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25.01.2022 Hear Simon Schama discussing antisemitism in his conversation with Jonathan Pearlman. The full interview can be viewed here - https://youtu.be/gQiwgjUWCoQ

25.01.2022 Isabelle Oderberg is a former journalist who worked for Reuters, Dow Jones, AAP and at News Corp. She was Australia’s first social media editor, sat on the Melbourne Press Club Board for five years and was a founding member of Women in Media Victoria. She now works in the NFP sector as well as a freelance journalist. You’ve read her words most recently in ‘The Guardian’, ABC Life, Beat and Artshub. Isabelle is currently writing her first book. Join Isabelle Oderberg for break...fast at the upcoming Jewish Museum of Australia breakfast on 30 September. https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=657447& ************ AND ************* Register for Melbourne Jewish Book Week’s next FREE online event on Tuesday 13 October 8pm AEST Reconciliation, Identity and Imagined Futures: Claire G. Coleman and Shais Rishon in Conversation with Isabelle Oderberg https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_L0Mtp7h_TFuD0wyjXTRRaw Join Melbourne journalist Isabelle Oderberg as she speaks with Noongar writer Claire G. Coleman and writer, Black American and Orthodox Rabbi Shais Rishon as they journey through the variegated terrain of identity and belonging. Exploring experiences of connection and community alongside those of disconnection and divide, Oderberg will uncover Coleman and Rishon’s realities, fears and hopes through the prism of their writing, both fiction and non-fiction. MJBW is supported by its media partner The Australian Jewish News Avenue BookstoreJeffreys BooksReadings Carlton

25.01.2022 MJBW congratulates Gigi Fenster on receiving the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for her novel, A Good Winter. Gigi was to appear in our MJBW 2020 Festival. Readings CarltonAvenue BookstoreJeffreys BooksText Publishing... https://www.textpublishing.com.au//2020-micheal-gifkins-pr

25.01.2022 An outstanding list of book titles and their authors had recently been named as finalists for the 2020 National Book Award. Two of the fiction titles were recommended during the MJBW Summer Reading Guide event for your reading pleasure: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu was named, Winner for Fiction.... Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam was a finalist in the same category. For more information about all the the finalists and their remarkable books https://www.nationalbook.org/awa/national-book-awards-2020/ For a recording of the MJBW Summer Reading Guide https://youtu.be/EmG_4mGF0f0 Readings CarltonAvenue BookstoreJeffreys Books The Australian Jewish News Dunera Project

24.01.2022 We share with you the Israeli family film Sky Raiders which is screening this weekend at Classic and Lido Cinemas for the Children’s International Film Festival. Recommended for ages 8+, this uplifting family drama follows classmates Yotam and Noa, both of whom are obsessed with aircrafts and flying, but encounter major obstacles in their way. https://www.chiff.com.au/films/sky-raiders#... Classic Cinema ElsternwickLido Cinemas

23.01.2022 Jonathan Sacks, the U.K’s inclusive former Chief Rabbi and a towering public intellectual with numerous literary prizes for over 30 published books to his name, passed away recently at the age of 72. His last book Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times, an inspiring vision of a world in which we can all find our place and face the future without fear, was published earlier this year. Sacks leads readers from ancient Greece to the Enlightenment to the present day... to show that there is no liberty without morality and no freedom without responsibility, Other books written by Jonathan Sacks include Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence, The Dignity of Difference, To Heal a Fractured World. We are saddened by the loss of this great spiritual leader and prolific writer.

22.01.2022 In celebration of Chanukah, hope, reading and stories we share with you Tali Lavi talking to Meredith Lake for ABC Radio National’s Soul Search.

22.01.2022 In memory Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933-2020 "Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has." ... My Own Words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W Williams. https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/my-own-words Review courtesy of the Jewish Book Council

22.01.2022 If you missed our fabulous event you can catch up on what you missed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lRmPI_qBf8&feature=youtu.be For recordings of our other events visit our website ... https://melbournejewishbookweek.com.au and subscribe to MJBW on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb-aKHT3Y7FO_GkJISHNsGQ Supported by our media partner The Australian Jewish News ReadingsAvenue BookstoreJeffreys Books

22.01.2022 MJBW is excited to announce its upcoming October event. Registrations open now for this free online event. https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_L0Mtp7h_TFuD0wyjXTRRaw... Supported by our media partner The Australian Jewish News Readings Avenue Bookstore Jeffreys Books

21.01.2022 This year, the traditional Rosh Hashanah greetings for a healthy, peaceful and prosperous year have a resonance for the entire world. From near and far, until we can all meet again, 'Shana tova u'metukah' have a safe and sweet New Year. Best wishes from the MJBW Team.

