Here’s to the Ladies with author Eddie Shapiro followed by Live Concert of Broadway Tunes

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

Eddie Shapiro,Here’s to the Ladies: Con­ver­sa­tions with More of the Great Women of Musi­cal Theater A fascinating look at the careers of some of Broadway’s greatest female performers in their own words. In this follow-up to Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater , journalist Eddie Shapiro sits down for ...

BOOK CLUB NIGHT The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum with author Margalit Fox

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

Margalit Fox, author of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss is our featured speaker for Book Club Night. Enjoy an array of charcuterie foods, including cheese with gluten free crackers, and desserts with your book club and other readers at tables while hearing from the featured author. Followed ...

Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice with author Judge David S. Tatel

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

A moving, thoughtful, and inspiring memoir by one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers. Judge David S. Tatel (U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit), spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity. **In Conversation with Amanda K. Rice, Issues ...

Perfect Enemy with author Alex J. Sinclair

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

Author ALex J. Sinclair will be joined in conversation with Michele Faudem, Rabbi Educator, JLearn Instructor, Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit in a thoughtful conversation about Israel's friends and enemies on the page and in the real world. About the Book: In a covert laboratory under the streets of Tel Aviv, an Israeli scientist clones Hitler ...

Two Envelopes: What You Want Your Loved Ones to Know When You Die with Michigan author Rusty Rosman

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

Michigan author Rusty Rosman will be joined in conversation with Rabbi Joseph Krakoff, CEO, Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network. About the Book: When you die, there are so many things your family and loved ones need to know. Two Envelopes is your voice, conveying your wishes regarding your death and your estate. With a unique ...

The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy with Adam Nimoy

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

While the tabloids and fan publications portrayed the Nimoys as a “close family,” to his son Adam, Leonard Nimoy was a total stranger. Discover how the son of Spock learned to navigate this tumultuous relationship—from Shabbat dinners to basement AA meetings— and how he was finally able to reconcile with his father—and with himself in ...

When Woman Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion w/author Julie Satow

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

A glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them. Julie Satow draws back the curtain on three visionaries who took great risks, forging new paths for the women who followed in their footsteps. This stylish account captures the department store in all its glitz, decadence, ...

LUNCH WITH THE AUTHORS featuring Mimi Zieman and Rachel Beanland

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

Featuring Authors Rachel Beanland and Mimi Zieman The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland is a “wildly entertaining” (NPR), “gripping” (The Washington Post) work of historical fiction about an incendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and tore apart a community in a single night. Based on the true story of the Richmond ...

Book Fair: Michigan Authors Spotlight

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

The Detroit Jewish Book Fair shines the spotlight on some of the area’s most diverse authors including Carol & Alana Blumenstein (KidsRead2Kids Presents... Amazing Tales!), Rabbi Boruch Cohen (Think Outside The Lox: A fresh perspective on Jewish Teachings and Traditions), Lisa Kaplan (_Our Family has a Secret: A Children's Book About Addiction in a Jewish ...

It Takes Two to Torah with authors Abigail Pogrebin & Rabbi Dov Linzer

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

For the first time, in a single volume (It Takes Two to Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way Through the Five Books of Moses), readers can take a tour of the entire Torah through the medium of one challenging, instructive, irreverent, animated conversation. Rabbi Dov Linzer , an Orthodox ...

We Will Dance Again Film Screening

The J - Detroit 6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield Township

Join us for a powerful screening of the award-winning documentary "We Will Dance Again," a profound chronicle of the October 7 Nova music festival attack. Through intimate testimonies of over a dozen survivors and carefully curated footage, the film offers a deeply moving portrayal of human courage in the face of unimaginable circumstances. The evening ...

Giving Tuesday Community Blood Drive

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield

Give the gift of life this Giving Tuesday. The J Detroit Community Blood Drive Tuesday, December 3 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking for a different type of donation: the lifesaving gift of blood. Your donation today supports the local blood supply and helps ensure Blood Centers of America is ...