseau 8:00 PM Community Read

Skeletons at the Feast

In his 12th novel, New York Times bestselling author Chis Bohjalian describes the terror and tragedy of war and the heartbreak of love in its midst as German refugees—a Prussian aristocrat, and her Scottish lover, a disguised Jew—struggle west ahead of the Russian army. This tale of suspense and moral complexity set in the waning months of World War II is based on the diary of a Prussian woman and was a Washington Post Best Book of 2008.

Patron Sponsors: Helen Wils and Leonard Goldberg

Free to Series Ticket Holders $10 JCC Member • $14 Public

Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America’s Legendary Suburb

Levittown recounts the true story of the Levitt family’s creation of a storybook town, Levittown, Long Island, in the decade after World War II in order to provide affordable housing and in response to restrictive covenants. Levittown chronicles the reaction when one Jewish family thwarts the whites-only covenant by secretly arranging for a black family to purchase a home there. Author David Kushner is contributing editor of Rolling Stone and Wired, an NPR essayist, and teaches journalism at New York University.

Patron Sponsors: Bobbi and Vic Samuels


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1:00 PM7 SATURDAy6 FRIDAy6:30 PMFamily HavdalahDoni Zasloff Thomas Join Jersey singer Mama Doni Zasloff Thomas, talented and hip mother of two along with Jonathan Fass, JCC Director of Jewish Living and Learning, as we end Shabbat and enter the new week with a family Havdalah ceremony. The evening begins with Havdalah led by Mama Doni followed by a “make your own pillow” craft project.

$15 per family includes a signed Mama Doni CD, personalized Sh’ma Pillow, and refreshments.

RSVP with payment by Nov. 1 713-551-7255

8:00 PM FilmEmotional Arithmetic

USA, 2008, 89 min, Drama, English

A story of redemption, healing, and reconciliation ignited by the reunion of three survivors of Drancy, the World War II internment camp just outside of Paris. Based on a novel by Matt Cohen and starring Gabriel Byrne, Christopher Plummer and Susan Sarandon, Emotional Arithmetic is an unexpected and tender love story that is life-altering for the main characters and all those around them.


AUDITORy EqUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR HEARING IMPAIRED

If you need assistance in hearing clearly, equipment is now availableto 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.

Made possible through the generosity of The Center for ENT Doctors Weber, Moses, Hung, and Powitzky

Goldstaub Community Special Needs FundSharla and Henry Wertheimer Family Philanthropic Fund

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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED By

Ann Hauser Laufman, CFP and Naomi Duke, CFPFinancial and Estate Planning for Special People and their Families

FilmBlanka

Israel, 2007, 38 minutes, Documentary, Hebrew and Ladino with subtitles Director: Michal Houminer-Hirsch

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Israeli Artist in ResidenceEtty Ben-Zaken talks about the traditional Sephardic wedding as it was celebrated until the beginning of the 20th century. Ben-Zaken will demonstrate traditional Ladino wedding-songs and will introduce the documentary Blanka. Created by young Israeli director Michal Houminer-Hirsch, Blanka brings a brightful look into the life of the bride according to Jewish custom, passed from mother to daughter. The film revolves around three female characters from three generations, whose stories intertwine to form a rich mosaic and a colorful picture of the stereotypical yet extremely moving wedding celebration.

With funding by The Maurice Amado Foundation

FreeBE’TAY AVON SENIOR ADULT LUNCH PROGRAMCome have lunch and a program with the Be’tay Avon Crowd.Lunch and Program $2.50 JCC Member/$5.00 PublicRSVP required for lunch. To RSVP, call Esther Bethke at ext. 3258

The 37th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair is proud to partner with Taping For The Blind, Inc.

Three books and the corresponding author programs have been selected for audio access.

Sum. Forty tales from the afterlives. (David Eagleman)Skeletons at the Feast (Chris Bohjalian)The Last Ember (Daniel Levin)

For people with print and visual handicaps, please contact Taping For The Blind, Inc.for information on audio book access for featured authors.

713-622-2767 • www.tapingfortheblind.org

9:00 AM (all ages)

Cereal Bar and Bagel BreakfastWith special guest, Cat in the Hat!

10:00 AM (Youngsters)

Mama Doni Family Concert

10:00 AM (1st–3rd grades) and 11:00 AM (PreK–1st grades)

Ann koffsky Illustration Workshops and

Eight Lights for Eight Nights Book Reading

10:00 AM (for ages 7 and up)

Shmuel Blitz Search for Stones

Sunday, November 89:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Concert, Authors, Books & Fun!

