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Making a connection: Rebecca Rosen programs, such as Dr. Phil, EntertainANNETTE VAN DE KAMPment Tonight, Extra, Nightline, and The WRIGHT Rachael Ray Show, among others. Jewish Press Editor Through her own television show, The or more than two Last Goodbye, she “connected people decades, Rebecca Rosen seeking answers with their deceased has served as an ambasfamily members and loved ones, helpsador between the spirit ing viewers see that death is not the world and the day-to-day end and love never dies.” world, “relaying wisdom and insight Rebecca’s own spiritual journey from angels, guides, and those who began in 1997 as a college student have passed on to people seeking anstruggling with depression and a debilswers in the here and now,” her webitating sleep-eating disorder. site states. Following months of therapy and She is once again sharing her work medication, Rebecca finally, out of deswith the Omaha community June 13 peration, began to pray. On one particat 7 p.m. in the Alan J. Levine Perularly unremarkable day while sitting forming Arts Theater. She has pubin a bookstore, she felt compelled to lished several books: Spirited, Awaken write in her journal. That’s when her the Spirit Within and What the Dead Have Taught me about Living Well. Redeceased Grandmother Babe, anbecca will be introducing her latest swered her prayers. Rebecca was book, What’s Your Heaven? She will flooded with words that she involunRebecca Rosen participate in an interview, and antarily transcribed, or channeled, not swer audience questions. She will also demonstrate the even realizing what she was writing. The handwriting was work she has done these past 20 years and provide audi- Rebecca’s, but the words were her Grandmother’s. Because ence readings. And: you can meet her for a book signing! she, herself, was skeptical, Rebecca asked for proof that what was happening was real. This event is chaired by Melissa Shrago. Rebecca has appeared on countless television and radio See Rebecca Rosen page 3
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SHIRLY BANNER JFO Library Specialist YOUNG ADULT: The Prince of Steel Pier by Stacy Nockowitz In The Prince of Steel Pier, Joey Goodman is spending the summer at his grandparents’ struggling hotel in Atlantic City, a tourist destination on the decline. Nobody in Joey’s big Jewish family takes him seriously, so when Joey’s Skee-Ball skills land him an unusual job offer from a local mobster, he’s thrilled to be treated like “one of the guys,” and develops a major crush on an older girl in the process. Eventually disillusioned by
Trip to Libya Tripoli at night Credit: Sanadala Lahfi, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
the mob’s bravado, and ashamed of his own dishonesty, he recalls words of wisdom from his grandfather that finally resonate. Joey realizes where he really belongs: with his family, who drive him crazy, but where no one fights a battle alone. All it takes to get by is one’s wits... and a little help from one’s brothers. See Kripke-Veret Collection page 2
RICH JURO Fran and I had an exciting two week trip to Libya in 2008. This was earlier than Colonel Qaddafi’s ouster in 2011 and before Libya became a non-functioning nation. At the time, cruises couldn’t stop there. So we flew in to Tripoli, the capital of one million people, and stayed in a modern hotel. That was the last routine thing we did. One thing that US history buffs know is that after the Revolutionary War, the first foreign escapade was here. In 1801, tired of paying ransom
to the Barbary pirates, President Thomas Jefferson sent a military expedition to Tripoli. Unfortunately, the naval ship USS Philadelphia ran aground and was captured. After another American armed services force was dispatched, the Tripoli pasha was forced to give up his annual bounty (though he did receive $60,000 for the return of the Philadelphia’s sailors). We met our fellow guests and tour leader. She was Yvonne, a big, brassy, blond from Austria, who See Trip to Libya page 3