October 17, 2018 – April 8, 2019 25 Authors • 16 Events

JEAN CHATZKY MARTIN FLETCHER CAROL LEIFER

Dr. Marc Agronin • Jamie Bernstein • Jenna Blum • Ariel Burger • Yvette Corporon • Jeremy Dauber Izzy Ezagui • Stephen Flatow • Elyssa Friedland • Beverly Gray • Rachel Kadish • David Litt • Tova Mirvis Jeff Oliver • Moriel Rothman-Zecher • Mark Sarvas • Gregory Wallance • Carol Zoref

Alyson Richman Dr. Michael Roizen Alexandra Silber Stephen Tobolowsky Order your tickets today! 239.263.4205 • www.jewishbookfestival.org Scenes from last season’s festival Welcome to the 2018-2019 Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival! The Jewish Book Festival Committee is pleased to present 25 amazing authors in 16 exciting programs from October 2018 through April 2019. While we thought it would be difficult to top last year’s group of authors and events, we think that once you flip through the pages of this brochure, you’ll agree that this season’s lineup is our best ever. We kick off the festival with several extraordinary speakers and personalities, including comedian Carol Leifer, actor Stephen Tobolowsky, financial expert Jean Chatzky and Dr. Michael Roizen. Whether your book choices are fiction, memoirs, humor, Israel or entertainment, you’ll find several programs to whet your appetite. Similar to last season’s festival, look for more than just book talks. Enjoy these cultural highlights: Broadway actress Alexandra Silber will sing Leonard Bernstein hits as part of Jamie Bernstein’s presentation about “Growing Up Bernstein.” Jewish Comedy Night with author Jeremy Dauber will feature several local residents performing stand-up Jewish comedy routines. Be sure to come and cheer them on. As part of the program with author Beverly Gray discussing Seduced by Mrs. Robinson, enjoy a screening of the 50th anniversary edition of The Graduate. Delight in a luncheon program with Jeff Oliver, a former executive at Food Network, where he developed the hit series Cutthroat Kitchen. As coordinator for what has become the Greater Naples Jewish community’s most-talked-about program, I am honored to work on this incredible festival with co-chairs Phil Jason, Susan Pittelman and Robin Mintz (pictured at left with author Bryan Mark Rigg), our devoted festival committee members, and Federation Community Program Coordinator Reneé Bialek. We each devote hundreds of hours to ensure we meet the festival’s mission (see below). The book festival would not be possible without numerous people and organizations. First and foremost, recognition must go to the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples and its leadership, including Jeffrey Feld and Jane Schiff. Special thanks to our Patrons, whose generosity and support are a testament to our amazing community. We couldn’t produce such an extensive festival without our financial and in-kind Sponsors. Covering a broad range of companies and organizations from both the Jewish and the Greater Naples community, their support is greatly appreciated. And much gratitude goes to our incredible volunteers who help to assure that every aspect of every program runs smoothly. I invite you to join us at this season’s Jewish Book Festival as we celebrate and enjoy amazing authors, talents, characters and stories! Warmly, Ted Epstein, Coordinator, Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival Jewish Book Festival Mission Statement: The Jewish Book Festival of Greater Naples brings a showcase of Jewish authors and books of Jewish content to our community. We strive to educate, enrich, entertain and engage the members of our community. The festival promotes awareness, appreciation and pride in the diversity of the Jewish people; strengthens community consciousness of Jewish identity, history and culture; and provides opportunities to come together for educational and social experiences. At Your Service! Hilton Naples proudly supports the Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival.

5111 Tamiami Trail North I Naples, FL 34103 239.430.4900 I HiltonNaples.com I ShulasNaples.com Praise for this season’s festival authors and books “They don’t make people funnier or more clever “Izzy Ezagui may be the most inspirational figure than Carol Leifer. She’s insightful, big-hearted and a you’ll meet. Gruesomely wounded as a volunteer brilliant writer.” soldier, he allows nothing to stop his quest to return to – J. J. Abrams, film director, producer, screenwriter, a normal life. That he tells his story with irreverence actor and composer and laugh-out-loud humor makes reading Disarmed “Carol’s gift is that she sees ordinary, everyday things a joy. People thrown by lesser obstacles will benefit in a very funny way. She’s made other comics say, from reading this moving and triumphant story.” ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’” – Seth M. Siegel, author of New York Times bestseller – Jay Leno, comedian, actor, writer, producer and Let There Be Water television host “Martin Fletcher, who headed up NBC TV’s Tel Aviv “Stephen Tobolowsky has found his true calling as a News Bureau, knows his territory and it shows on storyteller. He is candid, insightful, often profound every page. Promised Land is a great sweeping epic, and very, very funny. By blending sharp memories of reminiscent of Leon Uris’ Exodus; a moving story his childhood with astute, adult observations of the of triumph and tragedy, new love and historic hate, world around him, he weaves a spell not unlike Jean expertly told by a cast of unforgettable characters. Shepherd or Garrison Keillor… but he has a voice all Fletcher’s writing rises to the level of importance that his own, and I love it.” this story demands and deserves. Historical novels – Leonard Maltin, film critic and author don’t get much better than Promised Land.” – Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Cuban Affair

“Beautifully written, A Father’s Story is a moving “Today Show financial expert Jean Chatzky and Cleve- and gripping account of how a father transformed land Clinic chief wellness officer Dr. Michael Roizen, his grief over the murder of his daughter into a quest with Ted Spiker, find vital connections between health for spiritual meaning and – though opposed by even and wealth, A positive, practical book for anyone elements of his own country’s government – a fierce middle aged or older.” battle against the scourge of Islamic terror. A reminder – Library Journal of the importance of belief and principle in a world that often seems to have forgotten.” – Daniel Gordis, author of Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn

