Andy Borowitz - Live from NY's 92nd St Y by Satellite

The Community Synagogue in Port Washington and its Brotherhood invite you to attend one or all of the following events.

Andy Borowitz - "The Funniest American Writers"
     with Nora Ephron and Calvin Trillin

    Wednesday, January 11, 8:00pm

Award-winning comedian and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz presents an evening of literary laughter and a look at the new Library of America collection he edited, The Fifty Funniest American Writers—a hilarious collection of American humor writing from Mark Twain and James Thurber to David Sedaris and The Onion. Borowitz, has been called “one of the funniest people in America” by CBS News Sunday Morning. Nora Ephron and and Calvin Trillin will join Andy. This is a rebroadcast of an earlier event which took place on a Jewish holiday.

Individual programs are $10. Reserve by e-mailing btobin@optonline.net or call the Community Synagogue’s 92nd St Y order line at 883-3144, ext 343 and leave your name, phone, email and # of tickets. You will receive an e-mail confirmation or a call-back.

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Future Programs:

   1. Lawrence Summers with Thane Rosenbaum
        Thu, Feb 2, 8 pm

As economic concerns weigh heavily on Americans’ minds, Lawrence Summers shares his thoughts on the debt and housing crisis, the collapse and bailout of Wall Street, the economic stimulus initiatives, free trade, globalization, anti-Semitism and perhaps even the upcoming presidential election. Summers was director of President Obama’s National Economic Council, Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton administration, and former president of Harvard University. Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist and law professor at Fordham University and the director of the Forum on Law, Culture and Society.

   2. Gloria Steinem with Budd Mishkin
        Tue, Feb 28, 8 pm

Gloria Steinem talks about her travels in this and other countries as an organizer, lecturer and frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality and her work organizing across boundaries for peace and justice. In 1972, Gloria Steinem cofounded Ms. magazine, and in 1973, she became the founding president of the Ms. Foundation for Women. Her books include Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, among others. She is currently at work on Road to the Heart: America as if Everyone Mattered. Budd Mishkin is the host and reporter for NY1’s “One on 1 with Budd Mishkin.” This event is part of the Ruth Stanton Illustrious Women Series, supported by The Ruth Stanton Foundation.

   3. Sandra Day O’Connor - Stephen Adler, moderator
       Thu, Mar 15, 8 pm

Sandra Day O’Connor served as the US Supreme Court’s first female justice. During her 24-year career, she often cast the deciding vote in landmark decisions. Justice O’Connor discusses her civics education project along with her extraordinary career and what attributes, skills and approaches are necessary for success in the future. President Barack Obama recently awarded O’Connor the Medal of Freedom in recognition of her accomplishments and dedication to public interests. Stephen Adler is the editor in chief at Reuters News and executive vice president of news at Thomson Reuters. Adler examines the impacts of our decisions, how we apply our knowledge and how these intelligent choices steer events that affect so many lives across borders..

   4. Eric Kandel with Alan Alda: "Between Science and Art"
       Thu, Apr 5, 8 pm

Eric Kandel’s most recent book, The Age of Insight, explores how, in Vienna in 1900, five of the best minds—across disciplines from medical science to psychology and painting, from Sigmund Freud to Gustav Klimt—radically reframed our understanding of ourselves and our unconscious mental processes. Together, they initiated a dialog between art and brain science that continues to provide insight today. Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize in 2000 for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons. He is professor of psychiatry, biochemistry and biophysics at Columbia University, a senior investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the author of the award-winning In Search of Memory, among other books. Alan Alda is a six time Emmy Award winner and hosted the PBS series Scientific American Frontiers for 11 years. He is a visiting professor at Stony Brook University, where he is developing innovative programs that enable scientists to communicate more effectively with the public.

   5. Madeleine Albright
       Thu, May 3, 8 pm

In her new and most personal book, Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948, Madeleine Albright looks at her family’s experiences during this tumultuous time in history before, during and after World War II. In this conversation, hear Albright’s story along with her interviews with contemporaries and newly available documents about the enormously complex events that took place. Madeleine Albright served as the 64th Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001. Her distinguished career also includes positions on Capitol Hill, the National Security Council and as US Ambassador to the United Nations. She is the author of Madam Secretary, Memo to the President Elect, The Mighty and the Almighty and Read My Pins.