January 2018
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child present City of Endless Night
A consistently exciting and never predictable series." -Associated Press It begins as a manhunt for Grace Ozmian, the missing daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire. At first, the NYPD assumes Grace, beautiful, reckless, and a regular feature of the local tabloids, has simply sped off on another wild adventure. But the case becomes something altogether different when the young woman's body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Queens, the head nowhere to be found. Lieutenant CDS Vincent D'Agosta quickly…
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Jewish Book Festival
Learn, explore and engage with these Jewish authors at the literary event of the year, co-presented by the Writer's Block Bookstore and The Roth Family JCC of Greater Orlando. Tickets: General Admission (Open Seating): $10 per talk VIP Reserved Seat in First 2 Rows: $30 for all three talks Package price for two sessions: $15 ___________________________________________________________________ FREE EVENT Kid-Friendly Story Time 11:15am-12:15pm Join other young families for a very special story time with PJ Library author Michelle Edwards! After the…
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Hot Talks: The Jewish Narrative in Superhero Comics
Join us for Hot Talks, an evening lecture series. These three lectures by members of our local Orlando community will broadly encompass the idea of being a "hero," from exploring the history of Jewish identity in superhero comics, to understanding the physics behind superpowers, and implementing strategies to make our own community better in real life, just like a superhero would! How do Jewish identities and histories intersect and intermingle with other identities in the diaspora? How do seemingly disparate…
Find out more »October 2018
J Contemporary: 24x a Second Video Art Screening
In this exhibition and screening of video artwork by Jewish artists, renowned film theorist Laura Mulvey’s scholarly rumination on the history of cinema and digital technology, focusing on movement and stillness, becomes a metaphor for tradition and change in the 21st century Jewish diaspora. The artists in the exhibition each interpret their Jewish experience differently through moving images. The videos consider a variety of subjects, including the subjectivity and error of memory, reconciliation of grief, and the movement of geographic…
Find out more »December 2018
Visiting Author Series: Jonathan Weisman
New York Times editor Jonathan Weisman discusses his new book, (((SEMITISM))): Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump, looking at how Jews are viewed in America since the election of Donald J. Trump, and how we can move forward to fight anti-Semitism. Jonathan Weisman is the Deputy Washington Editor of The New York Times and author of the novel, No. 4 Imperial Lane, which was a Chautauqua Prize finalist, Amazon Best Book of the Month, and Great Group…
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Jewish Book Festival: Leah Rachel Berkowitz
The Roth Family Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando is thrilled to announce three distinguished visiting authors for the 2019 Central Florida Jewish Book Festival. These events are part of a national network of programming sponsored by the Jewish Book Council and Writer’s Block Bookstore of Winter Park. Leah Rachel Berkowitz is a rabbi, writer, and storyteller. She is a graduate of Brandeis University and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where she was also ordained. Her writing has appeared…
Find out more »Jewish Book Festival: Historical Fiction Panel
The Roth Family Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando is thrilled to announce three distinguished visiting authors for the 2019 Central Florida Jewish Book Festival. These events are part of a national network of programming sponsored by the Jewish Book Council and Writer’s Block Bookstore of Winter Park. B.A. SHAPIRO, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR B.A. Shapiro is the New York Times bestselling author of The Muralist, The Art Forger, The Safe Room, Blind Spot, See No Evil, Blameless, and…
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