“For those of you who like food and reality TV, this “Gregory J. Wallance’s beautifully written and me- book will make your mouth water and smile simulta- ticulously researched account of Sarah Aaronsohn’s neously. Oliver has cooked up a fresh perspective on leadership of the Nili spy network during World War the possibility of a terrorist-turned-cheftestant, with I casts a long overdue spotlight on one of the most a dash of humor and wit!” fascinating personalities of the early Zionist era and – Andy Cohen, host and Executive producer of Watch should be required reading for anyone interested in What Happens Live With Andy Cohen modern Jewish history.” – Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress

“Growing up in the presence of a super famous parent is no easy thing. Jamie Bernstein presents an “Perhaps the greatest compliment I can bestow on undisguised and understanding picture of her father, this accomplished and compelling book is to say that family and friends. She chronicles her emergence as Gray will send you rushing to Netflix to watch The a partisan of ideals in which they believed. The book Graduate again, and when you do, you will see a is full of inside stories and personal perspectives on familiar movie in an entirely new way.” the inspiring, spontaneous and often no-holds-barred – Jewish Journal challenges of Bernstein’s multiple worlds.” – Michael Tilson Thomas, American conductor, pianist and composer

“A remarkable tale of resilience, recounted by Silber “In this brilliant and groundbreaking book, Jeremy with a spry inventiveness and deep sense of gratitude. Dauber shows that Jerry Seinfeld and Sarah Silverman This powerful and poignant memoir achingly reveals are just the latest members of an ancient tradition of the many burdens facing those who lose a loved one, Jewish humor that stretches all the way back to the from the ways memories crop up unexpectedly to the Bible. Writing with dazzling scholarly insight and in small victories of learning to live again, offering hope a style as appealing as his subject, Dauber reveals for renewal.” what made Jews laugh over the centuries. In doing – Booklist so, he tells a crucial part of the story of Judaism.” – Adam Kirsch, author of The People and the Books Praise for this season’s festival authors and books

“This book is beautiful and brilliant. The substance of Elie Wiesel’s teaching will always be with us. Now, “Sarvas’s rich and engaging second novel is worth thanks to Ariel Burger – a writer of great spiritual the decade’s wait since his first... Sarvas couples and intellectual integrity – we have access to the way a suspenseful mystery with nuanced meditations Wiesel taught generations of students, not only on father-son bonds, the intricacies of identity, the through his words but in the way he lived his life aftershocks of history’s horrors, and the ways people and held his relationships. Wiesel was a treasure of and artworks can – perhaps even must – be endlessly true humanity in the face of unspeakable suffering.” reinterpreted.” – Parker J. Palmer, author of On the Brink of Everything – Publishers Weekly and The Courage to Teach

“This heart-warming story has so many amazing “The Intermission deftly pulls apart the puzzle of one twists, turns and beautiful invisible thread connections couple’s marriage and lays the pieces bare, posing the which proves how there is more goodness and love in question: Would you walk away from your marriage our world than evil.” in order to save it? A provocative, insightful look at – Laura Schroff, #1New York Times and international the intricacies of marriage, the role of fate, and the bestselling author of An Invisible Thread unpredictable nature of love.” – Jamie Brenner, bestselling author of The Husband Hour

“A mysterious collection of papers hidden in a historic London home sends two scholars of Jewish history “This exquisitely crafted and compassionate novel on an unforgettable quest... Kadish’s characters are offers a lesson in honesty, regardless of how difficult memorable, and we’re treated to a host of them: pious the truth may be. It will offer plenty of discussion for rabbis and ribald actors, socialites and troubled young book groups.” men, Mossad agents and rule-worshipping archivists. – Library Journal From Shakespeare’s Dark Lady to Spinoza’s philo- sophical heresies, Kadish leaves no stone unturned in this moving historical epic. Chock-full of rich detail and literary intrigue.” – Kirkus Reviews “Tova Mirvis has already established herself as a first-rate novelist with The Ladies Auxiliary, The “Long renowned as a master of historical fiction, Outside World and Visible City. With The Book of Alyson Richman spreads her wings and soars with Separation: A Memoir, Mirvis shifts genres, reveals the contemporary story… The Secret of Clouds is an some of the autobiographical germs of her fiction, unforgettable gift.” and compellingly chronicles the process of separat- – Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of ing from Orthodoxy... The respect for intra-Jewish The Orphan’s Tale difference that Mirvis models for her children – and for readers – is a precious gift to the Jewish literary world... Beautiful and poignant.” – Lilith magazine

“With warmth, intelligence and a wryly humane “The book offers practical advice, interesting nar- voice, Carol Zoref gives us an unforgettable heroine ratives, and a sound perspective on how to change and shines a light on a forgotten chapter of the Amer- one’s viewpoint from drudgery to exploring an older ican story. Richly atmospheric and deeply tender, adult’s wealth of knowledge and experience in a Barren Island is a thought-provoking pleasure.” positive manner.” – Brian Morton, author of Starting Out in the Evening – Portland Book Review and Florence Gordon

“Nuanced, sharp and beautifully written, Sadness Is “Graceful, instructive, wry speechwriter memoirs a White Bird manages, with seeming effortlessness, like Litt’s are the exception rather than the norm... to find something fresh and surprising and poignant Thanks, Obama will join the ranks of lasting works in the classic coming-of-age, love-triangle narrative, about the texture of political life, and of coming-of- something starker, more heartbreaking: something age accounts by staffers who grow up personally and new.” politically at the same time.” – Michael Chabon, novelist and short story writer – The Atlantic An Evening with Comedian Carol Leifer OCT 7:30 - 9:30 pm • Hilton Naples Sponsored by Opening 17 Men’s Cultural Alliance Event Author, award-winning producer, actress and stand-up comedian, in Carol Leifer’s own words, she loves making people laugh. Carol’s dazzling, observational style humor earned her four Emmy nominations for her writing on such extraordinary television shows as Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show and Saturday Night Live. She has written for the Oscars telecast eight times, more than any other female writer to date, most recently in 2018 for host Jimmy Kimmel. Most impressively, among her many honors is the prestigious Writer’s Guild Award for her work on television’s number one comedy show, Modern Family. Starring in five of her own comedy specials that aired on HBO, Show- time and Comedy Central, Carol holds the record (an unbelievable 25 times) for the most appearances on Late Show with David Letterman. And to top off an already prestigious career, Carol has written two best-sellers, When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win and her latest, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying. $36 in advance • $45 at the door • includes beverage and light snacks during book-signing reception WEDNESDAY

