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8B November 2020 JEWISH INTEREST

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Virtual Thanksgiving Generations After:
The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism presents a Thanksgiving Ser- How to Research Your Family’s History
vice at 10:30 a.m., free and open to the public. For the link to the virtual Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
service, call 941.929.7771 or email chjsarasota@hotmail.com. This Heller CRC’s Generations After program is for children and grand-
children of Holocaust survivors. It will help the Generations After learn
how to research more about their family’s history with experts from the
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22
SUND A Y , NO VEMBER 2 2 Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum in Israel. This free program takes place
from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Zoom. To register or for more information,
Milk & Honey Whisky Tasting please contact Jessi Sheslow at jsheslow@jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2109.
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Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30
Temple Sinai presents a virtual tour of the Milk & Honey Whisky Tasting
Israeli Distillery at 5:00 p.m. The event will be hosted by a professional
whisky sommelier, who is a Jewish dad and employee of Milk & Honey. The Conversation with Simone Knego:
cost of $36 per person includes a $30 coupon to Liquor Locker (Fruitville The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You
Road) for your own bottle of M&H whisky, five one-ounce samples for Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
the event, dark chocolate from Banyan Tree Chocolate and Café, and dried Simone Knego takes you inside her unique journey and the extraordinary
fruit from Richard’s Foodporium. RSVP by Sunday, November 8, purchase moments which have shaped her life and defined her mission in her new
your package and get Zoom information at www.templesinai-sarasota.org. book, The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You. Sharing lessons she has learned
from life’s ups, downs and laugh-out-loud moments, she will inspire you
Send your monthly to discover your own journey, and to go out into the world and be the good.
The world is waiting for the Extraordinary UnOrdinary You, and you al-
ready have everything you need to get started, simply by being you. This
Jewish Happenings to event, which takes place on Zoom from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., is moderated
by Alison Lebovitz, motivational speaker, TV host, author, podcaster and
jewishnews@jfedsrq.org non-profit executive. To register for this free event, please visit jfedsrq.org/
events. For more information, contact Gisele Pintchuck at gpintchuck@
jfedsrq.org or 941.706.0029.
NOVEMBER SERIES: MEMOIR

Monday, November 2 at 7:00pm

Alexandra Silber
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK

White Hot Grief Parade
Alexandra Silber, who graced Sarasota audiences at least season’s
People of the Book, kicks off the week talking about her second book.
Told with raw passion, candor and wit, it’s an ode to the restorative
power of family and friendship – and the unbreakable bond, even in
Author Lecture Series death, between father and daughter.

Featuring 25 Tuesday, November 3 at 2:00pm

virtual events Bess Kalb
through June 2021 Nobody Will Tell You This But Me

Events are $10 each per Bess Kalb saved every voicemail her grandmother Bobby ever left her.
Bobby doted on Bess; Bess adored Bobby. Then at 90, Bobby died.
household or $18 for all In this debut memoir, Bobby is speaking to Bess once more in a voice
as passionate as ever. Recounting both family lore and secrets, Bobby
four November events. brings us four generations of women and the men who loved them.

Save more when you Wednesday, November 4 at 7:00pm

purchase a Page Turner Jason B. Rosenthal

Pass to the entire series My Wife Said You May Want
for just $108. to Marry Me

For a complete schedule Jason Rosenthal shares how his wife Amy’s Modern Love column
became her final gift to him, granting him the freedom to imagine
of events, admission what the rest of his life could look like.
information, author bios Thursday, November 5 at 2:00pm

and book synopses, visit

jfedsrq.org/books. Parnaz Foroutan
Home is a Stranger

Authors appearing in the Parnaz leaves Los Angeles for Iran 19 years after her family fled the
monthly series of the People of religious police state brought in by the Islamic theocracy. Struggling
the Book are members of the with her own identity in a culture that feels both foreign and familiar,
she tries to find a place for herself between the American girl she is
Jewish Book Council Network. and the woman she hopes to become.