Jewish Book Festival brochure

Transferring
Wealth & Wisdom from
Generation to Generation
To the world they are soldiers.
To us they are our sons and daughters,
our brothers and sisters, our friends.
ARM OUR SOLDIERS WITH
SOMETHING SO POWERFUL
IT CAN’T BE MEASURED.
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or how you can support IDF soldiers, please contact us
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The 9 multi-author events
with dates in green
banners (on the next 8
pages) are $15 in advance
and $20 at the door.
Order your tickets early
as several may sell out.
JAN
9
WEDNESDAY
Two Inspiring Israel-Related Stories
1:00 - 3:30 pm • Temple Shalom
Izzy Ezagui • Disarmed
Sponsored by JNF, FIDF,
John R. Wood Properties and
Temple Shalom Men’s Club
Combining refreshing candor with self-deprecating wit, this inspiring memoir
will encourage readers to live up to their aspirations despite seemingly impossible
odds. On January 8, 2009, Izzy Ezagui – an American who had enlisted
in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at 19 – lost his arm in a mortar attack on the
border of the Gaza Strip. In this stirring and wryly humorous memoir, Ezagui
recounts his tortuous trek through rehabilitation to re-enlistment as a squad
commander in the IDF. His message is universal: if a self-described “nerd”
and “one-armed basket case” like him can accomplish what he set his mind
to, then anyone can become a hero in his or her own life.
Izzy Ezagui, a decorated squad commander in the IDF, is the only soldier in
the world who lost an arm in combat and returned to the battlefield.
Martin Fletcher • Promised Land
The tumultuous early years of the young Jewish state are brought to vivid life
through the eyes of two German Jewish brothers. Arie survived the Holocaust
in Europe. Peter, one year older, was chosen for the Kindertransport and sent
to America. They find each other in Israel, knowing everyone else in their
family has been murdered. Peter becomes a top Mossad agent. Arie becomes a
scheming businessman, among the richest men in Israel. Having fallen in love
with the same woman, a Jewish refugee from Egypt, the brothers’ jealousies
and intrigues are mirrored by the young nation’s very own struggles to survive.
Martin Fletcher spent many years as the NBC News Bureau Chief in Tel Aviv,
and has won numerous awards including the National Jewish Book Award,
a Columbia University DuPont Award and five Emmys.