The coming Jewish Book & Culture Fair will offer “an interest piece … for everyone,” said Dorene Paley, the community services director for the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center.
The fourth annual fair, which will begin Nov. 14 during National Jewish Book Month, aims to “accommodate a lot of needs, subjects and time frames” within the community, according to Cindy Benjamin, JCC Jewish arts and cultural coordinator, who, with Paley and a committee of 13 chaired by Romaine Backer, helped organize the fair.
“We’ve tapped into a lot of populations,” said Paley. This year, the fair committee “worked hard to bring in people for a younger audience,” though there are “no boundaries.
There’s something for all generations,” she said.
Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops will provide a bookstore at the JCC, featuring hundreds of titles, of which, Benjamin said, “a good number are more recently published. It’s a little bit of an experiment.”
The bookstore will open one hour before each presentation or by appointment, and will offer free gift-wrapping and author signings.
The complete event listing follows:
• Sunday, Nov. 14, 1:30 p.m., Marilyn Price — “Punch and Judaism Puppet Show.” Price creates puppets from various materials, such as nerf balls and toilet paper tubes, and will show audience members how to create their own. Price is the author of “Marilyn Price and Friends Present the Alphabet from Alef to Tav.” The program is $8 per family.
• Monday, Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Tova Mirvis — “The Outside World.” Mirvis will speak about her book at 12:30 p.m. after a luncheon catered by Patrick. The lunch and presentation are $18, with reservations due by Nov. 8. To attend the author’s lecture only is $10.
• Tuesday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m., Sue Fishkoff — “The Rebbe’s Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch.” Tickets are $8, $5 for students.
• Thursday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m., Daniel Rogov and Amy Sohn — “Wine, Women and Sohn” is a double feature, with wine tasting and presentations by Rogov, author of “Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines,” and Amy Sohn, author of “My Old Man.” Tickets are $18, $10 for students. The program is co-sponsored by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Young Leadership Division and Israel Center, and the Milwaukee Jewish Council for Community Relations.
• Sunday, Nov. 21, 2 p.m., Ambassador Dennis Ross — “The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace.” Ross will speak about his book, an account of the 12 years he served as U.S. envoy to the Middle East. Tickets are $10, $8 for students. The event is co-sponsored by the MJCCR.
• Tuesday, Nov. 30, 12:30 p.m., Connie Glaser — “What Queen Esther Knew: Business Strategies from a Biblical Stage.” One of the country’s leading experts on women in business, Glaser will talk about the book she co-wrote at the Four Points Sheraton North, 8900 W. Kildeer Court. Coffee and refreshments will be served. Tickets are $8, $5 for students. The program is co-sponsored by the federation’s 2005 Women’s Campaign.
• Thursday, Dec. 16, 7 p.m., Jonathan Sarna —“American Judaism: A History.” Sarna, the Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, will speak at Congregation Beth Israel on his book, which recounts 350 years of Jewish life in America. Tickets are $10, $8 for students. The program is co-sponsored by the Milwaukee Jewish Historical Society, a program of the federation, in association with the Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning and Congregation Beth Israel.
• Wednesday, March 23, 2005, 9:30 a.m., Shulamit Elson — “The Kabbalah of Prayer: Sacred Sounds and the Soul’s Journey.” Elson will offer information on spiritual struggles, feelings of meaninglessness and self-judgment. Tickets are $8, $5 for students. The event is co-sponsored by the Jewish Awareness Series of the federation’s Women’s Division.
The fair is funded by the Alex & Ilsa Neurath Malkin Endowment Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation, the endowment development program of the federation. The fair also has more co-sponsors than ever before, according to Paley.
Tickets for all presentations are available at the JCC, and advance purchase discounts are available for two or more tickets. To order tickets call Esther Kahn, 414-967-8227. For more information call Paley, 414-967-8217; or Benjamin, 414-967-8233.
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