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St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
November 2 - November 17
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
