15TH ANNUAL S.D. JEWISH BOOK FAIR


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MONDAY, OCTOBER 19
Bookstore Hours: 6:00–9:30 p.m. • SPEAKER BOOKS ONLY
OPENING EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE
Conquering Fear: Living Boldly
in an Uncertain World
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 @ 7:30 P.M.
North County Presentation - Temple Solel

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Conquering Fear: Living Boldly
in an Uncertain World
OPENING EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE
In today’s troubling times, fear is unavoidable—fear of unemployment, aging, illness, terror,
natural disaster, and more. Rabbi Harold S. Kushner (When Bad Things Happen to Good People)
draws on both religious and secular teachings, as well as true stories of people facing their fears,
to help us battle life’s difficult moments using our true inner strengths. Kushner’s warmth, wisdom
and healing voice guide us in connecting with our emotions and rethinking our values in order to
improve ourselves, our lives, and the world around us. (Photograph, Courtesy of Michael Lionstar)
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14:00/Member; $17:00/Non-Member
LITERARY CIRCLE PARTNERWITH THE AUTHOR,THE LEICHTAG FAMILY FOUNDATION
OPENING NIGHT COMMUNITY RECEPTION SPONSORED BY
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE

Myths, Illusions, and Peace:
Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 @ 7:30 P.M.
North County Presentation - Temple Solel

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Myths, Illusions, and Peace:
Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East
EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE
Why has the U.S. consistently failed to achieve its goals in the Middle East? Our guest David
Makovsky (Fellow at the renowned Washington Institute for Near East Policy), and his co-author
Dennis Ross say we have been working under false assumptions about the nature and motivation
of Middle East leaders and their countries. The authors debunk numerous fallacies: that peace in
Israel is the key to all the Middle East’s problems; that peace and democracy require regime change;
and that Iran’s leadership is immune from diplomatic/economic pressure. This primer on what we
should and should not do is a road map toward America’s regained respect in the world as well as
long-term multi-pronged solutions to the region’s troubles. Dennis Ross is co-author.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14:00/Member: $17:00/Non-Member
LITERARY CIRCLE PARTNER WITH THE AUTHOR, SHEILA POTIKER
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1
AUTHOR LECTURE AND LUNCH • SCHOOL PROGRAM

For Parents: Why Jewish Kids Should Know Their Bible
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ 9:50–10:45 A.M.
Temple Soleil School Program – Not open to public
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For Parents: Why Jewish Kids Should Know Their Bible
AUTHOR LECTURE AND LUNCH
What exactly is a children's Bible? Why is there a need for one? How is Ellen Frankel's new JPS
Illustrated Children's Bible different from what's already available? Is the Bible good for Jewish children?
How can parents who don't regard the Bible as divine or even “true” share these stories with their
children? During this one-hour program, the author will discuss these and other challenges in
creating a Bible especially designed for Jewish children, and will engage in conversation with parents
about the role the Bible should play in their children's education and moral development.
9:00–9:45 A.M. & 11:30 A.M.–12:15 P.M - For Children, Grades 4–6
How the World Began and Other Hard Questions in the Bible
There will be a Q & A session asking kids about the hardest questions they can think of; questions
that bothered the first Jews long ago—origins, divine justice, moral justice, the fate of the Jewish
People, Israel among the nations. The author will tell a few stories—Creation, Adam and Eve, Noah's
Flood, Tower of Babel, Lekh Lekha, the Akedah, Sarah and Hagar, Jacob Steals the Birthright/Rachel and
Leah, Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, Exodus story, Moses and Striking the Rock, Jonah and the Whale, Esther,
Ruth—that address these questions and will provide answers.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2
Bookstore Hours: 6:00–9:30 p.m. • SPEAKER BOOKS ONLY
Capture
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 @ 7:30 P.M.
North County Presentation - Temple Solel

