Author Talk and Discussion; Allan Appel and Rabbi Jon Jay Tilsen on The Book of Norman
Join Novelist Allan Appel in Conversation with Rabbi John Jay Tilsen of Congre-gation Beth El Kesser Israel for a lively reading and conversation of Appel’s new novel, The Book of Norman, and solve such problems as sibling rivalry, and which religion has got the truth about the afterlife. "Allan Appel does it again! His unique blend of rabbinic play, stand-up comedy, religious obsession, has led him to produce a sly novel that explores how America's hunger for redemption bumps up against world-weary, Jewish hope and disbelief."—Rabbi James E. Ponet, Howard M. Holtzmann Jewish Chaplain, Emeritus, Yale University. Presented in partnership with the JCC of Greater New Haven. Books will be for sale. Allan Appel, born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, is a prize-winning novelist and playwright whose books include Club Revelation, High Holiday Su-tra, winner of a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, The Hebrew Tutor of Be Air, and The Rabbi of Casino Boulevard, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Allan is a reporter for the New Haven Inde-pendent. The Book of Norman was published in 2017 by Mandel Vilar Press.