St. Louis Jewish Book Festival

The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is an annual celebration of authors, books, and ideas during early November, with additional author events year-round. The range of author topics is vast: business, cooking, economics, family, fiction, history, music, religion, sports, and more. Now in its 45th year, the Festival is nationally recognized for both its excellence and its size – it is one of the largest in the country with more than 10,000 audience members annually. People from all backgrounds and religions come to Festival events to hear premier speakers, share their thoughts, and ask questions. Times and locations vary. Please see https://jccstl.com/arts-ideas/st-louis-jewish-book-festival/ for more details! Festival events include: November 2, 7p Opening Night - Mickey Bergman - In The Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations To Free Americans Captured Abroad The J, Edison Gymnasium November 3, 7:30pm The Humor in Literature Panel The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 4, 5pm Adam Nimoy - The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy The J, Edison Gymnasium November 4, 7:30pm Brian Levant, Fred Fox Jr. - 50 Years of Happy Days: A Visual History of An American Television Classic The J, Edison Gymnasium November 7, 1pm Arthur Gale Series: Benjamin Ginsberg - The New American Anti-Semitism: The Left, the Right, and the Jews Location TBD November 7, 6:30pm Women’s Night “A Romantic Affair” The J, Edison Gymnasium November 8, 1pm Historical Fiction Panel The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 9, 7:30pm A Night of Theater, Featuring Special Performances by New Jewish Theatre The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 10, 3pm Ari Gold - Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 10, 7:30pm In Remembrance of Kristallnacht - Karen Kirsten - Irena’s Gift: An Epic World War II Memoir of Sisters, Secrets, And Survival The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 11, 7:30pm Veterans’ Day Special Event - Stuart E. Eizenstat - The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 12, 1pm Ilan Evyatar - Target Tehran: How Mossad Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Realign the New Middle East Location TBD November 12, 7:30pm R. Derek Black - The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Supremacy to Antiracism The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 13, 5pm Women’s Memoir Panel The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 13, 7:30pm Noah Galuten - The Don’t Panic Pantry Cookbook: Mostly Vegetarian Comfort Food That Happens to be Pretty Good for You The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 14, 2pm Missouri’s Own Panel The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 14, 7:30pm Sports Night The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 15, 11am Andrew J. Mellen - Unstuff Your Life! Kick the Clutter Habit and Completely Organize Your Life for Good The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 16, 7pm Joan Nathan - My Life in Recipes: Food, Family and Memories The J, Edison Gymnasium November 17, 3:30pm Jonathan Shmidt Chapman - Let There Be Play: Bringing the Bible to Life with Young Children The J, Mirowitz Performing Arts Center November 17, 7pm Closing Night - Daniel Handler AKA Lemony Snicket - And Then? And Then? What Else? SLCL – Clark Family Branch

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