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!
2008 St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
Information
- 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
Highlights with Jerry Springer at the 2009 St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
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Keynote Speaker Jerry Springer with Festival sponsors David Kodner and Michelle Kodner. David Kodner Personal Jeweler custom created and donated the gorgeous, 18-k gold and pink diamond necklace for the Festival’s 30th Anniversary Raffle!
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Springer with 2008 Festival Co-Chairs Linda Kraus, Darla
Grossberg, JCC CEO Lynn Wittels and JCC Board President Michael
Staenberg
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More than 1,000 people packed the Edison Gymnasium to hear Jerry Springer on Opening Night of the 30th Anniversary St. Louis Jewish Book Festival, kicking off 11-days filled with exciting events and wonderful authors!
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photos by Joel Marion Photography
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.
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 Festival
Series Ticket… just $60
ON SALE NOW
The Festival Series Ticket includes admission to ALL JBF author programs INCLUDING: Keynote Speaker AND Bonus Programs! Individual Tickets go on sale end of September. Festival Brochure with complete listing of programs available October 1st
PLEASE NOTE: Schedule subject to change…Check Festival brochure for final schedule.
TO PURCHASE FESTIVAL SERIES TICKETS:
• Call the Festival Hotline at (314) 442-3299
• Purchase at the Cashier’s Window JCC Wohl Building OR JCC Fox Building(#2 Millstone Campus Drive in Creve Coeur) (16801 Baxter Road in Chesterfield)
• Purchase in the JCC’s Cultural Arts Department (Located in the Wohl Building, #2 Millstone Campus Drive in Creve Coeur)
FESTIVAL SERIES TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT:
• The Concierge Desk at Plaza Frontenac
• Southwest Bank Creve Coeur East at 10911 Olive Blvd.
• Southwest Bank Creve Coeur West at 12452 Olive Blvd.
• Southwest Bank Des Peres at 13205 Manchester Road
• Southwest Bank Sunset Hills at 3701 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
• St. Louis County Library Headquarters at
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
• Left Bank Books at 399 North Euclid
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
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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