Nov

17 2015

Voices of Thinking Jewish Women

1:30PM - 3:00PM  

JCC of Middlesex County 1775 Oak Tree Rd
Edison, NJ 08820
732-494-3232 (Phone)
732-548-2850 (Fax)
shorwitz@jccmc.org
http://www.jccmc.org

Contact Sue Horwitz
732-494-3232 (Phone)
732-548-2850 (Fax)
shorwitz@jccmc.org
http://www.jccmc.org

Voices of Thinking Jewish Women by Prudence Wright Holmes. Experience the viewpoints of Jewish women achievers in science, politics, literature, history, finance, feminism, entertainment, government, and more, via their writing. This presentation  features pieces by Bella Abzug, Sarah Bernhardt, Betty Friedan, Emma Goldman, Lillian Hellman, Elizabeth Holzman, Joan Rivers, Golda Meir and many more. 
 
Prudence Wright Holmes is the author of Voices of Thinking Jewish Women , The Voice and Speech Workout , Monologue Mastery and the plays Beat Chick, Call Me William, Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, Duncan and Vanessa, Sister Girl, Wannabes and Bexley, OH! She appeared in the films Sister Act I and II with Whoopi Goldberg, Kingpin with Woody Harrelson, In Dreams with Annette Bening, My Own Love Song with Renee Zellweger, Boardwalk Empire with Steve Buscemi, God’s Pocket with Philip Seymour Hoffman and After.Life with Liam Neeson. She  also appeared on Broadway in Happy End with Meryl Streep, Lettice and Lovage with Maggie Smith, Inherit the Wind with George C. Scott and The Light in the Piazza.