Book Fair: Michigan Authors Spotlight

The Detroit Jewish Book Fair shines the spotlight on some of the area’s most
diverse authors including Carol & Alana Blumenstein (_KidsRead2Kids
Presents… Amazing Tales!_), Rabbi Boruch Cohen (_Think Outside The Lox: A
fresh perspective on Jewish Teachings and Traditions_), Lisa Kaplan (_Our
Family has a Secret: A Children’s Book About Addiction in a Jewish Family_),
and Michael Rosenbaum (_University of Michigan Basketball,1960-1989: From
Cazzie Russell to the NCAA Title)_.
Presentations followed by a moderated panel discussion with The J’s Lauren
Marcus Johnson, Librarian and Assistant Director of Cultural Arts.
**Free and in-person at The J**

**About the Authors**
**Carol Blumenstein** , Executive Director of KidsRead2Kids, has an MBA from
the Wharton Business School and a BS in Finance and BSE in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Sharp Fellow
and General Motors Scholar. As a mother of five children with learning
differences, Carol has immersed herself in interactive ways to learn and grow.
**Alana Blumenstein** , is Co-Founder of KidsRead2Kids. A graduate of Oberlin
College: BA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Education. She has
dedicated time to accessibility in education, by co-creating KidsRead2Kids
Magazine, and speaking to international audiences for the benefit of
underserved students, teachers, and parents.

**Rabbi Boruch Cohen** Rabbi Boruch Cohen, originally from the Boston suburbs,
earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from a small liberal arts university.
He then pursued a career in writing, first as a journalist, later as an
aspiring fiction writer. In 1994, after six years of intensive study, he
became a rabbi. The essays collected in this book were written over a 25-year
period. Rabbi Cohen and his wife live in Oak Park, Michigan. They have four
sons and two daughters.

**Lisa Kaplan** , LMSW, ACSW, CAADC graduated from the University of Michigan
with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Social Work. She has
been in the addiction field for over 30 years, having worked at CARE of
Southeastern Michigan as a clinician and as a program coordinator in the
Prevention Department. She currently runs the Community Education Department
and serves as part of the clinical treatment team at Henry Ford Health
Maplegrove Center in West Bloomfield. She is the married mother of two adult
daughters.

**Michael Rosenbaum** is a Detroit-area sportswriter and editor who’s covered
everything from high school and amateur sports to the Super Bowl and the NCAA
Basketball Tournament. He served as columnist and sports editor with the
Detroit Jewish News and a sports editor at the Observer & Eccentric
newspapers. He’s been published by the Detroit Free Press, USA Today, the
Lansing State Journal, the Royal Oak Tribune and Hockey Digest . He was also a
sports reporter for WABX-FM.

**Sponsor:** Sarah & Irving Pitt Early Childhood Center

Organized by: The J, The Detroit Jewish Book Fair

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