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People of the Book preview: Prepare to be wowed
her dedication to everything she takes with the 2021-22 author lecture series!
part in, be it as a chair or member of By Ted Epstein, People of the Book Coordinator & The Jewish News Editor
a committee. Over the years, our lay
he Jewish Federation of Sara- thor Alan Zweibel for what should be versations with the Great Men of
sota-Manatee is bringing back an evening filled with lots of laughter. Musical Theater PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Tin-person events in a major Saturday, February 19: Laraine
way! Beginning in October and run- Newman, May You Live in Inter-
ning through May 2022, you’re invit- esting Times: A Memoir
ed to enjoy 10 in-person author events Thursday, March 24: Annelise will take place at several of the area’s
along with 10 Zoom-only events. Heinz, Mahjong: A Chinese Game major temples. These in-person events
I was the coordinator of the Great- and the Making of Modern Ameri- will also be available via Zoom and/or
er Naples Jewish Book Festival from can Culture livestream.
leader/staff relationship has turned into 2015 (when I helped launch it) through
a friendship. This makes me feel very 2020. The Naples Jewish community
lucky to have someone like Marsha in heard more than 100 authors present
my life.” at 62 events. We had some very enter-
We look forward to greeting the taining, enlightening, educational and Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel
community in the new Harry M. Eisen- inspirational events. But I have to say They’ve co-authored two books in ad-
berg Lobby of the Cultural Arts & Edu- that the lineup of 10 in-person events dition to several of their own.
cation Center. We hope everyone feels for this coming season’s People of the Here’s the mouth-watering list of
at home there as Marsha does. Book series in Sarasota is the best one in-person events we’ve put together
Naming opportunities are still I’ve helped put together. for you (all events begin at 7:00 p.m.):
available for the reimagined Larry & Working with me on this season’s Tuesday, October 12: Joshua Jay,
Mary Greenspon Family Campus for schedule were Helene Davis, volun- How Magicians Think: Misdirec- Wednesday, April 6: Wayne Fed- For more information, including
Jewish Life. For more information, teer People of the Book Chair, and tion, Deception, and Why Magic erman, The History of Stand-Up the list of the 10 Zoom-only events, see
please contact me at bmazer@jfedsrq. Jeremy Lisitza, Federation’s Director Matters Tuesday, May 3: Dr. Michael the ad on page 31A.
org or 941.706.0035. of Innovation. In May, the three of us Tuesday, October 26: Jake Cohen, Roizen, The Great Age Reboot: Look for a more detailed article
listened to 275 Jewish Book Council Jew-ish: A Cookbook – Reinvented Cracking the Longevity Code to Be in the September issue of The Jewish
network authors give two-minute pre- Recipes from a Modern Mensch Younger Today and Even Younger News. And the October issue will have
sentations via Zoom to more than 100 Thursday, December 16: Tracy Tomorrow a special pull-out section covering
book festival site coordinators across Walder, The Unexpected Spy – Since the Federation’s new cam- the entire People of the Book series.
the country. From these 275 authors, From the CIA to the FBI, My Se- pus is in the process of being built, this Tickets will go on sale at the end of
we chose our top 50, who were then cret Life Taking Down Some of the season’s People of the Book events September.
looked at more closely based on their World’s Most Notorious Terrorists
presentations, book topics, interest to Thursday, January 6: Ira Rosen, For People of the Book sponsorship information, contact
our community and other criteria. After Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes Jeremy Lisitza at 941.343.2113 or jlisitza@jfedsrq.org.
all our evaluations, we chose to invite at 60 Minutes
20 authors to present to the Sarasota- Tuesday, January 11: Dave Barry
Manatee community. & Alan Zweibel, various books
We also invited humor columnist Tuesday, February 8: Eddie
and author Dave Barry to join with au- Shapiro, A Wonderful Guy: Con-
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