James A GrymesJames A. Grymes is a Jewish Book Award-winning author who frequently appears as a public speaker at libraries, museums, synagogues, and universities, as well as prominent venues such as the United Nations Headquarters, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie all, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, and the historic 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He is often a featured speaker at Holocaust remembrance events such as those that commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Yom HaShoah, and he is regularly in residence with the Violins of Hope--a collection of string instruments with Holocaust stories, the subject of his book Violins of Hope. Dr. Grymes lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he is professor of musicology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Read More Read Less