21.01.2022 Make sure to read the review of Alex Miller’s book Max by MJBW Director Nicolas Brasch in this week’s AJN. Also to watch MJBW’s interview with Alex Miller. https://youtu.be/6wZIvLtZCHY... The Australian Jewish News Readings CarltonAvenue BookstoreJeffreys Books

20.01.2022 Did you watch the fabulous MJBW June Gala Event? Here is your opportunity if you missed out. 'Fake It Till You Make It: A Night of Storytelling & Fakery' features 8 Australian & international guests performing original commissioned pieces. You can purchase a catch-up ticket to watch the Gala Event at any time and for any price. This is a pay-what-you-can-event with a recommended ticket price of $18.00, which will support the ongoing work of MJBW in celebrating and sharing Je...wish literary culture with you. Upon purchasing a catch-up ticket, you will be redirected to a non-expiring video link, allowing you to watch the Gala whenever you'd like, on any device. Click here to purchase a ticket. https://gumroad.com/l/mjbwgala

20.01.2022 Philip Salom is an award-winning poet and critically-acclaimed writer. He has published four novels and fourteen books of poetry, including Waiting and The Fifth Season. In Philip's book chat, the author discusses his 2019 novel, The Returns, a story about the eccentricities, failings and small triumphs that humans are capable of. The Returns was shortlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the 2020 Queensland Premier’s Literary Award. https://youtu.be/V95nYEHZ...XTw Each individual book chat for seasons one and two is now available on the MJBW website look for the Book Chats page. https://melbournejewishbookweek.com.au/book-chats/ The Australian Jewish News Readings Carlton Avenue Bookstore Jeffreys Books

20.01.2022 Nicole Krauss has been hailed by the New York Times as ‘one of America’s most important novelists’. Spend one hour in literary heaven as Nicole Krauss talks to Tali Lavi about her latest book To Be a Man and so much more. Streaming FREE on YouTube Thursday 28th January at 8.00 pm AEDT. One week to go book now via ... https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=687544& Supported by our media partner The Australian Jewish News and bookselling partners Avenue Bookstore, Readings and Jeffreys Books. More about Nicole Krauss: Krauss has been shortlisted multiple times for major literary awards. Her four novels 'Man Walks Into a Room' (2002), twice Orange Prize-shortlisted 'The History of Love' (2005) and 'Great House' (2010), also a finalist for the National Book Award, and 'Forest Dark' (2017), have been translated into 37 languages. Her fiction has been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Esquire, Granta’s Best American Novelists Under 40, and has been included in Best American Short Stories 2003, 2008 and 2019. 'To Be a Man: Stories', published in November 2020, is her most recent book.

20.01.2022 To register for our next free live event on the second Tuesday of the month Tuesday 13 October at 8pm AEST https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_L0Mtp7h_TFuD0wyjXTRRaw... The Australian Jewish News ReadingsAvenue BookstoreJeffreys Books

18.01.2022 HAVE YOU BOOKED YOUR TICKETS FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT? https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=754318& Tuesday 8th June 2021... 7.30 pm 9.30 pm AEST See more

16.01.2022 Announcing MJBW’s next free online event on the second Tuesday of the month ...... Tuesday 13 October at 8pm AEST Reconciliation, Identity and Imagined Futures: Claire G. Coleman and Shais Rishon in Conversation with Isabelle Oderberg Supported by our media partner The Australian Jewish News... The Avenue Bookstore Readings CarltonJeffreys Books

16.01.2022 Join us this Tuesday at 8pm AEST for this free online event. Dr Paul Valent MBBS, DPM, FRANZCP, will discuss the enigma of violence and its relationship to love with Dr Rachael Kohn AO, FRSNSW. Supported by our media partner The Australian Jewish News... Registration required. https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_UpgQYgggR8qPzKiWhj0N5A

16.01.2022 ANNOUNCING THE NEXT MJBW ONLINE EVENT -MJBW Winter Book Club: The Believer: Encounters with Love, Death & Faith https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_TlHLzQSvRO63zmIR4nqJRQ Text Publishing... The Australian Jewish News Avenue BookstoreReadingsJeffreys Books See more

14.01.2022 Some of Elissa Goldstein's book stack of favourites and mentions during the recent MJBW Summer Reading Guide event. Read the entire list below. Book That Got Me Reading Again: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery... Non-Fiction Pick: Culture Warlords by Talia Lavin Fiction Pick: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam Flash Picks: Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, In Praise of Veg by Alice Zaslavsky, The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante Book I’m Most Looking Forward to Reading: Where the Fruit Falls by Karen Wyld & While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams Other books mentioned: Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Topeka School by Ben Lerner Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante To catch up or revisit our popular recording https://youtu.be/EmG_4mGF0f0 Readings CarltonAvenue BookstoreJeffreys Books The Australian Jewish NewsDunera Project

