Literary Luncheon - Rebecca Wolf

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Please join us for the Barbara Eisenberg Literary Luncheon with author Rebecca Wolf on Wednesday, November 12 at 12:30 pm at the Miami Beach JCC
Inspired by a true story, Alive and Beating follows six people through diverse backgrounds and neighborhoods throughout Jerusalem on the day their lives will forever be changed. In a place where ancient divides often seem insurmountable, these seven characters — Leah, a Hasidic young woman; Yael, a daughter of Holocaust survivors; Hoda, a Palestinian hairdresser; David, an Iraqi restaurant owner; Severin, a Catholic priest; and Youssef and Yosef, two teenage boys whose fates are inextricably linked — are united despite their differences by a shared goal of becoming healthy and finding meaning in their lives.
Rebecca Wolf is a former journalist whose fiction and essays have appeared in many publications, including Apricity and Tablet. She is a volunteer writing tutor for PEN, America’s Prison Writing Program, and she lived in Jerusalem as a foreign student before attending Barnard College. She lives in New Jersey with her family.