Calling all book lovers!

The 2022 Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Books and Arts Festival celebrates 50 years of bringing authors, music, theater, and films to the community. This year’s lineup features celebrity memoirs, international authors, debut novelists, children, and parenting experts. One of the highlights of the annual festival is the Community Read event where book clubs and individual readers around the city are encouraged to read a specially selected book. This year’s Community Read selection is Metropolis, a true page turner about six strangers with a common connection that leads to a mysterious accident, by New York Times bestselling author B.A. Shapiro. Community Read co-chairs Jeryl Golub, Nada Chandler, and Christine Laskin (pictured, from left) will welcome Shapiro to speak on her novel on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 pm. Festival tickets are on sale at erjcchouston.org and Metropolis can be purchased at bookshop.org/shop/erjcchouston or in person at the J’s front desk.

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