2021-2022 Mandel JCC Book Festival

The Mandel JCC Book Festival showcases Jewish authors and/or books of Jewish content. In so doing, the Festival promotes awareness, appreciation, and pride in the diversity of the Jewish people; strengthens community consciousness of Jewish identity, history, and culture; and provides a community forum to stimulate dynamic and provocative dialogue.

Jane Healey Author Talk

The Secret Stealers
Europa Series
Wednesday, December 1 at 10 am ET

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Rosemary N. Gensler, Phyllis W. Hoffman, Marion S. Phillips, Nancy S. Sims & Ellyn Horn Zarek Author Talk

Detours
Tuesday, December 7 at 10 am ET
Mandel JCC, Palm Beach Gardens

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Meg Waite Clayton Author Talk

The Postmistress of Paris
Europa Series
Wednesday, December 15 at 7 pm ET

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Lori Banov Kaufmann Author Talk

Rebel Daughter
Florida JCCs Book & Author Series
Thursday, December 16 at 1 pm ET

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Anne Sebba Author Talk

Ethel Rosenberg
Florida JCCs Book & Author Series
Thursday, January 20 at 1 pm ET

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Uri Adoni Author Talk

The Unstoppable Startup
Florida JCCs Book & Author Series
Thursday, February 17 at 1 pm ET

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Book Luncheon with Jean Hanff Korelitz

The Plot
Thursday, February 24 at 11 am ET
Location TBD

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David Biro Author Talk

This Magnificent Dappled Sea
DNA Sequence Series
Tuesday, March 1 at 10 am ET
Mandel JCC, Palm Beach Gardens

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Wednesday, March 2 at 10 am ET
DNA Sequence Series
Mandel JCC, Boynton Beach

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Gwen Strauss Author Talk

The Nine
Florida JCCs Book & Author Series
Thursday, March 10 at 1 pm ET

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Elyssa Friedland Author Talk

Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
Tuesday, March 29 at 10 am ET
Mandel JCC, Palm Beach Gardens

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Wednesday, March 30 at 10 am ET
Mandel JCC, Boynton Beach

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Max Gross Author Talk

The Lost Shtetl
Tuesday, March 29 at 7 pm ET
Mandel JCC, Boynton Beach

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Wednesday, March 30 at 7 pm ET
Mandel JCC, Palm Beach Gardens

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Alison Hammer Author Talk

Little Pieces of Me
DNA Sequence Series
Tuesday, April 5 at 7 pm ET

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Iddo Gefen Author Talk

Jerusalem Beach
Florida JCCs Book & Author Series
Thursday, April 21 at 1 pm ET

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Did you miss an event from the 2020-21 Season?

Members-only events are presented in partnership with the JCC Literary Consortium, which includes: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boulder, Cherry Hill, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Indianapolis, Memphis, Miami, Nashville, the Palm Beaches, Palo Alto, Rochester, and Seattle.