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SPIRIT: Life On and Off the Page: Barbara Bensoussan’s Journey as a Writer

February 11 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Spirit: Life On and off the Page: Barbara Bensoussan’s Journey as a Writer

Barbara Bensoussan never expected to be a writer, but after leaving a career in academic psychology to become a newly Orthodox (and newly Sephardic!) wife and mother, she began penning her observations and ideas. The result was an award-winning career in journalism, during which she was privileged to meet many exceptional Jewish people.  Barbara has written for many Jewish newspapers and magazines, notably Mishpacha and Jewish Action.  She has also written the bestselling novel Pride and Preference as well as Seven Blessings and a Murder, A New Song, and the culinary memoir A Well-Spiced Life.

Join us to hear about how Barbara

  • Made the jump from Ashkenazic academic to Sephardic balabusta and writer
  • Met outstanding personalities as an interviewer: Elie Wiesel, Yitzhak Perlman, Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, Jacob Birnbaum, Yaakov Shwekey, and others, plus people who were not well known but exceptional
  • Turned her journalistic talents to fiction and memoir and learned to self-publish

Presented by: Barbara Bensoussan

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This program is dedicated to the memories of Moshe Ben Dov Ber (a”h) and Shayna Mirel bas Aharon (a”h) (Melvin and Mirele Steinig)

 

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Partnering Synagogues:
Anshei Chesed Congregation, Boynton Beach (FL)
Anshei Emuna Congregation, Delray Beach (FL)
Beth David Synagogue, West Hartford (CT)
Bialystoker Synagogue, New York (NY)
B’nai Israel-Ohev Zedek, Philadelphia (PA)
Congregation Agudath Sholom, Stamford (CT)
Congregation Ahavas Sholom, Columbus (OH)
Congregation Aitz Chaim, West Palm Beach (FL)
Congregation Anshe Sfard, New Orleans (LA)
Congregation Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah, Glendale (WI)
Congregation Beth Hamedrosh, Wynnewood (PA)
Congregation Beth Aaron, Teaneck (NJ)
Congregation Beth Ora, Montreal (QUE)
Congregation Beth Sholom, Providence (RI)
Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck (NJ)
Congregation Etz Chaim of Kew Gardens Hills (NY)
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, New York (NY)
Congregation Machane Chodosh, Forest Hills (NY)
Congregation Ohav Zedek, Wilkes-Barre (PA)
Congregation Ohr Torah, West Orange (NJ) 
Congregation Tiferet Israel, Austin (TX)
Congregation Torah Ohr, Boca Raton (FL)
Congregation Zvi Jacob, Utica (NY)
Darchei Noam, Minneapolis (MN)
East Denver Orthodox Synagogue (EDOS), Denver (CO)
Fleetwood Synagogue, Fleetwood (NY)
Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach (NY)
Kehillat New Hempstead (NY)
Kehillat Shaarei Torah of Toronto (ONT)
Keneseth Beth Israel, Richmond (VA)
Ner Tamid Greenspring Valley Synagogue, Baltimore (MD)
Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim, Baltimore (MD)
Suburban Torah, Livingston (NJ)
United Orthodox Synagogues, Houston (TX)
Young Israel of Bal Harbour, Surfside (FL)
Young Israel of Brookline (MA)
Young Israel of Deerfield Beach (FL)
Young Israel of East Brunswick (NJ)
Young Israel of Elkins Park (PA)
Young Israel of Fort Lee (NJ)
Young Israel of Hillcrest (NY)
Young Israel of Hollywood/Ft. Lauderdale (FL)
Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills (NY)
Young Israel of New Hyde Park (NY)
Young Israel of Plainview (NY)
Young Israel of Queens Valley (NY)
Young Israel of Southfield (MI)
Young Israel of Stamford (CT)
Young Israel of West Hartford (CT)
Young Israel of West Hempstead (NY)


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Date:
February 11
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm