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Allan H. Goodman
Father, Son, Stone
Tuesday, November 13 at 11AM
Free and Open to All
Co-hosted by the Jewish Women's Club
Book signing
Allan H. Goodman's intriguing blend of history
and mystery, Father, Son, Stone, delves into the
secret of Jerusalem's most controversial religious
site: the Temple Mount, also known to Muslims
as the Noble Sanctuary. Inspired by Goodman's
desire to learn why Moshe Dayan returned the Temple Mount to the Muslim authority at the
end of the Six-Day War in 1967, the book spans various periods in the history of Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam, while engaging the reader in a page-turning tale that includes personal
loss, religious and legal conflict, political ambition, and long-hidden family secrets.
Goodman is a judge, mediator, arbitrator and educator and has written two best-selling
non-fiction books. He lived in Israel for two summers during college, working on kibbutzim
and studying Hebrew. He majored in International Affairs at the Georgetown University
School of Foreign Service, where his studies included Islamic History, Middle East Politics and
Diplomacy, and Arabic. He also earned a law degree from the University of Toledo College of
Law, and was in private practice before becoming a judge.
B. A. Shapiro
The Collector's Apprentice
Tuesday, November 13 at 7PM
$15 General Admission
$10 JCC Members
Book signing
B.A. Shapiro, whose previous books have sold
over half a million copies, once again weaves
together historical and imagined characters to
create a psychological art thriller, this time set
in 1920s Paris and Philadelphia, where one fasci-
nating woman must disguise her identity in order to reclaim it. It’s the summer of 1922, and
nineteen-year-old Paulien Mertens finds herself in Paris—broke, disowned, and completely
alone. Everyone in Belgium, including her own family, believes she stole millions in a sophisti-
cated con game perpetrated by her then-fiancé, George Everard. To protect herself from the
law and the wrath of those who lost everything, she creates a new identity and sets out to
recover her father’s art collection, prove her innocence—and exact revenge on George.
Shapiro is the author of seven novels, including the award-winning NY Times bestseller, The Art
Forger and national bestseller The Muralist.