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5th Annual Women’s Night Out with Bestselling Author Ilene Beckerman
The Smartest Woman I Know – On Life Lessons from her grandmother, Ettie Goldberg
Wednesday March 14th at 7pm at the Israel November Auditorium
Ilene Beckerman’s book have captivated women of all ages. Her “everywoman” memoirs about mothers, daughters, grandmothers, granddaughters move us to tears and make us laugh out loud, too. Her first book Love, Loss and What I Wore, “illuminates the experience of an entire generation of women,” as the New York Times Book Review wrote in a full-page review. An instant hit, this moving and cleverly illustrated memoir is now an international Off-Broadway play adapted by Delia and Nora Ephron.
Reception and Author Event – $15M / $18NM - Receptions and Discounted Autographed Book by the Author – $25M / $28NM – Book Only – $15.95 Tickets can be purchased at the door.
Douglas Stark
Sunday April 29th at 9:30 a.m.
The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Greatest Jewish Team: Foreword by Lynn Sherr
Founded in 1918, theSouth Philadelphia Hebrew Association’s basketball team, known as the SPHAS,
was a top squad in the American Basketball League capturing seven championships
in thirteen seasons until it disbanded in 1959. Stark explores the significance
of basketball to the Jewish community during the game’s early years, when
Jewish players dominated the sport and a distinct American Jewish identity was
on the rise. At a time when basketball teams were split along ethnic lines, the
SPHAS represented the Philadelphia Jewish community. This book is an inspiring and heartfelt tale of the team on and off the court. This program is sponsored by the Sisisky family in loving memory of Terry “T-man” Sisisky, Hall of Fame Sports Broadcaster.