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Book Festival
A miscellany of books that didn’t make it to this year’s MJCCA event.
October 16, 2024, 10:21 am
Selections Missing from This Year’s Book Festival
A miscellany of books that didn’t make it to this year’s MJCCA event.
By Bob Bahr
"The Summer Pact," by Emily Geffin
October 16, 2024, 10:15 am
Giffin to Present on Nov. 2 at Festival
New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin appears on Opening Night at the 33rd edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA.
By Robyn Spizman Gerson
"My Life in Recipes," by Joan Nathan
October 16, 2024, 10:13 am
‘My Life In Recipes’ by Joan Nathan
Nathan has been described as the “Grand Dame of Jewish Cooking.”
By Bob Bahr
The cast of “My Unorthodox Life,” on Netflix.
January 11, 2023, 12:57 pm
Divorce and Drama in ‘My Unorthodox Life’
Netflix is back with Season 2 of the reality show featuring mogul Julia Haart and her close clan’s pushing and pulling against the joys and walls of observance.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
October 15, 2021, 12:25 pm
Interview with ‘Three Sisters’ Author Heather Morris
Holocaust survivors, the Meller sisters, stress the importance of keeping the memory of family and history alive.
By Dr. Terry Segal
After his liberation from Auschwitz, teenager Thomas Geve drew 79 works based on a secret diary he had kept, describing daily life in the concentration camp. He never drew another picture.
October 15, 2021, 11:55 am
A Year of Choices for Jewish Book Lovers
Nine books for Jewish readers that are worth another look.
By Bob Bahr
October 14, 2021, 4:32 pm
Calendar for MJCCA’s Festival of Arts & Authors 2021-2022 Season
Some highlights from the MJCCA Festival of Arts & Authors.
By Compiled by AJT staff
October 14, 2021, 3:37 pm
Federman’s Stand-Up Comedy Book Stands Up
The comedian’s “History of Stand Up” is an easy, amusing, even scholarly look at the shtick business in only 130 pages.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
October 14, 2021, 3:36 pm
Rubenstein Explores America’s Complexity
The Bloomberg Television interviewer includes a dozen of his conversation in a book on how history and culture have shaped the country.
By Bob Bahr
October 14, 2021, 3:35 pm
Cookbook Author Serves Up More Desserts
For the first time, savory pastries are featured alongside sweet treats in Greenspan’s lavish new dessert book.
By Bob Bahr
October 14, 2021, 3:34 pm
Beauty Triumphs Over Despair in Artist’s Book
Mindy Weisel’s memoir is about becoming an artist after growing up with parents who were Holocaust survivors.
By Bob Bahr
October 14, 2021, 3:34 pm
‘Competing With Idiots’ Honors Hollywood Greats
This dual biography about Joe and Herman Mankiewicz follows the highs and lows of two brothers who help define Hollywood’s golden era.
By Bob Bahr
October 14, 2021, 3:33 pm
4,978 Schools that Changed America
Andrew Feiler’s “A Better Life for their Children” tells the story of a unique collaboration that brought much-needed educational facilities to underserved communities — especially in the South.
By Chana Shapiro
October 14, 2021, 3:32 pm
David Grossman’s Latest Is a Winner
Like many of his previous books, the Israeli novelist’s “More Than I Love My Life” is a first-person narrative that deals with the complex love between mothers and their children.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
October 14, 2021, 3:31 pm
The Diverse Experiences of Women During COVID
49 personal essays chronicle the pandemic’s toll on Atlanta’s Jewish women and girls.
By Jan Jaben
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