Jewish Book Festival Brochure

2nd Annual

January 5 - March 13, 2017 Preview Event: December 13, 2016 12 Events • 20 Authors • 1 Mom presented by

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TUESDAY

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Author Kate Siegel with her mom, Kim Friedman Mother, Can You Not? 11:30 am - 2:00 pm • Hilton Naples Sponsored by U.S. Bank

No one understands the delicate mother-daughter dynamic better than Kate Siegel and her own mother, who drove her so crazy that she decided to broadcast their hilarious conversations on Instagram. Soon, hundreds of thousands of people were following their daily text exchanges, eager to see what outrageous thing Kate’s mom would say next. Now, in Mother, Can You Not?, Kate pays tribute to the woman who invented the concept of drone parenting. From embarrassing moments (like crashing Kate’s gynecological exams) to outrageous stories and hilarious celebrations (including but not limited to parties for Kate’s menstrual cycles), Mother, Can you Not? lovingly lampoons the lengths to which our mothers will go to better our lives – even when it feels like they’re ruining them in the process.

Kate and Kim’s presentation includes mature content and language.

$36 • Lunch included • No tickets sold after Dec. 9

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THURSDAY

5

This event includes a preview of all Jewish Book Festival events, with drawings for tickets, books and more!

Jesse Itzler

Living with a SEAL 11:30 am - 2:00 pm • Hilton Naples Sponsored by U.S. Bank Entrepreneur and millionaire Jesse Itzler will try almost anything. His life is about being bold and risky, and it has brought him great success. He offered to run a 100-mile race wearing Spanx to get the attention of the beautiful founder of the company, and ended up marrying her. He is part owner of the Atlanta Hawks, a co-founder of Marquis Jet, and helped to pioneer the coconut water craze, which was later acquired by The Coca-Cola Company.

When Jesse felt himself drifting on “auto-pilot,” he hired a Navy Seal – considered to be “the toughest man on the planet” – to live with him for a month.

Living with a SEAL tells the story of a fitness routine like no other – and the unlikely friendship it produced.

$36 • Lunch included • No tickets sold after Jan. 2

All events at the Hilton Naples include complimentary valet parking.

JAN

Steve Katz

Blood, Sweat, and My Rock ‘n’ Roll Years 2:00 - 4:00 pm • Hilton Naples Sponsored by WCA

$18 in advance • $25 at the door

In addition to his presentation, Steve will perform a mini-concert!

FEB

Ina Pinkney

Ina’s Kitchen 9:00 - 11:30 am • Hilton Naples Sponsored by U.S. Bank & JFCS of SWFL

Breakfast includes Ina’s Heavenly Hots – small, thin, sour cream pancakes.

These were a mega hit for 22 years!

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MONDAY

Ina Pinkney, the beloved Chicago restaurateur known affectionately as the “Breakfast Queen,” has been feeding people for over 30 years. When she closed her restaurant in 2013, it headlined news across the country. Now, the favorite dishes that thousands came to love at Ina’s are showcased in her new book.

Ina’s Kitchen is part cookbook and part memoir, combining 39 of Ina’s favorite recipes with stories from her life, including her Jewish upbringing in Brooklyn, overcoming paralytic polio as a child, the intermarriage her parents disapproved of, and her mid-life choice to change careers and follow her dream. From milestone moments and warm memories to the true trials of owning a restaurant, readers will gain a deeper understanding of Jewish cooking and hospitality. Ina’s Kitchen is a love letter to the diners Ina has fed over the years.

$36 • Breakfast buffet included No tickets sold after Feb. 23

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THURSDAY

Steve Katz was a founding member of the legendary Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears. He played the Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock, and jammed with everyone from Mose Allison to Jimi Hendrix. His blues-folkrock memoir is an honest and personal account of a life at the edge of the spotlight – a privileged vantage point that earned him a bit more objectivity and earnest outrage than many of his colleagues, who were too far into the scene to lay any honest witness to it. Set during the Greenwich Village folk/rock scene, the Sixties’ most celebrated venues and concerts, and behind closed doors on international tours and grueling studio sessions, this is the unlikely story of a rock star as nerd, nerd as rock star, a nice Jewish boy who got to sit at the cool kids’ table and score the hot chicks.

