Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
| When: | Thursday, February 25th, 2021 |
| Time: | 7:00 pm — 8:30 pm |
| Location: | Via Zoom conference calling |
| Audience: | Carleton Community, Current Students, Faculty |
| Contact: | Stephanie Bos , stephaniebos@cunet.carleton.ca |
Author Meets Readers invites Carleton students and the community to join an informal discussion on new books published by members of the Carleton University Faculty of Public Affairs.
About the Book: 
In this gripping and honest memoir, Mira Sucharov shows what a search for political and emotional home looks like. Sucharov suffered from childhood phobias triggered by her parents’ divorce, and she sought emotional refuge in Jewish summer camp. But three years spent living in Israel in her twenties shook her to her core. Ultimately, encounters with colleagues, students, friends and lovers force her to confront what it means to be able to write, advocate and teach about Israel/Palestine in a way that balances affirmation with authenticity.
About the Author: 
Mira Sucharov is Professor of Political Science and University Chair of Teaching Innovation at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She is the author or editor of five books — most recently, Borders and Belonging: A Memoir (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020); Public Influence: A Guide to Op-Ed Writing and Social Media Engagement (University of Toronto Press, 2019); and Social Justice and Israel/Palestine: Foundational and Contemporary Debates (co-edited with Aaron Hahn Tapper, University of Toronto Press, 2019). Her many op-eds have appeared in Haaretz, The Forward, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The Huffington Post, Canadian Jewish News, Jewish Independent and The Daily Beast. She is a five-time teaching award winner and is the 2019 winner of her Faculty’s Excellence in Public Commentary Award. She is the founding co-chair of the Jewish Politics Division at the Association of Jewish Studies, is co-editor of AJS Perspectives, and currently sits on the New Israel Fund of Canada Advisory Council.
About the Panelists:
Laura Levitt is Professor of Religion, Jewish Studies, and Gender at Temple University where she has chaired the Religion Department and directed both the Jewish Studies and the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Programs. Levitt is the author The Objects that Remain (2020); American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust (2007); and Jews and Feminism: The Ambivalent Search for Home (1997) and a co-editor of Impossible Images: Contemporary Art After the Holocaust (2003) and Judaism Since Gender (1997). Levitt edits NYU Press’s North American Religions Series with Tracy Fessenden (Arizona State University) and David Harrington Watt (Haverford College) https://nyupress.org/search-results/?series=north-american-religions.
Brian A. Kates, ACE is a film and television editor whose credits include The Plot Against America, Private Life, The Savages, Norman, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Kill Your Darlings, Shortbus, Kill The Messenger, The Laramie Project, Lackawanna Blues, Jack Goes Boating, We The Animals, Killing Them Softly, Tarnation, and The Woodsman. He won Emmy Awards for both The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel and Taking Chance. He is an executive producer of the upcoming documentary, Israelism. He is currently working on Season 3 of the HBO series Succession.
Book Reviews:
—Deborah Dash Moore, Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History and Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Michigan, US
‘Mira Sucharov’s provocative essays on Israel/Palestine have made her a well-known public intellectual. In this engaging memoir, she describes her personal journey as a Canadian Jew in confronting the dilemmas, challenges and tragedies of Jews and Palestinians.’
—David Biale, Emanuel Ringelblum Distinguished Professor, University of California, Davis, US
‘Mira Sucharov’s memoir is a beautiful glimpse into a Jewish woman’s coming of age in Canada, offering powerful insights into how identities and emotions are formed in relationship to Judaism and to Israel.’
—Danae Elon, documentary filmmaker; director of P.S. Jerusalem
‘…a fascinating blend of a sometimes difficult personal history and a set of evolving views of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Sucharov’s self-doubt, ideological struggles and insights are all well worth exploring.’
— Jon Allen, Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, and Former Canadian Ambassador to Israel
‘This smart, enjoyable read weaves an intricate web of personal memoir, coming-of-age tale and analysis of Israeli politics, with its evolving impact on Israelis, Palestinians and North American Jews.’
—J.J. Goldberg, editor at large, The Forward, and author of Jewish Power: Inside the American Jewish Establishment
‘Mira Sucharov has written a brave book. Intimate and honest, she reveals her own fractures and fault lines through her evolving relationship with Israel and Palestine.’
— Jonathan Garfinkel, author of Ambivalence: Crossing the Israel/Palestine Divide
This event is part of the Ottawa International Writer’s Festival.
This session will be recorded.
Registration is now full.