An Evening with Stephen Tobolowsky OCT Actor / Writer / Director 7:30 - 9:30 pm • Temple Shalom Back by Sponsored by Temple Shalom popular demand! 30 and Temple Shalom Sisterhood

If you are not familiar with the name Stephen Tobolowsky, you will certainly recognize his face! Stephen, back by popular demand, will share more stories to make you laugh, cry and think. USA Today listed Stephen as the 9th most frequently seen actor in movies, having appeared in more than 200 films and TV shows. He is also the consummate storyteller – warm, funny and profound. At an intimate luncheon last year, Stephen treated community members to stories that brought tears of laughter and sadness. This master storyteller will share additional tales from his life and his two books, My Adventures with God and The Dangerous Animals Club.

“These are true stories from my life. Most are funny. Some are not. They’re often unbelievable, occasionally creepy. Together they tell a bigger story of how we are shaped by the invisible. Something I call divine. Something I hope becomes wisdom.” ~ Stephen Tobolowsky

TUESDAY $18 in advance • $25 at the door • includes dessert reception Carol’s and Stephen’s latest two books will be sold at their events. Age-Proof: Living Longer Without Running Out of Money or Breaking a Hip NOV with Jean Chatzky and Dr. Michael Roizen 7:00 - 9:30 pm • Hilton Naples

MONDAY5 Sponsored by U.S. Bank and Senior Housing Solutions Two of the world’s leading experts will explain the vital link between health and wealth, sharing an actionable plan to add years to your life and dollars to your bank account. Jean Chatzky, the financial editor for NBC’sToday Show, is an award-winning personal finance journal- ist, bestselling author and AARP’s personal finance ambassador. Dr. Michael Roizen, Cleveland Clinic Chief Wellness Officer and frequent guest on The Dr. Oz Show, is the co-author of seven New York Times bestsellers (four #1s). $36 in advance • $45 at the door • includes copy of Age-Proof, beverage and light snacks during book-signing reception

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Support the book festival and become a Patron today! See the Patron Benefits page in the back of this brochure. Jeff Oliver, Developer of Cutthroat Kitchen, NOV Shares His Hilarious Novel The Two-Plate Solution: A Novel This event includes 29 of Culinary Mayhem in the Middle East a preview of upcoming 11:30 am - 2:00 pm • Hilton Naples Jewish Book Festival events, Sponsored by Women’s Cultural Alliance with drawings for tickets, books and more!

The Two-Plate Solution: A Novel of Culinary Mayhem in the Middle East is a laugh- out-loud culinary adventure featuring a diverse cast of chefs in a high-stakes TV cooking competition set in Israel. Although the plan was to bring in “fake terrorists” as the culinary foes to spice up the action, actual terrorists show up on the set, and the producers must scramble to integrate them into the competition – or risk death. Mysteries deepen, romance blooms and chefs cook for their lives in this delightful novel. Jeff Oliver is Vice President of Current Production at Bravo and a former executive at Food Network, where he developed the hit series Cutthroat Kitchen, and worked on such culinary hits as Cupcake Wars, Worst Cooks in America and The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia. He is the author of the acclaimed novel Failure to Thrive. $36 • includes luncheon

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13275 Livingston Road, Naples, FL On the Community School of Naples campus A Spotlight Event Featuring Author Jamie Bernstein and DEC Broadway Star Alexandra Silber Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein 18TUESDAY 7:00 - 9:30 pm • Hilton Naples Sponsored by TheatreZone, Alexandra will bring Jamie’s passages to musical life Dr. Barrett Ross Ginsberg by singing several and Steinway Piano Gallery Leonard Bernstein hits. The oldest daughter of revered composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father on the centennial of his birth in a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir. In Famous Father Girl, Bernstein mines the emotional depths of her childhood, and invites us into her family’s private world. A fantastic set of characters populates the Bernsteins’ lives, including the Kennedys, Mike Nichols, John Lennon, Richard Avedon, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins and Betty (Lauren) Bacall. The memoir is an intoxicating tale and an intimate meditation on a complex and sometimes troubled man, the family he raised, and the music he composed that became the soundtrack to their entwined lives. Deeply moving and often hilarious, Bernstein’s beautifully written memoir is a great American story about one of the greatest Americans of the modern age. Jamie Bernstein is a writer, broadcaster and filmmaker. She travels the world as a concert narrator. Her documentary Crescendo: The Power of Music is available on Netflix. Alexander Silber has starred on Broadway (She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof) and in London’s West End (Kiss Me Kate, The Woman in White). She received a Grammy nomination for playing Maria in the recording of West Side Story with the San Francisco Symphony, and has performed with symphony orchestras across the globe. DEC $39 in advance • $45 at the door • includes beverage and light snacks during book-signing reception

