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his work in television. He also collab- incredible evolution of this American
orated with Billy Crystal on the Tony art form – from its earliest pre-vaude-
Award-winning Broadway play 700 ville practitioners to the present-day
Sundays, and won the Thurber Prize comedians of HBO and Netflix. Wayne
for American Humor for his novel The has appeared on
Other Shulman. The Tonight Show
Thus far, you’ve enjoyed presen- five times and had
tations about magic, food, espionage, his own special
television and comedy. Next, it’s time on Comedy Cen-
for Broadway and show tunes. On tral. He has acted
Tuesday, February 8 we present Eddie in numerous films
Shapiro, author of A Wonderful Guy: and TV shows,
Conversations with the Great Men including Curb
of Musical Theater. Eddie, a theatre Your Enthusiasm,
journalist, sits down for intimate, ca- Silicon Valley, Larry Sanders, Com-
reer-encompassing conversations with munity, Legally Blonde, Knocked Up,
19 of Broadway’s most prolific and 50 First Dates and Funny People.
fascinating leading men. Full of de- We close out the People of the
tailed stories and reflections, his con- Book series on Tuesday, May 3 with Dr.
versations with such luminaries as Joel Michael Roizen, and his newest book,
Grey, Ben Vereen, Norm Lewis, Gavin The Great Age Reboot: Cracking the
Creel, Cheyenne Longevity Code to Be Younger Today
Jackson, Jona- and Even Younger Tomorrow. Michael
than Groff and reveals how current science and tech-
a host of others nology will revolutionize our ability to
dig deep into live longer, younger
each actor’s ca- and better. Today’s
FELDMAN reer. (Still in the breakthroughs in lon-
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America: from the British invasion and kicks off the vir-
the music scene tual events on
in Los Angeles, Tuesday, October
SAVE DATE! to the beginning 19. As the senior
the
of The Comedy
rabbi of one of
Store and how
it started, the the largest syn-
agogues in the
prominence of world, Steve has
comedy, the forming of The Ground- learned over and
lings, the beginning of Saturday Night over again the
Live, to the beginning of the rising many ways death teaches us how to
importance of animation. This, while live and love more deeply by showing
dealing with her demons, getting so- us not only what is gone but also the
ber, having children and reinventing beauty of what remains. This inspir-
herself. ing and comforting book takes us on a
And then for something com- journey through the experience of loss
pletely different, we turn to Annelise that is fundamental to everyone.
Heinz, who will talk about her book, On Wednesday, November 3, Leah
Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Garrett will talk about X Troop – The
Making of Modern American Culture, Secret Jewish Commandos of World
on Thursday, March 24. Annelise nar- War II. In June 1942, the shadow of
rates the history of this game to show the Third Reich had fallen across the
F ederation ings, among them American moder- Winston Churchill and his chief of staff
2021
European continent. In desperation,
how it has created a variety of mean-
form an unusual
nity, Chinese American heritage and
Jewish American
plan: a new com-
C elebration women’s culture. mando unit made
Her work has been
up of Jewish ref-
featured on Na-
tional Public Radio ugees who have
escaped to Brit-
Monday, November 8, 2021 and international ain. The resulting
7:00 pm Chinese television. volunteers are a
She has lived and
motley group of
played mahjong in intellectuals, art-
CHAIRS: JAIME MARCO AND DAVID WEIMAN the United States and Southwestern ists and athletes, most from Germany
Via Zoom and In Person China. and Austria. They will stop at nothing
Get ready for some more laughs to defeat the Nazis. Trained in counter-
For more information contact Jeremy Lisitza on Wednesday, April 6, when Wayne intelligence and advanced combat, this
at jlisitza@jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2113 Federman shares The History of top-secret unit becomes known as X
Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Troop.
Chappelle. We’ll start the evening with On Monday, November 22, David
some stand-up comedy from Wayne, Biro, author of This Magnificent
followed by his presentation on the continued on next page