Free Virtual Event
HOUDINI: THE ELUSIVE AMERICAN
A conversation with Adam Begley
In his biography, notable author Adam Begley explores the life of Houdini, the world’s greatest escape artist. Begley speaks with Rabbi Charles Savenor of Park Avenue Synagogue about the Master Mystifier’s rise to fame and his most famous death-defying feats to uncover why such a talented performed risked his life again and again.
This event will be recorded. The recording will be posted at jewishlives.org/video within 2 weeks after the event.
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About the Speakers
Adam Begley is the author of Updike and The Great Nadar. He was a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow at the Leon Levy Center for Biography, and for many years the books editor of The New York Observer. He lives in England.
Rabbi Charles Savenor is the Director of Congregational Education at Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. Rabbi Savenor came to PAS from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), where he served as the Director of Kehilla (Congregational) Development (2011 to present) and as Executive Director of its Metropolitan New York District (2008-2011). Prior to USCJ, Rabbi Savenor was the Associate Dean and Director of Admissions at the Jewish Theological Seminary (2001-2008) and Associate Rabbi at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago (1996-2001). Rabbi Savenor’s writing has appeared in the Jewish Week, Hadassah Magazine, and the Jerusalem Post.
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