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Author Event: Rabbi Harold Kushner
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RABBI HAROLD S. KUSHNER Discussing and signing Conquering Fear: Living Boldly in an Uncertain World Wednesday, December 2, 7:30pm Temple Israel of Greater Miami 137 N.E. 19th Street, Downtown Miami FREE TICKETS are available for this event at all Books & Books locations and at Temple Israel.
RECEPTION-BOOK-PRIORITY SEATING TICKETS: Meet Rabbi Harold S. Kushner at a private reception prior to his event. The $40 package includes a copy of Conquering Fear, a ticket to the private wine-and-hors d’oeuvres reception with Rabbi Kushner and a reserved priority seat at his reading. Available at all Books & Books locations and at Temple Israel. Reception runs from 6:30-7:30pm. From the best-selling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, an illuminating book about fear—and what we can do to overcome it. An inescapable component of our lives, fear comes in many guises: fear of unemployment; fear of aging, illness, losing beauty; fear of a terrorist attack or natural disaster. In uncertain times, coping with these fears can be especially challenging, but in this indispensable, hopeful book, Harold S. Kushner teaches us to confront, master, and even embrace fear for a more fulfilling life. Drawing on the teachings of religious and secular literature and on the true stories of people who have faced their fears, Kushner helps us to see that fear can present us with extraordinary opportunities—to connect with our emotions, rethink our values, and change our lives, and the world, for the better. For those who fear helplessness, he suggests empowerment: through prayer, service, and education. For those who fear for mankind’s future, he insists on hope and pragmatic measures, such as working to protect the environment. For those who fear death, he proposes life—lived boldly and purposefully. In Conquering Fear, we are again inspired by Harold S. Kushner’s wisdom, at once deeply spiritual and eminently practical. About the Author Harold S. Kushner is Rabbi Laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, where he resides. He has been honored by the Christophers, a Roman Catholic organization, as one of the fifty people who have made the world a better place in the last half century, and by Religion in American Life as the clergyman of the year in 1999. He is the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People and eight other books.  Author Talk: Philip SpiegelAuthor Philip Spiegel
Triumph Over Tyranny Presentation and Book Signing The Heroic Campaigns that Saved 2,000,000 Soviet Jews at Temple Dor Dorim 2360 Glades Circle Weston, FL on Wednesday, November 18th at 7 pm Open to the community No charge RSVP to Lorelei Ennis at akidsbook@aol.com Triumph Over Tyranny provides a panorama of the history of the international Soviet Jewry movement and the fight for human rights. During the 60's and 70's Jewish people worldwide gave new meaning to the slogan "Never Again" and waged successful campaigns to save their brethren, the Jews of the Soviet Union who courageously refused to be victims. The Temple Dor Dorim Library and Cultural Arts Committee and B'nai B'rith International are co-sponsoring the evening.  Jewish Authors at Miami Book Fair International
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 JPS and JBI Proudly Announce Release of JPS Tanakh: The Jewish Bible, audio versionAudio Bible For Immediate Release: (date) Contact: Anita Bihovsky 215-832-0601
JPS & JBI PROUDLY ANNOUNCE GROUNDBREAKING RECORDING OF THE COMPLETE JEWISH BIBLE Philadelphia, PA – For the first time ever, the new JPS translation of the Jewish Bible, the JPS Tanakh, is available in audio format. Produced and recorded for The Jewish Publication Society (JPS) by JBI International (est. as the Jewish Braille Institute) in JBI‘s New York City studios over the course of 12 months, this groundbreaking project – known as JPS Tanakh: The Jewish Bible, audio version – features 60 hours of readings by 13 narrators. JBI narrators included stage and TV actors, radio personalities, teachers, and voiceover talents. Special guest readers such as actor and singer Theodore Bikel, TV and Broadway actress Tovah Feldshuh, and best-selling authors Bruce Feiler and Rabbi Harold Kushner also contributed their talents. “For many years JPS had been hoping to produce an audio version of its Bible. The 1917 JPS translation is in audio, but not the 1985 translation, which is the version everyone reads today,” says JPS COO and publishing director Carol Hupping. “We were delighted when JBI agreed to record for us. It was the only organization we considered working with because of its new, state-of-the-art studios, and, more importantly, because of the expert care its staff would give to every aspect of production: the right mix of voices, timing, sound, and pronunciation of all those Hebrew names! Like so many important projects, the work was more involved than anyone anticipated. But it was worth it; the JPS Tanakh audio Bible is sure to become a classic.” Beginning with the new cycle on the holiday of Simchat Torah, October 10th, JPS will feature free podcasts of the weekly Torah readings all year long on its website: http://www.jewishpub.org/books/audiobible/. In addition, the entire audio Bible will be available soon for purchase through the JPS website, Audible and iTunes, and through many public libraries’ online access programs. JBI, the world’s largest library of talking books of Jewish interest for the visually impaired, blind, and reading-disabled of all ages and backgrounds, will offer the entire recording free to the visually impaired and blind. More information on the JBI Library is available at www.jbilibrary.org. Funding for this recording was made possible through the generosity of Aaron Feingold, Dr. Seymour and June Kessler, and Norman and Edith Weisfeld. JPS, a nonprofit organization, is the oldest publisher of Jewish works in English, including the JPS Tanakh. ### Anita Bihovsky Publicity Manager The Jewish Publication Society 2100 Arch Street, 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 832-0601 (800) 234-3151, x 50601 abihovsky@jewishpub.org Visit our website at www.jewishpub.org  Other Recent Articles |
