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6A January 2020 FEDERATION NEWS

People of the Book explores the Jewish experience Ethan Zohn shares his message of survival

By Gayle Guynup
n January, The Jewish Federation a bat mitzvah for my book!” Audi- Friedman Theater on The Larry & Held in partnership with the Jew-
of Sarasota-Manatee will host two ences get a fully dramatized mini piece Mary Greenspon Family Campus for ish Book Council, “People of the
IPeople of the Book events, show- of theater, followed by Jewish Life (582 Mc- Book” features programs on a va-
casing different aspects of Jewish life. a Q&A with the author. Intosh Road, Sarasota). riety of topics that are sure to de-
On Monday, January 6, Grammy- In White Hot Grief Pa- Brickman is a retired light, educate and intrigue audiences.
nominated artist and author Alexandra rade, Silber says she oral surgeon, investi- Future speakers will include:
Silber will blend musical stylings with “unzipped” her sternum gative journalist and ‹ Ariel Burger, Witness, February
spoken words from her book in a cab- and returned to the days former president of the 13, 7:00 p.m., Beatrice Friedman
aret-style performance. The renowned just before and after Jewish Federation of Theater, $18
star of Broadway and London’s West her father died, “dig- Greater Atlanta, who, in ‹ Josh Frank, Giraffes on Horseback
End stages will perform at 7:30 p.m. at ging deep into the slow 2006, uncovered docu- Salad, March 8, 7:00 p.m., Bea-
the Riverview Performing Arts Center process of mourning, as ments that strongly sug- trice Friedman Theater
(1 Ram Way, Sarasota). Tickets are $25. well as the almost surre- gested that he, and many ‹ Jack Fairweather, The Volunteer:
Silber is author of After Anatevka, al experience of it.” The others, had been failed One Man, an Underground Army,
which picks up where the Fiddler on book juxtaposes pierc- S. Perry Brickman out of Emory’s dental and Sarah Rose, D-Day Girls: The
the Roof story ends. Her latest book, ing passages with snapshots of happier school because they were Jewish. Spies Who Armed the Resistance,
White Hot Grief Parade, is her memoir moments from Silber’s life. Brickman talks about returning Sabotaged the Nazis and Helped
about the loss of her Asked which process to the university as an investigative Win World War II, April 21, 10:30
beloved father and she enjoys more, writ- journalist and historian, and uncover- a.m., Beatrice Friedman Theater
the restorative powers ing or performing, Sil- ing the truth about his experience. “I Individual tickets (other than
of family and friend- ber noted that, “Theatre am not a professional on the subject of Silber and Burger) are $10. To pur-
ships. is a social art form, one anti-Semitism,” Brickman said. “But chase tickets, visit jfedsrq.org/books.
Silber says the meant to be created and what I see and hear and read leads me For more information, please contact
idea for this musi- consumed socially. Writ- to believe that anti-Semitism is much Jeremy Lisitza, Director of Innova-
cal event came about ing is the exact opposite more virulent and dangerous in today’s tion and Volunteer Engagement, at
when a friend and – an art meant to be cre- institutions of higher learning than 941.343.2113 or jlisitza@jfedsrq.org.
colleague suggested ated and consumed in that which we faced 75 years ago.”
taking eight chapters solitude. I enjoy both art
from After Anatevka, forms equally,” she said,
and giving each to a “the Yin and the Yang,
Broadway composer- both sides of myself.”
lyricist team, which Alexandra Silber In a complete change
would write an original song based of pace, on Wednesday, January 29 at
on that chapter. The songs would 10:30 a.m., S. Perry Brickman, author
be intertwined with passages Silber of Extracted: Unmasking Rampant
would read from the novel. She de- Anti-Semitism in America’s Higher
scribes it as “a huge celebration – like Education, will speak at the Beatrice

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