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The 7 events with dates in green banners (on the next 4 pages) are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Save with the 7-Event Package and get all 7 events for just $56.

JAN

WEDNESDAY

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Bestselling Fiction Authors 1:00 - 3:30 pm • Temple Shalom

Sponsored by WCA (Women’s Cultural Alliance)

Alyson Richman • The Velvet Hours

As Paris teeters on the edge of the German Occupation, a young French woman closes the door to her late grandmother’s treasure-filled apartment, unsure if she’ll ever return. Inspired by the true account of an abandoned Parisian apartment, Alyson Richman brings to life the stories of courtesan Marthe de Florian, her granddaughter Solange Beaugiron, and the unlikely relationship between two women who pursue freedom and independence during uncertain times.

Alyson Richman is the international bestselling author of The Mask Carver’s Son, The Rhythm of Memory, The Last Van Gogh, The Lost Wife and The Garden of Letters. Her novels have been published in eighteen languages and have been bestsellers in several countries. The Lost Wife is currently in development to become a major film.

Ronald H. Balson • Karolina’s Twins

From the author of Once We Were Brothers comes a saga inspired by the true events of a Holocaust survivor’s quest to fulfill a promise to return to Poland and find two sisters lost during the war. Karolina’s Twins is a tale of survival, love and resilience in more ways than one. As Lena recounts her story, Catherine herself also recognizes the unwavering importance of family as she prepares herself for the arrival of her unborn child. Through this association and many more, both Lena and Catherine begin to cherish the dogged ties that bind not only families and children, but the entirety of mankind.

Ronald H. Balson is a Chicago trial attorney, educator and writer. His practice has taken him to several international venues. He is also the author of Saving Sophie and the international bestseller Once We Were Brothers.

Amazing Tales of the Holocaust 1:00 - 3:30 pm • Beth Tikvah Josh Aronson • Orchestra of Exiles

Sponsored by the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida

Robert P. Watson • The Nazi Titanic

Built in 1927, the German ocean liner Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the Titanic. When the Nazis seized control of the vessel, she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks and troop transport. Joseph Goebbels later cast her as a “star” in a propaganda film about the sinking of the Titanic. In the Third Reich’s final days, the ship was mistakenly bombed by the British Air Force, killing the concentration camp prisoners packed aboard. Although the British government sealed many documents pertaining to the ship’s sinking, Robert P. Watson has unearthed forgotten records and conducted many interviews.

Robert P. Watson is a historian and political commentator with 36 books to his name, including America’s First Crisis, which received a 2014 IPPY Gold Medal for history.

Sports / Sports Photography 7:00 - 9:15 pm • Beth Tikvah Gary Belsky • On the Origins of Sports

Gail Buckland • Who Shot Sports

From the creator of Who Shot Rock & Roll, Who Shot Sports shows the range, cultural importance and aesthetics of sports photography through the work of 165 extraordinary photographers – some of them heralded, most of their names unknown.

Gail Buckland has written and collaborated on 12 books of photographic history. She is a former curator of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, a Benjamin Menschel Distinguished Professor at the Cooper Union, and a guest curator at many museums, including the Brooklyn Museum, where the Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present exhibit runs through January 8, 2017. She was also the guest curator of Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present.

JAN

30

MONDAY

Our passion for sports has started wars, emptied treasuries, ended marriages and set cities aflame. Sports fans regularly spend hundreds of dollars on tickets, devote entire weekends to watching games, and argue with colleagues over the greatest game and athlete of all time. In On the Origins of Sports, awardwinning editors Gary Belsky and Neil Fine set out to understand why and how sports have become so important to us. They gather the original rules, history and miscellany of the world’s 21 most popular sports. By taking readers back in history to learn the lore behind these sports, they give fans a new context for watching and competing in games.