All events take place at JCC Houston • 5601 S. BraeswoodAll family events are FREE and open to the public, with the exception

of Family Havdalah Craft and CD activity, breakfast and Mama Doni Concert

For concert tickets or information call 713-551-7255 or visit www.jcchouston.org

*Adult Programming continues throughout the day

Family Day is endowed in loving memory of Oliver Lapin by his family

Mama Doni concert is underwritten by the Barbara and Mark Paull Families and the

Goldye and Sam Spain Children’s Performing Arts Fund

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Saturday, Nov. 7th 6:30 pmFAMILY HAVDALAH

11:30 AM (1st –3rd grades)

Sheila AronI’m Glad I’m Me – Weaving the Thread of

Love from Generation to GenerationBook reading

1:00 PM (for ages 3–6)

Shmuel BlitzJewish Bedtime Stories Book Reading

1:00 PM (3rd grade and up) and 2:00 PM (2nd–5th grades)

Ann koffsky Illustration Workshops

3:00 PM (2nd–5th grades)

Brett Man The Mad Hatter Magician

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All ages

9:00 AM 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

10:00 AM and 1:00 PM

Ann KoffskyChildren’s Illustrator and Author10:00 AM — For kids 1st — 3rd grades 11:00 AM — For kids PreK — 1st grades 1:00 PM — For kids 3rd grade and up 2:00 PM — For kids 2nd — 5th grades

Ann Koffsky is the illustrator and author of more than 20 books for children including, Eight Lights for Eight Nights, My Jewish Counting Book and My Cousin Tamar Lives in Israel. Her work has also been featured on over 100 greeting cards and on products as diverse as toys, housewares and gift items. Ann will bring along a giant grab bag and conduct an entertaining book-making workshop, guide children through one of her crafts from her Eight Lights for Eight Nights book, and take older students from their first “sloppy” rough sketch to the final published book. She uses examples

of her own original artwork as well as a live sketching demonstration to describe each stage. Fun and interactive for the youngest of book lovers!

Free

Shmuel BlitzChildren’s Author10:00 AM — For ages 7 and up

1:00 PM — For ages 3–6

ArtScroll author Shmuel Blitz is best known for opening the wonders of Jewish prayer and learning to youngsters through his popular ArtScroll Children’s Siddur. He has written enchanting tales in his bestselling Bedtime Stories for Jewish Children. Shmuel brings us his newest work, Search for the Stones, combining cutting edge animation imagery

with traditional Jewish values, for an exciting, fast-paced fantasy/action novel that children won’t forget!Free

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Cereal Bar and Bagel BreakfastMake chef hats and eat your breakfast with our special guest, Cat in the Hat!$3 per person RSVP prior to November 1 Breakfast and Family Concert package • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public

10:00 AMFamily Concert Mama DoniA Children’s Performing Arts Series Event

The Mama Doni Band rocks Houston bringing its Jewliciously cool and fun concert for the whole family. Mama Doni’s songs are a breath of fresh air for everyone from babies to bubbes–hip young kids and their even hipper parents and grandparents. A Brandeis University and NYU graduate, Jersey singer Doni Zasloff Thomas’s music boasts universal themes of love and laughter and are filled with musical and lyrical surprises. Reggae, folk, classic rock, country, hip hop, klezmer, and theatrical music are woven together into energized and unconventional songs that are each stories unto themselves, with characters you can’t help but love. Winners of the Simcha Award at the 2008 International Jewish Music Festival, Amsterdam, this is funky music with a Jewish twist.

Underwritten by the Barbara and Mark Paull Families and the Goldye and Sam Spain Children’s Performing Arts Fund

Free to Series Ticket Holders • $8 JCC Member • $12 Public Breakfast and Family Concert package • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public


4:30 PM

11:00 AM 2:00 PMAri Y. Kelman

Station Identification: A Cultural History of Yiddish Radio in the United States During radio’s golden age, Yiddish programming helped Jewish immigrants deal with the everyday issues in their lives, guiding them in their efforts to become American. At the same time, these new Americans tuned in to hear voices like their own, creating a virtual community across time, space, and generations. Ari Kelman, Assistant Professor of American Studies at UC Davis, has excavated the archives, bringing this period into vivid focus in the first book-length

treatment of this vibrant phenomenon.


