Ten for 10!

By Robin Mintz, Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival Chairperson

I am excited to share with you that this is the 10th Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival presented by Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. Over these past nine years, our Jewish community has hosted 170 authors.

Our longevity would never have been possible without the strong support of our festival sponsors, patrons, volunteers and, of course, you — the giving members of our Greater Naples Jewish Community. We are grateful to Federation President/ CEO Jeffrey Feld, who said “yes” when he was approached with the idea to hold a Jewish Book Festival, and it has been soaring ever since!

This year, in honor of our 10th anniversary, we have invited 10 outstanding authors representing a variety of genres. Authors include a television director, a former U.S. Ambassador, a chef, Costco experts, award-winning journalists and several New York Times best-selling novelists. As a special tribute to our 10th year, we invited Talia Carner who was the first festival presenter at the first-ever event when it was called the Collier County Jewish Book Festival. This time, Carner will talk about her latest novel.

Official registration begins on Sunday, Sept. 1. To sign up as a Book Festival Patron or to order individual event tickets, visit jewishbookfestival.org.

The October issue of Federation Star will include a complete list of this season’s Jewish Book Festival authors, the dates of their events and descriptions of their respective books. In the meantime, please see our “Ten for 10” books and authors below! A list of our generous Book Festival Patrons will be published in each Federation Star during the season.

The Jewish Book Festival Committee and I are delighted to be presenting this very special 10th Anniversary Jewish Book Festival.

“TEN FOR 10”

2024-2025 Jewish Book Festival

Adam Nimoy – “The Most Human” Monday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m.

Stuart E. Eizenstat – “The Art of Diplomacy” Friday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m.

Lisa Barr – “The Goddess of Warsaw” Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 1 p.m.

Julie Satow – “When Women Ran Fifth Avenue” Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m.

Jean Hanff Korelitz – “The Sequel” Thursday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.

June Hersh – “Food, Hope & Resilience” Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 10:30 a.m.

Talia Carner – “The Boy with the Star Tattoo” Monday, March 10 at 3:30 p.m.

Daniel Schulman – “The Money Kings” Friday, March 21 at 1 p.m.

Lauren Grodstein – “We Must Not Think of Ourselves” Thursday, March 27 at 10:30 a.m.

David & Susan Schwartz – “The Joy of Costco” Wednesday, April 2 at 1 p.m.