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Capture
With over 23 million copies in print, author Robert K. Tanenbaum, a trial lawyer who has never
lost a case, is also a legal thriller master who has never lost an audience in person or in writing.
In Book 21 of the NYC DA, Butch Karp and his crime-fighter wife Marlene Ciampi series,
Tanenbaum again hooks us with straight-from-the-headlines adventures. While prosecuting a
Broadway producer who’s killed by an actress, Karp and Ciampi battle a terrorist group aiming
to topple the U.S. government. When daughter Lucy joins the counter-terrorists, domestic drama
meets domestic terrorism, and we’ll be rapt in multiple plot lines until the breathtaking conclusion.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14:00/Member; $17:00/Non-Member
LITERARY CIRCLE PARTNERWITH THE AUTHOR, SELTZER CAPLAN MCMAHONVITEK,A LAW CORPORATION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Lives of Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers: Untold Tales
of Men of Jewish Descent Who Fought for the Third Reich
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 @ 7:30 P.M.
North County Presentation - Temple Solel

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Lives of Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers: Untold Tales
of Men of Jewish Descent Who Fought for the Third Reich
Historical scholar, military officer, and admired professor, Bryan Rigg devoted years
of research to uncovering the true history of the nearly 150,000 Wermacht soldiers
of Jewish descent. Now, he returns to the Jewish Book Fair to share the personal stories
of twenty-one of these men who fought for a country that stole their civil rights and
exterminated their relatives. The constant tension in their lives and their crises of
conscience in horrific times are shocking and disturbing, yet fascinating at the same time.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14:00/Member; $17:00/Non-Member
SPONSORED BY LEICHTAG FAMILY FOUNDATION TO INTRODUCE HILLEL OF NORTH COUNTY
CO-PRESENTED BY CONGREGATION BETH-EL
CO-SPONSORED BY KPBS AND ONE BOOK, ONE SAN DIEGO
BREAKFAST GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE PLACE, MORRIS DEREY, PROPRIETOR
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Enemies of the People:
My Family’s Journey to America
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 @ 7:30 P.M.
North County Presentation - Temple Solel

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Enemies of the People:
My Family’s Journey to America
Investigative journalist Kati Marton has wowed SDJBF audiences with the thrilling story of
The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World. Now she shares her family’s
gut-wrenching personal journey from Cold War Budapest, where they were Enemies of the People,
to sanctuary in the U.S.A. She describes shocking details about her secret police Nanny, her
informant friends and her parents’ brutal incarceration, with raw and genuine emotion.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14:00/Member: $17:00/Non-Member

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Bookstore Hours: 6:00–9:30 p.m.
EXCLUSIVE RECEPTION AND EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE
6:00 P.M - Reception Hosted by U. S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management is proud to be the lead corporate sponsor of the San Diego Jewish Book Fair.
Dick Valentine, Market Executive will host SDJBF Board Members and benefactors for an evening with author Ambassador Martin Indyk.
To learn more about U.S. Trust, please visit their website: www.bankofamerica.com/privatewealthmanagement
6TH ANNUAL MURRAY GOODMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 @ 7:30 P.M.

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Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East
Middle East peace is a top priority for President Obama. In this insightful history and poignant memoir,
two-time U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Clinton administration advisor, Indyk, takes us inside the Oval
Office, the Situation Room, Arab palaces and Israeli offices, and demonstrates how Americans fail to
grasp Middle Eastern leaders’ thought processes. Indyk attributes the failure of previous peace efforts
to a combination of Palestinian dysfunction, violence and terror, Israeli politics, Arab resistance to
change, and American naiveté and idealism. This book is required reading for Barak Obama,
Hillary Clinton, the State Department and all of us working for peace.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14:00/Member: $17:00/Non-Member
LITERARY CIRCLE PARTNERWITH THE AUTHOR, SHEILA POTIKER
CO-SPONSORED BY JOAN B. KROC INSTITUTE FOR PEACE & JUSTICE AND T.E.A.M.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Bookstore Hours: 6:00–9:30 p.m

Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islamis Subverting
America without Guns or Bombs and The Complete Infidel’s
Guide to the Koran
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 @ 7:30 P.M.

