Jewish Book Festival

WHAT’S HAPPENING

United Jewish Federation of Tidewater & the Simon Family JCC’s Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival 2020–2021*

*events shown only through February 11 All events are open to the community with RSVP or tickets required and will take place virtually until further notice. For more information and to register, go to JewishVA.org/Bookfest or contact Patty Shelanski, Arts + Ideas manager at the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater at 757-452-3184 or Pshelanski@ujft.org. To register for events, go to Jewishva.org/bookfest

KONIKOFF CENTER FOR LEARNING Getting Good at Getting Older by Rabbi Laura Geller Nobody Will Tell You This But Me with author Bess Kalb

Monday, Janurary 25, 12 pm, free Monday, February 8, 12 pm, free

This author talk is a tour for all those of “a certain age” through the resources and skills needed to navigate the years between maturity (building careers/raising families) and frail old age. For more information and to register go to JewishVA.org/KCL or contact Sierra Lautman, director of Jewish Innovation, at slautman@ujft.org or 757-965-6107.

KONIKOFF CENTER FOR LEARNING The A-Z of Intermarriage with author Rabbi Denise Handlarski Thursday, February 4, 8 pm

Join Emmy-nominated writer, bestselling author, and New Yorker contributor Bess Kalb as she discusses her debut memoir Nobody Will Tell You This But Me. Event is FREE and open to the community with pre-registration required. For more information and to register, go to JewishVA.org/ Bookfest or contact Patty Shelanski, Arts + Ideas manager, at pshelanski@ujft.org or 757-452-3184.

PJ LIBRARY AND STRELITZ INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY Becoming Brianna with author Terri Libenson Thursday, February 11, 7:30 pm, free

ISRAEL TODAY PRESENTS: Israel Story An Intergenerational Conversation! Wednesday, January 27, 12 pm, free

The Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Simon Family JCC, Embassy of Israel, & Community Partners’ 10thAnnual Israel Today, presents an intimate conversation between Professor Shlomo Yochai Maital. Israel Story Podcast Maital. co-founders Mishy Harman and Yochai Maital, and Yochai’s father, Professor Shlomo Maital. They will explore how Yochai and Mishy, early Gen Y, see their world and shape it, compared with Shlomo’s Depression (NOT depressed!) gen- Mishy Harman. eration. Pre-registration is required.

For more information and to register, go to JewishVA.org/IsraelToday or contact Jill Grossman at jgrossman@ujft.org or 757-965-6137.

Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Virtual Date With The State 2021 Wednesday, February 3, 10 am

Come together (virtually) with Jewish community leaders from across the Commonwealth to hear from Governor Ralph Northam and other policy makers on issues important to the statewide Jewish community. Pre-registration is required.

Secure a spot at JewishVA.org/DWTS or by contacting Rabbi Batya Glazer, Jewish Community Relations Council director, at BGlazer@ ujft.org.

Rabbi Denise Handlarski discusses her book, The A-Z of Intermarriage. Part story, part strategy, and all heart, as well as a coming together of religious source material, cultural context, and personal narrative, the book is the perfect ‘howto’ manual for living a happy and balanced intermarried life. For more information and to register, go to JewishVA.org/KCL or contact Sierra Lautman, director of Jewish Innovation, at slautman@ujft.org or 757-965-6107. Join Terri Libenson, New York Times bestselling children’s book author as she discusses her fourth book in the bestselling Emmie & Friends series, Becoming Brianna. This book is perfect for anyone who loves humor, heart, and of course funny drawings to highlight all of it! For more information and to register, go to JewishVA.org/Bookfest or contact Nofar Trem, PJ Library Program Professional at the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater at ntrem@ujft.org or 757-321-2334.