Opening night (Thursday, October 11, 7 p.m.) at the Boonshoft CJCE will feature a solo performance of Raoul Wallenberg: Letters From Young Men by New York based director, writer and performer David F. Chapman. Honoring his 100th birthday, the performance tells the story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish humanitarian who chose to act and saved thousands of Jews from extradition to Nazi death camps. The performance humanizes the Holocaust hero by combining theatre, historical events, selections from a recently published archive of Wallenberg’s letters, and Chapman’s own childhood diaries.
The line-up, spanning from October through December, also includes four author events that cover genres such as history, post-apocalyptic political and historical fiction, lighthearted romantic satire, and deep personal loss and recovery.
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Opens Thursday Oct. 11, 2012
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2012 Cultural Arts and Book Festival Lineup
Thursday, October 11 Raoul Wallenberg: Letters From Young Men
7 p.m. Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education
Co-sponsored by the National Conference for Community and Justice
Tuesday, October 16 Sweet & Meet with Author Rich Cohen
7 p.m. Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education
Sunday, November 4 The Maccabeats
2:30 p.m. Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education
Wednesday, November 7 Perfect is Overrated with author Karen Bergreen
7 p.m. Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education
Thursday, November 15 Take Us Home
7 p.m. Dayton Art Institute
A collaborative sponsorship: The Dayton Art Institute; FilmDayton; WYSO; the DJCC’s Cultural Arts Department and the Jewish Community Relations Council
Thursday, November 29 The Aftermath of 9/11 with author Jennifer Gardner Trulson
7 p.m. Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education
Sponsored by the Brandeis-Joffe Scholarship Fund of the Dayton Jewish Federation Foundation in memory of Eugene and Pearl Joffe
Thursday, December 6 The Truth About Fiction: An Interactive Panel Discussion with authors Martha Moody and Eileen Pollack
7 p.m. Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education
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