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Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islamis Subverting
America without Guns or Bombs and The Complete Infidel’s
Guide to the Koran
EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE IN CONVERSATION WITH DENNIS PRAGER
Robert Spencer is director of Jihad Watch and author of eight books on Islam and Jihad.The Complete
Infidel’s Guide to the Koran is a factual but easy-to-read examination of the Koran’s tenets, values and beliefs.
Stealth Jihad exposes the silent lethal movement to gradually Islamize America and to undermine our
democratic values and civilization through litigation, political correctness and exploitation of the
West’s crisis of confidence. Fearless, relentless and effective, Spencer issues a wake-up call to the U.S.
to focus on the hidden threat at home that is more dangerous to us than bombs and guns. Spencer
will engage in what promises to be a most lively conversation with respected radio talk show host and
syndicated columnist Dennis Prager. Tom Snyder calls Prager “one of American’s five best speakers,”
and the LA Times calls him a “gifted moralist whose mission is to get people obsessed with right and wrong.”
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14:00/Member: $17:00/Non-Member
LITERARY CIRCLE PARTNERWITH THE AUTHOR, ERIC & LINDA DANIELS
CO-SPONSORED BY BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY NATIONALWOMEN’S COMMITTEE, RANCHO BERNARDO AND SAN DIEGUITO CHAPTERS
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Bookstore Hours: 8:00am–9:30 p.m.
AUTHOR LECTURE AND BREAKFAST
The Time of My Life:
Sixty Fulfilling Years as a Congregational Rabbi
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 @ 9:30 A.M.
FREE ADMISSION
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The Time of My Life:
Sixty Fulfilling Years as a Congregational Rabbi
AUTHOR LECTURE AND BREAKFAST
“I loved the calling of a Rabbi,” says Silverman. “It was the time of my life.” He enjoyed a lifetime
of unique transcendental events as well as the normal 5700 sermons, 3150 life cycle celebrations,
9000 teaching hours—and “perhaps a half-year on the telephone.” In this slim volume, he shares
some of the more unforgettable moments—from serving as a Haganah machine-gunner in 1948
to his involvement with Jack Ruby, the assassin of JFK’s assassin. Start your day with this
charming and engaging spiritual leader.
Book Signing Follows • Free Admission • Glatt Kosher Box Breakfast Included • Reservations required
BREAKFAST GENEROUSLY UNDERWRITTEN BY THE PLACE,MORRIS DEREY, PROPRIETOR

LARRY KING
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8 @ 12:00 P.M. (NEW EVENT!)
Book Signing Follows
Admission: $14:00/Member: $17:00/Non-Member

FAMILY CONCERT with our cherished
CARA FREEDMAN
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 @ 12:00–1:00 P.M.
Nierman Preschool
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAMS

Business Mensch: Timeless Wisdom
for Today’s Entrepreneur
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 @ 2:00 P.M.
FREE ADMISSION
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Business Mensch: Timeless Wisdom
for Today’s Entrepreneur
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAMS
If you’ve eaten a Noah’s Bagel, you know the secret to Noah Alper’s business success. After selling
his business for $100 million, he became a consultant to aspiring entrepreneurs. Now, Noah shares
his 35 years of experience in this practical, as well as spiritual, guide for finding success and
satisfaction while surviving our troubled economy.
Book Signing Follows • Free Admission

From Ghetto to Ghetto:
An African American Journey to Judaism
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 @ 3:30 P.M.
FREE ADMISSION
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From Ghetto to Ghetto:
An African American Journey to Judaism
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAMS
When Ernest Adams celebrated his Bar Mitzvah January 15, 2000, he read about Hebrew slaves
in Egypt, gave a speech on the Biblical case for affirmative action, and celebrated the birthday
of Martin Luther King Jr. This crucial life cycle event—celebrating his conversion to Judaism while
embracing his Black heritage—embodies Adams’ 62-year journey from a childhood of poverty in
a Harlem basement during the Jim Crow Era to an adulthood of attempting to overcome racial fear
and ultimately to becoming both a practicing Jew and a proud African American. Join us as Adams
shares his dramatic changes, and his faith that our new African American president promises equally
dramatic changes for America.
Book Signing Follows • Free Admission

The Girls from Ames:
A Story of Women & a Forty-Year Friendship
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 @ 5:00 P.M.

