22.02.12
Karen Freedland , in her first year as director of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor ’s Jewish Book Festival, quickly makes you understand why the 24th annual event—composed of author talks and readings, and a Curious George party for kids, all happening November 1-13—was placed in her charge: Her passion is contagious.
“It’s such a love,” said Freedland. “We all love our books. And when I was given this job,
I was just beaming, because there’s nothing that I love more than sitting with a book. It’s my friend at night, it’s my helper when I don’t know where to go with my own personal life. And I just thought,
‘What a great job.’ I get to plan events, I get to read books, I get to meet these fantastic, articulate, educated, wonderful people who are so focused and so knowledgeable, I just feel like somebody has to pinch me, I’m having such a good time. Right now, though, it’s a frenzy that’s like putting together a major Broadway production.
Source: AnnArbor.com