From Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks
As part of the Literatour Berks program, the Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks will host New York Times bestselling author David Denby to speak about his book, Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer, on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 12 p.m., at the Jewish Cultural Center (JCC), 1100 Berkshire Blvd., Wyomissing. This is a free event open to the whole community. Learn more at readingjewishcommunity.org or contact the Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks at info@jfreading.org or 610-921-0624.
Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer were all 100 percent Jewish and 100 percent American. They hardly knew each other but shared a common historical moment, changing culture in the second half of the 20th century. In his book, Denby presents these four figures as larger than life and also deeply human.
David Denby is a New York Times bestselling author. He was a film critic for New York Magazine and The New Yorker, where he is now a staff writer. His essays have appeared in The New Republic and The Atlantic. He lives in New York City.
Literatour Berks, in its seventh year of programming, features exceptional Jewish authors from around the country. Authors visiting Reading this year will cover 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, Jan. 27, at 12 p.m., at the JCC – Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin, author of To Forever Inhabit this Earth: An Ethic of Enoughness
- Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 12 p.m., 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 12 p.m., 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 12 p.m., 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.
The Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks is the planning, coordinating, and fundraising arm of the Jewish community. The mission is to further the welfare of the Jewish community; to plan for the philanthropic, physical, social, cultural, and educational advancement of the Jewish community; and to foster cooperation among local Jewish organizations directed toward that end.
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