presents the Sip & Skype Seriesa popular series of book discussions with the author via Skype

Sunday, January 22 • 11:00 AMMartha Hall Kelly, Lilac GirlsLilac Girls is a novel of three unsung women and their quest for love, freedom and second chances. Inspired by the real-life character Caroline Ferriday, godmother to the Ravensbruck Rabbits, Lilac Girls iluminates a poignant and harrowing hidden history of WWII.

Sunday, February 26 • 11:00 AMSarit Yishai-Levi, Beauty Queen of JerusalemGabriela’s mother, Luna, is the most beautiful woman in all of Jerusalem, though her famed beauty and charm seem to be reserved for everyone but her daughter. Ever since Gabriela can remember, she and Luna have struggled to connect. But when tragedy strikes, Gabriela senses there’s more to her mother than painted nails and lips.

LOCATION: Bryan Glazer Family JCC • 522 N Howard Ave., Tampa

Monday, March 20 • 1:00 PMMaggie Anton, Fifty Shades of Talmud: What theFirst Rabbis Had to Say About You-Know-WhatAmusing. Seductive. Stimulating. Are we talking about the Talmud? That’s right. Take fifty actual Talmudic discussions, mix in pithy sayings (appropriate and inappropriate) by luminaries from Mae West and Amy Schumer to George Washington and Gandhi, add a few cartoons, and delighted and enlightened readers will come away with a new perspective on what the Talmudic sages say about our most intimate relationships.

LOCATION: Temple Beth Israel • 1115 Del Webb Blvd. E., Sun City Center

Sunday, April 2 • 11:00 AMSusan Silverman, Casting LotsThis memoir covers identity, faith and belonging. It’s as funny as it is moving and will resonate with anyone who has struggled to find their place in the world and to understand the significance of that place.

Sunday, April 30 • 11:00 AMGavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow ManKraków, 1939. A million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. This is no place to grow up. Anna Łania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father, a linguistics professor, during their purge of intellectuals in Poland. She is alone.

All tickets to the Sip & Skype Series are $5and include spirits to sip and a nosh.

Sip & Skype Series events are located at theJCC on the Cohn Campus

13009 Community Campus DriveTampa, Florida 33625

unless otherwise noted.

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