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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Join The J's Opening the Doors for the 2024 Anita Naftaly Family Circle Conference Congregation Shaarey Zedek Sunday, December 8, 2024 Registration/Resource Fair: 12:30 pm Program 1:00 pm Followed by Q&A and Dessert Free Event Registration required About the speaker: Regine Galanti, PhD, a clinical psychologist, and best- selling author of Parenting Anxious Kids , ...
Prof. Rachel B. Gross explores how participating in the deli revival provides an alternative, under-appreciated way of practicing in American Jewish life. In her book, Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice, the author traces American Jews' involvement in a broad array of ostensibly nonreligious activities. From conducting Jewish genealogical research, visiting Jewish historic ...
Two Part Series: Mixed Media by Land and Sea Pushing the Boundaries of Landscapes and Seascapes Instructed by Marci Bykat Join us in one or both of two upcoming workshops in which we will lead you step by step into the art of landscape and seascape painting. Each participant will be able to make ...
In anticipation of the Tony Award-winning musical PARADE coming to the Fisher Theatre this winter, please join us for a FREE lecture as Professor Howard Lupovitch discusses the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager charged with a heinous crime in 1913. This discussion will explore the historical events that inspired the musical ...
Two Part Series: Mixed Media by Land and Sea Pushing the Boundaries of Landscapes and Seascapes Instructed by Marci Bykat Join us in one or both of two upcoming workshops in which we will lead you step by step into the art of landscape and seascape painting. Each participant will be able to make ...
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