SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Authors Stan Levenson and Sid Shapira are coming to La Jolla at 7 p.m., Sunday, February 23, to discuss memoirs, as part of the Authors at the Astor lecture series presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture.
In his book When Brooklyn Was Heaven, fundraising guru Levenson takes readers on a loving and carefree thirty-year journey — propelled solely by his own determination and sheer chutzpah — starting in Depression era Brooklyn and continuing a lifestyle that crisscrossed the continent and the globe helping students, parents, and teachers. Levenson provides a fascinating account of those Brooklyn neighborhoods so rich in culture and history and of his own rise from being a poor, fatherless kid during the Great Depression to becoming a world renowned fundraiser helping schools and school districts around the world reap millions of dollars in grants and gifts.
Sid Shapira, the creator of Stories Be Told, will discuss his process of creating family histories. Stories to Be Told is geared toward people who want to share a gift – their life story – with their children, grandchildren and future generations. There’s nothing quite like giving people a glimpse into the past than through the eyes of the person who experienced it firsthand. It’s a wonderful way to preserve family history and traditions.
Tickets are $8 for JCC members and $10 for visitors.
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Preceding provided by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture