Mandel JCC Launches Annual Book Fair During November And December

Lois Steinberg, Chair of the Mandel JCC Book Festival today announced 2016-2017 Festival will begin with four different events in November and December. At each event, the author of the featured book will be on hand to discuss his/her work and respond to comments and questions from the audience.

The Mandel JCC is located at 8500 Jog Road in Boynton Beach and at 5221 Hood Road in Palm Beach Gardens. For more information or to register for any of the upcominh book events, please go to: www.JCCOnline.com/bookfestival.

Monday, November 7

Anniversary of Kristallnacht

+ 10 am at the Mandel JCC in Boynton Beach

+ 7 pm at the Mandel JCC in Palm Beach Gardens

Book: THE GERMAN GIRL

Author: Armando Lucas Correa

Synopsis: A searing tale of the St. Louis, a transatlantic line that can provide Jews safe passage to Cuba 1939. As seen through the eyes of young Hannah Rosenthal and her best friend Leo Martin.

Tickets: $10 Literary Society Reader & Author Levels; $12 Member; $14 Guest

Wednesday, November 16

Book Luncheon at the Kravis Center, Cohen Pavilion

+ 11 am in West Palm Beach

Book: NINE WOMEN, ONE DRESS

Author: Jane L. Rosen

Synopsis: How the perfect little black dress that everyone wants impacts nine different women, including a Bloomingdale's salesgirl mooning over her lawyer ex-boyfriend , a lady in love with her boss, a private detecting checking on cheating husbands and more.

Tickets: $95 Literary Society Reader Level; $118 Guest

Saturday, December 10

+ 7 pm at the Mandel JCC in Boynton Beach

Book: THE BORSCHT BELT

Author: Marisa Scheinfeld

Synopsis: This book features essays by Stefan Kanfer and Jenna Weissman Joselit, plus Marisa Scheinfeld's photographs of abandoned sites where resorts, hotels and bungalow colonies once boomed in the Catskill Mountain region of upstate New York. The evening includes a dessert reception with author Marisa Scheinfeld.

Tickets: $16 Literary Society Author & Reader Levels; $20 Guest

Thursday, December 15

+ 7 pm at the Mandel JCC in Palm Beach Gardens

Book: THE ORCHESTRA OF EXILES

Author: Josh Aronson

Synopsis: The compelling biography of the violinist who founded the Palestine Symphony Orchestra and saved hundreds of people from Hitler - as seen in Josh Aronson's documentary Orchestra of Exiles.
Tickets: $16 Literary Society Author & Reader Levels; $20 Guest

This year's Mandel JCC Book Festival will continue with another 13 author events scheduled through April 2017.

About the Mandel Jewish Community Center of the Palm Beaches:

The Mandel JCC has two locations in Palm Beach County. The Boynton Beach building is at 8500 Jog Road and the Palm Beach Gardens building is at 5221 Hood Road. For more information about the Mandel JCC of the Palm Beaches, visit www.jcconline.com.

The mission of the Mandel JCC of the Palm Beaches is to build community and enhance connection to Jewish life. The Mandel JCC is a partner agency of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County.

(Photo Credit: Jane L. Rosen)

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