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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.

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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!

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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.

 

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