Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival

The United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Simon Family JCC’s Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival is an annual celebration of Jewish authors, illustrators, and books, providing the community with opportunities to engage with some of the most popular writers and topics of the year.

Twenty authors, countless stories: This year’s festival features a first responder at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a former US congresswoman, journalists, doctors, novelists, and more.

Something for everyone: Whether it’s the intersection of basketball and the Holocaust, the history of Italy’s Jewish cuisine, the secrets our families keep, or solutions for ending bias in our community, everyone can find something to connect with at this year’s festival.

Connect in your own way: Attend events in person or from the comfort of your home or office. Get inspired at lunch with thought-provoking speakers, join us for free evening programs, or explore moving illustrations in the Leon Family Gallery.

By purchasing books through BookShop.org, you can receive 10% off the regular retail price. In turn, UJFT and indie bookstores nationwide each receive 10% of the proceeds.

The Arts + Ideas Book of the Month is a collection of books with intriguing topics, characters, and stories for book-club-style conversations that will allow the community to engage personally with some of this season’s most exciting authors.

Whether joining us at the Simon Family JCC for Dr. Alla Shapiro’s discussion about her experience being dispatched to Chernobyl, at the Chrysler Museum of Art with New York Times bestselling author Lisa Barr to discuss the international art scandal in her novel Woman on Fire, or online with one of our other five Book of the Month authors, we hope you can find a book that speaks to you.

Have questions? Feel free to reach out for more information! Hunter Thomas Director, Arts + Ideas HThomas@UJFT.org 757-965-6137

Schedule:

12:00 PM: The Postmistress of Paris

MEG WAITE CLAYTON

This haunting novel revisits the dark early days of the German occupation of France, both a love story and a tale of high-stakes danger and incomparable courage.

A young American heiress from Chicago, Naneé, helps artists hunted by the Nazis escape from war-torn Europe. Known as the Postmistress because she delivers information to those in hiding, Naneé uses her charms and skill to house the hunted and deliver them to safety.

Meg Waite Clayton is the internationally bestselling author of eight novels, including the National Jewish Book Award finalist The Last Train to London. Meg’s work has appeared more than 100 times in national publications and on public radio.

In partnership with the Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater

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