Gary Belsky is a former editor-in-chief of ESPN The Magazine. He lectures and writes extensively on sports, decision-making and consumer behavior.

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MONDAY

As a teenager, violinist Bronislaw Huberman toured Europe and received invitations to play for royalty. But as an adult, witnessing the rising threat of Nazism, Huberman conceived of an ingenious crusade that would become his greatest legacy: forming the Palestine Symphony Orchestra, which would become the lauded Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Huberman arranged the safe passage of hundreds of Jewish musicians and their families out of Nazi-controlled territories. His tireless campaigning for the project saved nearly one thousand Jews from the approaching Holocaust.

Josh Aronson is an Academy Award-nominated documentary and film writer, producer and director. His films have won awards at festivals all over the world.

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WEDNESDAY

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MONDAY

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Adult Memoirs 1:00 - 3:30 pm • Beth Tikvah

Sponsored by the Collier/Lee Chapter of Hadassah

Judy Batalion • White Walls

Judy Batalion grew up in a house filled with piles of junk obsessively gathered by her hoarder mother. At the first chance, she escaped the clutter to create a new identity, until she found herself enmeshed in life’s biggest chaos: motherhood. Confronted with the task of raising a daughter after her own dysfunctional childhood, Judy reflected on her upbringing and the lives of her mother and grandmother, both Holocaust survivors. What she discovered astonished her. Judy explores navigating the messiness of motherhood and the indelible marks that mothers and daughters make on each other’s lives.

Judy Batalion was born in Montreal, studied at Harvard, and worked as a curator and comedian in London before settling in NYC. Her essays about parenting, relationships, religion and health have appeared in many publications.

Noa Baum • A Land Twice Promised

Award-winning Israeli storyteller Noa Baum grew up in Jerusalem. Stories of the past and fear of annihilation in the wars of the 1960s through the ’80s shaped her perceptions and identity. In America, she met a Palestinian woman, and as they shared memories of war years in Jerusalem an unlikely friendship blossomed. A Land Twice Promised delves into the heart of one of the world’s most enduring and complex conflicts. Baum’s deeply personal memoir recounts her journey from girlhood in Israel to her adult encounter with “the other” with honesty, compassion and humor.

Noa Baum performs internationally. She acted with Jerusalem Khan Theater and studied theater at NYU and with Uta Hagen. She was voted by the Washington Jewish Week as one of ten most interesting local Jews.

LGBTQ Memoirs 7:00 - 9:15 pm • Federation office

Sponsored by PFLAG – Naples Chapter

Julie Tarney • My Son Wears Heels

When Julie Tarney’s only child Harry was two years old, he told her, “Inside my head I’m a girl.” It was 1992. There was no Internet, and bookstores had no literature for a mom scrambling to raise such an unconventional child.

Lacking a positive role model of her own and fearful of being judged as a Jewish mother potentially messing up her kid, Julie embarked on an unexpected parenting journey that spanned 20 years before eventually drawing Julie to the realization that her son had known who he was all along. Her job was simply to get out of the way and let him be.

Julie Tarney is a writer, resource for parents raising gender-creative kids, and an advocate for LGBTQ youth. She is a blogger for The Huffington Post and board member for the It Gets Better Project.

Steven Gaines • One of These Things First

One of These Things First is a wry and poignant reminiscence of a 15-year-old gay Jewish boy in Brooklyn in the early ’60s and his unexpected trajectory from a life behind a rack of dresses in his grandmother’s bra and girdle store to the halls of Payne Whitney among a captivating group of wealthy neurotics and Ivy League alcoholics who subtly begin to change him in unexpected ways.

At the center of the story is a brilliant young psychiatrist who promises to cure a young boy of his homosexuality and give him the normalcy he so longs for.

Steven Gaines is the author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons, The Sky’s the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan, and Simply Halston, a biography of the fashion designer, among other books. He is a former NPR radio host.

