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Red Sea Spies: The True Story of Mossad’s Fake Diving Resort by Raffi Berg Moderated book discussion, followed by author q&a. In the early 1980s, on a remote part of the Sudanese coast, a new luxury resort opened for business. Catering to divers, it attracted guests from around the world. Little did the guests know that the […]
FL JCCs Present: A World of Books: Authors from Israel & Around the World Naomi Ragen, An Observant Wife $10 | Free to Members Naomi Ragen is an award-winning novelist, journalist, and playwright. Her first book, Jephte’s Daughter, was listed among the one-hundred most important Jewish books of all time. Her bestselling novels include Sotah, The Covenant, The […]
COMMUNITY EVENT: JFEST Sparking the Jewish Story: The Objects That Define Us Jewish Book Council, Reboot, and JFest present Laura Arnold Leibman, author of the National Jewish Book Award-winning “The Art of the Jewish Family,” in conversation with Juliet Simmons, creator of Reboot’s “What Would You Bring” initiative. They’ll discuss Jewish storytelling, resilience, and the power of collective memory with moderator Kendell Pinkney, a Jewish educator, theatre-maker, rabbinical student, and creator […]
Sure, we offer the community after-school programs, aquatics, children's camps, gymnastics, basketball, flag football, and other sports classes & leagues, a state-of-the-art fitness center, cultural programs, personalized training, over 60 free group exercise classes, a zero-depth entry heated pool, basketball courts, and an indoor racquetball court…..and it's all powered by COMMUNITY. Here are the numbers... […]
The Last Mona Lisa is an alluring, fascinating tale predominantly set in Paris during 1911, as well as present-day Florence, that takes us into the lives of Vincent Peruggia, a young man who, after losing his wife suddenly to illness, will do whatever it takes to earn enough money to be reunited with his son, […]
In-person and Virtual Seth Bramson is “Mr. Miami Memorabilia,” and he is America’s senior collector of Miami memorabilia and Floridiana. His collection of—as he likes to say—“all that junque!”—is the largest in private hands in America, but, and in addition, his collection of Greater Miami restaurant and club memorabilia is the largest in public or […]
Welcome to the Florida JCCs Book & Author Series. Lori Kaufmann, The Rebel Daughter A young woman survives the unthinkable in this stunning and emotionally satisfying tale of family, love, and resilience, set against the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE. LORI BANOV KAUFMANN was a strategy consultant for high-tech companies before she became a […]
In this meticulously researched book, Gabrielle Glaser gives her readers a detailed and empathetic portrait of adoption in twentieth-century America. Glaser centers her writing on the experiences of Margaret Erle and the baby boy she gave up for adoption in 1961, following the impact of this decision across countries and upon generations of families. The […]
Jan Cherubin has written for Los Angeles Magazine, New York, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Forward, and Seventeen. The Orphan’s Daughter, her debut novel, was named a Best Book of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. She studied writing with Bernard Malamud at Bennington College, and later received an MFA in fiction from the Bennington Writing […]
There has always been speculation on the Jewish ancestry of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Lynn University American History Professor Robert Watson will discuss the myths and truths about this topic.
