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The Gift of Our Wounds: Book Discussion & Conversation with the Authors In-Person
Join us for a very special conversation with Arno Michaelis and Pardeep Singh Kaleka, authors of The Gift of Our Wounds, the inspirational true story of a Sikh and a former white supremacist who find forgiveness after hate.
Pardeep Kaleka lost his father, a leader of the Sikh commuity in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, when a white supremacist opened fire in the neighborhood temple in 2012. Arno Michaelis, a former skinhead who spent years committing violent acts in the name of white power, helped start the gang that produced the mass shooter. This is a powerful story of an unexpected friendship between two men that resulted in an outpouring of love and a mission to fight against hate.
A limited number of copies of the book will be available at the Arts & Literature Reference Desk for you to borrow. Please call 428-8380 to check on available copies or for additional information.
Free and open to the public. No registration is required. Co-hosted by the Levine Center to End Hate, the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester, and the Arts & Literature Division at the Central Library of Rochester.
- Date:
- Thursday, November 21, 2019
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Central - Kusler-Cox Auditorium
- Library:
- Central Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Department - Arts & Literature Book Club/Reading Group