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  • Spotlight Speaker: Sarah Hurwitz

    Sid Jacobson JCC 300 Forest Dr, East Hills, NY, United States

    Sarah Hurwitz, former Chief Speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama and author of the award‑winning Here All Along and As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story From Those Who Shame, Blame, and Try To Erase Us, offers a behind‑the‑scenes look at crafting some of the most memorable speeches of the Obama White House. A veteran of […]

  • Book Club: Flesh

    Sid Jacobson JCC 300 Forest Dr, East Hills, NY, United States

    Share your thoughts on today’s best-selling novels, moderated by Nicole Yablans, an English teacher and library consultant. March's pick is Flesh by bestselling author and Booker prize winner David Szalay. Flesh follows István, a Hungarian teen whose life veers off course after a disastrous early relationship. He rises from poverty to the world of London’s ultra‑rich, […]

  • Author Breakfast: Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein

    Sid Jacobson JCC 300 Forest Dr, East Hills, NY, United States

    A reimagining of the world created by Charles Dickens, seen through the eyes of Jacob Fagin—Victorian literature’s notorious villain. $65 per person

  • Author Breakfast: Typewriter Beach by Meg Waite Clayton

    Sid Jacobson JCC 300 Forest Dr, East Hills, NY, United States

    An unforgettable historical novel told across dual timelines, centered on the unlikely friendship between a screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock’s next star. $65 per person