The Dorot Jewish Division Invites You: Fall Events
The Dorot Jewish Division of The New York Public Library, one of the world's great collections of Hebraica and Judaica, invites you to join us for these upcoming events:
Art Spiegelman and Paul Holdengräber - October 27, 2016
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 7 PM
Art Spiegelman surprised and moved readers with Maus, the renowned graphic novel recounting his father’s experience of the Holocaust. Now, Spiegelman has brought to our attention the forgotten Si Lewen masterpiece, The Parade, a meditation on the cycle of war. For this year's Joy Gottesman Ungerleider Lecture, LIVE welcomes Spiegelman to the stage to celebrate the republication of the book and to honor Si Lewen’s memory.
Munich '72 and Beyond - New York Premiere - November 15, 2016
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 6 PM, Free
Nearly 45 years after the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, "Munich '72 and Beyond" -- winner of Los Angeles International Short Film Festival's Best Documentary—chronicles the struggle of the victims' families to find answers about what happened to their loved ones and their mission to create a memorial to the fallen Israeli athletes.
Join us for a film screening of "Munich '72 and Beyond," followed by a panel discussion with producers Dr. Steven Ungerleider and David Ulich, moderated by sportswriter and reporter Jeremy Schaap.
Saul Friedländer and Leon Wieseltier - November 17
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 7 PM
A classic of Holocaust literature, When Memory Comes, is the eloquent, acclaimed memoir of childhood by Saul Friedländer. Forty years after its publication, Friedländer bridges the gap between past and present with his new book, Where Memory Leads: My Life. In celebration of the reissue of the original and the publication of the sequel, Friedländer is joined by his friend, writer and critic Leon Wieseltier.
Banned in Brooklyn: The Journey of Nappy Hair from Washington DC to New York City
December 15, 2016
Mid-Manhattan Library, 6:30 PM, Free
Carolivia Herron's children's book Nappy Hair, which caused a major national controversy on diversity education in 1998, was published while Herron, an African American author, was rediscovering and affirming her Jewish identity. Banned in Brooklyn, the book ultimately catapulted onto the bestseller list and made Herron a sought after speaker in Jewish communities nationwide. Nearly two decades after it was published, Herron comes to the Library to speak about the continued importance of Nappy Hair in our national conversation.
Klezmer: Music, History and Memory
December 22, 2016
Mid-Manhattan Library, 6:30 PM, Free
On the occasion of the publication of researcher Walter Zev Feldman's book Klezmer: Music, History, and Memory, the Library welcomes the author (left) along with internationally acclaimed klezmer violinist Deborah Strauss (right) for an appreciation of the genre and musical history.
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