BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:315@torat-el.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230507T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230507T130000 DTSTAMP:20230419T190201Z URL:https://www.torat-el.org/events/meet-the-author-meira-cook-author-of-t he-full-catastrophe/ SUMMARY:Meet the Author\, Meira Cook author of The Full Catastrophe DESCRIPTION:The Full Catastrophe is the story of Charlie Minkoff and his gr andfather and best friend\, Oscar\, a Holocaust survivor. \; Since Osc ar never had a Bar Mitzvah\, Charlie \; tries to arrange for a joint B ar \; Mitzvah for himself and his zeide\, not expecting to encounter o bstacles along the way. This is a touching story of an unusual family\, a boy with physical challenges\, the impact of secrets\, the value of friend ship and a grandfather’s wisdom\, and the importance of love on the jour ney to becoming a man. \;\n\nPre-Paid $15 per person/$20 at the door -  \;A light brunch will be served\n\nMeira Cook is the award-winning au thor of several novels and five poetry collections. She won the McNally Ro binson Book of the Year Award and the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction. Cook also served as Write in Residence at the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture. \;\n\nBuy your copy of h er book from Bookshop.org (to support independent bookstores) or amazon.co m \;\n\nWe are pleased to announce that we will be debuting hybrid pro gramming so that we can present our programs both in person and on Zoom.\n \nWe hope that if you are local\, you will come in person and enjoy not on ly the author and book ( Meira Cook’s The Full Catastrophe)\,  \;but a special brunch for our last event of the season. Please tell your dista nt family and friends who may have been joining us on Zoom for previous pr ograms\, that they can also enjoy this event by signing up for the Zoom li nk. The fee will be the same - $15. \;\n\nFor our far-away attendees w ho enjoyed attending the many Zoom Meet The Author programs Congregation T orat El held from \; 2020 through 2022\,  \;we hope you will also join us for our final event of our sixth season\, The Full Catastrophe by Meira Cook. There will be a $15 charge to obtain the Zoom link which is th e same as we are charging our in-person audience. The program begins at 11 AM - see the flyer for more details.\n\nWe look forward to seeing you! Ple ase make your reservation \; below. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.torat-el.org/wp-content/uploads/2023 /03/Meira-Cook-MTA-May-2023.png CATEGORIES:Congregation Torat El,Featured Events LOCATION:Congregation Torat El\, 301 Monmouth Road\, Oakhurst\, NJ\, 07755\ , United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=301 Monmouth Road\, Oakhurs t\, NJ\, 07755\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Congregation Tor at El:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR