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JEWISH FEDERATION
February 2022
Expectations and planning ahead! Ten events and 11 authors completed; six events and seven authors to go By Gayle Dorio, 2021-22 Jewish Book Festival chair
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t’s February and, thus far, books, debated pros and we have enjoyed 10 events cons, and maneuvered right and 11 authors. I hope and left to select and orgayou’ve been listening, reading nize an interesting assortand enjoying. We have offered ment of books and authors. a bit of something for everyone. Several changes had to be This month, we feature our made, some at the last minPeople of the Book event with ute, testing resiliency and author Joshua Greene talking adaptability! So, too, it about his book, “Unstoppable.” seems must we change and Gayle Dorio What a way to start February! adapt as the COVID virus We continue with Leah Garrett and appears to change and persist. her book, “X Troop,” then a double We are at the mercy of technology as author event, with Jonathan Santlofer, well. Sometimes the internet is our friend, author of “The Last Mona Lisa” appearand sometimes it goes in and out, freezes ing with Tracy Walder, who wrote “The or just behaves inexplicably. LivestreamUnexpected Spy” (make sure to read Caring should be easy, we think, until it ole Greene’s excellent review of this book gives us grief. Getting together shouldn’t on page 3A). We finish February with Jan be cause for concern, but with so much Cherubin and “The Orphan’s Daughter.” at stake, we must exercise care. Each Our book festival is almost over. One person’s comfort level is different and more month and March will see us wrapis respected. ping it up with two events — Mark SulI have enjoyed each author and book livan’s “The Last Green Valley” and Eddie thus far. One book had an unexpected Shapiro’s “A Wonderful Guy.” profound influence on me. I devoured Dec. 31 was the deadline to have an Joshua Jay’s book, “How Magicians article in this issue of the paper — so I Think and Why Magic Matters.” More am writing this article on Dec. 23. Yes, a book about philosophy and excellence, planning and thinking ahead is necessary wonder and astonishment, I learned a and I’m thinking about the adage, “Man great deal. Every chapter starts with a plans and G-d laughs!” thought-provoking quote. I particuThe Jewish Book Festival requires conlarly like this quote by Kurt Vonnegut, stant planning and thinking ahead. Back “Science is magic that works.” continued on page 7 in June 2021, our committee read many
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