ART, PERFORMANCES & CONVERSATIONS

All New Center programs speak to Jewish audiences and to the broader community. Attracting large and diverse groups of people, our past programs have explored wide-ranging themes and ideas, including: the Exodus story told from multiple cultural perspectives; the blending of Klezmer and swing music; and the influence of a Jewish up-bringing on the lives and careers of acclaimed writers, artists, musicians, actors, political figures and humorists.

We invite everyone to come and experience the insight, passion, humanity, and humor that lie at the heart of our programs.

Howard Jacobson

Date:

Monday April 4, 2011
7:30 PM

Venue:

Arsenal Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street, Watertown

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HOWARD JACOBSON!

British novelist Howard Jacobson visits the United States for the first time since receiving the prestigious Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question, the story of waspy Julian Treslove and his quest to become a Jew after being the victim of what he believes to be an anti-Semitic attack. Hilarious and heartbreaking, the novel explores how “the Jewish Question” can cloud the boundaries between pride and prejudice and unsettle even the oldest relationships. Jacobson’s other novels include The Mighty Walzer and Kalooki Nights.

In conversation with Ben Birnbaum, an award-winning writer whose essays and reviews have appeared in The Atlantic, the online magazine Tablet, and The Jewish Review of Books, among other publications. He is a senior executive in marketing at Boston College.