MAR

A Trio of Debut Novelists 1:00 - 3:30 pm • Beth Tikvah Victoria Kelly • Mrs. Houdini

Jennifer Brown • Modern Girls

In 1935, Dottie Krasinsky is the epitome of the modern girl. A bookkeeper in Midtown Manhattan, Dottie has a steady beau, close girlfriends and an eye for fashion. Yet at heart, she is a dutiful Jewish daughter, living with her Yiddish-speaking parents on the Lower East Side. After a single careless night, she is desperate – unwed, unsure and running out of options. After 20 years as a housewife and mother of five children, Dottie’s immigrant mother, Rose, is itching to return to the social activism of her youth. With strikes and breadlines at home, and a brother unable to escape Poland, she knows there is more important work to be done than cooking and cleaning. Yet when she realizes that she, too, is pregnant, she struggles to reconcile her longings with her faith. Mother and daughter must confront their beliefs and the fact that their lives will never again be the same.

Martha Hall Kelly • Lilac Girls

New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate, but her world is forever changed when Hitler’s army invades Poland in 1939 with its sights set on France. Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. For the ambitious young German doctor Herta Oberheuser, an advertisement for a government medical position seems her ticket out of a desolate life. Once hired, though, she finds herself trapped in a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power. The lives of these women are set on a collision course when Kasia is sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women.

Their stories cross continents as Caroline and Kasia strive to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten.

An Afternoon of Comedy 1:00 - 3:30 pm • Unitarian Univ. Cong.

Eric Golub • Jewish Lunacy

Sponsored by Naples Jewish Congregation

William Novak • Die Laughing

Die Laughing is a laugh-out-loud collection of jokes and cartoons about growing older that deals with memory loss, long marriages, medicine, changes in sexuality, the afterlife and much more. Growing older can be unsettling and surprising, so what better way to deal with this new stage of life than to laugh about it? Die Laughing includes more than enough jokes (and a nice sprinkling of New Yorker cartoons) to let that laughter burst out.

William Novak is best known to Jewish audiences as the co-editor of The Big Book of Jewish Humor, a beloved collection of jokes, cartoons and stories that is still in print 35 years after its 1981 release. Novak is also a successful ghostwriter who has served as the co-author of the best-selling memoirs of Lee Iacocca, Tip O’Neill, Nancy Reagan, Oliver North and Natan Sharansky.

MAR

13

MONDAY

Jewish Lunacy is a lighthearted slice of Jewish life meant to bring all Jews together. It is a humorous spiritual journey that weaves love of Judaism with love of family in a story of trying to obey religious laws amid the secular temptations of the world around us. Whether liberal or conservative, secular or religious, Jewish Lunacy can unite all readers in laughter and purpose.

Eric Golub is a national author, speaker and comedian who has spoken in all 50 states. He speaks about politics, religion and everything else that should not be discussed. He is a former stockbrokerage and oil professional living in Los Angeles. He is single, to the chagrin of his loving parents, and proud of his Jewish heritage.

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THURSDAY

Before escape artist Harry Houdini died, he vowed he would find a way to speak to his beloved wife, Bess, from beyond the grave, using a coded message known only to the two of them. When his widow begins seeing this code in seemingly impossible places, it becomes clear that Harry has an urgent message to convey. Unlocking the puzzle will set Bess on a course back through the pair’s extraordinary interfaith romance, which swept the illusionist and his bride from the beaches of Coney Island to the palaces of Budapest to the back lots of Hollywood. In surprising turns that weave through the dawn of the 20th century and into the dazzling 1920s, Mrs. Houdini is a thrilling tale that goes to the heart of one of history’s greatest love stories.

JAN

Amy Kurzweil • Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir

Flying Couch tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy’s coming of age as a young Jewish artist weaves into the narrative of her mother, a therapist, and her Bubbe, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. Captivated by Bubbe’s story, Amy turns to her sketchbooks to preserve the past, teaching herself to draw as a way to cope with what she discovers. Amy creates a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a family, but also of how each generation bears the imprint of the past.

