St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
Celebrates 30 Years
November 2008 marks the 30th Anniversary of the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival! This special literary event for the community has grown into the largest Jewish Book Festival in the United States, featuring close to 30 authors each November and others throughout the year. Please take a step back in time and share some memories of the Festival with the fabulous volunteers who helped create the programs and the fascinating authors who graced our stage. Join us in November for another exciting line-up of authors and events!
- All programs held at the Jewish Community Center in Creve Coeur
unless otherwise indicated
- Book-signings follow each author event
- All programs are open to the public
- Free parking
- Group discounts available
Can’t make it to your favorite author? Autographed Books Available!
Simply purchase a book from the Festival Bookstore (in advance) and the Book Festival will have it signed
by the author! To arrange for advance book purchases, please call 314-442-3175.
2008 Festival Bookstore is accepting orders!
Plus, order 3 or more books and get a FREE tote bag AND 10% off!
Order 3 or more of our featured authors' book in advance from the Festival Bookstore and save 10% on your purchase, plus receive a FREE tote bag! Books will be held for you in the Festival Bookstore. No waiting in line to pay! Charge yoru order by phone on the Festival Hotline or stop by the Cultural Arts Office at the JCC's Carlyn H. Wohl Building in Creve Coeur to order in person.
30th Anniversary
St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
November 2-12, 17 & 18, 2008
Location: Carlyn H. Wohl Building (Creve Coeur)
For Tickets, call: 314-442-3299
Contact:
Marcia Evers Levy, 314-442-3152
For Sponsorship Opportunities contact:
Marcia Evers Levy, 314-442-3152
We are pleased to have these wonderful community groups and organizations co-sponsoring the festival.
A La Carte Book Group
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
American Jewish Congress
Anti-Defamation League
Bais Abraham Congregation
Barnes Jewish Hospital Auxilliary
B'nai Amoona Sisterhood
Book Babes
BSKI Women's League
CAJE
Camp Sabra
Central Reform Congregation
Greater St. Louis Sisters in Crime
Hadassah
Holocaust Museum & Learning Center, in Memory of Gloria M.
Goldstein J Associates
JCA Auxilliary
JCC Helene Mirowitz Department of Jewish Community Life
Jewish Community Relations Council
Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois
Jewish Women International
Louis & Sarah Block Yeshiva High School
Miriam School
NA'AMAT USA St. Louis Council
NCJW
Nishmah: The St. Louis Jewish Women's Project
Nusach Hari B'nai Zion
Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library
Shaare Emeth WRJ
Shaare Zedek Sisterhood
Solomon Schechter Day School
St. Louis County Library
St. Louis Hillel at Washington University
St. Louis Jewish Light
St. Louis Rabbinical Association
St. Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology
& Psychiatry
Temple Israel Sisterhood
The Cedars at the JCA
Traditional Congregation
United Hebrew WRJ
Wednesday Morning Serious Book Group
Keynote speaker Paul Reiser and Joe Williams of the St. Louis Post
Dispatch share a
laugh during opening night of the 2007 Jewish Book
Festival.
St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
Held annually during November in celebration of Jewish Book Month,
the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival has the largest attendance of
festivals in the country. It is the only event of its kind in St. Louis
and is open to the entire community, attracting more than 23,000 people
over an 11-day period. All programs are at the JCC Carlyn H. Wohl
Building on the I.E. Millstone Campus in Creve Coeur unless otherwise
noted.
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