The Tucson JCC
Jewish Author Series proudly presents
Carol Leifer &
Benyamin Cohen at the
Tucson Festival of Books
Carol Leifer
UA Integrated Learning Center
March 14 • 1 p.m.
Carol Leifer came out at 40, got Bat Mitzvahed at 45, and adopted a son at 50. Now she has a new book that explains why she is just along for the ride.
A former Seinfeld writer, Leifer is a Jewish stand-up comedian from Long Island. She’s amassed an impressive résumé producing or writing for The Larry Sanders Show, Saturday Night Live, and The Ellen Show. She’s headlined her own HBO specials, appeared on The Tonight Show, Late Night With David Letterman, and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, and last March released her first book, When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win, talking about her evolution from straight to gay, being a lesbian mom, and why getting older isn’t such a bad thing.
 Benyamin Cohen
Tent on the UA Mall
March 14 • 2:30 p.m.
Part memoir, part spiritual quest, and part anthropologist’s mission, this book debuted in the #1 position on Amazon’s Jewish Bestsellers List. During his year-long exploration, Cohen sees the best and the worst of Christianity – from mega churches to storefront churches; from crass commercialization of religion to the simple, moving faith of the humble believer; from the profound to the profane to the just plain laughable. By year’s end, to Cohen’s surprise, his search for universal answers and truths in the Bible Belt actually make him a better Jew.
Sponsored in part by Tucson Pima Arts Council
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