These events are free and open to the public.
Glenn Frankel Rivonia’ s Children
Monday, November 3 at 12:30 PM Cohosted by 5400 Club
Rivonia’ s Children, a finalist for the Alan Paton Prize, South Africa’ s highest honor for nonfiction, recounts the little known story of three Jewish families and their remarkable struggle alongside Nelson Mandela against Aparteid. Imprisoned, exiled and in some cases, murdered, these activists paid a terrible price for their courage, but their sacrifices helped pave the way for a multi-racial democracy.
BOOK SIGNING TO FOLLOW
Lisa Roday Fingerprintz
Tuesday, November 11 at 11:00 AM Cohosted by Jewish Woman’ s Club
In this stirring memoir, local Richmond author and Jewish community member, Lisa Printz Roday, begins her narrative with the sudden death of her forty-sevenyear-old father. Rather than crush the twenty-one-year-old Printz Roday, it is the pivotal moment that sustains her in each new crisis she faces, including two harrowing preterm births. With remarkable candor, a little dry humor, and plenty of heart, Printz Roday explores how the experiences that shake us to our core can make us stronger than we could ever imagine.
BOOK SIGNING TO FOLLOW
Kenneth Turan Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation
Cohosted by 5400 Club Monday, November 24 at 12:30 PM
IN-PERSON EVENT WITH VIRTUAL SPEAKER
Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation is a history of the duo behind MGM Film. The nonfiction book by Kenneth Turan, a regular critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR, follows the unlikely trajectory that led both men to the movies.
Richard Kreitner Fear No Pharoah: American Jews, The Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery
Monday, November 10 at 12:30 PM Cohosted by 5400 Club
IN-PERSON EVENT WITH VIRTUAL SPEAKER
Since ancient times, the Jewish people have recalled the story of Exodus and reflected on the implications of having been slaves. Did the tradition teach that Jews should speak out against slavery and oppression everywhere or act cautiously to protect themselves in a hostile world?
In Fear No Pharaoh, the journalist and historian Richard Kreitner sets this question at the heart of the Civil War era. Using original sources, he tells the intertwined stories of six American Jews who helped to shape a tumultuous time,
Pierre Lehu The Joy of Connections: 100 Ways to Beat Loneliness and Live a Happier and More Meaningful Life by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer with Pierre Lehu and Allison Gilbert
Monday, November 17 at 12:30 PM Cohosted by 5400 Club
IN-PERSON EVENT WITH VIRTUAL SPEAKER
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm that loneliness“ represents an urgent public health concern”— exacerbated by social media overuse, the residual effects of the pandemic, and the lack of meaningful relationships. In The Joy of Connections, Dr. Ruth’ s final book and 26th book in collaboration with publicist and author, Pierre Lehu, the iconic therapist offers an urgent guide to combating loneliness with 100 ways to increase connectivity right now, based on insights from her life story and her unparalleled career.
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