The Boston Jewish Book Fair is a series of literary events featuring an eclectic line-up of notable authors. Programs include panel discussions, readings and workshops by some of the best voices in Jewish literature.

The Book Fair is complemented by a wide selection of Jewish books, including contemporary fiction, religion, Yiddish, cookbooks and children's books, available for sale in the Gift Shop.

Three easy ways to purchase tickets:
1.    Online by clicking the links below each show.
2.    By calling the JCC Box Office at 617-965-5226.
3.    By visiting the Box Office in the lobby of the JCC.
       (Box Office open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12-5pm
       and Fridays before a show from 12-4.)

Visit our master calendar for tickets, times and dates to all Boston Jewish Book Fair, Magic Ark Children's Series and Jewish Theatre of New England Shows. 

Recommended for ages 3 -8
$12/family or $10/JCC family
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For nearly two decades, award-winning author and storyteller Mark Binder has been delighting readers and listeners around the world with his tales of Chelm.  He'll share some of his favorites for all ages - young, old, even teenagers!  Binder is the author of The Brothers Shlemiel, the Council of Wise Women and A Hanukkah Present, which was the finalist for the National Jewish Book Award for Family Literature.

Recommended for all ages
$7/family or $5/JCC family
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The Boston Jewish Book Fair is honored to present the first Jewish woman to be elected as governor of any state. Madeleine Kunin was elected to three terms as the governor of Vermont and served as the Deputy Secretary of Education and Ambassador to Switzerland under President Bill Clinton. Join us for a fascinating discussion about women’s role in government and contemporary leadership. (photo credit Paul Boisvert)

The League of Women Voters hosts Madeleine M. Kunin, State Senators Marian Walsh and Cynthia Creem and other women involved in state, local and national politics for a discussion about motivating more women to run for public office.

Robin Young is the award-winning host of WBUR’s Here and Now. She has hosted the Today Show and CBS Morning and is best known to Boston audiences for her part in launching the popular Evening Magazine on WBZ-TV.

A rare firsthand account of the childhood of a St. Louis women, Anna Spector Dien, who grew up in the Ukraine from 1905 – 1915. Dr. Lawrence Coben has created a fascinating glimpse into shtetl life in Korsun during the eventful times of World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution and the Russian Civil War.

Peter Zheutlin vividly recounts the story of the audacious women who turned every Victorian notion of female propriety on its ear. Around the World on Two Wheels blends social history and high adventure into an unforgettable portrait of courage, imagination and tenacity.

A Polish immigrant of Jewish background, Ernestine Rose was an inspiring, courageous and controversial founding leader of the first wave of feminism. Author and scholar Paula Doress-Worters (Our Bodies, Ourselves and related books) has written a groundbreaking work, a collection of speeches and letters along with a perspective on the life of this extraordinary woman.

Admission: Free

Leah Hager Cohen             Margot Singer              Nellie Hermann
     House Lights         The Pale of Settlement   The Cure for Grief

Join us for a reading of new and awe-inspiring fiction by this award-winning group of writers. Margot Singer is the recipient of the Flannery O’Conner Award for Short Fiction for her work and Nellie Hermann’s insightful debut has received critical acclaim. Leah Hager-Cohen has received a New York Times Notable Book Award (four times), American Library Association Ten Best Books of the Year and Booksense 76 Pick.

Admission: Free

Israeli author Aliza Lavie has written a beautiful and moving one-of-a-kind collection that draws from a variety of Jewish traditions to commemorate every occasion and passage in the cycle of life.

Admission: Free

Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...has been a breakout bestseller for longtime philosophers and comedians Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. Come be entertained and enlightened. This promises to be great fun whether you’re a curious layman or a well-versed professor of Nichomachean Ethics. (photo credit for Klein/Cathcart: Bill Hughes and Stefan Billups)

Sex and the City star Evan Handler relates the deeply moving account of his struggle to come back to life after his fight with acute leukemia in his 20’s. Handler’s hilarious and heart-wrenching book succeeds as both a stirring love story and a classic coming of age tale. Evan Handler currently co-stars in Showtime’s hit series Californication with David Duchovny. (photo credit Kirk Edwards, Showtime Networks)

Purchase our Literary Day Pass for tickets to all events on Nov 16.
Tickets are $18/member or $20/nonmember.  Save $6/member or $10/nonmember.

Relax and enjoy some wine and cheese while listening to a conversation about parenting between acclaimed local author Anita Diamant and Rabbi Michelle Robinson. The updated edition of the classic parenting book combines insights from Jewish tradition with contemporary thinking about how children learn and grow.