Special Author Event

 
with
Jonah Lehrer and Rabbi David Wolpe
“Understanding Ourselves and the Science Behind the Decisions We Make”

Sponsored by Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library and the Chai Society of Sinai Temple

Science journalist Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist, in conversation with Rabbi David Wolpe.   

When:  Tuesday, February 23, 7:30 pm

Where: Gold Hall, Sinai Temple

Cost: Free of charge

Contact: Barbara Goelman, 310-481-3217 bgoelman@sinaitemple.org for details or to RSVP.

Sinai Temple and the Westwood branch of the Los Angeles Public Library invite you to spend the evening with the following Jewish Authors as they discuss their newest books. All events take place at the Westwood Library, 1246 Glendon Ave. LA 90024. Call 310-474-1739 to RSVP.

Debbie Tenzer, Do One Right Thing: Little Things You Can Do to Make the World a Lot Nicer
Maybe you can’t solve the world’s problems, but you can do something. This book offers new, easy ideas for small deeds anyone can do. Check out Debbie’s website at DoOneNiceThing.com.

When: Wednesday, September 23 6:30 – 7:45 pm

Jan Goldstein, The Bride Will Keep Her Name: A Novel
With a week to go before the wedding, Maddie receives an anonymous email that suggests that her fabulous fiancé may not be the man she thinks he is. A fun thrill ride; part mystery, part madcap romp, with lots of New York City flavor.

When: Tuesday, October 6 6:30 – 7:45 pm

Carol Leifer, When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win: Reflections on Looking in the Mirror

A deeply honest, inspiring, and funny collection of easy-to-read observations about the unpredictability of life by the well-known comedian.

When: Tuesday, December 1 6:30 – 7:45 pm

Special Author Event with Edward Kritzler
Co-Sponsored by the Chai Society of Sinai Temple

Journalist Edward Kritzler, author of Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge visits to discuss this fascinating period in history.

When: Tuesday, November 3 7:30 pm

Where: Gold Hall, Sinai Temple

Cost: Free of charge

Contact: Barbara Goelman, 310-481-3217, bgoelman@sinaitemple.org for details or to RSVP.

Annual Jewish Book Month Breakfast:
Featuring Peter Manseau, author of Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter

Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies

A mesmerizing storyteller and winner of the 2008 National Jewish Book Award for fiction, Peter Manseau (author of Vows, his memoir of growing up the son of a former priest and nun) paints a rich tapestry of Jewish life at the turn of the 20th century. Manseau uses an alter ego to tell the story of fictional Yiddish poet Itsik Malpesh, born in the Moldovan city of Kishinev in 1903. Itsik's story is told through his Yiddish memoirs, which he helps a young American Catholic (working, like Manseau once did, as a Yiddish archivist) translate. Rooted in the sharp, bittersweet Yiddish tradition reminiscent of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Manseau’s thrilling tale of secrets and revelations captures the diversity among Jews, then and now, in shtetl, city, and kibbutz, and the elemental meaning of bashert, or destiny.

When: Sunday, December 13 9:30 am