Rochester’s Own – Roundtable and Bagels
Sunday, November 15, 11am
JCC Ballroom
$25 (JCC Members $20)
Jerry Elman
ECHOES OF HISTORY
Most people believe they would recognize major societal change while it was happening. History suggests otherwise. In Echoes of History, Jerry M. Elman explores how fear, division, silence, distrust, and changing norms gradually become ordinary—and asks whether recognizing these patterns can help us make choices about where we are headed.
Harry Reis
HOW TO FEEL LOVED
We can be loved—and still not feel loved. Many people try to say the right words or make themselves more lovable, hoping to feel more loved. But this approach usually backfires. How to Feel Loved presents a radical, hopeful, and science-backed shift in thinking and creating more love in our lives.
Nora Rubel
RECIPES FOR THE MELTING POT
This book examines the ways that the 20th century cookbook, The Way to a Man’s Heart: The Settlement Cook Book, became a beloved Jewish icon. Filled with non-kosher recipes, the cookbook has been called “unabashedly Jewish” and “a Jewish Joy of Cooking” by generations of reviewers and cooks, yet dismissed as Jewish “by association only” by some historians. Rubel will discuss the ways in which a cookbook can be coded as Jewish, despite having no direct references to Jews or Judaism.
Stephen Schottenfeld
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH (Working Title)
This novel is about a woman who is trying to make a video game of her neighborhood. The book is set in Rochester. Stephen Schottenfeld is the author of the novels This Room Is Made of Noise (2023) and Bluff City Pawn (2014). His short fiction has appeared in The Gettysburg Review, New England Review, and Virginia Quarterly Review, among other literary magazines. He serves as Professor of English at the University of Rochester.
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