Jewish Book Month 2011

Jewish Book Month Header Our 17th year of bringing dynamic, emerging
and established authors to the North Shore….


Where's Whitey?

JBM Opening Night

Get the inside scoop on local mob legend Whitey Bulger from co-authors Phyllis Karas and Kevin Weeks, as they discuss their new book, Where’s Whitey? Karas, a long-time JBM friend, has been the go-to media source since Whitey’s capture.  Join us for a lively discussion and find out what it’s been like for Karas and Weeks since Whitey was arrested.

Wednesday, Oct. 26

7:00pm cocktail reception
8:00pm presentation

Limited Seating

Tickets $25

Sponsorship Opportunities & Special Pricing

Please Call
781-631-8330  

$100: One ticket to Girls Night Out and a choice of two other events to be selected when registering
$180: One ticket to every event, including Martin Fletcher reception
$500: Listing in JBM promotional materials and two reserved seats to all events, including Martin Fletcher reception
$1000: Listing in JBM promotional materials and four reserved seats to all events, including Martin Fletcher reception
$5000: Listing in JBM promotional materials and eight reserved seats to all events, including Martin Fletcher reception

Call 781-631-8330 For Sponsorship Opportunities & Special Pricing

WIN from E.B. Horn

 

The List

The List

Spend the evening with NBC Special Correspondent Martin Fletcher, who uses meticulous research and his own family’s history in his stunning new novel. Fletcher won a Jewish National Book Award for his previous book, Walking Israel.

Thursday, Nov. 3

6:30pm cocktail reception $20
8:00pm presentation $20  

Limited Seating

Cocktail Reception $20
Presentation $20

Getting Your Best Health Care

Getting Your Best Health Care: Real-World Stories for Patient Empowerment

Ken Farbstein’s illuminating guidebook teaches us to have a more collegial, patient-focused and safer relationship with the healthcare system and professionals within it. Enjoy this luncheon and meet Ken Farbstein, MMP, the founder of Patient Advocare.

Monday, Nov. 7

12:00pm Grosvenor Park, Salem

Limited Seating

 Tickets $10

The Book of Life

The Book of Life

Bold new writer Stuart Nadler discusses his collection of stories about Jewish men and women dealing with their sins and failings, infidelities, grief, missed opportunities at love and ultimately, their hopes for redemption.

Thursday, Nov. 10, 7:00pm

Refreshments to follow


 Tickets $20

The Cosmopolitians

The Cosmopolitans

Share a brunch sponsored by City Grill with author Nadia Kalman as she takes themes about Russian-Jewish immigrants and transforms them into a warm and entertaining story. Kalman’s comic debut tells the story of the Molochniks, Russian-Jewish immigrants in suburban Connecticut. Daughters wed, houses flood, cultures clash… and the past has a way of emerging at the most inconvenient moments!

Sunday, Nov. 13, 10:00am


 Tickets $20

 Girls Night Out

Girls Night Out at Kernwood Country Club

So You Think You Can Write! Enjoy shopping boutiques, dinner and a live presentation with local authors Ellen Frankel, Wendy Polins and Dale Stanten as they talk about the trials and triumphs of writing. Moderated by author Phyllis Karas.

Please call us with the following information: Choice of entre (salmon, scrod or vegetarian) and with whom you’d like to be seated or the names of the people at your table.

Boutiques open at 6:00pm, valet parking is available.

Thursday, Nov. 17, 6:00pm

Kernwood Country Club, Salem


 Tickets $75

The Honored Dead: A Story of Friendship, Murder and the Search for Truth in the Arab World

The Honored Dead: A Story of Friendship, Murder and the Search for Truth in the Arab World

Set in the teeming underworld of Casablanca, this is both an intricate nonfiction murder mystery and a penetrating, street-level exploration of Muslim-Jewish relations in an Islamic metropolis. Come meet Joseph Braude, a young American journalist with Iraqi Jewish roots.

Sunday, Nov 20, 10:00am

Brunch served


 Tickets $20

The Double Life of Alfred Buber

The Double Life of Alfred Buber

Spend the evening with author David Schmahmann and hear about his brilliant new novel that explores the inner life of a man distanced from himself and reality by secrets and shameful desires.

Wednesday, Nov. 30, 7:00pm

Dessert to follow


 Tickets $20