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Visit mjhnyc.org/events for a full list of upcoming Museum programs.
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Get ready for a literary extravaganza! The 2023 New York Jewish Book Festival
kicks off next week, and our lineup is nothing short of sensational.
Brace yourself for literary giants such as Mitch Albom,
Lois
Lowry, and Itamar Rabinovich gracing
our stage. Plus, don't miss our dedicated family day for the young
and young at heart. Get set for an unparalleled celebration of Jewish
literature, and be sure to share this exciting lineup of events with
your friends to help spread the word!
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New York Jewish
Book Festival
November 9 - November 19, 2023
The 2023 New York Jewish Book Festival will be held
from Sunday, November 12, to Sunday, November 19, at
the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
(36 Battery Pl, New York, NY 10280) and virtually. This year’s
festival will feature events for adults, kids, and families, and
programs connected to the Museum’s new exhibition Courage
to Act: Rescue in Denmark.
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Sunday,
November 12
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Kibbitz
& Nosh: When We All Met at Dubrow’s Cafeteria with
Marcia Bricker Halperin and Kevin Baker
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Donald Margulies and Deborah Dash
Moore’s essays illuminate and
contextualize Halperin’s brilliant photographs in Kibbitz & Nosh: When We
All Met at Dubrow’s Cafeteria,
taking us back to the Jewish cafeteria.
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The Routledge History of
Antisemitism
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
ET
Volume
editors Mark Weitzman and Dr. Robert Williams, along
with Dr. Mehnaz Afridi,
one of the authors featured in The Routledge History of Antisemitism,
will be in conversation with Laura Adkins, Opinion
Editor at The Forward, about the new
book.
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Fierce
Love and Awakenings
with The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, Rabbi Benjamin
Spratt and Rabbi Joshua Stanton
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
ET
Join these
spiritual leaders to reflect on critical questions
of faith and community.
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The
Little Liar with
Mitch Albom
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
ET
A moving parable
that explores honesty, survival, revenge, and
devotion, The Little Liar is
acclaimed, award-winning author Mitch Albom at his very
best.
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Monday,
November 13
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Isaac
Bashevis Singer Writings on Yiddish and Yiddiskayt: The War Years
1939-1945 with
David Stromberg and Lisa Newman
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
David Stromberg, editor of
the Isaac Bashevis Singer Literary Trust, will be joined in
conversation by Lisa Newman, the
Yiddish Book Center’s Director of Publishing and Public Programs, to
discuss Isaac
Bashevis Singer Writings on Yiddish and Yiddiskayt: The War Years
1939-1945 (White Goat Press,
November 2023) on what would have been the late Nobel Prize winner
Isaac Bashevis Singer’s 120th birthday.
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Tuesday,
November 14
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The
Postcard with
Anne Berest and Leslie Camhi
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
Anne, the heroine of the novel, embarks on a journey to
discover the fate of the Rabinovitch family: their flight from Russia
following the revolution, their journey to Latvia, Palestine, and
Paris.
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Wednesday,
November 15
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Two
Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family with Daniel Finkelstein and Jonathan Goldberg
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM ET
An epic and uplifting World War II family history of
resistance that spans Europe, in Two
Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family,
beloved British journalist Daniel Finkelstein tells
the extraordinary story of the years before his mother and father met
—years of war and trials they barely survived.
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Thursday,
November 16
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Middle
Eastern Maze with
Itamar Rabinovich and Tom Friedman
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
Middle East Maze:
Israel, the Arabs, and the Region (Brookings, 2023) offers
a unique narrative of the Arab-Israeli conflict and peace process by Itamar
Rabinovich, a senior academic historian who has
served as Israel’s ambassador to U.S. and as a peace negotiator with
Syria. Rabinovich will be joined in conversation with New York Times
political commentator and author Tom Friedman.
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Sunday,
November 19
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Hour of
Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews during
World War II with
Ralph Shayne
11:00 AM - 12:00
PM ET
Hour of Need
is a graphic novel that explores how the people of
an occupied nation risked their lives to evacuate
their Jewish countrymen to Sweden.
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Harboring
Hope with
Susan Hood
11:00 AM - 12:00
PM ET
Told by
award-winning author Susan Hood, Harboring Hope is the
moving true story of how Henny and her fellow
resistance fighters helped defend democracy and the
Danish Jewish community.
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Jewish Board Books with
Sarah Aroeste, Ann Koffsky, and Nancy Churnin
11:30 AM - 12:30
PM ET
Jewish board
writers Sarah Aroeste,
Ann Koffsky, and Nancy Churnin are
rich in diversity and passion for the importance of
writing Jewish-themed books.
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Impossible
Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in
Nazi Europe with
Steve Sheinkin
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
ET
Sheinkin will discuss the story of one of the
most famous whistleblowers in the world, and how
his death-defying escape helped save over 100,000
lives.
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Interactive
Reading – Ella KVELLephant and the Search for
Bubbe’s Yiddish Treasure with
Jen Kostman
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
ET
Join the
KVELLephants for a fun and colorful beach-day
adventure in this interactive reading for all ages.
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All of a Kind Authors
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
ET
Join the current
Sydney Taylor Book Award committee chair and
several recent winning authors to discuss writing
Jewish books for kids, the impact of the award, and
Jewish children’s literature.
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Number
the Stars with
Lois Lowry and Sean Hartley
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
In Lois Lowry’s unforgettable
Newbery Medal–winning novel, Number
the Stars, a ten-year-old Danish girl’s bravery is
tested when her best friend is threatened by Nazis in 1943.
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TRAVEL WITH
THE MUSEUM
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Lithuania & Latvia plus Estonia | Jewish Heritage Travel
June 2-10, 2024
Next summer, join Jewish Heritage Travel and the Museum
in exploring Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Learn about the history
of Baltic Jewry and see architectural and cultural sites on this
luxurious 11-night trip.
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FROM OUR
PARTNERS
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Amid
Falling Walls
November 14 - December 10 | NYTF
From the company that brought you Fiddler on
the Roof in Yiddish and HARMONY. Celebrate
the indomitable spirit and hope that persevered during the Holocaust,
portrayed through the soul-stirring power of Yiddish song. Join us
for an extraordinary musical journey, a testament to life, hope, and
resilience that echoes through history. Museum members get 10% with
code “MJH”.
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Public programming
at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council;
With Assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against
Germany; Sponsored by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and
Future; Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance; the New
York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy C.
Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Battery Park City
Authority; The Goldie and David Blanksteen Foundation; Marcia
Horowitz Educational Fund for Cross-Cultural Awareness; and other
generous donors.
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