Arts + Ideas
Front Row at the J See below for highlights of upcoming events . For more details go to weinsteinjcc . org / events .
Tracy Walder , The Unexpected Spy
( Livestream )*
Co-hosted by 5400 Club
Monday , November 1 at 12:30PM
Tracy Walder , a Jewish-American woman , was recruited by the CIA out of college . With the events of 9 / 11 , Walder found herself tracking terrorists with President George W . Bush , Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Colin Powell looking over her shoulder . She successfully earned the trust of al-Qaeda ’ s top men , Jihadists who swore they ’ d never speak to a woman . The Unexpected Spy is a powerful memoir about a woman who made a career in a male-dominated field and what she ’ s taken away from it now .
Free and open to the community
Rebecca Frankel , Into the Forest
( Livestream )*
Co-hosted by 5400 Club
Monday , November 8 at 12:30PM
Into the Forest is a gripping novel of love , escape and survival from wartime Poland to a wedding in Connecticut . It traces the true story of the Jewish Rabinowitz family who fled to the Bialowieza Forest to escape the Nazi killing squad that had terrorized their hometown . The story leads the reader through a 65-year journey , marked by a series of remarkable twists of fate .
Free and open to the community
Ira Rosen , Ticking Clock : Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes
( Virtual )*
Thursday , November 11 at 7:30PM
Ira Rosen , two-time Peabody Award-winning writer and producer , reveals the intimate , untold stories of his decades spent at America ’ s most iconic news show . It ’ s a 60 Minutes story about the show , 60 Minutes .
$ 10 per person ; $ 18 per household
Judy Batalion , The Light of Days
( Virtual )*
Sunday , November 14 at 7:00PM
One of the most important untold stories of World War II , The Light of Days , is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who helped weaponize Poland ’ s Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis .
Anne Sebba , Ethel Rosenberg
( Livestream )*
Co-hosted by 5400 Club
Monday , November 15 at 12:30PM
On June 19 , 1953 , Ethel Rosenberg became the first woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder . She was thirty-seven years old and the mother of two small children . Yet even today , at a time when the Cold War seems all too resonant , Ethel ’ s conviction for conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union makes her story still controversial . Anne Sebba ’ s biography uses the dramatic prison letters Ethel exchanged with her husband , lawyer and psychotherapist over a three-year period . Ethel Rosenberg ’ s story has been called America ’ s Dreyfus Affair : a catastrophic failure of humanity and justice that continues to haunt the national conscience .
Free and open to the community
Tovah Feldshuh , Lilyville
( Virtual )*
Thursday , November 18 at 7:00PM
In this insightful , compelling , often hilarious and always illuminating memoir , Lilyville , six-time Emmy and Tony nominee , Tovah Feldshuh , shares the highs and lows of a remarkable career and the lessons she ’ s learned about how to live a life in the spotlight , strive for excellence , and most importantly , how to still get along with your mother !
$ 10 per person ; $ 18 per household
Dr . Michael Roizen , The Great Age Reboot
( Livestream )*
Co-hosted by 5400 Club
Monday , November 22 at 12:30PM
Dr . Michael F . Roizen , MD , is the Chief Wellness Officer at the Cleveland Clinic , Chief Medical Consultant on The Dr . Oz Show , and author of four New York Times Bestselling books . In his newest book , The Great Age Reboot , Dr . Roizen explains how to prepare for a longer , healthier future as the human lifespan expands and more people are living to 100 years and beyond .
Free and open to the community
* Livestream events will have an in-person audience and the author will be virtual .
** Both the audience and the author will be virtual for this event .
$ 10 per person ; $ 18 per household
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