Film—Encore PresentationBlessed Is The Match: The Life and Death of Hannah SeneshDirector: Roberta GrossmanUSA, 2008, 85 min, Documentary, English Houston Jewish Film Festival 2009 Audience Choice Award

Compelling, surprising, and personal, this film portrays the amazing story of Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist,who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter, and modern-day Joan of Arc. Through both archival footage and reenactments, retrace Senesh’s amazing life escaping pre-war Europe, sneaking into Palestine, and her perilous mission to rescue Jews during the Holocaust.


Matthew Bernstein Screening a Lynching: The Leo Frank Case on Film and Television

The case of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory supervisor in Atlanta convicted for the murder of a young woman in 1913 and later lynched by an angry mob, was one of the most sensational trials of the early 20th century. Emory University Professor, Chair and Director of Graduate Studies, Matthew Bernstein explores depictions of the case on the large and small screens, examining how the media dealt with the complex issues of racism, anti-semitism, and class in America.

Patron Sponsors: Susan and Stanley Schneider


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11:30 AMSheila AronI’m Glad I’m MeWeaving the Thread of Love From Generation to Generation

For ages 5 — 8

Unconditional love is the theme of Sheila Aron’s first book that demonstrates how far the language of “I love you the way you are” can go toward helping a child think and feel “I’m glad I’m me.” Through a collection of 18 simple, everyday conversation models and luscious illustrations, the reader learns how messages of love can be communicated between parents and children that can positively shape a child’s personality and self-esteem.

Free


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Rachel SontagHouse RulesDaughter of a well-liked doctor in an upper middle class suburb of Chicago, Rachel Sontag was controlled and terrorized by her father’s serious depression. Questioning his authority led to brutal fights and disobedience meant humiliating punishments. A compelling and at times, horrifying work with impressive grace and prose that is both precise and rich, House Rules offers a chronological recounting of a family life that dispels the myth of the typical Jewish family.

Patron Sponsor: Zahava Haenosh


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Barbara GrahamEye of My Heart:27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother

Like a schoolgirl with her first crush is how Barbara Graham felt when she became a grandmother at 58. Grandmotherhood, she soon realized, is far more complicated and when Graham could find nothing literary that told the truth about a role that tends to be dismissed in patronizing, stereotypical terms, she set out to collect essays from some famous writers including Judith Viorst, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, and Anne Roiphe. Universal themes permeate these real stories by remarkable women, all grandmothers.

Bubbes…don’t miss this morning devoted to you, and be sure to purchase a “Bubbe’s Bag” to fill with books and cds for your adorable grandkids! Free with a $100 purchase.


Bubbe Day at the J!

Ernest H. Adams From Ghetto to Ghetto: An African-American Journey to JudaismBorn and raised in a basement apartment in Harlem during the Jim Crow era, Ernest Adams’ experience of racism molded him into a young black man with anti-white and anti-Jewish feelings. A friendship with a fellow law student and his rabbi father led Adams, who holds both a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia and a law degree from NYU, to shed his prejudice and embrace Judaism. This memoir is a sometimes uncomfortable account of that journey, truly a tale for the new post-racial America.


David SaxSave the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen

Freelance journalist David Sax takes readers on a journey through North America, exploring the history, the reach, and the future of the Jewish delicatessen. And then there’s the food—how it’s made, who makes it best, and where to go for particular dishes. Though endangered by assimilation and health food trends, a new generation of deli owners and lovers and a few venerable old-timers are keeping the tradition alive.

Underwritten by /Ziggy Gruber

Patron Sponsors: Patti and Dan C. Steiner


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Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry

Family Meals: Coming Together to Care for an Aging ParentAs Family Meals begins, former LA Law stars Michael Tucker and wife Jill Eikenberry are enjoying the start of their retirement in Italy when they must return home to care for Jill’s ailing mother, widowed and suffering pronounced dementia. In the process of making the decisions that face those caring for aging parents, each member of the family makes an individual journey. This heartwarming memoir chronicles how they ultimately come together in the process.

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Daniel Asa Rose Larry’s Kidney: Being the True Story of How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Skirting the Law to Get Him a Transplant—and Save His Life

An O. Henry Prize winning author and former Arts & Culture Editor of the Forward, Daniel Asa Rose’s memoir is stranger than fiction, as the book’s title aptly summarizes. Answering the call from a long-lost cousin, Rose sets off for China and the world of medical tourism. Recounting adventures that veer from slapstick comedy to nail-biting tension, Larry’s Kidney describes the lengths some of us are willing to go to help family—even when it’s ill-advised.


