Joan Leegant, a riveting speaker who loves engaging with audiences, will speak about the creative process and her book of short stories, "Displaced Persons." The book won the New American Fiction Prize and is a 2025 Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and a Finalist for the 2025 Association of Jewish Libraries Award for Fiction. The book explores exile, belonging, and what it means to call a place home, with half the stories in the collection set in Israel and half in the States. The Chicago Review of Books wrote: “Deliciously complex stories with a sharp sense of humor and emotional wallop." Join us at Knesset Israel on Sunday evening, May 4 for an eye-opening conversation and for the book signing and reception to follow.