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Meet the Author Ruperto Long

When: October 12, 2026 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Where: Alan and Diane Lieberman Theater
18900 NE 25th Avenue
North Miami Beach, FL 33180
Organizer: Dania Slochowski
Contact: David Surowitz at [email protected] (305) 932-4200 x130
Cost: Complimentary Admission
Summary: Annual Meet the Author Jewish Book Series presents best selling author RUPERTO LONG, The Girl Who Watched the Trains Depart.
2026-10-12 19:30:00 2026-10-12 21:30:00 America/New_York Meet the Author Ruperto Long Annual Meet the Author Jewish Book Series presents best selling author RUPERTO LONG, The Girl Who Watched the Trains Depart. (http://jewishmiami.org/events/meet_the_author_ruperto_long) Alan and Diane Lieberman Theater Dania Slochowski [email protected]

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In his best-selling novel, Ruperto Long crafts a story based on real-life stories of its four main characters: Charlotte, an 8 year old Belgian girl, whose family flees Nazi-occupied Liege; Charlotte’s Uncle Alter, forced to take up duties in a ghetto; Dmitri, a French soldier, who lands in North Africa with the Foreign Legion to face Marshal Rommel’s Afrika Korps; and Domingo Lopez Delgado, a Uruguayan soldier who volunteers to be in the French Services. See how their lives highlighted by multiple tales of affection that triumph over barbarism.

Uruguayan author, engineer, and politician, Ruperto Long, is a recipient of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic, the Zorrilla de San Martin Medal of Merit, and the Jerusalem Award. The author of 7 distinct works, The Girl Who Watched the Trains Depart, has been published in 20 countries.

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Alan and Diane Lieberman Theater

18900 NE 25th Avenue

North Miami Beach, FL 33180

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  • 2026-10-12 19:30:00 2026-10-12 21:30:00 America/New_York Meet the Author Ruperto Long Annual Meet the Author Jewish Book Series presents best selling author RUPERTO LONG, The Girl Who Watched the Trains Depart. (http://jewishmiami.org/events/meet_the_author_ruperto_long) Alan and Diane Lieberman Theater, North Miami Beach, FL 33180 Dania Slochowski [email protected]
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