AL ST. LOUIS JEWISH ANNU TH 39 BOOK FESTIVAL OCTOBER 15 – NOVEMBER 19, 2017 | Plus bookend author events throughout the year FEATURING ZAC POSEN AND BARBARA BOXER Tickets on sale now! 314-442-3299 | stljewishbookfestival.org A Tradition of Excellence… For nearly four decades, the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival has brought premier authors and performers to the community. November events celebrate Jewish Book Month and writers of all faiths grace our stage throughout the year. Everyone is welcome at the Festival! All events take place in the Carl & Helene Mirowitz Performing Arts & Banquet Center unless otherwise noted. Jewish Community Center, Staenberg Family Complex, 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis Missouri 63146 $600 Value! al ations Premier Pass | $99 2017 Festiv ) present R 17 Entry into all author programs, including the two annual 20 hor , th t 19 39 L au 5- e keynote speakers, the November Festival – featuring th AL SS r fo y ovember Jewish authors and books of Jewish content – and including (N September 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018 Entr bookend events year-round. PREMIE PA Name $99 Non-Refundable/No Exchanges 2017 R SS Staenberg Family Complex DON’T FORGET2 Millstone Campus Driv TOe RSVP BY NOV. 1 St. Louis, MO 63146 Including Premierjccstl.org Pass Holders PREMIE PA The following events require an RSVP. Women’s Event November 8 Survivors Club November 13 FREE Student Tickets Game Day November 17 Applies to junior high, high school, and The following sponsor events require an RSVP. college students who show a current ID at Sponsor Reception the door of any author program. after Barbara Boxer November 5 Sponsor Dinner at the J November 14 Four ways to purchase tickets 1 2 3 4 Charge by phone In person Order online Printable order form 314-442-3299 Box Office stljewishbookfestival.org stljewishbookfestival.org 2 Millstone Campus Dr. Please Note: All Festival ticket and book sales are final, no refunds or exchanges. Due to circumstances beyond our control, programs may be subject to change or rescheduling. Every effort will be made to reschedule or replace a cancelled author. The J will not be liable for non-appearance of any scheduled author or performer. Check Festival hotline 314-442-3299 or stljewishbookfestival.org for any schedule changes. 2 | St. Louis Jewish Book Festival 2017 For nearly four decades, the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival has brought premier authors and performers to the community. November events celebrate Jewish Book Month and writers of all faiths grace our stage throughout the year. Everyone is welcome at the Festival! FALL BOOKEND EVENTS INCLUDED WITH PREMIER PASS ALICE HOFFMAN ABIGAIL POGREBIN Monday, October 23 at 7:00pm l $20 Sunday, October 29 at 7:00pm l FREE Interviewed by Wendy Jaffe, Representing Booksource In her most recent book, My Jewish Year:18 Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty Holidays, One Wondering Jew Abigail Pogrebin works of fiction, including The Marriage of explores the traditions and rituals behind Opposites, Practical Magic, The Red Garden, many Jewish holidays. After a Pew Research The Museum of Extraordinary Things, The Center study revealed that most Jews don’t Dovekeepers and the Oprah’s Book Club find their connection in Judaism, Abigail set selection Here on Earth. Hoffman’s new novel, out to discover the reason why. My Jewish The Rules of Magic, takes place at the cusp of Year provides a relatable insight and a trove the sixties in New York City, hundreds of years of information as readers move through after Maria Owens was charged with witchery milestones in the Jewish calendar. for loving the wrong man. Here live three Owens children who are taught never to fall in love but Sponsored by the Ruzena and Fred Levy who cannot escape the human heart, nor their Speaker Fund at United Hebrew Congregation family curse, no matter how hard they try. in partnership with the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival. Sponsored by Booksource, Debbi Grebler in Memory of David M. Grebler, Todd Siwak & Takes place at United Hebrew Congregation, Gianna Jacobson 13788 Conway Rd, 63141. STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY HALLIE EPHRON Tuesday, October 24 at 7:00pm l $20 Thursday, November 2 at 7:00pm l FREE Stephen Tobolowsky has appeared in more New York Times bestselling author Hallie than 100 movies and 200 television shows, Ephron, Edgar Award finalist and four-time including unforgettable roles in Mississippi finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, writes Burning, Groundhog Day and Memento. suspense fiction, mysteries and nonfiction Tobolowsky currently appears in the hit series’ books on the writing process. Her latest The Goldbergs, HBO’s Silicon Valley and suspense novel, You’ll Never Know, Dear is Norman Lear’s new One Day at a Time. In his set in South Carolina and tells the story of a new book My Adventures with