St. Louis Jewish Book Festival

Proud to be the Largest Jewish Book Festival in the U.S.!

Held annually during November in celebration of Jewish Book Month, the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
has the largest attendance of festivals in the country. It is the only event of its kind in St. Louis and is
open to the entire community, attracting more than 23,000 people over a 12-day period.

For more information, please call 314-442-3299.
For Festival sponsorship information, contact Marcia Evers Levy, 314-442-3152

Upcoming Authors

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Other Literary Events
FREE to Series PLUS Ticket holders

Family Zoo Event with Avinoam Lourie
A BEAR IN MY BED & A JACKAL IN MY OVEN: Adventures of an Israeli Wildlife Zoologist

St. Louis Zoo President Dr. Jeffrey Bonner and former head of the Haifa Zoo & Director of Israel’s Wildlife Conservation Department Lourie, share exciting stories of their adventures with animals. Some funny, some frightening, all inspirational and educational! Tales of bears in their beds; monkeys swinging from their chandeliers; and loosing snakes on planes! PLUS... live zoo animals and a Penguin Parade.

Sun, 2/5
St. Louis Zoo - Living World Theatre, 12:30 pm

$20 for family group (2 adults, 2 children)
$8 adults/$5 children (kids 6 and under are FREE)
FREE with Festival Series PLUS Ticket

Business Networking Breakfast with Susan Elliott
ACROSS THE DIVIDE: Navigating the Digital Revolution as a Woman, Entrepreneur & CEO

Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, SSE CEO & Chairman Elliott shares how she conceived and managed her business in a field with exponential change and international competition, offering leading-edge solutions and insights into how small start-ups can grow and compete.

Thu, 2/16
Staenberg Family Complex, 8:30 am

$6 - FREE with Festival Series PLUS Ticket

Comedy Hour with Moshe Kasher
KASHER IN THE RYE: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16

Kasher's childhood memoir is brutally honest and laugh-out-loud funny, finding humor and absurdity in even the most horrifying situations. Named “New Comic of the Year” in 2009 by iTunes, Kasher has been featured on Comedy Central, Fox, E!, NBC , VH1, MTV; is a regular panelist on Chelsea Lately; and an international touring comic.

Sun, 4/15
Staenberg Family Complex, 7:30 pm
$15 - FREE with Series PLUS Ticket

Ladies Night Out with Delia Ephron
THE LION IS IN

The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Quirk Out column present an exciting night out for ladies, full of fun, friends and the fabulous Delia Ephron, author of the upcoming book, THE LION IS IN. Ephron has written novels for adults and teens, including How to Eat Like a Child. Her movies include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, You’ve Got Mail and Hanging Up (based on her novel). Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times, O the Oprah Magazine, Vogue, and The Huffington Post. Her collaboration with sister Nora Ephron, the play Love, Loss, and What I Wore, has run for the last two years in New York and has been performed all over the world.

Wed, 5/2

Stay tuned for more details!