19WEDNESDAY Alexandra Silber White Hot Grief Parade 10:00 am - noon • Unitarian Univ. Cong. Sponsored by Naples Jewish Congregation Alexandra “Al” Silber seems to have everything – brilliance, beauty and talent – in spades. But when her beloved father dies after a decade-long battle with cancer when she is just a teenager, it feels like the end of everything. Lost in grief, Al and her mother hardly know where to begin with the rest of their lives. Into this grieving house burst Al’s three friends from theater camp, determined to help out as only drama students know how. Over the course of that winter, the now five-strong household will do battle with everything death can throw at them – meddling relatives, merciless bureaucracy, soul-sapping sadness, the endless Tupperware. Told with raw passion, candor and wit, White Hot Grief Parade is an ode to the restorative power of family and friendship – and the unbreakable bond, even in death, between father and daughter. Alexandra Silber’s first book, After Anatevka: A Novel Inspired by Fiddler on the Roof, was published in 2017. In addition to talking about her newest $10 in advance • $15 at the door • book, Al will be “in conversation with” includes light brunch during book-signing reception Ted Epstein about all-things Al! Beverly Gray JAN Seduced by Mrs. Robinson – How The Graduate Includes Became the Touchstone of a Generation screening of 24 1:00 - 4:30 pm • Sugden Community Theatre The Graduate Sponsored by The Naples Players and Women’s Cultural Alliance When The Graduate premiered in December 1967, its filmmakers had modest expecta- tions for what seemed to be a small, sexy art-house comedy. There was little indication that this offbeat story – a young man just out of college has an affair with one of his parents’ friends and then runs off with her daughter – would turn out to be a monster hit with seven Academy Award nominations. While turning the word “plastics” into shorthand for soulless work and a corporate, consumer culture, The Graduate sparked a national debate about “the generation gap.” Beverly Gray offers a smart close reading of the film itself as well as never-before-revealed details from behind the scenes. Seduced by Mrs. Robinson brings to light The Graduate’s influence on the future of filmmaking and explores how it rocked the late-sixties world, reflecting and changing the era’s views of sex, work and marriage. Beverly will speak briefly before the film screening, pointing out a Beverly Gray is the author of the highly-acclaimed biographies few things to keep in mind that she will discuss after the film. She will of Roger Corman and Ron Howard. She spent nearly a decade in the film industry as Roger also clue us in as to what makes Corman’s story editor. She has covered the entertainment industry for the Hollywood The Graduate a Jewish film. Reporter and leads screenwriting workshops for UCLA Extension’s Writers’ Program.

THURSDAY $18 in advance • $25 at the door • includes film screening and movie snacks Jewish Comedy Night JAN with Author Jeremy Dauber This event opens Jewish Comedy – A Serious History with local Jewish community 7:00 - 9:30 pm • Hilton Naples members doing stand-up 31 Jewish comedy! Come out and Sponsored by Clive Daniel Home support them! and Men’s Cultural Alliance In a major work of scholarship that is both erudite and very funny, Jeremy Dauber traces the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from biblical times to the age of Twitter. Readers will encounter comic masterpieces ranging from Talmudic rabbi jokes to medieval skits, Yiddish satires and Borscht Belt routines to scenes from Seinfeld. Dauber also explores the rise and fall of popular comic archetypes such as the Jewish mother, the Jewish American princess and the schlemiel; and classic works of such masters of Jewish comedy as Sholem Aleichem, the Marx Brothers, Philip Roth, Sarah Silverman, Larry David and many others. Jewish Comedy is a rich account of Jewish humor: its nature, its development and its vital role throughout history. Jeremy Dauber is the Atran Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture at Columbia University, and the author of several books on Jewish literature, including a biography of Sholem Aleichem that was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Jeremy will tell the history of Jewish comedy through five jokes, one of which, he says, is the funniest Jewish joke of all time. $25 in advance • $35 at the door

THURSDAY includes beverage and light snacks prior to Jeremy’s presentation The Women’s Cultural Alliance (WCA) is proud to be a sponsor of the Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival.

WCA is an independent volunteer organization of women whose purpose is to enable women who share similar interests W to participate in cultural, educational and social events. C Formed in September 2008, WCA is celebrating its A 10th season of outstanding programming. Congratulations to the Jewish Book Festival Committee for offering a great array of books by outstanding authors. The Women’s Cultural Alliance is an affinity group of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples and is run entirely by volunteers. We are non-partisan, non-sectarian and welcome women of all faiths.

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Two Inspiring Israel-Related Stories 1:00 - 3:30 pm • Temple Shalom Sponsored by JNF, FIDF, JAN John R. Wood Properties and Izzy Ezagui • Disarmed Temple Shalom Men’s Club Combining refreshing candor with self-deprecating wit, this inspiring memoir will encourage readers to live up to their aspirations despite seemingly impos- 9 sible odds. On January 8, 2009, Izzy Ezagui – an American who had enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at 19 – lost his arm in a mortar attack on the border of the Gaza Strip. In this stirring and wryly humorous memoir, Ezagui recounts his tortuous trek through rehabilitation to re-enlistment as a squad commander in the IDF. His message is universal: if a self-described “nerd” and “one-armed basket case” like him can accomplish what he set his mind to, then anyone can become a hero in his or her own life. Izzy Ezagui, a decorated squad commander in the IDF, is the only soldier in the world who lost an arm in combat and returned to the battlefield. Martin Fletcher • Promised Land The tumultuous early years of the young Jewish state are brought to vivid life through the eyes of two German Jewish brothers. Arie survived the Holocaust in Europe. Peter, one year older, was chosen for the Kindertransport and sent to America. They find each other in Israel, knowing everyone else in their family has been murdered. Peter becomes a top Mossad agent. Arie becomes a scheming businessman, among the richest men in Israel. Having fallen in love with the same woman, a Jewish refugee from Egypt, the brothers’ jealousies and intrigues are mirrored by the young nation’s very own struggles to survive. Martin Fletcher spent many years as the NBC News Bureau Chief in Tel Aviv, and has won numerous awards including the National Jewish Book Award,