13.01.2022 WATCH: Shais Rishon African-American Orthodox rabbi, activist, and writer on race, difference, and safety in Jewish spaces. Then, on Tuesday October 13, join us for a very special event featuring Shais Rishon, Claire G. Coleman and Isabelle Oderberg: Reconciliation, Identity and Imagined Futures: Claire G. Coleman and Shais Rishon in conversation with Isabelle Oderberg for MJBW... Register via the event link. Proudly supported by The Australian Jewish News

13.01.2022 LISTEN: Claire G. Coleman discusses ‘The Old Lie’ in a short interview with Sarah L’Estrange on RN The Book Show: https://www.abc.net.au//claire-g-colemans-futuris/11461330 Then, on Tuesday October 13, join us for a very special event: Reconciliation, Identity and Imagined Futures: Claire G. Coleman and Shais Rishon in conversation with Isabelle Oderberg for MJBW... Register via the event link. Proudly supported by The Australian Jewish News

13.01.2022 Registration now open for this fabulous free event. https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=687544& MJBW is excited to launch 2021 with ... Nicole Krauss In Conversation With Tali Lavi In a highly-anticipated event, critically acclaimed American writer Nicole Krauss (Man Walks Into a Room, The History of Love, The Great House, Forest Dark and the newly released To Be a Man: Stories) talks to Tali Lavi about freedom, strange truths, restlessness, Kafka and the fluid landscape of fiction writing. Traversing countries and times, Krauss’ work is mesmeric and multi-layered, and internationally adored by many. Supported by our media partner, The Australian Jewish News Thursday 28th January 2021 8.00 - 9.00 pm AEDT Streaming FREE on YouTube bookings required The Australian Jewish News Readings Avenue Bookstore Jeffreys Books Dunera Project

12.01.2022 Some of Bram Presser’s book stack of favourites and mentions during the recent MJBW Summer Reading Guide event. Read the entire list below. Book That Got Me Reading Again: The Slaughterman’s Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits... Non-Fiction Pick: Kafka’s Last Trial by Benjamin Balint Fiction Pick: At Night’s End by Nir Baram Flash Picks: Fracture by Andrés Neuman, Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu, Late Sonata by Bryan Walpert Book I’m Most Looking Forward to Reading: The Lost Shtetl by Max Gross & Three by D.A. Mishani Other books mentioned: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Friend by Sigrid Nunez, Them: Adventures with Extremists by Jon Ronson To catch up or revisit our popular recording https://youtu.be/EmG_4mGF0f0 Readings CarltonAvenue BookstoreJeffreys BooksThe Australian Jewish NewsDunera Project

11.01.2022 Be sure to show some love to your local bookshop ReadingsAvenue BookstoreJeffreys Books

10.01.2022 Did you catch details of our upcoming October event in ARTS BEAT The Australian Jewish News ? Readings CarltonAvenue BookstoreJeffreys Books To register to attend this free online event ... https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_L0Mtp7h_TFuD0wyjXTRRaw

10.01.2022 MAX by Alex Miller is available at your local independent bookshop. Read this astonishing, moving tribute to Alex’s friend, Max Blatt, that is at once a meditation on memory itself, on friendship and a reminder to the reader that history belongs to humanity. There is a bonus. MJBW Festival Director Nicolas Brasch talks to this Australian literary legend Alex Miller, about his first major work of non-fiction, MAX - the search for threads of the life of his best friend. To wat...ch this wonderful conversation ‘Alex Miller on Max Blatt’ https://youtu.be/6wZIvLtZCHY Also available to watch at melbournejewishbookweek.com.au where you can also subscribe to our enews to stay up to date with announcements of future literary conversations. Readings CarltonAvenue BookstoreJeffreys Books The Australian Jewish NewsDunera Project

09.01.2022 We are excited to share with you an upcoming event, The Fig Tree Replanted presented by our friends Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library together with The Boite and the Hellenic Museum. Booking and other details included in the post below. The Fig Tree Replanted is a reinterpretation of The Fig Tree, one of The Boite’s most successful artistic productions in its 40-year history. It was based on the book of short stories by beloved Melbourne author Arnold Zable..., who tells tales of migration, displacement and belonging. https://www.arnoldzable.com.au/books/the-fig-tree/ Arnold Zable’s new book The Watermill will be featured in MJBW’s upcoming Book Club event on Tuesday February 9 at 8pm. Registration is required for this free event - https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_Qqcja038TtO1-0kUzJJNFA Text Publishing