Amy Kurzweil’s comics have appeared in The Huffington Post and The New Yorker. She teaches writing and comics at Parsons School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

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Jewish Identity 7:00 - 8:30 pm • Federation office

Free event with any ticket purchase (limited to the first 50 reservations) Calendar of Events TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 • 11:30am - 2:00pm

Presents the 2nd Annual

Relationships Kate Siegel, Mother, Can You Not? with Kate’s mom, Kim Friedman

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 • 11:30am - 2:00pm Memoir Jesse Itzler, Living with a SEAL

December 13, 2016 - March 13, 2017 12 Events • 20 Authors All events take place in Naples These are just a few of the books you’ll hear about at the Festival:

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 • 1:00 - 3:30pm Fiction Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours Ronald H. Balson, Karolina’s Twins

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 • 2:00 - 4:00pm Autobiography & mini-concert Steve Katz, Blood, Sweat, and My Rock ‘n’ Roll Years

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 • 7:00 - 8:30pm

Jewish Identity Amy Kurzweil, Flying Couch - A Graphic Memoir

MONDAY, JANUARY 23 • 1:00 - 3:30pm Holocaust Josh Aronson, Orchestra of Exiles Robert P. Watson, The Nazi Titanic

MONDAY, JANUARY 30 • 7:00 - 9:15pm Sports/Sports Photography Gary Belsky, On the Origins of Sports Gail Buckland, Who Shot Sports

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 • 1:00 - 3:30pm

For more information on the 20 authors, their books, tickets, venues and more: www.JewishBookFestival.org

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Memoir Judy Batalion, White Walls Noa Baum, A Land Twice Promised

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 • 7:00 - 9:15pm Memoir - LGBTQ Julie Tarney, My Son Wears Heels Steven Gaines, One of These Things First

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 • 9:00 - 11:30am Cooking/Food Ina Pinkney, Ina’s Kitchen

THURSDAY, MARCH 2 • 1:00 - 3:30pm Debut Fiction Panel Victoria Kelly, Mrs. Houdini Jennifer Brown, Modern Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

Women’s Cultural Alliance

MONDAY, MARCH 13 • 1:00 - 3:30pm Humor Eric Golub, Jewish Lunacy William Novak, Die Laughing

www.JewishBookFestival.org 239.263.4205

Book Sales

All of the Festival’s books are on display on the second floor of the Barnes & Noble store at the Waterside Shops. Books will also be available for purchase and signing at each author’s event.

Books make great gifts for friends and family.

Pick up a free Festival bookmark at Barnes & Noble or the Jewish Federation office.

Venues

All locations are in Naples (area code 239): Special thanks to Beth Tikvah: 1459 Pine Ridge Road (434-1818) these organizations for Hilton Naples: 5111 Tamiami Trail N. (430-4900) providing space for the Jewish Federation: 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road (263-4205) Festival events.

Temple Shalom: 4630 Pine Ridge Road (455-3030) Unitarian Universalist Cong. of Greater Naples: 6340 Napa Woods Way (455-6553)

Festival Website & Email

Visit the official Festival website at www.jewishbookfestival.org for more information on the authors and their books, event updates and a printable order form. Have questions that have not been answered in this brochure? Send an email to fedstar18@gmail.com.

Tickets ARE Transferable

Consider purchasing a Patron Festival Package or Series Pass. Even if you can’t make it to all 12 events, you can gift your tickets to friends, colleagues and family members. Tickets make the perfect Chanukah gift.

Jewish Book Festival Committee Coordinator: Ted Epstein Co-Chairs: Phil Jason, Robin Mintz, Susan Pittelman Carole Greene Dina Shein Elaine Soffer Ida Margolis Irene Pomerantz Iris Shur

Lee Henson Lenore Greenstein Linda Smith Patti Boochever Steve Brazina Sue Bookbinder

Authors appearing at the Collier County Jewish Book Festival are members of the Jewish Book Council Network.