God, Tobolowsky little girl’s disappearance and the porcelain explores the idea that most people’s lives seem doll that may hold the key to her fate. Sister to fit into the template of the Old Testament. We to Nora and Delia Ephron, Hallie lives near all have powerful creation myths. We wander Boston, Massachusetts and teaches writing at in the wilderness. At some point we stop and workshops and writing conferences across the proclaim to the universe who we are. We bear country. the loss of family and friends and finally, we retell our stories to our children hoping to make This event is open to the public as part of the sense of the journey. Mitzvah Authors Program. Sponsored by Margie Horowitz, Ann S. Lux 314.442.3299 • stljewishbookfestival.org | 3 Keynote Speaker ZAC POSEN Most people know Zac Posen as the world- renowned fashion designer and judge on the Emmy Award-winning show Project Runway. But recently, his mouthwatering, beautifully plated dishes on Instagram introduced his fans to another one of his passions: food. For Zac, food and fashion are both sensory experiences, and the process is the same whether you’re planning a meal or a fashion collection. Cooking with Zac brings together these passions. When it comes to creating his meals, Zac believes in a balance between healthy, fresh, local ingredients and decadently sweet desserts. Think chic daywear followed by a striking evening gown. Zac, who has family ties in St. Louis, designs for the Zac Posen, ZACzacposen and Truly Zac Posen brands. He also serves as the Creative Director of Womenswear at Brooks Brothers. Please bring canned food donations to help support the Harvey Kornblum Food Pantry. Sunday, October 15 7:00pm | $45 Interviewed by Susan Sherman of the Saint Louis Fashion Fund Takes place in the Edison Gymnasium 4 | St. Louis Jewish Book Festival 2017 Keynote Speaker BARBARA BOXER In her new memoir, The Art of Tough, Senator Barbara Boxer of California (1993-2016) details her dynamic career. During these years, she advocated for public education, improved physical and mental health services for veterans and military families, reaffirmed our country’s important relationship with Israel and defended women’s rights. A champion of quality public education, Senator Boxer wrote landmark legislation establishing the first-ever federal funding for afterschool programs. Her law now covers 1.6 million children. In 2010, she founded the Senate Military Family Caucus to help address the challenges faced by families of U.S. service members. Senator Boxer wrote the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act, which President Obama signed into law in July 2012, strengthening economic and security cooperation between the two nations. A leading defender of a woman’s right to choose, Senator Boxer helped lead the floor fight for passage of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. In the Senate, she fought back against repeated attacks on women’s health and a woman’s right to privacy. Sunday, November 5 7:00pm | $45 Takes place in the Edison Gymnasium 314.442.3299 • stljewishbookfestival.org | 5 Monday, November 6 HOME-GROWN TALENT MISSOURI’S OWN ELLEN STERN 10:30am | $18 1:00pm | $18 Moderator: Jane Henderson, St. Louis Post Dispatch Beginning in the 1920s, Al Hirschfeld caricatured LEONARD ADREON Hollywood, politics and, notably, the theater. Broadway belonged to Hirschfeld. His distinctive drawings appeared in The New York Times and As a Marine corpsman, Leonard Adreon saw some of the other publications for more than seventy-five years. worst of the Korean War’s carnage and the best of its Ellen Stern’s new book, Hirschfeld, is the first humanity. His gripping description in Hilltop Doc, brings definitive biography of the legendary artist. Ellen to life the war between the Chinese army and the U.S. Stern has been a writer and editor at New York, GQ Marines as they battled to take the high ground. With and the Daily News. Her books include Once Upon a no medical background, Adreon was thrown into the Telephone, Threads (with designer Joseph Abboud), role of saving lives amid the war’s brutal violence. The Sister Sets and Gracie Mansion — with mayoral grim, emotional, and sometimes ironic battlefield scenes drawings by Al Hirschfeld. are mixed with Adreon’s background story – of how his own mistakes and the military’s bumbling landed him at Sponsored by Ken & Nancy Kranzberg, UMSL Center Korea’s 38th Parallel. for the Humanities JOEL GOLDSTEIN SPORTS NIGHT Joel Goldstein’s book presents a comprehensive account 7:00pm | $20 of the vice presidency as the office has developed from Mondale to Biden. But The White House Vice Presidency RON KAPLAN is more than that; it also shows how a constitutional “Hammerin’” Hank Greenberg was coming off a office can evolve through the repetition of accumulated stellar season where he’d hit 40 home runs and precedents and demonstrates the critical role of political 184 RBIs, becoming only the thirteenth player leadership in institutional development.