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Thursday October 18, 2007

Book Fair

19th Annual Contra Costa Jewish Book & Arts Festival

The following is a complete schedule of events for the 19th Annual Contra Costa Jewish Book & Arts Festival.

Cooking with chef Faz Poursohi, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 at Faz Restaurant, 600 Hartz Ave., Danville.

“Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life” with Michael Krasny, 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1 at Congregation Beth Emek, 1300 Nevada Court, Pleasanton.

“Challah Twist,” a baking demonstration with Shternie Kagan, 9:15 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at Contra Costa JCC, 2071 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek.

“From a Courtroom in London to a Conference in Tehran: Holocaust Denial in the 21st Century — Does This Define the Jewish Future?,” a lecture from Deborah Lipstadt, 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 at Temple Isaiah, 3800 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette.

A performance of the play “Affairs of State,” from the collection “Nine Plays in Search of an Ending” by Rabbi Milton Matz, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, CCJCC.

“The New American Judaism: The Way Forward on Challenging Issues from Intermarriage to Jewish Identity,” a new book by Rabbi Arthur Blecher, who speaks 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, CCJCC.

“Statecraft” with Ambassador Dennis Ross, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, CCJCC.

“Beyond Anne Frank” with professor Diane Wolf, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, CCJCC.

“Healing Stories: Picture Books for the Big and Small Changes in a Child’s Life” with psychologist Jacqueline Golding, 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, CCJCC.

Concert with Vocolot, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, CCJCC.

“Kosher Hollywood: Jews, Food and Film” with professor Alisa Braun, 12 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, CCJCC.

KIDZcorner and Holiday Fair with children’s author Deborah Lee Rose, magician Germar, performance by Uncle Ira, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, CCJCC.

“Requiem for an Assassin” by mystery writer Barry Eisler, 12 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, CCJCC.

“The Ethiopian Jews of Israel: Personal Stories of Life in the Promised Land,” with Len Lyons, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at Beth Chaim Congregation, 1800 Holbrook Drive, Danville.

“Waiting for Daisy” with Peggy Orenstein, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, CCJCC.

“One Read: The Days of Awe,” book group discussion led by Rabbi Judy Shanks, 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, CCJCC.

Screening and discussion of “Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water” with filmmakers and authors Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, CCJCC.

Admission charged for some events. For more information, call (510) 839-2900 ext. 256 or online at www.jfed.org.

S.F. JCC BookFest

The following is a schedule of events at the JCCSF BookFest, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 at the JCC of San Francisco, 3200 California St., S.F.

Keynote speaker is Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon (“The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union”), 11 a.m. Pre-registration required.

To register call (415) 292-1233 or visit www.jccsf.org/tickets.

SESSION 1: 12:45 p.m.-2 p.m.

• Book signing from 2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. in the Pottruck Family Atrium.

• Steve Almond (“Not That You Asked: Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions”).

• Shalom Auslander (“Foreskin’s Lament”).

• Vasily Grossman’s “A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945,” panel discussion with David Bezmozgis and Lara Vapnyar.

• First-time novelist Sophie Judah (“Dropped from Heaven”).

• Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz (“The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism”).

• Dalia Sofer (“The Septembers of Shiraz”).

SESSION 2: 2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

• Book signing from 3:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. in the Pottruck Family Atrium.

• Dan Ben-Amos (“Folktales of the Jews: Tales From the Sephardic Dispersion,” “Tales from Eastern Europe”).

• Novelist Ehud Havazelet (“Bearing the Body”).

• Reva Mann (“The Rabbi’s Daughter”).

• Italian novelist Alessandro Piperno (“The Worst Intentions”).

• Novelist Victoria Redel (“The Border of Truth”).

• Michael Wex (“Just Say Nu”).

SESSION 3: 3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.

• Book signing from 5 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. in the Pottruck Family Atrium.

• Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein (“Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited”).

• Le Monde editor Sylvain Cypel (“Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse”).

• Essayist Joseph Epstein (“In a Cardboard Belt!: Essays Personal, Literary, and Savage”).

• Vanessa L. Ochs (“Inventing Jewish Ritual”).

• Graphic novelist James Sturm (“America: God, Gold, and Golems”).

• Journalist David Pryce-Jones (“Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews”).

SESSION 4: 5:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.

• Booksigning from 6:15 to 6:30 p.m. in the Pottruck Family Atrium.

• Celebrated Israeli novelist Meir Shalev (“A Pigeon and a Boy”) in conversation with Donny Inbar, director of culture and events, Israel Center of the Jewish Community Federation. Pre-registration required.

For more information, call (415) 292-1233 or visit www.jccsf.org/bookfest.

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