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The Girls from Ames:
A Story of Women & a Forty-Year Friendship
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAMS
Many of us have maintained ties with a friend from school days—but with ten friends for four
decades? Wall Street Journal columnist Jeffrey Zaslow (The Last Lecture) shares the moving story
of eleven women from Ames, Iowa. Their enduring friendship carried them through college,
career, marriage, motherhood, divorce, a child’s illness, and the mysterious death of one
member. This testament to the bonds of female friendship shows that “Men can come and go,
but girlfriends are forever!”
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $10:00/Member; $12:00/Non-Member
TEEN MACCABI EXPERIENCE AUTHOR LECTURE
Candy in Action: A Novel and Losers
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 @ 5:00 P.M.
FREE ADMISSION
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Candy in Action: A Novel and Losers
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM
24TH ANNUAL ROBERT SIEGEL MEMORIAL LECTURE
Matthue Roth is a Hasidic Jew who embraces the modern world and has appeared
on MTV and HBO as a performance poet. In Losers, Russian Immigrant Jupiter Glazer
finds himself either ignored or shoved into a locker until he crashes a party and ascends
in the social hierarchy. Candy, college freshman and part-time model, enjoys an around
the world tour with her best friend Velma until a powerful stalker sends her on the run,
dodging bullets and blown-up buildings. Teens will definitely relish Matthue’s flare for
the absurd! Following Matthue’s discussion, his audience will enjoy a dinner break
before joining the evening crowd for a lively presentation by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.
Book Signing Follows • Free Admission
DINNER AND ADMISSION TO RABBI JOSEPH TELUSHKIN LECTURE UNDERWRITTEN BY
TEEN MACCABI EXPERIENCE (FOR TEENS ONLY)
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SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM
24TH ANNUAL ROBERT SIEGEL MEMORIAL LECTURE

A Code of Jewish Ethics
Volume 2: Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 @ 7:30 P.M.

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A Code of Jewish Ethics Volume 2: Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
One of the most popular speakers at book fairs in the U.S., Rabbi Telushkin, scholar, screenwriter
and author of fifteen books, has completed the second of his three volume series distilling the
ethical content of Jewish tradition and encouraging discussion on how to apply long-held teachings
to daily life. Volume 1: You Shall Be Holy focuses on character development; Love your Neighbor As Yourself
provides a much-needed guide for interpersonal relationships in these strife-torn times. As inspiring
a speaker as he is an author, Telushkin truly delivers a book to live by for people of all faiths.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14:00/Member: $17:00/Non-Member
LITERARY CIRCLE PARTNERWITH THE AUTHOR, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Bookstore Hours: 8:00am–9:30 p.m.
AUTHOR LECTURE AND LUNCH

Israel Is Real: An Obsessive Quest to
Understand the Jewish Nation and Its History
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 @ 12:00 P.M

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Israel Is Real: An Obsessive Quest to
Understand the Jewish Nation and Its History
AUTHOR LECTURE AND LUNCH
Have you read everything that has been written about Israel? Rich Cohen—Sweet and Low,
The Avengers—gives us a totally new approach to the story we only thought we knew. This talented
writer paints a panoramic mural of Israel’s real history—her brief life as a “place,” destroyed and
transformed into an indestructible “idea” for 2000 years, then retransformed into a “place” 60 years
ago—therefore, once again vulnerable to destruction. In Cohen’s conversational narrative, we meet
a multitude of fascinating personalities from Shabtai Tzvi to Ariel Sharon—a cast whose individual
lives are woven together into one life—the life of our nation and our people—the place and the idea
we call Israel.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $13.00/Member; $16.00/Non-Member • Glatt Kosher
Box Lunch included. Reservations required – Rush tickets $10.50 at the door • No food Served
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When Skateboards Will Be Free: A Memoir of a Political Childhood
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 @ 2:00 P.M.
FREE ADMISSION
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When Skateboards Will Be Free: A Memoir of a Political Childhood
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAMS
Born to an Iranian father and a Jewish American mother, Sayrafiezadeh grew up as the
perfect “little revolutionary” for his socialist parents. When he was nine months old, his father
took his siblings to Iran and ran for president right before the Ayatollahs’ take-over. Sayrafiezadeh
remained in Pittsburgh with his mother living in self-enforced poverty but guiltily longing for
American luxuries including the neon-colored skateboards the revolution promised to the masses.
This remarkable memoir portrays how an optimistic young boy created humor and joy from true
suffering. Join us to learn just how he did it!