Multi-Author Events

For the events with more than one author, due to travel arrangements, the order in which they present will be decided a few days prior to their event. If you’d like to know the order, please email fedstar18@gmail.com or call the Federation office at 239.263.4205.

Praise for the Festival’s Authors and Books Living With a SEAL by Jesse Itzler: “Living With a SEAL is funny and compelling with practical wisdom that leaves the reader feeling elevated and empowered.

It also deeply impacted my own personal journey to health, fitness and well-being.” – Cory Booker, U.S. Senator for NJ

Blood, Sweat, and My Rock ‘n’ Roll Years by Steve Katz: “Katz engagingly recounts fascinating stories in an insightful, intelligent, sometimes wistful and sometimes funny style that makes this one of the few rock memoirs worth reading from beginning to end.” – Publishers Weekly

Karolina’s Twins by Ronald H. Balson: “A heartbreaking tale of a mother’s love, friendship, and family in the face of increasingly brutal conditions and the constant threat of imminent death in Nazi-occupied Poland…reminiscent of the author’s first novel Once We Were Brothers…compelling.” – Library Journal

On the Origins of Sports by Gary Belsky: “I found this book to be massively fun, educational, and inspiring – and I don’t even like sports.” – A. J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically

Ina’s Kitchen by Ina Pinkney: “For all of us who are used to being fed well by our Jewish mothers, Ina’s is a delicious comfort – as is Ina, herself.” – David Axelrod, Political Strategist, Institute of Politics, University of Chicago Die Laughing by William Novak: “A priest, a minister and a rabbi finally agree: this is one funny book. Geezer-licious!” – Jack Handey, author of Deep Thoughts Mrs. Houdini by Victoria Kelly: “A splendid debut novel...Moving effortlessly beyond mere fictionalized biography, Kelly delivers a richly lyrical and thought-provoking novel with closing twists that feel as impossible, inevitable, and satisfying – as magical, in short – as one of Houdini’s own illusions.” – Publishers Weekly

The Nazi Titanic by Robert P. Watson: “Wow! What an incredible and tragic story. Just when you think nothing more could be written about what the Jewish prisoners suffered during the Holocaust, along comes this remarkable account. I cried with pain at Professor Watson’s portrayal of hell during the final days of World War II. A must read for anyone who cares about the brutality of war.”

– Alan Dershowitz White Walls by Judy Batalion: “Told in a style that is anxiously charming, Batalion’s memoir asks what it means to love both our parents and to be free from their wreckage.” – Los Angeles Review of Books One of These Things First by Steven Gaines: “Breezy, irreverent, amusing...replete with scandal, scurrilous characters, assorted bacchanalia, and all manner of wretched excess.” – Laura Landro, Wall Street Journal

FESTIVAL TICKETS

Patron Festival Package When you purchase a Patron Festival Package, you help support the Festival and receive benefits not available to other ticket buyers. For just $199, you get: Tickets to all 12 events Reserved seating in the front rows or tables at each event Invitations to two private author receptions (additional authors may be added at a later date): • Alyson Richman & Ronald Balson – Wednesday, January 11, catered buffet lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Temple Shalom prior to their event • Steve Katz – An event on January 19 or 20 (depending on Steve’s travel itinerary) Recognition in the Federation Star

Series Pass

When you purchase a Series Pass, you get tickets to all 12 events for just $149.

This $182 value includes three meals and presentations by 20 authors, including the featured event with Steve Katz! (Does not include Patron Festival Package bonuses listed above.)

7-Event Package

Tickets to the 7 events scheduled to have 2 or 3 authors are $12 each in advance and $15 at the door. Purchase a package to all 7 events for just $56 (an $84 value).

Free Event

With any ticket purchase, you can get a free ticket to the Amy Kurzweil event on Thursday, January 19 at 7:00 pm at the Federation office. Due to limited space, this offer is limited to the first 50 reservations.

