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FEDERATION NEWS September 2021 11A

People of the Book Author Lecture Series to feature

a mix of 20 in-person and virtual events

By Ted Epstein, People of the Book Coordinator & The Jewish News Editor

s I mentioned in my People of tact Jeremy Lisitza at 941.343.2113 or winning author, says, “Jake Cohen is

the Book article in last month’s jlisitza@jfedsrq.org. the creative, youthful future of Jewish PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Aissue of The Jewish News, The Here’s a brief overview of what food. There is a
Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Man- you can expect at the 2021-22 People thrill in reading
atee is bringing back in-person events of the Book Author Lecture Series. All and cooking from
in a major way. Beginning in Octo- events begin at 7:00 p.m. For those a book by some- iconic news show. It’s a 60 Minutes
ber and running through May 2022, events at which authors will be pre- one you can hard- story on 60 Minutes itself. Ira has
you’re invited to enjoy 10 in-person senting in person at a local temple, you ly keep up with won 24 National Emmys, four duPont
author events along with 10 Zoom- have the choice of attending the events – he is SO alive, Awards, two RFK Awards and two
only events. or watching them on Zoom and/or via as is his food!” Peabodys for his work.
Working with me on this season’s livestream. When you attend events, We get a little more serious on A few nights later, join us for what
schedule are Helene Davis, volunteer you’ll be able to ask the authors ques- Thursday, December 16, when Tracy is sure to be the biggest and funniest
People of the Book Chair, and Jeremy tions, purchase their books and get Walder will talk about The Unexpect- event of the People of the Book se-
Lisitza, Federation’s Director of Inno- them signed, and take photos with the ed Spy – From the CIA to the FBI, My ries. On Tuesday, January 11, we wel-
vation. In May, the three of us listened authors. Secret Life Taking Down Some of the come Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel,
to 275 Jewish Book Council network Here are the 10 in-person events: World’s Most Notorious Terrorists. who will talk about books they’ve co-
authors give two-minute presentations We kick off the series on Tuesday, Oc- Tracy is a former Staff Operations authored, books they’ve written on
via Zoom to more than 100 book festi- tober 12 in a magical way – literally! Officer at the CIA’s Counterterror- their own, their other creative accom-
val site coordinators across the coun- Joshua Jay, author of How Magicians ism Center and Special Agent at the plishments – and pretty much whatever
try. From these 275 authors, we chose Think, will start his presentation with FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office spe- they decide to share. I saw them at an-
our top 50, who were then looked at a 30-minute magic show. Joshua, a cializing in Chinese counterintelli- other book festival a few years ago and
more closely based on their presenta- professional magician and bestselling gence operations. Unexpected Spy is a it was non-stop laughter throughout
tions, book topics, interest to our com- author, will then powerful memoir
munity and other criteria. Based on reveal the mind- about a woman
all our evaluations, we chose to invite set behind the who made a career
20 authors to present to the Sarasota- magic – what in a male-dom-
Manatee community. We also invit- it’s like to prac- inated field and
ed humor columnist and author Dave tice an art that what she’s taken
Barry to join with author Alan Zweibel so many love, away from it now
for what should be an evening filled yet so few un- that she’s no lon-
with lots of laughter. derstand. Writ- ger in government
Since the Federation’s new cam- ten as a series of service.
pus is in the process of being built, this short, lively es- If you’re a fan of 60 Minutes,
season’s People of the Book events says, How Magicians Think describes you’re in for a real treat on Thursday, Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel
will take place at several of the area’s the making of illusions, the psycholo- January 6, when Ira Rosen will pres- their presentation and the fascinating
major temples. These in-person events gy behind them and the characters who ent Ticking Clock: Q&A session. Dave is an author and
will also be available via Zoom and/or create them. Joshua writes about how Behind the Scenes columnist who wrote a nationally syn-
livestream. technology influences the world of at 60 Minutes. An dicated humor column for the Miami
For a quick overview of the 20 magic; the aesthetics of performance; award-winning Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also
events and information on the Preview and his contemporaries, including writer and pro- written numerous books of humor and
Event, see the ads on page 20A. David Copperfield, Penn & Teller and ducer, Ira reveals parody, as well as comic novels. Alan
For a complete schedule of events, David Blaine. the intimate, un- is an original Saturday Night Live writ-
ticket information, author bios and Two weeks later, on Tuesday, Oc- told stories of his er who has won multiple Emmy and
book synopses, look for the insert in tober 26, join us as we welcome Jake nearly 25 years at Writers Guild of America awards for
the October issue of The Jewish News Cohen, author of the stunning Jew-ish: America’s most continued on next page
or visit jfedsrq.org/books at the end of A Cookbook – Reinvented Recipes from
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