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Book Club on Amin Maalouf’s Origins

Join us for a lively Zoom conversation on Origins by Amin Maalouf, translated from the French by Catherine Temerson, FSG. Set during the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth, in the mountains of Lebanon and in Havana, Cuba, Origins recounts the family history of the generation of Maalouf’s paternal grandfather, Boutros. Why did…

Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels: A Haven in Havana

Leo Baeck Institute 15 West 16th Street, New York City

A Film by Judy Kreith and Robin Truesdale NY Premiere Screening, post-screening Q&A featuring the filmmakers and a special performance of Cuban music from the film by The Pablo Moya Trio. Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels was born of the tales Marion Kreith told her daughter, co-director Judy Kreith. Marion escaped war-torn Europe as a young girl with her family, evading Nazi capture…

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