Columbia Jewish Book Festival

The Columbia Jewish Book Festival
November 2-7
Book Marketplace open all week
all events FREE

PJ Library® : Story, Snack & Shop
Sunday, November 2 | 2 pm
Families are invited to a special story time, as we kick off the Jewish Book Festival, and then shop titles from their favorite PJ Library authors.

Author : Itzhak Brook
Tuesday, November 4 | 7 pm
Itzhak Brook, a veteran of both the Israeli Defense Forces and the United States Navy, recounts his first experience in war. He describes his own doubt and misgivings of being a physician facing the daily struggle of survival in the Sinai battle zone. Expecting to heal his soldiers’ physical combat wounds, Brook unexpectedly must address his soldiers’ psychological battlefield trauma. In unvarnished details from the mundane to the catastrophic, he describes his perspective of a war that shaped his own life, and his nation’s fragile identity.

Discussion : Getting Published
Wednesday, November 5 | 6:30 pm
Youth are invited to come and chat with PJ Library author Tilda Balsley about the writing process and how to go about getting published. A FREE pizza diner and Italian Ice dessert sponsored by Chick-Fil-A, Rita’s Italian Ice and Sam’s Club will be provided; please RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11QSD94GHSgbA8j6U3R3vnu8miIc3tm_TkcUak56j17Q/viewform?usp=send_form.

Sponsored by: The Katie & Irwin Kahn Jewish Community Center, TheColumbia Jewish Federation, The PJ Library, The Jewish Cultural Arts Committee, The Kligman Foundation, Oy Toys, And Thou Shalt Read, Sam's Club, Chick-Fil-A, and Rita's Italian Ice