WEDNESDAY a Columbia University DuPont Award and five Emmys. The Stories Behind Two Non-Fiction Narratives 1:00 - 3:30 pm • Temple Shalom Sponsored by Wollman, JAN Gehrke & Associates, P.A. Stephen M. Flatow • A Father’s Story Stephen M. Flatow says he was “just a real estate lawyer in New Jersey” – until April 9, 1995 – the day he learned his daughter Alisa, a 20-year-old college

16WEDNESDAY student traveling in Israel, had been the victim of a terrorist bus-bombing. After he discovered the Iranian government had directly sponsored the bomber, Flatow decided to sue the terrorist state. Working with a Washington lawyer and an astute forensic researcher, Flatow not only won a dramatic verdict against Iran, but collected a huge judgment. A Father’s Story recalls the events surrounding his successful lawsuit. Stephen M. Flatow is a lawyer in New Jersey. His successful lawsuit against Iran is legendary throughout the international legal community. This is his memoir. A major motion picture based on Flatow’s life is in development. Gregory J. Wallance • The Woman Who Fought an Empire The Woman Who Fought an Empire is the improbable but true odyssey of a bold young woman – the daughter of Romanian-born Jewish settlers in Pal- estine – who became the daring leader of a Middle East spy ring. Following the outbreak of World War I, Sarah and her ring of Nili spies operated behind enemy lines to furnish vital information to British intelligence in Cairo. She was caught and tortured by the Turks in the fall of 1917. To protect her secrets, Sarah, who was only 27, shot herself. Set at the birth of the modern Middle East, her story is both an espionage thriller and the tale of the Jewish Joan of Arc. Gregory J. Wallance is a lawyer and writer in New York City. He is the author of Papa’s Game, about the theft of the French Connection heroin, which received a nonfiction nomination for an Edgar Allan Poe Award.

Two Authors Share Their Personal and Inspiring Stories 1:00 - 3:30 pm • Naples Conference Center FEB Sponsored by Dr. Barrett Ross Ginsberg and Ariel Burger • Witness The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Ed. Ctr. of SWFL Ariel Burger first met Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel Wiesel at age 15. They studied and taught together. Witness chronicles

the intimate conversations between these two men over decades, as Burger 18MONDAY sought counsel while navigating his own personal journey. In this hopeful, thought-provoking and inspiring book, Burger takes us into Elie Wiesel’s classroom, where the art of listening and storytelling conspire to keep memory alive. As Wiesel’s teaching assistant, Burger gives us a front-row seat in and out of the classroom, sharing these stories, making us, the readers, witnesses. Ariel Burger is a teacher, artist, lecturer and rabbi. He worked in the education-innovation sector for many years and now lectures and leads workshops on spirituality, creativity and social change. Yvette M. Corporon • Something Beautiful Happened The past and the present collide when Yvette Manessis Corporon learns that her cousin’s child was gunned down by a Neo-Nazi, just days after finding and uniting with the descendants of a Jewish family her grandmother helped to hide on a Greek Island during the Holocaust. As Yvette and her family wrestled with the tragedy in their own lives, the lessons she learned from the survivors of the Holocaust helped her confront and make sense of the present. Yvette Manessis Corporon is a three-time Emmy Award-winning writer, author and producer. Her debut novel, When the Cypress Whispers, was an international bestseller and has been translated into 14 languages. She has received the Silurian Award for Excellence in Journalism and the New York City Council and Comptroller’s Award for Greek Heritage and Culture. Book Sales

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WOMEN’S CULTURAL ALLIANCE John R. Wood Properties is a proud sponsor of The Women’s Cultural Alliance the 2018-2019 is an affinity group of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples and Greater Naples is run entirely by volunteers. Jewish Book Festival We are non-partisan, non-sectarian and welcome women of all faiths. International Bestselling Authors Share Their Latest Novels February 27 • 1:00 - 3:30 pm • Jewish Cong. of Marco Island FEB Sponsored by Jewish Congregation of Marco Island February 28 • 1:00 - 3:30 pm • Temple Shalom in Naples 27&28 Sponsored by Women’s Cultural Alliance and John R. Wood Properties & THU WED Jenna Blum • The Lost Family The Lost Family features a husband devastated by grief he cannot voice, a frustrated wife competing with a ghost she cannot banish, and a daughter sensitive to the pain of her family and another family that was lost before she was born. Spanning three cinematic decades, The Lost Family is a charming, funny, elegantly bittersweet study of loss and love. Jenna Blum is one of Oprah’s Top Thirty Women Writers. Her first novel, Those Who Save Us, won the Ribalow Prize, awarded by Hadassah magazine and adjudged by Elie Wiesel. Blum interviewed Holocaust survivors for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation for five years. Her novels have been published in over 20 countries. Alyson Richman • The Secret of Clouds The Secret of Clouds is an emotionally-charged novel about a mother’s love, a teacher’s journey, and a child’s heart. Told from the perspectives of a young mother and the devoted teacher who befriends her son, The Secret of Clouds spans two countries and decades to reveal what really matters – love and hope. It’s a story that examines what it means to actually live life with a full heart. Alyson Richman is the international bestselling author of The Velvet Hours, The Garden of Letters, The Lost Wife, The Last Van Gogh, The Rhythm of Memory and The Mask Carver’s Son.

Join authors Jenna Blum and Alyson Richman at a private reception for Platinum and Gold level Patrons on Tuesday evening, February 26. Beverages and desserts will be served. Become a Patron today! See the Patron Benefits page in the back of this brochure for more information. Patron reception generously hosted by Estelle and Stuart Price.

