Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival
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Laurel Synder, Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
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7:30 pm 
Strangers in a Strange Land: The Lives of Jewish Immigrants | Opening Night

Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater
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Monday, October 18

7:30 pm
Michal Govrin, Hold on to the Sun 
Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, Room LJ220
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7:30 pm
Screening of Sayed Kashua: Forever Scared
Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater
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Tuesday, October 19

7:30 pm
Ruth Franklin, A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
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Wednesday, October 20

7:30 pm
Miryam Kabakov, Keep Your Wives Away from Them: Orthodox Women, Unorthodox Desires
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall 
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Thursday, October 21

7:30 pm
Samuel Heilman, The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall 
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Friday, October 22

Noon
Judith Freidenberg, The Invention of the Jewish Gaucho: Villa Clara and the Construction of Argentine Identity
Embassy of Argentina, 1600 New Hampshire Avenue NW
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 Saturday, October 23


7:30 pm
Sean Wilentz, Bob Dylan in America
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
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Sunday, October 24

Noon
Joel Chasnoff, The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago Fights Hezbollah--A Memoir
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall 
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7:30 pm
Allegra Goodman, The Cookbook Collector: A Novel
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall 
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Monday, October 25

7:30 pm
Jerry Muller, Capitalism and the Jews
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall 
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Tuesday, October 26

7:30 pm
Jessica Jiji, Sweet Dates in Basra
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall 
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Wednesday, October 27

7:30 pm
Rebecca Goldstein, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction | Closing Night
Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater
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Festival Assistant
(202) 777-3251
litfest@washingtondcjcc.org

 

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