5 Must See Events at the 2015 Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

by |August 27, 2015

SWF

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: In Conversation with Jennifer Teege

avatar.jpg.320x320pxAccidentally discovering she was the granddaughter of Amon Goeth, the brutal Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler’s List, shook German-Nigerian author Jennifer Teege to the core.

Grappling with the haunted past of a perpetrator, the secrets and denial, she embarked on an extraordinary journey of soul-searching to Poland and Israel. She shares her astounding true story and eventual ‘liberation’.

Sunday, August 30 • 5:45pm – 6:45pm

Main Hall (Waverley Library, Bondi Junction)

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TV espionage: In Conversation with the creator of Homeland, Prisoners of War & Dig

avatar.jpg.320x320px (1)Gideon Raff wowed audiences worldwide with the gripping and gritty realism of his acclaimed series, the Israeli Prisoners of War (Hatufim) and US adaptation Homeland.

As art eerily imitated life, millions of viewers were confronted for the first time with a messy, brutal and honest representation of the Middle East and America’s war on terror. He brought Israel to mainstream television again with his recent production, Dig. He shares his insights and the story behind his success.

Sunday, August 30 • 3:15pm – 4:15pm

Main Hall (Waverley Library, Bondi Junction)

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I love a complex country: Views on Israel

avatar.jpg.320x320px (4)Israel excites, inspires, and vexes. As their hearts beat for Israel, Gideon Raff, Jennifer Teege and one of the world’s foremost experts on Hebrew and Israeli literature Dr Dvir Abramovich, offer their unique vantage points of a country filled with love and loss.

Their distinctive journeys take us over the noise of start-ups, felafel and conflict, to illuminate Israel’s complexities. Three writers reflect on ‘her beauty and her terror’ of a country that stirs our soul.

Saturday, August 29 • 8:30pm – 10:00pm

Main Hall (Waverley Library, Bondi Junction)

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The silence of injustice

avatar.jpg.320x320px (3)In Iran, a doctor is considered a criminal for saving lives, and a woman who falls in love is breaking the rules. In Australia, a young Somali man is incarcerated for a terrible crime he did not commit. What hope is there in the face of such prejudice?

Award-winning writers Dr Kooshyar Karimi and Julie Szego discuss how the power of culture and the perils of silence perpetuate injustice.

Sunday, August 30 • 4:30pm – 5:30pm

Main Hall (Waverley Library, Bondi Junction)

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Schmoozing in the Eastern Suburbs

avatar.jpg.320x320px (2)From the Hungarian cafes of Double Bay to the mansions of Point Piper, two authors expose the inner workings of two unique subcultures in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. They immerse readers in an intimate world of relationships, scandal, gossip and lies, interspersed with champagne and goulash.

Society columnist Ros Reines and novelist Eva Novy will amuse and delight you with the stories of worlds unknown, right at our doorstep.

Sunday, August 30 • 5:45pm – 6:45pm

Theatrette (Waverley Library, Bondi Junction)

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For more details about this year’s Sydney Jewish Writers Festival head to www.sjwf.org.au

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Andrew Cattanach is a regular contributor to The Booktopia Blog. He has been shortlisted for The Age Short Story Prize and was named a finalist for the 2015 Young Bookseller of the Year Award. He enjoys reading, writing and sleeping, though finds it difficult to do them all at once.

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