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Jewish Arts and Bookfest

Schedule

11:00 am

Auditorium

We Are Not Strangers

with Josh Tuininga

For ages 12 and up

Seminar Room

From Life to Novel: My Journey into The Anatomy of Exile

with Zeeva Bukai

Helzel Study Room

Reimagining the Jewish Mother

with Elissa Strauss and Deena Aranoff

Conference Room

Legacies: Generations of  Holocaust Writing

with Susanne (Sanne) Kalter DeWitt, Grace Feuerverger, and Simi Monheit

Kitchen

Community Art Project: Mosaic Hamsa

with Nancy Katz

For all ages
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult

Lobby

Exhibitors and Book Fair

11:50 pm

Auditorium

Chance Reiniesch

Musical Performance

12:00 pm

Auditorium

Holding the Widest Tent: Jewish Culture in the  Current Moment

with Penina Eilberg-Schwartz, Lexi Laban, David Katznelson, Elissa Strauss, and Hannah Weisman

Seminar Room

Memoir Comics Workshop

with Leah Yael Levy

For ages 12 and up

Helzel Study Room

Magnes Museum Tour: Binding of Tradition

with Achinoam Aldouby

Conference Room

Steven Rood and Marcia Falk, a Poetry Reading

Presented by Bay Area Book Festival

Kitchen

Community Art Project: Mosaic Hamsa

with Nancy Katz

For all ages
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult

Lobby

Exhibitors and Book Fair

12:50 pm

Auditorium

Chance Reiniesch

Musical Performance

1:00 pm

Auditorium

Oracles and Golems: Jewish Futurism and Fantasy

with Adam Mansbach, Helene Wecker, and Michael David Lukas

Seminar Room

Malkah’s Notebook

with Mira Amiras and Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan

Helzel Study Room

Between War and  Peace

with Margarita Meklina, Tatyana Sundeyeva, Olga Zilberbourg, and Sasha Vasilyuk

Conference Room

Epistolary Memoirs

with Rachel Biale

Kitchen

Community Art Project: Mosaic Hamsa

with Nancy Katz

For all ages
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult

Lobby

Exhibitors and Book Fair

2:00 pm

Auditorium

Food & Wine: A Jewish Journey

with Jeff Morgan and Covenant Wines

IDs required to participate in the wine tasting

Seminar Room

Jewish Women Writers of Argentina

Presented by Yiddish Theatre Ensemble

Helzel Study Room

Magnes Study Session: People of theBook

with Achinoam Aldouby

Conference Room

The Broken Tablets: Wholeness & Brokenness with Intuitive Collage

Zine workshop presented by artist Danielle Friedman

For all ages
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult

Kitchen

Community Art Project: Mosaic Hamsa

with Nancy Katz

For all ages
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult

Lobby

Exhibitors and Book Fair

3:00 pm

Auditorium

Daniel Handler in Conversation

with Daniel Handler (A.K.A. Lemony Snicket) and Chanan Tigay

Kitchen

Community Art Project: Mosaic Hamsa

with Nancy Katz

For all ages
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult

Lobby

Exhibitors and Book Fair

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