The Jewish Congregation of Marco Island 991 Winterberry Drive • Marco Island, FL 34145 239-642-0800 www.marcojcmi.com Rabbi Mark Gross Cantorial Soloist Hari Jacobsen We look forward to welcoming you Member of the Union for Reform Judaism to Temple Shalom for five Services Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Book Festival programs! Seasonal: Saturday Talmud-Torah at 9:30 a.m. and Shachrit at 10:30 a.m.

Rabbi’s Life Long Learning Series • Saul I. Stern Cultural Series Temple Shalom • 4630 Pine Ridge Rd. • Naples, FL 34119 Sidney R. Hoffman Jewish Film Festival • JCMI Book Club 239-455-3030 • [email protected] •naplestemple.org A special “thank you” to our 2018-2019 Patrons* Platinum Gold Silver Karen Deutsch Joan Becker Ellaine Rosen Belle Agronin Carole Greene Lourene Rapport Madeline & Norman Foster Terri David Judy Roth Harv Becker Diane Greene Susan Reimer Judith Finer Freedman & Michele Farrell Susan Schaffer Lea Bendes Rimma Gutfraynd Sue Reiver Jeremy Freedman Jan Goldman Arlene & Donald Shapiro Rosalyn Bernstein Lee Henson Luba Rotsztain Judith & Sam Friedland Donna Goldstein Linda Simon Eleanor Binder Carol Hirsch JoEllen Rubenstein Susie Goldsmith Sherry Greenfield Arlene Sobol Rosalee Bogo Nancy Kahn Joan & Marc Saperstein Diane Hahn Lenore Greenstein James & Marilyn Storch Patti Boochever Judith Kane Dina Shein Rosie Hyman Linda Grusin Fern Walpert Susan Bookbinder Bobbie Katz Arlene Shlesinger Phil Jason Ronna Hain Leslie Wasserman Rhonda & Steve Brazina Carolyn Kimmel Iris Shur Merrylee Kandel Susan & Michael Horowitz Joan Werhane Jacqueline Chizever Toby Kosloff Linda Smith Ellen Katz Wendy Israelite Judy Zahn Susan Dean Bernard Lashinsky Elaine Soffer Barbara H. Meek Deborah Kohler Gayle Dorio Carla Lebin Tracey Sosnik Robin Mintz Debbie Laites David Epstein Barbara Lefkowitz Barbara Steckler Susan Pittelman Dana Lefkowitz Geraldine Feldman Arlene Levin Allison Tucker Estelle & Stuart Price Anna & Yale Levin Louise & Spencer Forman Arlene Litow Joan Vazakas Jane Schiff Ben Post Myra Friedman Leda Lubin Deborah Waranch Fritzi Thorner Susan Rabin Priscilla Gerber Ida Margolis Goldie Wetcher Ellen Wollman Mae Riefberg Beth Gilman Marci Margolis Nancy Wiadro Terry Glaser Judi Palay Lynn Wilner *As of September 7, 2018 – Updated lists will be published Judith Goldstein Rochelle Pollens Joni Zalasky in several issues of the Federation Star. Irene Pomerantz Support the book festival and become a Patron today! See the Patron Benefits page in the back of this brochure.

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Monday, february 4, 2019 vineyards Country Club 400 vineyards Boulevard, Naples, fL Four Fabulous Fiction Authors 9:30 am - 12:00 pm • Naples Conf. Ctr. Sponsored by Beth Tikvah MAR Carol Zoref • Barren Island Barren Island begins with the arrival of the Eisenstein family, immigrants from Eastern Europe, and then explores how the political and social upheavals of the

6WEDNESDAY 1930s affect them and their neighbors in the years between the stock market crash of October 1929 and the start of World War II ten years later. Labor strife, union riots, the New Deal, the World’s Fair, and the struggle to save European Jews from the growing threat of Nazi terror inform this novel as much as the explosion of civil and social liberties between the two world wars. Barren Island is a novel in which the existence of God is argued with a God that may no longer exist or, perhaps, never did. It is a novel of place and passion. Carol Zoref is an award-winning fiction writer and essayist. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and New York University. Moriel Rothman-Zecher • Sadness Is a White Bird In this lyrical and searing debut novel, a young Israeli must reconcile his close relationship with two Palestinian siblings and his deeply ingrained loyalties to family and country. Moving back to Israel at age 18, Jonathan is eager to join the army and defend the Jewish state his grandfather helped establish. But when he meets Nimreen and Laith, his worldview is altered. And then a fateful day arrives that lands him in prison and changes all three lives forever. Sadness Is a White Bird is the story of one man’s attempts to find a place for himself, discovering a beautiful against-the-odds love that flickers like a candle in the darkness of a never-ending conflict. Moriel Rothman-Zecher is an American Israeli writer, poet and novelist. He is the recipient of a 2017 MacDowell Colony Fellowship for Literature. Buy tickets to both events and save $5 Fiction Day Continues 1:30 - 4:00 pm • Naples Conf. Ctr. Sponsored by Beth Tikvah MAR and Harmon-Meek Gallery Mark Sarvas • Memento Park After receiving an unexpected call from the Australian consulate, Matt Santos becomes aware of a painting he believes was looted from his family in Hungary