Far From Zion: In Search of a Global Jewish Community
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 @ 3:30 P.M.
FREE ADMISSION
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Far From Zion: In Search of a Global Jewish Community
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAM
Charles London—One Day the Soldiers Came: Voices of Children in War—now explores the survival of
faith and Jewish identity in the Diaspora. In this spiritual ethnography, he reports on his yearlong
journey to countries where Jewish people are thriving under challenging circumstances. Their
struggles with multiple identities and cultural histories—and their ability to create meaningful
Jewish lives—inspired his personal spiritual development. Now he will inspire ours!
Book Signing Follows • Free Admission

The Last Ember
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 @ 5:00 P.M.
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The Last Ember
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAM
Daniel Levin is an archaeologist turned international lawyer turned “Jewish Da Vinci Code” novelist.
In his debut novel, classics-scholar-turned-lawyer Jonathan Marcus becomes involved with an
antiquities theft case in Rome, where he encounters his college girlfriend and she drags him into a
high-stakes treasure hunt. They race to find the legendary Tabernacle Menorah before terrorist
Muslim Sheik Salah ad-Din melts down the “eight feet of solid gold” in order to change religious
history and politics.
Book Signing Follows ~ FREE ADMISSION
CO-SPONSORED BY AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM

EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE

Saving Israel: How the Jewish People
Can Win a War That May Never End
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 @ 7:30 P.M.

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Saving Israel: How the Jewish People
Can Win a War That May Never End
EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE
Danny Gordis, Senior VP of the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, issues a call to arms for reinventing
modern Zionism. Gordis claims that the normalcy Israel seeks is neither possible nor desirable –
because the purpose of a Jewish state is to articulate Jewish values in daily and national life. Israel
must embrace Jewish traditions, understanding that military force is sometimes necessary –
specifically when facing implacable enemies with designs on destroying both Israel and Judaism.
Delighted to be causing controversy, Gordis encourages public debate about what a Jewish state
should be—and why it matters.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14.00 Member/$17.00 Non-Member
LITERARY CIRCLE PARTNERWITH THE AUTHOR, JULIE & LOWELL POTIKER
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BYWEXNER ALUMNI OF SAN DIEGO AND
THE UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Bookstore Hours: 8:00am–9:30 p.m.
AUTHOR LECTURE AND LUNCH

Day After Night A Novel
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 @ 12:00 P.M.

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Day After Night A Novel
AUTHOR LECTURE AND LUNCH
Best selling novelist and author of six guides to Jewish living, Anita Diamant returns to Israel,
the land of The Red Tent, to tell the story of four young Jewish women who survived the Holocaust
and escaped to Palestine. They find friendship, love and salvation, courage and hope while waiting
for their future to unfold in the barbed wire British internment camp at Atlit in the days before the
founding of the state of Israel. Diamant’s Jewish knowledge, strong compassion and creative insight
made her books a sell-out in past years.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $13.00/Member; $16.00/Non-Member • Glatt Kosher Box Lunch included.
Reservations required – Rush tickets $10.50 at the door • No food served
LITERARY CIRCLE PARTNERWITH THE AUTHOR, PRICE-GALINSON COLLABORATIVE FUND AT PRICE CHARITIES

