Holy Blossom Sisterhood Salon Presents: Inspiring Women
TWO DATES:
Wednesday March 30, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Marina Nemat, acclaimed author of the international bestseller, Prisoner of Tehran and After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed will speak at Holy Blossom Temple.
Marina Nemat was born in 1965 in Tehran, Iran. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, she was arrested at the age of sixteen and spent more than two years in Evin, a political prison in Tehran, where she was tortured and came very close to execution. She came to Canada in 1991 and has called it home ever since. Her memoir of her life in Iran, Prisoner of Tehran, has been published in 28 other countries, and has been an international bestseller. Marina has been awarded the inaugural Human Dignity Award from the European Parliament and the prestigious Grinzane Prize in Italy. She has been an Aurea Fellow at University of Toronto’s Massey College, where she wrote her second book, After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed. She teaches memoir writing at the School of Continuing Studies at University of Toronto and has written book reviews for The Globe and Mail.
AND:
Wednesday April 6, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Helena Fine, Artistic Director of Te-Amim Musical Theatre
and
Anne Dublin, acclaimed author of young adult literature, will speak at Holy Blossom Temple
Join us for a very special evening where two of our Long-Standing Temple Members, Helena Fine and Anne Dublin share personal events that inspired them to create deeply enriching and award-winning works of art in children’s theatre and in literature.
Mazel Tov to Helena Fine, artistic director of Te-Amim Musical Theatre Company and to writer Anne Dublin for sharing your inspiring lives and meaningful work at last evening’s Inspiring Women Sisterhood Salon series. Thank you both for your deep reverence to give voice to your creativity through music and through the written word. We are all the wiser and kinder for It.
Todah rabah!
Moving and inspiring presentations from both speakers. A wonderful evening, and a great opportunity to celebrate our Sisterhood congregants. Let’s have more of these wonderful programs!!