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Lisa GrunbergerYiddish Yoga: Ruthie’s Adventures in Love, Loss and the Lotus Position

In collaboration with Congregation Beth Yeshurun Sisterhood at Congregation Beth Yeshurun 4525 Beechnut

Performance artist and poet Lisa Grunberger tells the story of a recently widowed Bubbe in New York City who accepts her granddaughter’s gift of a year of yoga lessons with surprising results. By turns poignant and funny, Yiddish Yoga is a touching, witty and human story of love in its many expressions and shows us how to embrace the future and move forward without forgetting the past—with greater flexibility, new postures, and unexpected friendships!

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8:00 PMS.L. Wisenberg The Adventures of Cancer Bitch In a funny and unflinching memoir, former Houstonian S.L. Wisenberg describes losing a breast to cancer while retaining her sense of humor, outrage, and skepticism. Unsparing in her descriptions of fumbling doctors and her own awkward announcement to her students, Wisenberg’s book combines the erudition of Leon Wieseltier and the cleverness of Fran Lebowitz in a volume that moves from the personal to the political,

from the everyday to the profound without missing a beat. This third generation Texan and award-winning journalist is the creative nonfiction editor of Another Chicago Magazine and co-director of Northwestern’s M.A./M.F.A. in Creative Writing program. She teaches in the University of Chicago’s Graham School of General Studies, in the certificate program in creative writing.

Patron Sponsors: Paula and Irving Pozmantier


Andrew Blauner Brothers: 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry In collaboration with Congregation Beth Yeshurun 100 Jewish Men at Congregation Beth Yeshurun 4525 Beechnut

In this volume, editor Andrew Blauner brings together stories by some of our greatest literary stars, all examining the complex relationship between brothers. His collection explores experiences of love, loyalty and loss, altruism and anger, and competition and compassion. Ranging from hilarious to thought-provoking, the tales in this remarkable compilation, full of intimacy and pain, joy and rage, humor and humanity, are sure to surprise, enlighten, sadden, and comfort. Andrew Blauner is the Founder of Blauner Books Literary Agency. He is the editor of COACH: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference (with a foreward by Bill Bradley) and co-editor of Anatomy of Baseball (with a foreward by Yogi Berra).

For Beth Yeshurun 100 Jewish Men members only. Call Rabbi Strauss at 713-666-1881 for information on membership.

Daniel Levin The Last Ember Marilyn Hassid Emerging Author Program

In this historical thriller, Daniel Levin provides long-buried secrets, hidden puzzles based on ancient religious texts, and a race around the Mediterranean—all sure to appeal to fans of the Da Vinci Code. The discovery of an ancient stone map reveals not only an ancient intelligence operation to protect an artifact hidden for 2000 years, but also a ruthless modern plot to destroy all traces of it by a mysterious radical bent on erasing all remnants of Jewish and Christian presence from the Temple Mount. Levin’s debut novel is a riveting tale that takes readers expertly through biblical and Jewish history, archaeology, ancient civilizations, and international law without letting up on the fast-paced narrative. Levin holds degrees in Roman and Greek Civilizations and is a Harvard Law School graduate.

Patron Sponsors: Ann and Stephen Kaufman • Linda and Jerry Rubenstein

Free to Series Ticket Holders $10 JCC Member $14 Public

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8:00 PM7:30 PMSam AppleAmerican Parent: My Strange and Surprising Adventures in Modern Babyland

Parents Night OutAmerican Parent is part memoir, part history, and part journalism, a personal tour of the increasingly complex world of baby products, classes, and fads that confront new parents. Embarking on his own journey into parenthood, Sam Apple, who grew up in Houston, not too far from the JCC, talks to a wide range of experts—a childbirth hypnotist, a nanny spy, the mohel who circumcised him, and others—searching for answers. He brings humor and a healthy skepticism to confused and vulnerable first-time parents.

Patron Sponsors: Judy and Ken Arfa

Free to Series Ticket Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 PublicParents who attend together get a second ticket free.

Steven V. RobertsFrom Every End of This Earth: 13 Families and the Lives They Made in America

At Temple Sinai 13875 Brimhurst Dr.

Distinguished journalist and New York Times bestselling author Steven V. Roberts follows the stories of thirteen immigrant families in an in-depth look at immigration in America today. Roberts examines the many cultural phenomena tied to immigration, shedding light on the enormous contributions immigrants continue to make to the fabric and future of America. Timely and insightful, Roberts’ book is an important read at a time when our national immigration policy is a source of so much controversy.

Free to Series Ticket Holders • $10 JCC Member • $14 Public $36 includes the book (advance purchase only)

Tickets available online at www.jcchouston.org or by calling 281.496.5950 (Temple Sinai) 713.334.4300 (Congregation Or Ami) or 281.556.5567 (JCC West Houston)

Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious “And I Did Not Know: The Secret of Prayer”

Jacob wakes from his dream with a conviction of ignorance. This encounter with God and with himself initiates him into a new way of understanding his role. Exile brings him into his ‘dark night of the soul:’ two dark nights – the dream of the ladder and his unwitting marriage to Leah – complicate and transfigure his world. Renowned scholar Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg will lead the audience in exploring this tension in a 90 minute study session.

In her latest book of biblical exposition, Zornberg moves away from traditional commentary based on the weekly Torah portion. Here she puts God and the men and women of the Bible on the couch using acute literary

analysis and the tools of psychoanalysis to reveal surprising new understandings of both the Bible and the motivations of the familiar biblical characters who populate the stories.


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6:15 PMNeal Bascomb Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World’s Most Notorious Nazi

Shirley and Bill Morgan Family Holocaust Memorial Program

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Based on groundbreaking new information and interviews, recently declassified documents, and meticulous research, Neal Bascomb chronicles the exhaustive efforts of Nazi hunters to locate Adolf Eichmann and bring him to justice which led to the events of 1960 when Mossad and Shin Bet worked to secretly capture the war criminal and bring him to Israel for trial. Hunting Eichmann offers the first complete account of this gripping tale, one of the most important spy missions in history. Neal Bascomb is the author of the national bestseller The Perfect Mile, the critically acclaimed Higher, and the

award-winning Red Mutiny. A former editor and international journalist, Bascomb has also contributed to the New York Times.



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Ofer Ben-Amots The Dybbuk—Trapped Between Two Worlds A Jewish Story and Its Universal MeaningMelton Lunch and Learn at the Merfish Teen Center

The Dybbuk is the transcendent story of two lovers separated by death. Ofer Ben-Amots has composed a new chamber opera of the tale, written by S. Ansky and H.N. Bialik in 1914. This session with the composer explores the history and enduring power and appeal of the drama and is presented to increase appreciation for the performances of the new opera that will take place at the JCC Nov. 14 and 15.

Optional lunch at 12:00 Noon. $9 prepaid with reservation made by Nov. 9. Call 713-729-3200 x3257.

Underwritten by The Maurice Amado Foundation


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8:00 PMThe DybbukComposer: Ofer Ben-Amots

The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds is a multimedia chamber opera in three acts, composed by Ofer Ben-Amots and inspired by S. Ansky’s timeless Yiddish play of the same name. Ben-Amots’ new opera features abstract and realistic video and photo projections synched with dramatic and musical action. The music intertwines folk elements with contemporary textures to create a haunting, self-contained world to tell a powerful story of transcendent passion between two ill-fated lovers. Ben-Amots’ evocative music creates a grand drama of love, death, mysticism, humor, and tragedy, uniquely told through the female character’s point of view.



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Daniel Gordis Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End

Can Israel win the next military war for survival, whomever the foe? Can Israelis keep up the will to fight? Daniel Gordis, Senior Vice President of the Shalem Center, is confident his fellow Jews can renew their faith in the legitimacy and future of Israel. In Saving Israel, Gordis outlines a clear and passionate case for defending and celebrating the existence of the Jewish state while grappling with the controversial questions that many Israelis and American Jews are loath to confront.

