Book Festival: Special Nu Reads Event: Ron Segal
Israeli novelist Ron Segal discusses his novel "Delicate" about a Holocaust survivor writer chronicling his love story as his memory erodes.
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- When
- Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · 7:30 PM
- Ends
- Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · 7:30 PM
- Where
- Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston (ERJCC)
- Presented by
- Amy Rahmani
- Tags
- community & culture · talks & lectures · Arts & Culture · Jewish Book & Arts Festival
About
Join acclaimed Israeli novelist and filmmaker Ron Segal for a discussion of his forthcoming novel Delicate, selected as the sixth title in Jewish Book Council's Nu Reads series. Haunted by the recent death of his wife, renowned Israeli writer and Holocaust survivor Adam Schumacher sets out on a journey to chronicle their love story before it's too late. Decades after he fled the Nazis, Adam returns to Germany, where he confronts his past and his rapidly eroding memory. Delicate is a lyrical and candid novel about the unstable work of remembering. Ayin Press released an exclusive early edition of Delicate through Nu Reads. Segal is currently adapting the novel into an animated film. Presented with the Jewish Book Council. In conversation with Ellen Orseck, painter and former Curator of the Permanent Collection at Holocaust Museum Houston. Nu Reads is a bi-monthly book subscription series curated by Jewish Book Council that uplifts Jewish writers.
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