during World War II. To recover the painting, he must repair his strained rela- 6WEDNESDAY tionship with his judgmental father, uncover his family history, and restore his connection to his own Judaism. Matt’s narrative is as much about family history and father-son dynamics as it is about the nature of art itself, and the infinite ways we come to understand ourselves through it. Of all the questions asked about family, art, history and spirituality – a central, unanswerable predicament lingers: How do we move forward when the past looms unreasonably large? Mark Sarvas is the author of the novel Harry, Revised, which was published in more than a dozen countries. Elyssa Friedland • The Intermission Told from the alternating perspectives of a husband and wife who both have something to hide, The Intermission tunnels beneath a seemingly happy marriage to ask: How much do we really know about the people we love the most? Cass and Jonathan’s story examines how class and religious differences can become devastating pressure points. As the months pass, the couple begins to see that the worst of their problems are rooted in the personal and cultural history that separates them – and in certain blistering secrets they may never be ready to share. Elyssa Friedland served as managing editor of the Yale Daily News, and is a graduate of Columbia Law School. Her debut novel was Love and Miss Communication. Award-Winning Authors Share Their Latest Works MAR 1:00 - 3:30 pm • Temple Shalom Sponsored by Collier/Lee Chapter of Hadassh Rachel Kadish • The Weight of Ink Set in London in both the 1660s and the early 21st century, The Weight of Ink 27 is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. Electrifying and ambitious, sweeping in scope and intimate in tone, The Weight of Ink is a sophisticated work of historical fiction about women separated by centuries, and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order to reconcile the life of the heart and mind. Rachel Kadish is the award-winning author of the novels From a Sealed Room and Tolstoy Lied: A Love Story, and the novella I Was Here.

Tova Mirvis • The Book of Separation What happens when you decide at long last to heed your inner compass? In The Book of Separation, Tova Mirvis tell the courageous story of leaving her Orthodox faith and her marriage at age forty and setting out to navigate the terrifying, liberating terrain of a newly unmapped world. The Book of Sepa- ration was a New York Times Book Review “Editor’s Choice” and one of O magazine’s “Ten Books to Pick Up Now.” Tova Mirvis is the author of three novels: Visible City, The Outside World and The Ladies Auxiliary, a national bestseller. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Boston Globe Magazine and Poets and Writers, and her fiction has been broadcast on NPR. WEDNESDAY

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MONDAY8 inspiring stories of a Holocaust survivor who journeys back to Auschwitz each year with Jewish students, a famous aging artist who reinvented himself after nearly dying, as well as through other individuals. The End of Old Age con- cludes with a practical action plan to help readers identify and leverage their own emerging strengths to live with greater purpose and meaning. Dr. Marc Agronin is a renowned geriatric psychiatrist who directs the memory center and research program at Miami Jewish Health. He has written ten other books on related subjects as well as articles for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. David Litt • Thanks, Obama At age 24, David Litt became one of the youngest White House speechwriters in history. Along with issues like climate change and criminal justice reform, he was the president’s go-to writer for comedy. As the lead writer on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech (the “State of the Union of jokes”), he was responsible for some of President Obama’s most memorable moments. Litt takes us inside his eight years on the front lines of Obamaworld. His behind- the-scenes anecdotes answer questions you never knew you had: What’s the classiest White House men’s room? How do you force the National Security Council to stop hitting “reply-all” on every email? David Litt, in addition to writing for the White House, has written for The Onion, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic and The New York Times. M AKING H ISTORY P ERSO NA L

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Venues Jewish Book Festival Beth Tikvah: 1459 Pine Ridge Road, Naples Hilton Naples: 5111 Tamiami Trail N., Naples Committee Jewish Congregation of Marco Island: 991 Winterberry Drive, Marco Island Coordinator: Ted Epstein Naples Conference Center: 1455 Pine Ridge Road, Naples Co-Chairs: Sugden Community Theatre: 701 5th Avenue S., Naples Phil Jason, Robin Mintz, Susan Pittelman Temple Shalom: 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples Unitarian Universalist Cong. of Greater Naples: 6340 Napa Woods Way, Naples Patti Boochever Lee Henson Sue Bookbinder Bobbie Katz Steve Brazina Ellen Katz Festival Website & Email Gayle Dorio Ida Margolis Visit the official Festival website atwww.jewishbookfestival.org for more information on Judith Finer Freedman Irene Pomerantz the authors and their books, event updates and a printable order form. Have questions that Susie Goldsmith Dina Shein have not been answered in this brochure? Send an email to [email protected] or call Carole Greene Iris Shur the Federation office at 239.263.4205. Lenore Greenstein Elaine Soffer Most authors appearing at the Greater Naples Tickets ARE Transferable Jewish Book Festival are members of Consider purchasing a Patron Festival Package. Even if you can’t make it to all 16 events, the Jewish Book Council Network. you can gift your tickets to friends, colleagues and family members. Multi-Author Events For the events with more than one author, due to travel arrangements, the order in which they present will be decided a few days prior to their event. If you’d like to know the order, please email [email protected] or call the Federation office at 239.263.4205.

All events at the Hilton Naples include complimentary valet parking.  theeventsCheck you willbeattending for easyreference: Mon, April8@1:00pm -BT Wed, March27@1:00pm- TS Wed, March6@1:30pm-NCC Wed, March6@9:30am-NCC Thu, February 28@1:00pm- TS Wed, February 27@1:00pm-JCMI Mon, February 18@1:00pm-NCC 31@7:00pm -HN Thu, January 24@1:00pm -ST Thu, January Wed, 16 @1:00pm- TS January Wed, 9 @1:00pm- TS January Wed, December19@10:00am-UU Tue, December18@7:00pm-HN Thu, November 29@11:30am-HN Mon, November 5@7:00pm-HN Tue, 30@7:30pm - TS October Wed, 17@7:30pm-HN October Event legend: BT location

