Is Anti-Semitism in the Suburbs Fact or Fiction? Ask Novelist Harriet Pike

Join Lev Eisha Hadassah for a discussion and book signing with Harriet Pike, author of Enemy in the Garden. The novel reveals the anti-Semitic strain that lies just below the surface of American life. The fast-paced thriller moves rapidly from a tranquil suburban world to one of anti-government conspiracies, insurrection and domestic terrorism. Though the book is set in the 1970s, the recent Jewish Community Center shooting in Kansas City makes the story frighteningly relevant today.

A career writer, Pike started as a staff reporter for Newsday right out of college and subsequently worked for other publications as a reporter and managing editor of a business weekly. Her portfolio also includes travel and humor articles for the New York Times and Daily News. Following her newspaper career, Pike served as communications director for New York State and City politicians and, subsequently, for an influential anti-poverty non-profit. In the three posts, her responsibilities included writing op-ed pieces on timely subjects for major media in New York City and directing a public affairs TV show. Enemy in the Garden is her first published novel.

Admission is $18 per person (payable at the door), which includes dessert and a donation to Hadassah. MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL: If you join Hadassah that night, you get in for free! Annual membership is $36, Life membership is $212.

RSVP by Thursday, June 12, to Dana Bigman at danabigman@aol.com or 310-478-6596.

Please read the book in advance. It is available as a paperback at Barnes & Noble (www.barnesandnoble.com/w/enemy-in-the-garden-harriet-pike/1118913056?ean=9781482330410) and on Amazon.com (www.amazon.com/Enemy-Garden-Novel-Intrigue-Suspense/dp/1482330415/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400631595&sr=1-1&keywords=Enemy+in+the+Garden) and as an ebook on Amazons Kindle store (www.amazon.com/Enemy-Garden-Novel-Intrigue-Suspense-ebook/dp/B00J9SQYV8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1400631595). A few books will be available that night for purchase.

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About Lev Eisha Hadassah

Lev Eisha means heart of a woman in Hebrew. Lev Eisha Hadassah is a friendly, welcoming group in the West Los Angeles/Beverly Hills area where Jewish women in the 30s-50s age rangemostly professional, some single, some married, some momscan get to know each other, do some good, and carry on the heartfelt spirit of Hadassah on the Westside.

Hadassah Southern California (www.southerncalifornia.hadassah.org) is a multi-generational volunteer membership unit of Hadassah, The Womens Zionist Organization of America. Its mission is to provide Jewish and Zionist connections that promote the unity of the Jewish people through opportunities for personal growth and education, acts of Tikkun Olam (healing the world), and financial support of Hadassahs endeavors in Israel and in the United States. Hadassah Southern California is dedicated to helping women realize their potential as a dynamic force in American society.