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The Accidental Zionist: What a Priest, a Pornographer and a Wrestler named Chainsaw taught Me about Being Jewish, Saving the World and Why Israel Matters to Both
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 @ 2:00 P.M.
FREE ADMISSION
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The Accidental Zionist: What a Priest, a Pornographer and a Wrestler named Chainsaw taught Me about Being Jewish, Saving the World and Why Israel Matters to Both
TUCKER AND EIKENBERRY IN CONVERSATION
A released convict, a man on an ice-cream diet, a Chasidic Rabbi and Paul Revere—odd bedfellows,
but all part of a powerful message for modern Jews. Rabbi Ian Pear issues a call to us all—review,
renew and revitalize the way we view Israel and Judaism and their role in our lives. With an ample
supply of hilarious stories and fascinating characters to keep us entertained, this extraordinary
storyteller explores the theology, politics, faith and philosophy that will deepen our understanding of
Judaism. He shows us why Israel really matters- to us personally, to the Jewish people, and to the world.
Book Signing Follows • Free Admission
TUCKER AND EIKENBERRY IN CONVERSATION

Family Meals: Coming Togetherb To Care For An Aging Parent
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 @ 5:00 P.M.

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Family Meals: Coming Togetherb To Care For An Aging Parent
TUCKER AND EIKENBERRY IN CONVERSATION
Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry, former co-stars of NBC-TV’s LA Law, have been together in
real life for 35 years. Their easy-going early retirement came to a halt when Jill’s mother Lora was
widowed and sank into dementia. Tucker found himself hearkening back to his growing-up years
in a huge extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins. Lora and her caregivers moved into an
apartment across the hall from Jill and Michael—and their children moved nearby so daughter
Alison could be her grandmother’s personal chef. In this heartwarming memoir, the family’s loose
network of individual strands transforms into a lovingly cohesive family—so Italian, so Jewish!
Join Michael and Jill as these two well-known celebrities share what matters most in all of our
lives—our relationships with those we love.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $10.00 Member/$12.00 Non-Member
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY OHR AMI - THE JEWISH HOSPICE PROGRAM,
OFFERED BY LIGHTBRIDGE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE
EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE

America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 @ 7:30 P.M.

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America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story
EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE
Award winning author and journalist (Walking the Bible), Bruce Feiler, guides us through American
history and explores the integral role of Moses in such seminal touchstones of our past as
Plymouth Rock, the Underground Railroad, the Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther King Jr.’s
last speech. Feiler proposes that Moses, embraced by all political parties and every generation, offers
America a path to reclaiming its unifying vision as a beacon of freedom and the new Promised Land.
Feiler presents in person as he does in his writing—down to earth and honest, but thrilled to
be sharing his discoveries with his audience.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14.00 Member/$17.00 Non-Member
CO-SPONSORED BY THE SAN DIEGO JEWISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Bookstore Hours: 8:00am–9:30 p.m.
AUTHOR LECTURE AND LUNCH

One and the Same: My Life as an Identical Twin and What I’ve Learned About Everyone’s Struggle to Be Singular
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 @ 12:00 P.M.
“Cancelled due to Family Illness”
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One and the Same: My Life as an Identical Twin and What I’ve Learned About Everyone’s Struggle to Be Singular
AUTHOR LECTURE AND LUNCH
TV producer Abigail Pogrebin (Stars of David—Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish) returns to San
Diego to share her tapestry of twin-ship. Weaving scientific research on DNA and identity, her own
experiences as a twin, and other twins’ personal stories, Pogrebin examines the struggle to balance
intimacy and individuality while living with your mirror image. Pogrebin’s stirring account will
fascinate twins, those curious about twins, and all of us striving for a singularity that defines us.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $13.00/Member; $16.00/Non-Member • Glatt Kosher
Lunch Included.
Reservations required – Rush tickets $10.50 at the door • No food Served
CO-SPONSORED BYWOMEN’S DIVISION OF THE UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO

Dana’s Legacy: From Heartbreak to Healing
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 @ 2:00 P.M.
FREE ADMISSION
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Dana’s Legacy: From Heartbreak to Healing
AAUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAMS
“Being told I’d given birth to a daughter with cerebral palsy was the worst moment of my life–but
also the moment my real life’s work began.” San Diegan Gayle Slate faced head-on the challenge
of her first child, Dana—who had cerebral palsy and died at age 14½. After Dana’s death, Slate
became a family therapist and the founder of Kids Included Together (KIT). Her inspirational
story provides hope to families in pain and provides practical advice for transforming tragedy
into opportunity and triumph.
Book Signing Follows ~ FREE ADMISSION
CO-SPONSORED BY LAWRENCE FAMILY JCC INCLUSION DEPARTMENT
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAMS
Larry’s Kidney: Being the True Story of
How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin
and His Mail-Order Bride, Skirting the Law to Get Him a
Transplant—and Save His Life
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 @ 3:30 P.M.
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Larry’s Kidney: Being the True Story of
How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin
and His Mail-Order Bride, Skirting the Law to Get Him a
Transplant—and Save His Life
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAMS
You need not read beyond the subtitle to know that the latest book by Daniel Asa Rose, Larry’s Kidney,
will be the funniest, most heartwarming and most outrageous nonfiction book you’ve ever read.
This comic romp features estranged cousins on a quixotic misadventure in a land neither knows.
Part travelogue, part family narrative, part unrelenting humor, this stranger-than-fiction memoir also
examines the plight of American patients hoping to live long enough to receive the organ transplants
they await for years.
Book Signing Follows • Free Admission
YITZHAK RABIN COMMEMORATION
COMMUNITY WIDE EVENT
“I, military I.D. number three-zero-seven-four-three, retired general in the Israeli Defense Forces in the past, consider myself to be a soldier in the army of peace today... Today we are embarking on a battle which has no dead and no wounded, no blood and no anguish. This is the only battle which is a pleasure to wage: the battle for peace.” —Yitzhak Rabin
Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 @ 5:00 P.M.
FREE ADMISSION
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Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
Israel has a population of only 7.1 million people, a history of only 60 years, no natural resources,
and a hostile environment in which its neighboring enemies have kept it in a constant state of war.
So, how has it produced more start-up companies than Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and
the UK? Our speaker, Middle-East expert Dan Senor, along with co-author Saul Singer, offers a
fascinating look at Israel’s meteoric rise in the global economy. Israel’s adversity-driven culture and
its focus on innovation provide timely entrepreneurial lessons for a world reeling from financial crisis.
Dan Senor is a Fox News and WSJ analyst, former Chief Spokesman and Senior to the U.S.
military command in Iraq. Saul Singer is co-author.
Free Admission
CO-SPONSORED BY THE ISRAEL CENTER, UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO, HOUSE OF ISRAEL
AND THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE

PROSE AND SMITH IN CONVERSATION
Anne Frank: The Book, The Life,
The After Life with
Dr. Stephen D. Smith
Making
Memory: Creating Britain’s First Holocaust Centre
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 @ 7:30 P.M.

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Francine Prose, Anne Frank: The Book, The Life,
The After Life with Dr. Stephen D. Smith, Making
Memory: Creating Britain’s First Holocaust Centre
PROSE AND SMITH IN CONVERSATION
Francine Prose has authored fifteen acclaimed novels, most recently Goldengrove, a poignant
coming-of-age story capturing the mood and storms of an adolescent girl who gets involved
with her beloved sister’s much older boyfriend. Prose’s new book focuses on another young girl’s
coming of age tale, The Diary of Anne Frank. Prose looks at the book as both an extraordinary
historical record that became a force in the world, and as a deliberate work of art to which
Frank devoted her last days.
Prose appears with Christian theologian Dr. Stephen Smith, new director of The USC Shoah
Foundation, who shares his spellbinding journey of creating Beth Shalom, the first UK
Holocaust Centre. In his family travels to Israel, he realized that, despite Christianity’s Jewish
origins, anti-Semitism is as Christian as it is evil. He resolved to create a memorial that would
give meaning to the victims’ wasted lives by teaching not only what happened but also what
we must learn from the Holocaust. Join us for this moving presentation during what
would have been the 80TH birthday year of Anne Frank.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14.00/Member;$17.00/Non-Member
LITERARY CIRCLE PARTNERWITH THE AUTHOR,DR.ANDREW AND ERNAVITERBI
CO-SPONSORED BY USC SHOAH FOUNDATION INSTITUTE

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Bookstore Hours: 8:00am–9:30 p.m.
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAM

Tell Me No. I Dare You!
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 @ 12:00 P.M. Note: This is a Time & Date Change
FREE ADMISSION
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Tell Me No. I Dare You!
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAM
Well-respected San Diegan and a dynamic speaker, Scott Silverman turned his destructive
younger life of addiction, daredevil risks and attempted suicide into a mature life of creation
and contribution. After repairing his own life using his self-discovered Keys of Success—Silverman
recently named CNN’s Hero of the Week—became a leader in the field of workforce development.
As director and founder of Second Chance, an agency devoted to breaking the cycle of unemployment,
poverty and homelessness, he has assisted more than 24,000 disadvantaged and homeless persons in
San Diego leave poverty, gang affiliation and crime to become gainfully employed.
Book Signing Follows • Free Admission

Day is Done and The Peter
Yarrow Songbook: Let’s Sing Together!
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 @ 5:00 P.M. Note: This is a Time Change
FREE ADMISSION
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Day is Done and The Peter Yarrow Songbook: Let’s Sing Together!
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 @ 12:00 P.M.
AUTHOR LECTURE, LIBRARY PROGRAMS
Peter Yarrow—of the iconic 60’s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary—has devoted more than four
decades to a wide range of social issues: civil rights, peace, the environment, gender equality,
homelessness, hospice care and education. Now, in his most meaningful undertaking to date,
Operation Respect: Don’t Laugh at Me—he demonstrates his passionate belief that music has the
power to build community, catalyze change, and inspire youth to create safer and more respectful
school and recreational environments. Join us for a fun-for-all-ages sing-along with one of America’s
best-loved musicians. Afterwards, he will lead families with young children to our fantabulous 2009
Family Day.
Book Signing Follows • Free Admission • Reservations Required
GENEROUSLY UNDERWRITTEN BY ELIZABETH & CHUCK SILVERMAN
CLOSING EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE

Rhyming Life & Death: A Novel
and The Amos Oz Reader
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 @ 7:30 P.M.

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Rhyming Life & Death: A Novel
and The Amos Oz Reader
CLOSING EVENING AUTHOR LECTURE
Lifelong Zionist and world-renowned Israeli author Amos Oz returns to San Diego with two
new books. If you’ve never read Oz, or if you want to sample the range of his talent, The Amos
Oz Reader is a great introduction with excerpts from his novels and his nonfiction centering
around four themes: kibbutz, Jerusalem, the promised land, and autobiography. And if you’re
an Oz fan, you’ll really enjoy his latest novel in which a prominent Israeli writer (The Author)
mocks his own celebrity status while inventing erotic and hilarious lives for the people around
him. This deceptively mischievous adventure involves us in the creative process and
shares profound insights on literature and language, life and death.
Book Signing Follows • Admission: $14:00/Member: $17:00/Non-Member
LITERARY CIRCLE PARTNERWITH THE AUTHOR, GLORIA & RODNEY STONE AND SANDRA SILVERSTEIN
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO
CO-SPONSORED BY SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM
TEEN ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH J.J. SURBECK

An Invitation of the SDJBF to the San Diego Teen Community
Monday, November 16 at Congregation Beth Israel, 7:00 P.M.
Tuesday, November 17 at Temple Emanu-El, 7:00 P.M.
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An Invitation of the SDJBF to the San Diego Teen Community
TEEN ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH J.J. SURBECK
A Conversation with J.J. Surbeck, Co-Founder of T.E.A.M. (Training and Education About the
Middle East) on Israel advocacy issues: Ten issues that every college bound student must know about
Israel. Using Michael Bard’s book, On One Foot, as a resource, the students will engage in a dialogue
regarding how to respond to critics of Israel in a fair and objective fashion.
A PROGRAM OF THE AGENCY FOR JEWISH EDUCATION’S DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY TEEN ENGAGEMENT
CO-SPONSORED BY T.E.A.M. (TRAINING AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST)
•Monday, November 16 at Congregation Beth Israel, 7:00 P.M.
•Tuesday, November 17 at Temple Emanu-El, 7:00 P.M.
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