Patron Sponsors: Carol and Michael Goldberg Sheila and Gordon Sack in memory of Devora Urkowitz


Avinoam J. Patt Finding Home and Homeland Jewish Youth and Zionism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust

This inspiring history examines the role of young survivors of the Holocaust in the creation of the State of Israel. From kibbutzim organized in displaced persons camps, these dedicated, resourceful, and resilient young Jews acted with passion to establish the new Jewish state. Avi Patt’s book provides a fresh perspective on an important chapter in Jewish history arguing that Zionism was highly successful in filling a positive function for young displaced persons in the aftermath of the Holocaust because it provided a secure environment for vocational training, education, rehabilitation, and a sense of family. A former Houstonian, Patt is the Philip D. Feltman Chair in Modern Jewish History at the

University of Hartford.


whomever the foe? Can Israelis keep up the will to fight? Daniel Gordis,

Patron Sponsors: Carol and Michael Goldberg


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Tina Wasserman Entrée to Judaism: A Culinary Exploration of the Jewish Diaspora

Wherever Jews have settled, they have adapted local tastes and ingredients to meet the needs of Shabbat and kashrut, creating a rich and diverse menu of flavors and styles, all still Jewish. Food columnist for Reform Judaism Magazine, Tina Wasserman, offers a comprehensive cookbook that explores the variety of Jewish culinary expression around the world and across the ages. Wasserman shares the histories and recipes of the great Diaspora communities shedding light on the many wonderful ways these communities have told their stories through food.


The DybbukEncore Performance Free to Series Ticket Holders • $25 JCC Member • $35 Public

10:15 AMBeing in the community is not the same as being part of the community.Why Should You Care?Thinking about inclusion for people with special needs might help us think about it for ourselves. What we want for them—being part of the community—is what we want for ourselves. Isn’t it?

Please join us for an important conversation on how our Jewish community is embracing inclusion and how you can be a part of it.

Guest SpeakerRabbi Bradley ArtsonGod Loves Everyone: Lessons from the Torah and My Autistic SonBrad Artson is not only a rabbi and theologian, but the father of Jacob, a boy who lives with autism and who struggles not to be defined by the label. Rabbi Artson will remind us – as a parent and teacher – of the Torah’s insistence on inclusion, on being made in God’s image. He will inspire us to become agents for change – justice and welcome as core communal and personal goals.

11:15 AM Break11:30 AM Inclusion is as Inclusion Does, or Good Intentions Aren’t Enough

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The Jewish Community Center of Houston Jewish Book & Arts Fair is a member of the

Jewish Book Fair Network. The following authors appear in cooperation with the Jewish Book Council

Ernest H. Adams, Sam Apple, Neal Bascomb, Andrew Blauner,Chana Bloch, Chris Bohjalian, David Eagleman, Barbara Graham,Lisa Grunberger, Sara Houghteling, A.J. Jacobs, Ari Y. Kelman, David Kushner, Daniel Levin, Peter Manseau, Hal Niedzviecki,

Lev Raphael, Daniel Asa Rose, Steven V. Roberts, David Sax, Dan Senor,Rachel Sontag, Joseph Telushkin, Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry,

Tina Wasserman, and Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg


A.J. JacobsThe Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment Presented in collaboration with Brazos Bookstore

Author of The New York Times bestsellers The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically, A.J. Jacobs is the editor-at-large of Esquire magazine and a contributor to NPR. His latest book continues his experiential journalism and is a mix of popular articles written for Esquire such as “My Outsourced Life,” Jacobs’ quest to delegate every task in his

life to a management team in India, as well as new experiments where he learns about love, business, history, fame and marriage. This irresistible page-turner proves once again that Jacobs is unmatched in his ability to combine side-splitting entertainment with profound life lessons.

Underwritten by /Shari and Joe Epstein

Patron Sponsors: Theba and Buster Feldman Cathy and Joe Jankovic Barbara Winthrop Rose and Jay Steinfeld


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Rabbi J oseph Telushkin A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 2: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

The second volume in Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s series on Jewish ethics explores ethical behavior in interpersonal relationships, covering hospitality, visiting the sick, obligations to the dead, comforting mourners, charity, relationships between Jews and non-Jews, justice, and tolerance. Telushkin provides a clear and masterful synthesis as he puts the commandment to love at the center of Jewish theology and experience, guiding us on how to be kinder, more perceptive, and more compassionate.

Patron Sponsor: Deborah Kaplan


JCC 37th Annual Jewish Book & Arts FairBroadening its Reach

The JCC 37th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair continues to forge new partnerships and create new initiatives in an effort to broaden its reach.• “Inside the Authors Studio”, launched last year as a private event for young adults ages 21-35 returns.• “One Book, One Jewish Community: Connecting People One Book at a Time” is the theme of the new and expanded community read with public programs leading up to the

author appearance at the Fair.• Niche Marketing activated members representing a diverse cross-section of the community to promote author appearances in new and creative ways.• Three books will be “radio read” for individuals with visual, physical, or learning disabilities through our partnership with Taping For The Blind, Inc.• JCC auditory equipment is available for assistance to clearly hear programs. Captioning will be available at numerous programs.• The Bubbe’s Bag is back to be filled with fabulous children’s books and cd’s.• A “Teen Read” brings Jewish teens together to read and discuss a single book and hear from the author. • Book Fair Bucks become a great way to gift people books or attendance to programs.• The Fair “goes green” with reusable bags available for purchase at .99 to carry home newly purchased books.

