“I observe my twins differently because of Abigail’s book...”
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Oct 2005
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Stars of Book Party
"Stars of David is an endearing book done with skill and taste..."
-Liz Smith, New York Post
Stars of Book Party
When Candice Bergen, Mike Wallace, Ed Koch, Tina Brown, Gloria Steinem, Cynthia McFadden and Max Frankel show up at your kickoff book party, you probably have a good thing going. Author Abigail Pogrebin had a stellar guest list at the townhouse of HBO titan Richard Plepler the other night, and her “Stars of David” book is the talk of the town.
This work, where prominent Jews talk about being Jewish, simply can’t be put down after you start browsing. You can find out that Larry King “always liked shiksas,” and Jason Alexander claims “It specifically says in the Torah that you can eat shrimp and bacon in a Chinese restaurant.”
Mike Nichols opines that “Jewish introspection and Jewish humor are a way of surviving,” and Sarah Jessica Parker believes if she’d had “straight hair and a perfect nose, my whole career would be different.” I won’t list the 60 or more “stars” who speak here, but they are legion and they are fascinating.
In a time when the celebration of religion is on the rise in the world—for good or bad—it is fascinating to see what just a few of the famous from Ruth Reichl to Norman Lear to Ellen Goodman to Tony Kushner to Nora Ephron have to say about theirs. “Stars of David” is an endearing book done with skill and taste by the girl who was an ace producer for such as Charlie Rose, Bill Moyers, Mike Wallace and Ed Bradley. Don’t miss it!
Ms. Pogrebin appears at the 92nd Street Y on Nov. 16 with the aforesaid Jason Alexander, Kyra Sedgwick and Leonard Nimoy.
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