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Your Jewish Journey Starts Here The Robert and Janet Sabes Center for Jewish Arts and Humanities brings you Jewish Journeys, engaging and thought-provoking lectures, author talks, classes and discussion groups - all explored with a Jewish perspective.
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Upcoming Events Best-Selling Novelist Ayelet Waldman Born in Israel and raised in New Jersey, Waldman was a Harvard Law School graduate working at a New York law firm when she met her husband, the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Michael Chabon. Waldman will discuss her relationship with Judaism and how it informs her writing; being a fearless and sometimes outspoken feminist; and her involvement in the Women in Prison project. She will explore the recurring theme of loss that is present in much of her work, and will discuss both her past writing and her most recent critically acclaimed novel, Red Hook Road (2010). Copies of Bad Mother and Red Hook Road will be available for purchase after the lecture. Listen to this podcast from Mother Jones. |
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| Andrea Alban’s Debut Novel Anya’s War: A Novel of the Jewish Shanghai Lecture, Book Signing and Reception Monday, March 7, 6:30-8:30 pm Join us for an evening reading and discussion with novelist Andrea Alban! Set on the eve of World War II, Anya’s War is about a Jewish girl from Odessa living in the French Quarter of Shanghai. The book was inspired by Alban’s Jewish father’s childhood in war-torn Shanghai, a little known passage in Holocaust history. Andrea will read excerpts from her novel and present a slide show of historical family photos. Everyone in attendance will receive a pair of "double happiness" chopsticks! A Q&A about the Shanghai Jews will follow and refreshments will be served. Copies of Anya’s War will be available for purchase after the lecture. This book is appropriate for middle school-aged children and up. |
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| Mothers Circle (Fall Session Canceled) Are you a mother raising Jewish children… but you’re not Jewish? Don’t do it alone! The Sabes JCC and JFCS are excited to bring this national program to Minneapolis. The Mothers Circle is a free educational and welcoming program empowering non-Jewish mothers to create Jewish homes. Mothers in all family constellations are welcome and participants do not have to be affiliated with a Jewish institution or have any prior knowledge. The interactive curriculum for the sessions explores Jewish holidays, practices, rituals, and ethics while providing resources and tools for enriching Jewish family life at home. The Mothers Circle is a program of the Jewish Outreach Institute. This program will meet once a month during the school year and will be facilitated by Barbara Rudnick, Program Manager for Family Life Education at JFCS and held at the Sabes JCC. M, 7–9 pm, Free Beginning 10/11/10 Questions? contact Damon Brook at 952.381.3457 or [email protected] |
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| Past Lectures and Events Meditative art workshop and discussion with Tobi Kahn Edwin Black Live Lecture and Film Screening: War Against the Weak, Eugenics and America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race Minnesota Gubernatorial And State Elections Expert Panel Discussion Darchei Noam and Sabes JCC Present Rabbi Seth Farber on the topic of The Challenges and Opportunities for Jewish Life in Israel: A View from the Front Lines Dr. Daniel Gordis on"Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End" Elinor Ruth Tatum Jesus and Judaism: The Connection Still Matters Robert Alter: The Psalm as a Vehicle for Self-Examination Israel Updates |
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