PANDEMIC INSPIRATION: THE JOY OF LIFE EXHIBITION Moderated by Mindy Solomon Mindy Solomon Gallery IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL The Joy of Life exhibition is filling the walls of the Schwartz-Jacobs Family Gallery of the JCC with vibrant colors and images. The paintings were produced over the last two years by Cuban Jewish Artist Benito Esquenazi as […]
In Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Why I Must Tell My Grandparents Story: Panel discussion with Third Generation (3G) Members. Join Holocaust Survivor Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff and three members of the 3G, grandchildren of the Holocaust Survivor generation group as they discuss their grandparents' histories and why they have taken up the gauntlet […]
Joshua Henkin is the author of Swimming Across the Hudson, Matrimony, and The World Without You, winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for Jewish American Fiction and finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. He was raised as an Orthodox Jew on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and now lives in Brooklyn with his wife, […]
Welcome to the Florida JCCs Book & Author Series. Thursday, 1:00 PM, February 17: Uri Adoni, "The Unstoppable Startup: Mastering Israel's Secret Rules of Chutzpah “THE BOLD SECRET TO SUCCESSFUL STARTUPS” Veteran venture capitalist Uri Adoni shares the secrets to Israel’s incredible track record of success in this new guide that will help make any startup unstoppable. More than half […]
10, featuring Gwen Strauss, author of "The Nine." The Nine follows the true story of the author's great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris. Gwen Strauss' poems, short stories, and […]
Thank you for joining us for the JCC Special Speaker Series event with Rabbi Laila Hass speaking on the story of Purim and Queen Esther. Her talk is titled: Love, Betrayal, Power & Faith: The Story of Esther
Thank you for joining us for the JCC Special Speaker Series event with Mindelle Pierce, author of Love With No Tomorrow: Romantic Love During the Holocaust. This book explores the extreme lengths to which two people went to express and maintain their love during the Holocaust. Join author, Mindelle Pierce and special guest Ralph Berger, […]
Welcome to the Florida JCCs Book & Authors Series evening with author, Phyllis Chesler. Please join us for an evening with the author Phyllis Chester presenting on her book: Requiem for a Female Serial Killer. This psychological crime thriller takes us inside the mind of a unique female serial killer, a prostitute who murdered seven adult men—a […]
Welcome to the Florida JCCs Book & Authors Series evening with author, Phyllis Chesler. Please join us for an evening with the author Phyllis Chester presenting on her book: Requiem for a Female Serial Killer. This psychological crime thriller takes us inside the mind of a unique female serial killer, a prostitute who murdered seven adult men—a […]
Thank you for registering the Florida JCC's Book series on Thursday, April 21 at 1:00 PM, featuring Iddo Gefen, author of Jerusalem Beach: Stories. At once compassionate, philosophical, and humorous, Jerusalem Beach is a foray into the human condition in all its contradictions. Through a series of snapshots of contemporary life in Israel, Gefen reveals a world […]
Inspired by true events, The Enemy Beside Me is a powerful, provocative novel about two people fighting for reconciliation over unforgivable crimes of the past. Milia Gottstein is head of an organization dedicated to bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. An invitation from the head of a Holocaust conference leads to their replacing antagonism with growing intimacy, […]
Loyalty is an emotional, action-packed epic set during the rise of the Mafia well before the events of The Godfather. This novel transports the reader to 19th-century Sicily, a dramatic and ruggedly beautiful island with a turbulent history of colonization and corruption. Giovanni is kidnapped as a young boy and grows up in a madhouse. […]
Honest Aging is by Dr. Roseanne M. Leipzig, a top doctor with over 35 years of experience caring for older people. It is an indispensable guide to the second half of life, describing what to expect physically, psychologically, functionally, and emotionally as you age. Leipzig, an expert in evidence-based geriatrics, highlights how 80-year-olds differ from 60-year-olds […]
Jonathan Freedland's superb writing fills the reader with rage, despair, and admiration for the stubborn resistance of the human spirit. It is heart-wrenching to read the story of Rudolf Vrba, who is a mere nineteen years of age, and his fellow concentration camp inmate Fred Wetzler, who is twenty-six. It is the spring of 1944, […]
The first in a series of author events in conjunction with South Florida JCC's. Saying No to Hate traces the history of American antisemitism and the Jewish community’s response. It offers us a deeper understanding of how events in America’s past have informed the meteoric rise in hatred and violence we see today. Finkelstein’s book […]
Join us for our virtual FL JCC Author Series. The Einstein Effect by Binyamin Cohoen shows all the ways, 70 years after his death, Albert Einstein’s influence is still with us today — in our systems and our culture. Interspersed between chapters on his long-lasting scientific legacy, author Benyamin Cohen (the mind behind Einstein’s Twitter account!) also tells […]
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