Resources: Jewish Literary Festivals & Reading Series

U.S. Literary Festivals

(bold listings have online remote offerings)

Northeast

• Jewish Arts Collaborative (based near Boston, with events in literature and the arts)
• Jewish Poetry Series—JCC Buffalo (virtual readings only)
• JCC Lane Dworkin Rochester Jewish Book Festival (Rochester, NY; November)
• New England Jewish Poetry Festival (Sunday, February 5, 2023)
• New York Jewish Book Festival (Museum of Jewish Heritage, NY, NY; December)

Midwest

• Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival (JCC Ann Arbor, MI; November)
• Detroit Jewish Book Fair (JCC of Metropolitan Detroit, MI; November)
• Cleveland Jewish Book Festival (Mandel JCC, Cleveland, OH; November)
• St. Louis Jewish Book Festival (St. Louis, MO; November)

Southeast

• Berrin Family Jewish Book Family (Alper JCC, Miami, FL; October-April)
• Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival (Naples, FL; November-March)
• Book Festival of the Marcus JCC of Atlanta (Dunwoody, GA; November) 
• Lee & Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival (Virginia Beach, VA; November-December)
• Nashville Jewish Book Series (Gordon JCC, Nashville, TN)

Southwest

• Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Books & Arts Festival (Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, Houston, TX; October-November)
• Dallas Jewish BookFest (Aaron Family JCC, Dallas, TX; July-April)

West

• Jewish Book Festival (Jewish Federation of the Greater San Gabriel & Pomona Valleys, Monrovia, CA; October-December)

International

• Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival (Vancouver, BC; February)
• London International Literacy Festival’s Jewish Book Week (London, England; February-March)

International Literary Festivals

(bold listings have online remote offerings)

International

• Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival (Vancouver, BC; February)
• London International Literacy Festival’s Jewish Book Week (London, England; February-March)