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8A October 2021 FEDERATION NEWS

People of the Book author lecture series

returns with three events in October

By Gayle Guynup PEOPLE OF THE BOOK

he People of the Book series with James Corden, and starred in his thought about.
of in-person and virtual events, own off-Broadway magic show, Six Without giving away anything
Tsponsored by The Jewish Fed- Impossible Things. There is a saying: too crucial, why does magic matter
eration of Sarasota-Manatee, picks The door to magic is closed, but it is and why are so many people fasci- and the process of dying for the spir-
up in October with three spectacular nated by it? itual and secular alike. The book is
authors. I think magic hinged on his
The series begins on Tuesday, Oc- matters because personal account
tober 12 at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Beth of what it rep- of dealing with
Israel with Joshua Jay and his book, resents. Of all the his own father’s
How Magicians Think – Misdirection, performing arts, death from Alz-
Deception and Why Magic Matters. magic is the only heimer’s. Leder’s
Joshua will open his presentation with one that requires elegant and com-
a 30-minute magic show! Next up, on mystery. It em- passionate rumi-
Tuesday, October 19 at 7:00 p.m. with a braces not know- nation is a worthy
Zoom-only event, is Rabbi Steve Led- ing, and it requires addition to the literature on death and
er and his book, The Beauty of What an explicit agreement that the audience dying.
Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Be- won’t fully understand what the magi- What did you learn about your-
comes Our Greatest Gift. The month cian is doing. That’s the joy for many self while writing this book?
will wrap up on Tuesday, October 26 and the frustration for some. But that The most important thing I learned
at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El with tension is critical in an age where every while writing The Beauty of What Re-
Jake Cohen and his book, Jew-ish: a Joshua Jay answer is a search away on our phone. mains is how profoundly the experi-
Cookbook: Reinvented Recipes from not locked. In How Magicians Think, Rabbi Steve Leder / ence of death, grief
a Modern Mensch. Sarasota Chef Judi Joshua Jay not only opens that door, he The Beauty of What Remains and life changed
Gallagher will moderate this event. brings us inside and turns on the light, Steve Leder, author of More for me when I was
Both in-person events will also be revealing the history and traditions of a Beautiful than Before, is an forced to approach
available on Zoom and/or livestream. subject long-shrouded in mystery. American rabbi, scholar, author each as Steve Led-
Joshua Jay / How Magicians Think How and why did you first be- and Jewish community leader. er the son, rather
Joshua Jay has performed on stages in come interested in magic? He has twice been named in than Steve Leder the
more than 100 countries. He is a head- I became interested in magic when Newsweek’s list of the 10 most rabbi. As a rabbi I
liner at Hollywood’s Magic Castle and I was seven years old and my father influential rabbis in America, thought I really un-
a former world champion in sleight-of- showed me a magic trick but did NOT and is senior rabbi to approxi- derstood loss, but I
hand. He is the author of Magic: The tell me how it was done. I was mes- mately 2,400 families at three was wrong.
Complete Course and, for children, merized. I eventually figured the trick campuses of the Wilshire Bou- Rabbi Steve Leder What is it that
Big Magic for Little Hands. He has out, and it was that process that real- levard Temple in Los Angeles. In The you hope others will take away from
performed on The Tonight Show Star- ly hooked me. Since I was seven, I’ve Beauty of What Remains, Rabbi Leder the book?
ring Jimmy Fallon and The Late Show never had another job, and it’s all I’ve delivers insightful thoughts on death continued on next page

Where we belong

Remodeling is in its final stages at the Klingenstein Jewish Center
on the newly reimagined Larry & Mary Greenspon Family Campus
for Jewish Life. The building should be ready for administrative
staff in October.

Klingenstein entryway.
Updated iconic circular lobby area.

Hallway to back offices.
Interior and
exterior of
new kitchen.

Individual,
spacious
bathrooms.

Desenberg room outfitted with
New reception area will welcome visitors. the latest technology.

For more information, or to join us in this historic reimagination, visit JFEDSRQ.ORG/ProudStrong