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Sunday October 14, 2012
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Joy Ladin Discusses: Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey between Genders
Category :: Lecture
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Sunday, October 14, 11:00 am
$15, Discounted $12
Joy Ladin made headlines around the world when she returned to Yeshiva University to teach literature as a woman after having received tenure as a man. With humor and unsparing honesty, Ladin takes readers inside her transition in this poignant memoir about changing genders and creating a new self.
A light brunch will be served.
The Washington DCJCC presents the annual Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival, October 14-24. The Festival includes 15 events, with celebrated authors and scholars including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon speaking on his latest book, Telegraph Avenue: A Novel and Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel in conversation with The New York Times columnist David Brooks.
The Festival also includes an evening of film and theater focused on Franz Kafka, biographer William Mann on Barbra Streisand’s electrifying rise to fame, a local author fair and a day of storytelling, crafts and fun for children including Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Tickets and a full event schedule are available at washingtondcjcc.org/litfest, or call (202) 777-3251 for more information.
$15, Discounted $12
Joy Ladin made headlines around the world when she returned to Yeshiva University to teach literature as a woman after having received tenure as a man. With humor and unsparing honesty, Ladin takes readers inside her transition in this poignant memoir about changing genders and creating a new self.
A light brunch will be served.
The Washington DCJCC presents the annual Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival, October 14-24. The Festival includes 15 events, with celebrated authors and scholars including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon speaking on his latest book, Telegraph Avenue: A Novel and Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel in conversation with The New York Times columnist David Brooks.
The Festival also includes an evening of film and theater focused on Franz Kafka, biographer William Mann on Barbra Streisand’s electrifying rise to fame, a local author fair and a day of storytelling, crafts and fun for children including Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Tickets and a full event schedule are available at washingtondcjcc.org/litfest, or call (202) 777-3251 for more information.
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