VIRTUAL PROGRAM With Author Martin Sneider, Shelf Life: A Novel Moderated by Robin Pollak 7:00 PM over Zoom A Jewish American family saga set in St. Louis about the rise of its fashion retailing empire, and how it splits and ultimately devastates the family. As the son of Max Feldman, the brilliant founder of the […]
VIRTUAL PROGRAM With Author Andrew Lawler, Under Jerusalem Moderated by Yaron Eliav, Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature and Jewish History of Late Antiquity, University of Michigan 7:00 PM over Zoom In 1863, a French senator arrived in Jerusalem hoping to unearth relics dating to biblical times. Digging deep underground, he discovered an ancient grave that, he […]
VIRTUAL PROGRAM With Author Jonathan Freedland, The Escape Artist Moderated by Rita Benn 12:00 PM over Zoom In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became one of the very first Jews to escape from Auschwitz and make his way to freedom—among only a tiny handful who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal […]