Andrée Aelion Brooks
A SAMPLING OF LECTURE TOPICS 1. The origins and lesser-known history of the Jews of Russia. 2. The Incredible story of Doña Gracia Nasi. 3. The Cradle of Jewish Life in Europe. 4.The Ancient Origins of Merchant Jews and their impact upon our history. 4. The Birth of Ashkenaz. 5. The Jews in the Renaissance. 6. The Strange Story of the Conversos: the first Jews in the Americas and the Caribbean. 7. The History of the Jewish Doctor. 8. Our DNA, our Jewish history, ourselves. 9. Magic, merchants and miracles: the 2,000-year-old story of the Jews of Morocco. 10. Raising the Privileged Child. NOTE: Scholar-in-residence programs, themed weekends and mini courses are also available. ***DETAILS/ |
Lectures/Bio Andrée Aelion Brooks is a journalist, author and lecturer. For 18 years she was a contributing columnist and news writer for the New York Times where she covered personal finance, the women's movement and real estate investment issues, among other topics. Lately she has been concentrating primarily, although not exclusively, on unusual aspects of Jewish history and lecturing widely around the country on a number of these topics (see left panel). She is also in the midst of a private commission, writing contextual history for a noted American Jewish family to accompany the genealogical research that was done on the family. The family was from Poland. In addition, she has begun writing occasional essays on life as an older American for the Encore section of the Wall Street Journal. Brooks is also an Associate Fellow at Yale University and the founder and first president of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale. The purpose of the non-partisan, non-agenda based School is to train more women worldwide in the skills needed to win elective office. Brooks is the author of the first comprehensive biography of Doña Gracia Nasi, the Renaissance banker. She coordinated and edited a multi-media educational program called “Out of Spain” for 5-7th graders in Jewish congregational and day schools in Sephardic history and culture. Her newest book of Jewish History, “Russian Dance,” a romantic thriller based on the true story of a Bolshevik spy, has been described as a “gripping narrative” by Publishers Weekly and was "highly recommended" by the American Library Association. It won First Place in the history/ In 1990, Brooks received the American Jewish Woman of Achievement award from the American Jewish Committee. In 2001, she received a special award from the Consulate General of Israel in conjunction with the American Sephardi Federation for her work in Sephardic Jewish History. And in 2003 she received the Mark Twain Award from the Connecticut Press Club as well as it being named a finalist in the National Jewish Book Awards. She has also received an outstanding achievement award from the National Federation of Press Women, among other writing honors. In the late 1980's she was the author of another award-winning book “Children of Fast Track Parents,” (Viking-Penguin), which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey show. **LECTURES AVAILABLE FOR ALL THESE WORKS. REGARDING RIGHTS, THE AUTHOR IS REPRESENTED BY CAROLYN FRENCH AT THE FIFI OSCARD AGENCY. 110 WEST 40TH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 100018 E-MAIL: cfrench@ |
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