Annual Jewish Book Fair - December 6 - 13, 2009

The Rady Jewish Community Centre is pleased to present the annual Jewish Book Fair from Sunday, December 6 to Sunday, December 13 at the Rady JCC, 123 Doncaster Street.  This annual festival of Jewish writings and Jewish authors features locally and nationally acclaimed authors, as well as Winnipeg’s largest and most extensive selection of Jewish books, music and Chanukah gifts.

Book fair sale hours are Sundays December 6 and 13 from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm., Monday, December 7 to Thursday, December 10 from 10:00 am – 8:00 pm and Friday December 11 from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

Sunday, December 6, 10:15 – 10:45 am – 11:00 - 11:30

Story Telling with Jane Enkin

Story telling is part of “Mitzvah Mayhem A Pajamas Party” on Sunday, December 6 from 10 am – noon in the Multi Purpose Room.

Join us for cookies and milk and mizvot-based activities

This program is presented in conjunction with J-PEG and PJ Library

Advance Tickets only by calling 477-7407

Sunday, December 6, 2:00 pm

Allan Levine

Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba

Coming of Age is a comprehensive and accessible history of the Jews of Manitoba.  It reflects what is known about the community, introduces new material and casts an eye at the 125 year old history of Jews in Manitoba from the earliest days of settlement in 1885 up to the present.

Allan Levine is an award-winning internationally selling author and historian based in Winnipeg. He has written nine books, including The Devil in Babylon: Fear of Progress and the Birth of Modern Life (McClelland & Stewart, 2005) and Scattered Among the Peoples: The Jewish Diaspora in Ten Portraits (McClelland & Stewart, 2002; Overlook and Duckworth, 2003).  This program is presented in conjunction with the Jewish Heritage Centre.

Tuesday, December 8, 1:00 pm  School Presentation

Eva Wiseman

Puppet

Young adult author Eva Wiseman joins us for a school presentation of her newest book Puppet.  A heartbreaking episode in history is explained through the story of a young servant girl in the late 1800s.  Puppet is the powerful fictionalized account of the last blood libel trail in Europe.

Evan Wiseman is the author of five historical novels for young readers: A Place not Home, My Canary Yellow Star, No One Must Know, Kanada and Puppet, which was published in January 2009.  Eva’s books are published in Canada, the United States and Europe.  Her books have won many awards.  Kanada  received the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical fiction and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Children’s Literature. 

Tuesday, December 8, 7:00 pm   Book Launch

Justin Jaron Lewis

Imagining Holiness

In Imagining Holiness, Justin Lewis offers a radial reappraisal of how we think of Hasidic tales. Justin Jaron Lewis is co-coordinator of the Judaic Studies Program at the University of Manitoba and teaches in the Department of Religion.  Currently Lewis is working on a translation of a Yiddish manuscript from Renaissance Italy to be published by JPS under the title Many Pious Women. 

Thursday, December 10, 7:00 pm  Beyond Manischewitz  - Wine Tasting of Kosher Wines from Around the World

Marlies Tipps – General Manager, Kenaston Wine Market

Sample some of the best kosher wines from around the world featured in Rogov’s Guide to Kosher Wines 2010. Daniel Rogov is an internationally renowned critic.   Marlies Tipps, General Manager of the Kenaston Wine Market will be on hand to guide us.  She has worked at the Kenaston Wine Market for the past 13 years.   This program is presented in conjunction with the Kenaston Wine Market.

Advance Registration required by December 7.   Participation Fee $10

Sunday, December 13, 11:00 am

Carol Rose

 Readings & Reflections  - Poetry & Prose

Award-winning writer and editor Carol Rose will be reading new and selected pieces from her various works, as well as reflecting on the writing and editing process.  Carol is widely published in anthologies and literary journals and has worked as a workshop facilitator, spiritual counselor and educator.  She holds an MA in Theology and degrees in Religious studies and Cross Cultural Education. 

Sunday, December 13, 2:00 pm

Myroslav Shkandrij

Jews in Ukrainian Literature: Representation and Identity

Jews in Ukrainian Literature synthesizes recent research in the West and in the Ukraine, where access to Soviet-era literature has become possible only in the recent, post-independence period. This account also shows how the Jewish presence has contributed to the acceptance of cultural diversity within contemporary Ukraine.

Professor Shkandrij has taught Ukrainian and Russian in the Department of German and Slavic Studies.  Since 1987, he has served as head or acting head of the Department.  

This program is presented in conjunction with the Jewish Heritage Centre.