For the keen
readers among you, here’s the lowdown on Jewish Book Week. For the second year
running, Jewish Book Week is coming up north (hooray!)
Our sister shul, Menorah,
is privileged to be hosting Wendy Holden and Eve Clarke. Wendy Holden is the
author of 'Born Survivors', an account of how three mothers and their
newborns fought to survive the Nazi regime. Eve Clarke was born at the gates of
Mauthausen Concentration Camp in 1945. Her pregnant mother had survived both a
journey to Auschwitz11-Birkenau and the scrutiny of Joseph Mengele.
Wendy and Eva are
in conversation with Gita Conn on Sunday February 28th at 6.00 pm
At 8.00 pm , also
on the 28th Feb ( there is a bagel break between the two!) Menorah is
delighted to be hosting Saul David, historian and broadcaster, who will be
talking about Operation Thunderbolt, Flight 139 and the Raid on
Entebbe. In 1976 a group of
German and Palestinian terrorists hijacked an Air France flight from Tel Aviv
to Paris, eventually forcing it to land in Uganda. This fast-paced account of
the hijacking, details the daring and ultra-secret mission orchestrated by the
Israeli government to save the hostages and end the terror.
To book visit http://menorah.org.uk/jbw/ or call 0161 428 7746.
Also note other
events include Wednesday 2nd March at
Yeshurun Synagogue (Tel: 0161 428 8242) - Dan Stone discusses The Liberation of the
Camps – 8pm. And on Sunday 6th March at Bowdon Synagogue ( with Hale
Synagogue) (Tel:0161 928
2050) Colin Shindler discusses The Rise of the Israeli Right: from Odessa to
Hebron 6pm and at 8pm Thomas Harding discusses
The House by the Lake
You can book
at http://www.jewishbookweek.com/events/jewish-book-week-tour or
contact the numbers above.
