Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival
October 14-24, 2012

The Washington DCJCC presents the annual Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival, October 14-24. The Festival includes 15 events, with celebrated authors and scholars including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon speaking on his latest book, Telegraph Avenue: A Novel and Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel in conversation with The New York Times columnist David Brooks.

The Festival also includes an evening of film and theater focused on Franz Kafka, biographer William Mann on Barbra Streisand’s electrifying rise to fame, a local author fair and a day of storytelling, crafts and fun for children.

Featuring

10/14    Michael Chabon
10/14    Joy Ladin
10/15    Hasidic Worlds in Fiction
             featuring Eishes Chayil and Anouk Markovits
10/15    Deborah Grayson Riegel
10/16    Kafka's Last Story: An Evening of Film and Theater
10/17    Daniel Katz
10/17    Peter Cole
10/18    Anne-Marie O'Connor - SOLD OUT -
10/20    Eric Kandel in Conversation with David Brooks - MOVED TO ADAS ISRAEL -
10/21    The Great Children's Read: Bringing Books to Life
10/21    Rachelle Bergstein
10/21    Funny Because It’s True: A Panel on Humour and Fiction
             featuring Devan Sipher, Jonathan Tropper and Lisa Zeidner
10/22    Local Author Fair: Discover a New Book
             featuring Ariel Sabar and Alicia Oltuski
10/23    Samuel Popkin
10/24    William Mann

Schedule and Tickets


In the News

Examiner.com: Chabon, Nobelist Kandel headline gorgeous DC Jewish Literary Festival Oct. 14-24

The Washington Post: Funny how that girl became Barbra

Presented by the Washington DC Jewish Community Center's Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts.

Washington DCJCC
1529 16th Street NW at Q Street
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 518-9400

CONTACT: litfest@washingtondcjcc.org

TICKET & INFORMATION HOTLINE: (202) 777-3251

PRESS CONTACT: Rabinowitz/Dorf Comunications

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Lili Kalish Gersch
Festival Director
(202) 777-3254



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LITERARY FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

Chairs: Deborah Carliner & Michael Singer

Babs Abramowitz, Susan Bykofsky, Marsha Dubrow, Arlene Epstein, Fran & Ed Feldman, Naomi & Andrew Freeman, Jay Gerard, Tamara & Harry Handelsman, Penina Handelsman Maya, Roberta Hantgan, Carla Hashley, Maryla Korn, Simma Kupchan, Shel Lederman, Carole Lerner, Ellen Malasky, Janice Meer, Faye & Jack Moskowitz

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