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FEDERATION NEWS October 2020 5

People of the Book Author Lecture Series

kicks off with two special events

By Gayle Guynup
Established 1971 eople of the Book is a series of fourth story, my mom had a heart at- became reinvigorated,” he said. Fol-
PUBLISHER presentations by Jewish authors tack and passed away. So my fourth lowing open heart surgery in 2011, he
The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee P(or authors of books with Jew- story, called The Alchemist, ended up ended up working in acting once again,
The Larry & Mary Greenspon
Family Campus for Jewish Life ish themes) discussing their recently being the story of the last day I spent with recurring appearances on numer-
Klingenstein Jewish Center published books. Now in its second with my mother.” The particular pod- ous television shows including Glee,
580 McIntosh Road year, the series is hosted by The Jew- cast was picked up Law & Order, The Gold-
Sarasota, FL 34232-1959 ish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. by NPR, PRI and bergs and One Day at a
Phone: 941.371.4546 People of the Book kicks off the 2020- other organizations, Time.
Fax: 941.378.2947 21 season with two featured events in and was heard all With the onset of the
E-mail: jewishnews@jfedsrq.org October. over the world. Coronavirus pandemic,
Website: www.jfedsrq.org Stephen Tobolowsky When the cou- Tobolowsky says he is
Published Monthly Stephen Tobolowsky, who has ap- ple returned to Los now a full-time writer,
Volume 50, Number 9 peared in more than 200 films and Angeles, Ann sur- as there are no movies or
October 2020 television shows, as well as on the prised Stephen by television shows current-
56 pages
USPS Permit No. 167 Broadway stage, is, at heart, a story- telling him she had ly in production. He is in
November 2020 Issue Deadlines: teller. And what a story he has to tell. secretly been taking the process of releasing
Editorial: September 30, 2020 Tobolowsky made his way from conversion classes another set of podcasts,
Advertising: October 1, 2020 Dallas to Los Angeles (with his mother for Judaism. “She which are available free
CHANGE OF ADDRESS: tagging along for the ride in the fam- told me she wanted worldwide. “The buy-
Inquiries can be sent to Bonnie Souther ily Oldsmobile), where he ended up to do that because in is easy. All you need
at bsouther@jfedsrq.org living, working and marrying actress she saw the way my Stephen Tobolowsky is time,” he said. “And
or call 941.371.4546 x0 Ann Hearn. “We stayed in Los Ange- mother lived and the way she loved, with the pandemic, we all have plenty
les and began working our way up the and wanted that for our life together.” of that.”
PRESIDENT food chain as an actor and actress,” Ann became Jewish and the couple re- Publishers Weekly calls My Ad-
Randon Carvel
he said. He explained that he had lost newed their vows in their backyard. To- ventures with God “a fast-paced, pre-
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER his hair in graduate school and always day, they have been married 31 years. cise, wide-ranging and impressive
Howard Tevlowitz wore glasses, which became his brand Somehow, Simon and Schuster got book that draws upon the I Ching, Tal-
in Hollywood – “the tall, bald guy with ahold of some of Stephen’s stories, and mud, Einstein, Grimms’ Fairy Tales
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF glasses.” It served him well in numer- wanted to publish a collection of those and reruns of SportsCenter” when dis-
COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING ous roles including Ned Ryerson in stories. His first book, The Dangerous cussing Tobolowsky’s life of faith.
Marty Katz Groundhog Day, which, he said, “kind Animals Club, included stories from his At his virtual People of the Book

MANAGING EDITOR of cemented my career.” childhood. After that, his editor asked presentation on Wednesday, October
Ted Epstein He and Ann, whom he describes as if he could do a book from a strictly 14 at 7:00 p.m., this natural storytell-
“very adventurous,” developed an in- Jewish perspective, and that’s when he er will be sharing a story from My Ad-
ADVERTISING SALES terest in riding horses and worked with wrote My Adventures with God. ventures with God, followed by what is
Adam Kaplan – 941.552.6307 a trainer in Iceland. “On our third trip, “I healed. My neck healed. My sure to be a lively discussion.
PROOFREADERS in 2008, we were riding on the side of life healed, and amazingly my career continued on page 6
Edward D. Cohen, Rhonda Kaplan, an active volcano when we were hit
Marianne Mandell, Elliot Ofsowitz, by a tornadic wind that came off the
Jeff Sherman, Jill Simons, Linda Stern, Atlantic Ocean. It picked me and my Biography
Bryna Tevlowitz horse up and threw us into a lava flow. • Ambassador Ross is a fellow at The
I broke my neck and had, what doctors Washington Institute for Near East
MISSION STATEMENT: The Jewish News of called, a fatal injury – that I somehow Policy.
Sarasota-Manatee strives to be the source of
news and features of special interest to the survived,” he said. • He is also an esteemed professor at
Jewish community of Sarasota-Manatee, to “I could barely do anything for Georgetown.
provide a forum for the exchange of ideas myself. Ann had to help me with ev-
and opinions in the Jewish community, and erything,” he said, adding that it was • For more than twelve years,
Ambassador Ross played a leading role
to communicate the mission, activities and definitely the “worse” in “for better or in shaping U.S. involvement in the
achievements of the Federation and its Jew- Middle East peace process.
ish community partners. for worse.”
OPINIONS printed in The Jewish News of Sara- One of the few things he could do • Ambassador Ross is the
author of five books on the
sota-Manatee do not necessarily reflect those was write. “So, I started writing true peace process, the Middle East,
of The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Mana- stories from my life to give to my boys and international relations.
tee, its Board of Directors or staff. as a legacy.” A friend, David Chen,
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