The Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival presents the year's best in Jewish writing by both emerging and established authors from across the globe. An annual celebration of Jewish Literature, the Festival features engaging author panels, readings, and talks for lovers of fiction, history, politics, humor, children's stories and much more.
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The Reviews Are In..."If any contemporary author deserves to wear the mantle of Jane Austen, it’s Goodman, whose subtle, astute social comedies perfectly capture the quirks of human nature. This dazzling novel [The Cookbook Collector] . . . is Goodman’s most robust, fully realized and trenchantly meaningful work yet." –Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"Appeared like an answer to a fevered prayer…Part academic farce, part metaphysical romance, all novel of ideas, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God may not settle the question of whether God exists but it does affirm the phenomenon of literary miracles." –Fresh Air from WHYY
"Brilliant, well-researched, and sure to be controversial, The Rebbe is the most important biography of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson ever to appear." –Jonathan D. Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History
Presented by the Washington DC Jewish Community Center's Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts. Washington DCJCC1529 16th Street NW at Q StreetWashington, DC 20036(202) 518-9400CONTACT: litfest@washingtondcjcc.orgTICKET & INFORMATION HOTLINE: (202) 777-3251PRESS CONTACT: Tara SilverClick here to support the FestivalLili Kalish GerschDirector(202) 777-3254
Sign up for updates & dealsLITERARY FESTIVAL COMMITTEEChairs: Deborah Carliner & Michael Singer
Babs Abramowitz, Dava Berkman, Jay Caplan, Marsha Dubrow, Arlene Epstein, Fran & Ed Feldman, Naomi & Andrew Freeman, Jay Gerard, Tamara & Harry Handelsman, Penina Handelsman Maya, Roberta Hantgan, Maryla Korn, Simma Kupchan, Shel Lederman, Carole Lerner, Ellen Malasky, Faye & Jack Moskowitz, Dana Mulhauser, Jessica Perlman, Mark Plotkin, Sally Rosenberg