Thursday, January 19

Presents the First Annual Presents theFirst 2nd Annual Presents the Annual

February 18 - March 14, 2016 February 18 -~March 14, 2016 11 events 23 authors 11 events ~ 23 authors All events take place in Naples All events take place in Naples

Program begins at 2:00pm Doors open at 1:30pm Hilton Naples (5111 Tamiami Trail N) Complimentary Valet Parking Steve Katz Blood, Sweat, and My Rock ‘n’ Roll Years

ADMIT ONE

Tickets ARE transferable and can be given to others.

These are just a few of the books These are just a few of the the books Take advantage of special offers above and save! you’ll hear about at the Festival: you’ll hear about at the Festival:

Jewish Book Festival Ticket Order Form Patron Festival Package: Tickets to all 12 events

$199 x ___ package(s) = total $_____

Bonuses: Includes reserved seat in front rows/tables at each event, invitations to two private author receptions (with food), and recognition in the Federation Star.

Series Pass: Tickets to all 12 events (a $182 value) $149 x ___ pass(es) Does NOT include Patron Festival Package bonuses.

Featured Event: Thursday, January 19 @ 2:00pm

Steve Katz (Book talk & mini-concert)

= total $_____

$18 x ___ = $_____ ($25 at the door)

Luncheons and Breakfast at the Hilton Naples: Tuesday, December 13 @ 11:30am Luncheon w/ Kate Siegel & Kim Friedman $36 x ___ = $_____ Please indicate choice of meal:  chicken  salmon  vegetarian

Thursday, January 5 @ 11:30am Monday, February 27 @ 9:00am

Luncheon with Jesse Itzler

$36 x ___ = $_____

Breakfast with Ina Pinkney

$36 x ___ = $_____

Please indicate choice of meal:  chicken  salmon  vegetarian

Events with more than one author (choose the Package or individual events):

7-Event Package: Tickets to all 7 events below (an $84 value) $56 x ___ = $_____ Wednesday, January 11 @ 1:00pm Monday, January 23 @ 1:00pm Monday, January 30 @ 7:00pm Wednesday, February 8 @ 1:00pm Monday, February 20 @ 7:00pm Thursday, March 2 @ 1:00pm Monday, March 13 @ 1:00pm

Alyson Richman & Ronald H. Balson Josh Aronson & Robert P. Watson Gary Belsky & Gail Buckland Judy Batalion & Noa Baum Julie Tarney & Steven Gaines J. Brown, V. Kelly, M. Hall Kelly Eric Golub & William Novak

$12 x ___ = $_____ ($15 at the door) $12 x ___ = $_____ “ $12 x ___ = $_____ “ $12 x ___ = $_____ “ $12 x ___ = $_____ “ $12 x ___ = $_____ “ $12 x ___ = $_____ “

Free event with any ticket purchase (limited to the first 50 reservations): Thursday, January 19 @ 7:00pm Amy Kurzweil # of tickets ___ (1 ticket per person) • Tickets will be mailed beginning in early December, or can be picked up at the events.

• Tickets ARE transferable and can be given to others.

• Open seating at all events. Front rows/tables will be reserved for Patrons and Sponsors.

• If an author cancels (weather, illness, etc.) we will attempt to reschedule the author in late March or April. Your original ticket will be good for the rescheduled event.

• No refunds unless entire event (both authors for multi-author events) is canceled and not rescheduled. For ticket packages, refund will be prorated.

• Tickets are NOT tax deductible.

• If a venue needs to be changed, ticket buyers will be notified.

• All events will take place in Naples.

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SPONSORS

Jewish Book Festival Sponsors A special “Thank You” to the following businesses and organizations for their generous support of the Collier County Jewish Book Festival!

Women’s Cultural Alliance

The 2nd Annual Collier County Jewish Book Festival is presented by

For updates and more information, visit the official Festival website at www.JewishBookFestival.org