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Daniel Pearl/JewishSocial Action MonthHarmony for Humanity ConcertSunday, October 184:00 PM

$10 ($5 with a Canned FoodDonation for the Meals on Wheels Program)

Daniel Pearl was a reporter with the Wall Street Journal and a talented musician who was kidnapped and murdered by extremists in Pakistan. In his memory, the JCC

has teamed with The Barry Sea Paradox to present “A History of Rhythm and Blues” a concert that combines entertainment, education and tribute as we strive to bring us all a little closer together.

October 18 begins the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, declared Jewish Social Action Month by leading Jewish organizations around the world. The JCC will sponsor a “soup and a sandwich” canned food drive to coincide with the concert.

Etgar keretwith a Film Screening of $9.99Saturday, October 247:30 PM$10m/$15p

$9.99 is a film based on the short stories of Israeli author Etgar Keret who will make his Houston debut.

What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist? The answer to

this vexing question is now within your reach in a small, yet amazing booklet that can be yours for only $9.99.

Geoffrey Rush, Anthony Lapaglia, and Samuel Johnson star in this astonishing work of stop-motion animation that explores urban disillusionment and dreams deferred.

kulanu Mini-Courses and Ongoing Learning Opportunities

Turn it and Turn it: Studying the weekly Torah PortionInstructor: Jonathan FassFridays · 12:00 PM

FREE and Open to the Public

A weekly discussion of the Torah portion using both classic and modern commentaries. No Hebrew knowledge required. Bring a copy of the Torah.

The Music of EthnicCommunities in IsraelInstructors: Dr. Eitan Steinberg and Etty Ben-Zaken

Four Mondays beginningOctober 57:30 – 8:30 PM $36m/$48p

An exploration of the musical traditions of israel including a discussion of the phenomenon of globalization, the merger of diverse musical traditions, the influence of Ladino music and the use of traditional Jewish music as an inspiration for today.

This course is offered as part of the JCC Israeli Artists in Residence Program.

A Jewish Sampler: Needlepoint for Advanced BeginnersInstructor: Barbara Winthrop Rose

Tuesdays, October 6, 20 and 27 7:00 – 8:30 PM or

wednesdays, October 7, 21and 28 • 10:00 – 11:30 AM

$60m/$80p

(Additional materials fee required $90 – includes hand-painted Judaic needlepoint canvas, threads, needle, stitching frame & stitch guide.)

Learn new needlepoint stitches with varying threads as you stitch a beautiful Judaic Needlepoint Sampler! A finished needlepoint is a

Judaic treasure that will be cherished from generation to generation.

Each participant should know how to do the Continental and/or Basketweave stitch.

ContextualizingMoses Maimonides

Rice UniversityJewish Studies Program

JCC 2009-10 InauguralLecture Series

$10m/$15p (per lecture)$21m/$33p (series) Man of Action:Maimonides as Jewish Community LeaderLecture by Dr. Paula Sanderswednesday, October 148:00 PM Between Athens and Jerusalem: Maimonides as Jewish PhilosopherLecture by Dr. Gregory Kaplanwednesday, October 218:00 PM From Cordoba to Cairo:Maimonides as Jewish Traveler of the Islamic westLecture by Dr. David Cookwednesday, October 288:00 PM


The Jewish Studies Program at Rice University, in collaboration with the JCC, has created a new annual lecture series presented by faculty affiliated with the Rice program.

Rice University Lectures will take place at the JCC.

Beginning Hebrew*Instructor: Karen Greenspan

Ten Mondays beginningOctober 57:00 - 8:30 PM

$175m/$225p

This introductory course is a program of letter recognition, reading proficiency, building vocabulary and learning basic phrases. The course uses the Hebrew textbook series beginning with Aleph Isn’t Tough.

