Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Speakers & Authors
Overview
Commonpoint Queens partners with the Jewish Book Council to offer engaging virtual and in person speaker events for all ages and topics!
2023-24 Speakers:
Elizabeth Mandel
Salt & Honey: Jewish Teens on Feminism, Creativity, and Tradition
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 – 6:00 p.m. (virtual)
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Elizabeth Mandel is the Founder and Executive Director of jGirls+ Magazine, an online literary magazine for Jewish girls and nonbinary teens. In Salt & Honey: Jewish Teens on Feminism, Creativity, and Tradition, a collection collection of personal essays, poetry, and visual artwork, Jewish young adults from the online publication jGirls Magazine confront difficult truths in a changing world. Many of the pieces are unfiltered, seeking to connect with other teens rather than defending their points of view to adults. The result is a moving work that encourages solidarity. Click here to buy the book.
Philippa Strum
On Account of Sex: Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the Making of Gender Equality Law
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 – 12:00 p.m. (virtual)
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Long before she became “Notorious,” Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an attorney arguing gender equality cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The cases she won in the 1970s changed the meaning of the Constitution, adding legal equality for women to it. That is the reason RBG became the first Jewish American and the first woman to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol. Click here to buy the book.
Mind Over Batter with Michael Harari
Mind Over Batter: 75 Recipes for Baking as Therapy
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 – 6:00 p.m.
A study in the virtues of baking and eating as restorative practice, Mind Over Batter is a charmed proposition that encourages readers to engage in “baking therapy”— which, according to Hazan, a licensed psychotherapist, “is a healing process, broken down into bite-size, nourishing content. Click here to buy the book.
CANCELED – International Holocaust Remembrance Day with Richard Hurowitz
In The Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust
Thursday, January 24, 2024 – 12:00 p.m.
In Person at Central Queens
Unfortunately, our International Holocaust Remembrance Day speaker event has been canceled due to a family emergency with the author. The event will be rescheduled for another date to be announced. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
The Garden of the Righteous at Israel’s Holocaust Memorial, Yad Vashem, pays tribute to individuals who risked their lives, liberty, and/or careers in order to save Jews during the Holocaust.Named after the memorial garden, Richard Hurowitz’s book presents in-depth case studies of individuals from various nations who took significant risks to do what they believed was right. Click here to buy the book.
The Jewish Deli with Ben Nadler
Monday, December 11, 2023 – 6:30 p.m.
Virtual
The neighborhood Jewish deli is a culinary and cultural institution, a wonderland of amazing flavors and delicious food—bright, buttery, briny, sweet, fatty, salty, smoky—as well as a center of tradition, innovation, and celebration. Artist Ben Nadler pays tribute to this beloved gastronomic destination in The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated Guide to the Chosen Food which takes an illustrated comic-style approach to the subject. Click here to buy the book.
Totally Kosher with Chanie Apfelbaum
Totally Kosher: Tradition with a Twist! 150+ Recipes for the Holidays and Every Day
Thursday, November 9, 2023 – 6:30 p.m.
Virtual
The Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Department is excited to welcome Chanie Apfelbaum to Commonpoint Queens on November 9 in partnership with Jewish Book Council. This event will feature her new cook book, Totally Kosher: Tradition with a Twist! 150+ Recipes for the Holidays and Every Day: A Cookbook. Her cookbook includes more than 150 fun, flavorful, and modern kosher recipes inspired by dishes from around the world—featuring quick-and-easy weekday meals, traditional recipes, and unfussy holiday dinners from the creator of the blog Busy in Brooklyn. Click here to buy the book.
Storytime with Elyssa Friedland
The Museum of Lost Teeth
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 – 4:30 p.m.
In person at Commonpoint Queens Central Queens
Where do all the lost teeth go??
Join Commonpoint Queens as we welcome author Elyssa Friedland for a special reading and Q&A event featuring her exciting and funny book The Museum of Lost Teeth. Click here to buy the book.
For more information, contact SBenAderet@CommonpointQueens.org.
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