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Open a Book…Open Your Mind with Alexandra Silber
The Sisterhood of Har Zion Temple and the Jane Fishman Grinberg Religious School present Open A Book...Open Your Mind Have you ever wonder what happened after "Fiddler on the Roof"? Join us as we welcome Alexandra Silber who recently starred as Tzeitel in the Broadway revival of this iconic musical. Ms. Silber, who has appeared on all three incarnations of "Law & Order," brings her book, After Anatevka, to our community. A love story for the ages set against a backdrop of some of the greatest violence in European history,…
Find out more »Open a Book…Open Your Mind with Pam Jenoff
The Sisterhood of Har Zion Temple and the Jane Fishman Grinberg Religious School present Open A Book...Open Your Mind A Har Zion Temple favorite, Pam Jenoff, will share her newest New York Times Bestseller, The Orphan's Tale! Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She finds refuge with a German circus, but must learn the flying trapeze act so that she can blend in undetected. Complications ensue and Noa struggles to survive.
Find out more »Open a Book…Open Your Mind with Ronald H. Balson
The Sisterhood of Har Zion Temple and the Jane Fishman Grinberg Religious School present Open A Book...Open Your Mind Back by Popular Demand! Ronald H. Balson is a Chicago trial attorney, an educator, and writer. His practice has taken him to several international venues. He is also the author of Karolina's Twins, Saving Sophie, and the international bestseller Once We Were Brothers. Now we will hear about Mr. Balson's newest book, The Trust, which transports the reader to Northern Ireland where Liam Taggart returns to his childhood home having left years…
Find out more »Open a Book…Open Your Mind with Noah Lederman
The Sisterhood of Har Zion Temple and the Jane Fishman Grinberg Religious School present Open A Book...Open Your Mind Noah Lederman's memoir, A World Erased: A Grandson's Search for His Family's Holocaust Secrets, was selected by The Philadelphia Inquirer for its list of best books, and Booklist called it "a vital contribution to Holocaust collections." This book took Mr. Lederman to a place that he was to avoid...Poland. His grandparents, Holocaust survivors, gave Noah the PG version of their experiences in Eastern Europe. Only after he dared to go to Poland, did…
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