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12B January 2020 JEWISH HAPPENINGS

PEOPLE OF THE BOOK

New Author Lecture Series!

ALEXANDRA SILBER
Jewish Culture
January 6, 2020 • 7:30 pm • $25 Jewish Culture
Riverview Performing Arts Center, 1 Ram Way, Sarasota

Alexandra Silber, author of After Anatevka, shares her memoir
about the loss of her beloved father and the restorative power
of family and friendship, through blending musical stylings with
spoken words from her books in a cabaret-style performance
featuring songs from Broadway and more.

S. PERRY BRICKMAN
Anti-Semitism
January 29, 2020 • 10:30 am • $10 Anti-Semitism
Beatrice Friedman Theater, 582 McIntosh Rd, Sarasota “Our monthly Jewish-themed
film series focuses on real slices
S. Perry Brickman, author of Extracted: Unmasking Rampant An-
ti-Semitism in America’s Higher Education, experienced and learned of life we can all relate to.”
first-hand that discrimination in dental schools was a wide spread – ROSANN BLACK
epidemic. For a half century, Brickman harbored a deep and per-
sonally painful secret that he, and many others, had been failed
out of Emory’s dental school because they were Jewish.
DENIAL
ARIEL BURGER A Study of Tuesday, January 14, 2020 • 7:00 pm
A Study of
February 13, 2020 • 7:00 pm • $18 Elie Wiesel In 1993, Deborah Lipstadt published Denying the Holocaust.
Elie Wiesel
Beatrice Friedman Theater, 582 McIntosh Rd, Sarasota Two years later, author David Irving sued her for libel because
she spoke about him deliberately distorting historical facts.

Step into Elie Wiesel’s classroom and join Ariel Burger, author of Nominations: Outstanding British Film of the
Witness, in their conversations about ethics, activism, spirituality, Year by BAFTA Awards and Best Supporting Actor
and literature which transformed the lives of students from by Denver Film Critics Society
around the world. Beatrice Friedman Theater on The Larry & Mary
Greenspon Family Campus for Jewish Life
582 McIntosh Rd, Sarasota, FL
JOSH FRANK A Surrealist in WARSAW: A CITY DIVIDED
A Surrealist in
March 8, 2020 • 7:00 pm • $10 Hollywood Tuesday, February 11, 2020 • 7:00 pm
Hollywood
Beatrice Friedman Theater, 582 McIntosh Rd, Sarasota This film sheds new light into the Nazi process of division and
resettlement, culminating in nearly destroying Warsaw and in the
Giraffes on Horseback Salad, now a graphic novel, relives the deaths of thousands. By interweaving the past with the present,
it affirms the importance —and the difficulty— of remembering.
Marx Brothers film first written by Salvador Dali. Recreated by
author Josh Frank in partnership with comedian Tim Heideck and Special guest: Howard Chandler, Classroms Without
Spanish comics creator Manuela Pertega, the film comes to life Borders, survivor Auschwitz and Buchenwald camps
on pages in all its gorgeous, full-color, cinematic, surreal glory. Beatrice Friedman Theater on The Larry & Mary
Greenspon Family Campus for Jewish Life
582 McIntosh Rd, Sarasota, FL
JACK FAIRWEATHER / SARAH ROSE Heroes of BOYCOTT THIS!
oes of
Her
April 21, 2020 • 10:30 am • $10 the Resistance
the Resistance
Beatrice Friedman Theater, 582 McIntosh Rd, Sarasota Tuesday, March 3, 2020 • 6:30 pm
Viewers join comedian Brad Stine on a journey in search of truth
Jack Fairweather, author of The Volunteer: One Man, an that takes him across the US and Israel, learning first-hand how,
Underground Army, and Sarah Rose, author of D-Day if successful, the BDS movement would destroy the livelihoods of
Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the thousands of Palestinian families.
Nazis and Helped Win World War II, will present a panel Special guest: Producer Laurie Cardoza-Moore with Q&A
discussion on heroes of the resistance during World War II.
Beatrice Friedman Theater on The Larry & Mary
Greenspon Family Campus for Jewish Life
582 McIntosh Rd, Sarasota, FL
To order tickets visit: ASK DR. RUTH
jfedsrq.org/books Tuesday, April 7, 2020 • 1:00 pm

As her 90th birthday approaches, Dr. Ruth Westheimer reflects on
or call 1-888-718-4253, Option 1 her painful past. A survivor of the Holocaust, her career path leads
her to the forefront of the sexual revolution, making her America’s
most famous sex therapist.
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Beatrice Friedman Theater on The Larry & Mary
Greenspon Family Campus for Jewish Life
SILVER SPONSOR BRONZE SPONSORS 582 McIntosh Rd, Sarasota, FL

JULES & CAROL B. GREEN LIMIT 2 TICKETS PER FILM. THE SERIES IS FREE but audience members are
encouraged to bring cans of food which will be donated to All Faiths Food Bank.
LORI AND DAVID LINER
CHAIR: ROSANN BLACK

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