09.01.2022 Tali Lavi's book stack of some of her favourites and mentions during the recent MJBW Summer Reading Guide event. Read the entire list below. Book That Got Me Reading Again: What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez... Non-Fiction Pick: The Wolf of Baghdad: Memoir of a Lost Homeland by Carol Isaacs Fiction Pick: Speedboat by Renata Adler Flash Picks: The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid, Wild Milk by Sabrina Orah Mark, Summer by Ali Smith Book I’m Most Looking Forward To Reading: A Jealous Tide by Anna MacDonald & Antkind by Charlie Kaufman Other books mentioned: Recollections of My Non-Existence by Rebecca Solnit Last Days in Babylon by Marina Benjamin To catch up or revisit our popular recording https://youtu.be/EmG_4mGF0f0 Readings CarltonAvenue BookstoreJeffreys Books The Australian Jewish News Dunera Project

09.01.2022 Keep up to date with all MJBW events. Missed a MJBW live event? You can catch up now by visiting our website. https://melbournejewishbookweek.com.au/... supported by our media partner The Australian Jewish News Love your bookshop day 2020 is on Saturday 3 October Support your local bookshop! ReadingsAvenue BookstoreJeffreys Books #lybd2020

09.01.2022 Does the Bard sound better in Yiddish? To find the answer to this and other questions register to attend - Shakespeare Oyf Yiddish https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=653261& brought to you by Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library

07.01.2022 Have you registered yet for this FREE online event hosted by Readings? Michael Gawenda in conversation, Thursday 10 September at 6.30pm. Gawenda will discuss his new book The Powerbroker and Leibler’s immense impact in Australia with journalist Sam Lipski. https://www.readings.com.au//michael-gawenda-in-conversati

06.01.2022 Melbourne Jewish Book Week is committed to the promotion and development of Jewish literary culture. Our events feature a rich variety of authors across an array of genres including prose (both fiction and non-fiction), poetry, plays, journalism, song and film.

06.01.2022 We join Bram Presser in celebrating and congratulating all the winners of the Jewish Book Council’s 2020 National Jewish Book Awards. To rewatch MJBW’s conversation with Colum McCann discussing his award winning book Apeirogon with Mark Baker https://youtu.be/imMMgeKXJ1U... To rewatch MJBW’s Summer Reading Guide featuring Elissa Goldstein, Bram Presser and Tali Lavi discussing their picks including Max Gross’s award winning book The Lost Shtetl. https://youtu.be/imMMgeKXJ1U The Australian Jewish NewsReadingsAvenue BookstoreJeffreys Books

06.01.2022 Biology and culture are two of the key factors in Dr Paul Valent's exploration in 'Heart of Violence', but Valent's childhood experience of surviving the Holocaust inevitably introduces the historical inheritance in the psychology of why people harm each other. Psychiatrist, psychotherapist and traumatologist, Valent explores the nature of violence and discovers an unexpected ingredient, love. On Tuesday 8th Sept, join Valent and Dr Rachael Kohn AO as they discuss the enigma ...of violence and its relationship to love. This is a free online event register via https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_UpgQYgggR8qPzKiWhj0N5A The Australian Jewish News

05.01.2022 For 21 years, Rachael Kohn took listeners of ABC RN on a spiritual adventure helping us navigate the way across major events and trends, like the third millennium, the popularity of cults, women's ordination, Aboriginal land rights, terrorism, and the search for meaning in our lives. We are thrilled to have Rachael with us now for MJBW. Rachael will be in conversation with Paul Valent on Tuesday 8 September at 8pm AEST. ... Registration is required for this FREE online event. https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_UpgQYgggR8qPzKiWhj0N5A Supported by our media partner The Australian Jewish News Photo - Cherished broadcaster Rachael Kohn on her last day, 23 Dec 2018, for ABC RN The Spirit of Things.

05.01.2022 MJBW is excited to share details of JIFF’s return in 2021! We are looking forward to the 2021 Program Launch screening of the Australian Premiere of WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT based on the beloved best-selling novel by Judith Kerr.

05.01.2022 Hope you saw our Festival Director’s reviews in the AJN today. Keep an eye out for Nicolas Brasch’s monthly column. If you haven’t already registered for our regular monthly FREE online event on the second Tuesday of each month, here is the registration link - https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_UpgQYgggR8qPzKiWhj0N5A... Tuesday 8 September at 8pm AEST Dr Paul Valent MBBS, DPM, FRANZCP, will discuss the enigma of violence and its relationship to love with Dr Rachael Kohn AO, FRSNSW. Supported by our media partner The Australian Jewish News

03.01.2022 HAVE YOU BOOKED YOUR TICKETS FOR TONIGHT? https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=754318& Tuesday 8th June 2021... 7.30 pm 9.30 pm AEST To listen to the rest of Ginger’s interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_MQQGhDwyI

03.01.2022 The Booker shortlist has been announced .........

02.01.2022 We share with you details of a talk by Helen Wolfers based on her book, Growing Up Jewish in Australia. Lamm Jewish Library of Australia

01.01.2022 Join us this Thursday 28 January at 8pm for this much anticipated interview with Nicole Krauss. Registration is required for this free event. https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=687544& The Australian Jewish News