*No previous Hebrew study necessary

Tanach Be’Shana: Study the Entire Bible in a yearInstructors: Various - Including Rabbi Barry Gelman, Rabbi Moshe Davis, Aharoni Carmel, Gabi Gelman, Rabbi Avi Pollak, Jonathan Fass, and Rabbi Michele Faudem

29 Sessions Beginning Monday, October 12 at 8:00 PM

Classes are held at United Orthodox Synagogues$150 JCC or UOS Members/ $180 General Public

The Tanach is the greatest book of all time. It is a global bestseller translated into hundreds of languages. Yet many Jews have never studied this great storehouse of heritage in depth. The Tanach Be’Shana course covers every book of the Bible, week by week, in one year. Take this year to discover the greatest story ever told.

Please call United Orthodox Synagogues at 713.723.3850 to register for this course.

This course is offered in partnership with United Orthodox Synagogues.

Please contact Naomi Barancik at 713.729.3200 to enroll in any of these CJLL programs.

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2:00 PM FILM -Kike Like Me

4:30 PM Paula Eisenstein Baker & Robert S. NelsonLeo Zeitlin RediscoveredA Composer’s Lost Works

OPENING NIGHT7:30 PM Dan SenorStart-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle

12:00 NOON Chana Bloch Hovering at a Low Altitude

6:15 PMDavid EaglemanSum. Forty tales from theafterlives.

8:00 PM Dr. Ron WolfsonThe Seven Questions You’re Asked in Heaven

12:00 NOON Ben-Zaken & SteinbergSetting music to texts

6:15 PM Mike Marvins Texas’ Big Bend

7:30 PM6:30 PM ReceptionInside the Authors StudioHal Niedzviecki The Peep Diaries

8:00 PM Lev RaphaelMy Germany

6:15 PM David KushnerLevittown

7:30 PM Lev Raphael (at Congregation Beth El)

8:00 PM Chris Bohjalian Skeletons at the Feast

6:15 PM Sara HoughtelingPictures at an Exhibition

8:00 PMCommunity Read Peter ManseauSongs for the Butcher’s Daughter

1:00 PM FILM -Blanka

6:30 PMFAMILY HAVDALAHDoni Zasloff Thomas

8:00 PMFILM -Emotional Arithmetic

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Family Day Concert, Authors, Fun9:00 AM - 4:00 PM11:00 AM Ari Y. KelmanStation Identification2:00 PM FILM-Encore PresentationBlessed Is The Match4:30 PM Matthew BernsteinScreening a Lynching5:30 PM Rachel SontagHouse Rules7:30 PM David SaxSave the Deli

10:00 AM Barbara GrahamEye of My Heart

6:15 PM Ernest H. AdamsFrom Ghetto to Ghetto

8:00 PM Michael Tucker and Jill EikenberryFamily Meals

10:00 AM Lisa GrunbergerYiddish Yoga(at Congregation Beth Yeshurun)

6:15 PMDaniel Asa RoseLarry’s Kidney

8:00 PMDaniel LevinThe Last Ember

12:30 PM Ofer Ben-AmotsThe Dybbuk—Trapped Between Two Worlds A Jewish Story and Its Universal Meaning

6:15 PM Avinoam J. PattFinding Home and Homeland

8:00 PM Daniel GordisSaving Israel

BookstoreOpen regular hours

8:00 PM The Dybbuk Chamber OperaComposer: Ofer Ben-Amots

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10:15 AM Rabbi Bradley ArtsonGod Loves Everyone

1:00 PMTina WassermanEntrée to Judaism

2:00 PM The DybbukEncore Performance

4:30 PM Rabbi Joseph TelushkinA Code of Jewish Ethics

CLOSING NIGHT7:30 PM A.J. JacobsThe Guinea Pig Diaries

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12:00 NOON S.L. WisenbergThe Adventures of Cancer Bitch6:30 PM Andrew BlaunerBrothers6:15 PM Neal BascombHunting Eichmann7:30 PMSam AppleAmerican Parent8:00 PM Steven V. RobertsFrom Every End of This Earth8:00 PM Avivah Gottlieb ZornbergThe Murmuring Deep

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NOVEMBER 11

37th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair Calendar

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By PHONE:Purchase your tickets by calling 713-551-7255

SAVE MONEy ON PROGRAMS, BUy A SERIES TICkET$50 JCC Member/$70 Public

$2 Discount for seniors & students on single tickets

Due to circumstances beyond our control programs are subject to change.

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36 Authors 3 Concerts 5 Films

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