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ST TICKETS Extra luncheoneventExtra ticket for guest Patron event &Blum withRichman Free bookvoucher(s) seatingReserved area seating VIP Reserved Recognition inFederation Star Book tote FastPass &separate check-in Tickets to all16events (a$333value) Patron Benefits: Jewish Book FestivalJewish Book Patron Levels andBenefits : Sugden Community : Sugden Theatre : Beth Tikvah HN:Hilton Naples JCMI: Jewish Cong. ofMarco IslandNCC Marc Agronin &David Litt & TovaRachel Kadish Mirvis &Elyssa Friedland Sarvas Mark Carol Zoref &MorielRothman-Zecher Jenna Blum&Alyson Richman Jenna Blum&Alyson Richman Ariel Burger & Yvette Corporon Jeremy Dauber Beverly Gray Stephen Flatow Wallance &Gregory Fletcher Ezagui&Martin Izzy Alexandra Silber Jamie Bernstein w/Alexandra Silber Jeff Oliver Jean Chatzky &Dr. MichaelRoizen Stephen Tobolowsky Carol Leifer Patron Benefits TS : Temple UU:Unitarian Universalist Shalom Cong. ofGreater Naples • • • • • • • • email. If avenue needs to bechanged, allticket buyers willbenotifiedvia Event payments are NOT taxdeductible. will have seats. reserved seatingOpen at allevents. Platinum andGoldPatrons, andSponsors to make thechange. orReneé at Shannon theFederationPlease call at 239.263.4205 attendIf you cannot anevent, give you your can seat to afriend. reservation willbegoodfor therescheduled event. reschedule theauthorinlate MarchorApril. Your original (weather,If anauthorcancels illness, etc.) we willattempt to events) andnotrescheduled. iscanceled No refunds unless entire event (bothauthorsfor multi-author You willreceive anemailreminder aboutaweek priorto eachevent. ticketsPhysical willnotbeissued. checkinat eachevent. Simply $500 $360 $225 Platinum Silver Gold ü ü ü ü ü ü ü 2 The Fine Print: : NaplesConference Center ü ü ü ü ü ü 1 ü ü ü ü Jewish Book Festival Ticket Order Form Book Festival Patron: Tickets to all 16 events Jewish Book Festival Patron Levels and Benefits Platinum Gold Silver Platinum $500 x ___ = total $_____ Patron Benefits: $500 $360 $225 Gold $360 x ___ = total $_____ Tickets to all 16 events (a $333 value) ü ü ü FastPass & separate check-in ü ü ü Silver $225 x ___ = total $_____ Book tote ü ü ü Recognition in Federation Star ü ü ü Thursday, November 29 @ 11:30am Luncheon w/ Jeff Oliver Reserved VIP seating ü Please indicate choice of entree:  chicken  salmon  vegetarian Reserved seating area ü Jenna Blum & Alyson Richman: Free book voucher(s) 2 1 Please choose one event:  Feb. 27 @ JCMI  Feb. 28 @ Temple Shalom Patron event with Richman & Blum ü ü Extra luncheon event ticket for guest ü Event location legend: BT: Beth Tikvah HN: Hilton Naples JCMI: Jewish Cong. of Marco Island NCC: Naples Conference Center ST: Sugden Community Theatre TS: Temple Shalom UU: Unitarian Universalist Cong. of Greater Naples Featured Events: Wednesday, October 17 @ 7:30pm - HN Carol Leifer $36 x ___ = $_____ ($45 at the door) Tuesday, October 30 @ 7:30pm - TS Stephen Tobolowsky $18 x ___ = $_____ ($25 at the door) Monday, November 5 @ 7:00pm - HN Jean Chatzky & Dr. Michael Roizen $36 x ___ = $_____ ($45 at the door) includes copy of Age-Proof Thursday, November 29 @ 11:30am - HN Luncheon w/ Jeff Oliver $36 x ___ = $_____ Please indicate choice of entree:  chicken  salmon  vegetarian Tuesday, December 18 @ 7:00pm - HN Jamie Bernstein w/Alexandra Silber $39 x ___ = $_____ ($45 at the door) Thursday, January 24 @ 1:00pm - ST Beverly Gray & The Graduate screening $18 x ___ = $_____ ($25 at the door) Thursday, January 31 @ 7:00pm - HN Jewish Comedy Night w/Jeremy Dauber $25 x ___ = $_____ ($30 at the door) Other Events: Wednesday, December 19 @ 10:00am - UU Alexandra Silber $10 x ___ = $_____ ($15 at the door) Wednesday, January 9 @ 1:00pm - TS Izzy Ezagui & Martin Fletcher $15 x ___ = $_____ ($20 at the door) Wednesday, January 16 @ 1:00pm - TS Stephen Flatow & Gregory Wallance $15 x ___ = $_____ “ Monday, February 18 @ 1:00pm - NCC Ariel Burger & Yvette Manessis Corporon $15 x ___ = $_____ “ Wednesday, February 27 @ 1:00pm - JCMI Jenna Blum & Alyson Richman $15 x ___ = $_____ “ Thursday, February 28 @ 1:00pm - TS Jenna Blum & Alyson Richman $15 x ___ = $_____ “ Wednesday, March 6 @ 9:30am - NCC Carol Zoref & Moriel Rothman-Zecher $15 x ___ = $_____ “ Wednesday, March 6 @ 1:30pm - NCC Mark Sarvas & Elyssa Friedland $15 x ___ = $_____ “ Both March 6 events $25 x ___ = $_____ ($35 at the door) Wednesday, March 27@ 1:00pm - TS Rachel Kadish & Tova Mirvis $15 x ___ = $_____ ($20 at the door) Monday, April 8 @ 1:00pm - BT Marc Agronin & David Litt $15 x ___ = $_____ “

YES! I’d love to attend and support the Jewish Book Festival! 3 ways to order your tickets: I am purchasing the tickets indicated above for a total of $______. 1 Mail this order form to: Jewish Federation of Greater Naples  Check enclosed (payable to Jewish Federation of Greater Naples) 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Ste. 2201  Please charge my:  MC  Visa  Discover  American Express Naples, FL 34109 2 Card #______Exp. ____/____ CVV#______In person at the Federation office. Please fill out form in advance. Name (please print): ______Zip: ______3 Charge by phone: 239.263.4205 Phone: ______Email: ______Please fill out form prior to calling. A special “Thank You” to the following businesses and organizations for their generous support of the Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival!

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