62nd Annual Jewish Book Fair

The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan
Detroit’s 62nd Annual Jewish Book Fair will be held November 6-17
and will feature leading figures from the arts, entertainment, politics,
business, journalism and much more, including an opening night appearance by
Jeffrey Toobin, author, staff writer at The
New Yorker and senior legal analyst with CNN and the closing of the two
week event with an intimate conversation with
celebrated entertainer and author, Michael Feinstein The Gershwins and Me: A Personal
History in
Twelve Songs.

For
a complete list of authors, dates and times please visit www.jccdet.org/bookfair.

The country’s oldest and largest Jewish book
fair, the event will include presentations at both JCC campuses, 6600 W. Maple
Road in West Bloomfield and 15110 W. Ten Mile Road in Oak Park.

Embracing the art world, we host
extraordinary Patron Night speaker, Peter Max, along with an art exhibit! His
book The Universe of Peter Max is a must-have for every home. Did we know his
story as a Shanghai Jew? Join us to hear the remarkable story that is Peter Max
on Patron Night. I Kiss Your Hands Many Times is Marianne Szegedy-Maszák’s
memoir of her wealthy industrialist Hungarian family, their conversion to
Catholicism and their ultimate escape from the clutches of the Nazis - an epic
saga. For foodies we have kosher cooking with Kim Kushner in Modern Menu. The

Book Fair shelves will include the newest and
best cookbooks from gluten-free to vegetarian. Let us be your cooking guides.
T.V. Food Network enthusiasts will delight in journalist Allen Salkin and his
book From Scratch as he dishes the behind-the-scenes, real stories of the
network’s personalities!

The best affordable health care act is to
listen to our health-care professionals speak: Paul Offit will discuss his
experience with the perils of alternative medicine and mega-vitamin
supplements. Many families suffer silently through a loved one with mental
illness; Dr. Lloyd Sederer offers an invaluable resource for all touched by
this affliction when he speaks on his book The Family Guide to Mental Health
Care. How To Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick? - Let’s listen to Letty Cottin
Pogrebin to find out!

The 2nd Annual Jewish Book Fair Comedy Club!
Laugh, laugh, laugh with stand-up comedians Fred Stoller, Marion Grodin and
Mindy Raf, along with Detroit’s own Alan Muskovitz!

The JCC in Oak Park also will host many
authors and again present its signature programs, Bubbies, Bagels & Books
and Kids Can Be Authors. In addition, there will be a trip down memory lane for
the Oak Park Reunion!

Closing our Book Fair, that world famous
entertainer, Michael Feinstein will close with an intimate conversation about
his book, The Gershwins & Me: a Personal History in Twelve Songs.

For a complete list of authors, dates and times
please visit www.jccdet.org/bookfair.  Most events are free and open to the public. Tickets and additional
information is available at www.theberman.org  or call the box office at (248) 661-1900.