Talks
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CRITICAL MASS
The New York Public Library’s Paul Holdengraber moderates “The Critic as Artist,” a conversation about the benefits of choosing a nonacademic career. The panelists are writers Paul Berman, Jeremy Eichler, Ed ward Rothstein, Jean Strouse, and James Wood. A professor of French and comparative literature at the Graduate Center, Andre Aciman, serves as host. Tonight, 6-8 p.m., CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave., between 34th and 35th streets, 212-817-8215, $10.
ON ISRAEL
Writer Donna Rosenthal discusses her book “The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land” (The Free Press). She is joined by two of her subjects, the grandson of the Syrian-Egyptian co-founder of the Israeli Air Force and the daughter of illiterate Yemenite immigrants. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th Street, 646-505-5708, $5 general, free for members.
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