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The Books of Esther
Time:	07 Mar 2010 - 5:00 pm
Contributors:	Esther David in conversation with Shelley Silas
Notes:	Esther David has been compared both to Isaac Bashevis Singer and Rohinton Mistry. The author of The Book of Esther and Shalom India Housing Society tells us wry, affectionate tales about the dwindling Bene Israel community. She talks about the conflicting desire to be part of Indian society while retaining a Jewish identity and discloses how and why she came to write about this unique community, to which she still belongs.

True Tales?
Time:	06 Mar 2010 - 9:00 pm
Contributors:	Jon Canter, Esther David, Rachel Holmes, Ed Kritzler, Irma Kurtz, Host: Lana Citron
Notes:	For the first time, JBW will be commissioning new work; storytelling with a common theme. We have entitled this evening "True Tales?" and have selected some of our favourite writers to present works of either truth or fiction. The tales are themed "Imprints of Home and Exile". This evening the writers will be offering suggestions of what remains when we leave home; which aspects of home leave us and which do we carry with us? Then it will be the turn of the audience to vote on whether the story they just heard was true or a tall tale….