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On this page you will find listings of speaking engagements and other programming featuring authors of HBI books and other publications.
Be sure to check back for updates!
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Event: Carole S. Kessner Book Party, author of Marie Syrkin: Values Beyond the Self
Location: Brandeis House, 12 East 77 Street(between 5th & Madison Avenues)
New York, NY
Date: October 16, 2008
Time: 6:00 p.m.
The life and times of Marie Syrkin, polemicist of pragmatic idealism.
Marie Syrkin's life spanned ninety years of the twentieth century, 1899--1989. As a polemical journalist, socialist Zionist, poet, educator, literary critic, translator, and idiosyncratic feminist, she was eyewitness to and reporter on most of the major events in America, Israel, and Europe. Beautiful as well as brilliant, she had a rich personal life as lover, wife, mother, and friend. During her lifetime Syrkin's name was widely recognized in the world of Jewish life and letters. Yet, inevitably, since her death, recognition of her name is no longer quite so immediate. Carole S. Kessner's intention is to restore for a new generation the singular legacy of Syrkin's life.
Wine and Cheese will be served
For more information, or to RSVP, please call: 212 873 3297
or E-mail: tkranidas@rcn.com
Event: Meet the Authors featuring Yehudit Katzir, author of Dearest Anne
Location: The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th St. (Program room assignments will be available at the JCC Customer Service Desk, in the lobby of the Samuel Priest Rose Building.)
Date: November 7, 2008
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5.00 JCC Manhattan member, $7.00 JCC Manhattan non-member
Yehudit Katzir is a leading fresh female voice from Israel and her work has been translated into many languages. Dearest Anne is a coming of age story set in mid-1970s Israel. After divorce shatters her family, Rivi is raised by her neglectful mother and helps care for her two younger brothers. She documents her feelings in a diary addressed to Anne Frank.
For more information, or to register, please call 646-505-5708.
Visit them on the web at www.jccmanhattan.org
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