Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks to Host Adam Nimoy

From Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks

The Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks is delighted to host Adam Nimoy, director and author of The Most Human, a memoir about his relationship with his father, Leonard Nimoy, known to millions as Mr. Spock. Mr. Nimoy will speak at the Literatour Berks Kickoff event on Sunday, Sept. 14, at 10 a.m., at the Jewish Cultural Center (JCC), 1100 Berkshire Blvd., Wyomissing. Tickets to the event are $25 or $18 for JCC members. To RSVP, go to readingjewishcommunity.org or contact the Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks at info@jfreading.org or 610-921-0624.

Mr. Nimoy’s book, The Most Human, is available for advance purchase with ticket purchase. Copies will also be available on the day of the event. Tickets to the event include a bagel brunch. Attendees will also receive information about future author visits.

Adam Nimoy is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Loyola Law School. After seven years in entertainment law, he left to pursue a directing career. Nimoy has directed over 45 hours of network television as well as a critically acclaimed documentary about his father, For the Love of Spock. He has been in 12-step recovery for 21 years. He will speak about how 12-step recovery and Jewish wisdom enabled him to repair his relationship with his father, Leonard Nimoy.

Literatour Berks, in its seventh year of programming, features exceptional Jewish authors from around the country. Ten authors will visit Reading this year, covering a range of topics and titles to engage, educate, and entertain the whole community. Each event includes an author talk followed by a book sale and signing.

Future events include:

• Tuesday, Sept. 30, at noon, at the JCC – Jean Lewanda, author of Shalama: My 96 Seasons in China
• Monday, Nov. 10, at 6 p.m., at the Exeter Community Library – Talia Carner, author of Boy with the Star Tattoo
• Tuesday, Nov. 25, at noon, at the JCC – David Denby, author of Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer
• Tuesday, Jan. 27, at noon, at the JCC – Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin, author of To Forever Inhabit this Earth: An Ethic of Enoughness
• Tuesday, Feb. 24, at noon, at the JCC – Richard Kreitner, author of Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery
• Monday, March 23, at 6 p.m., at the Exeter Community Library – Esther Chehebar, author of Sisters of Fortune
• Tuesday, April 28, at noon, at the JCC – Elizabeth Hyman, author of The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto
• Monday, May 11, at 6 p.m., at the Exeter Community Library – Barbara Josselsohn, author of The Forgotten Italian Restaurant
• Wednesday, May 13, at noon, at the JCC – Cindy Schweich Handler, author of A German Jew’s Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer and the Denazification of Germany

Literatour is presented by the Jewish Federation of Reading in partnership with Exeter Community Library and the Jewish Book Council, and is sponsored by Doubletree by Hilton Reading. Sponsorship opportunities are available by contacting the Jewish Federation.

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