Date(s): Sep 26, 2019
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
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A Prologue to the Book Festival of the MJCCA
Welcomes Comedy Legends
Dave Barry and Adam Mansbach for an Author Talk & Signing
September 26, 7:30 pm
(ATLANTA, GA – August 21, 2019) – A Page from the Book Festival of the MJCCA invites the community to laugh and learn with Page from the Book Festival Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry and New York Timesbestselling author Adam Mansbach, authors of A Field Guide to the Jewish People on Thurs, Sept 26 at 7:30 pm. The event will be held at the MJCCA (Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta – 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody). Tickets: $18-$35. For information, visit atlantajcc.org/bookfestival or call 678.812.4002.
About the Book
Why do random Jewish holidays keep springing up unexpectedly? Why are yarmulkes round? Who was the first Jewish comedian? These baffling questions and many more are answered in A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them, What They Have Against Foreskins, How Come They Carry Each Other Around on Chairs, Why They Fled Egypt by Running Straight to a Large Body of Water, and Much More. Maybe Too Much More.
This hilarious tome from three comedy legends (Dave Barry, Adam Mansbach, and Alan Zweibel) contains the sweetness of an apricot rugelach and all the wisdom of a matzoh ball. It dissects every holiday, rite of passage, and tradition, unravels a long and complicated history, and tackles the tough questions that have been plaguing the long-suffering Jewish people everywhere for centuries. Gather round your chosen ones, pop open a bottle of Manischewitz, and get ready to laugh as you finally begin to understand the inner workings of Judaism.
About the Authors
Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor writer and bestselling author whose work has appeared in hundreds of newspapers. The New York Times has pronounced him the funniest man in America. He has written many New York Times bestselling humor books, including Live Right, Best. State. Ever., and Find Happiness (Although Beer Is Much Faster). Dave Barry Slept Here was his version of American history. Dave Barry Does Japan was a contribution to international peace and understanding from which Japan has not yet fully recovered. Dave Barry’s Complete Guide to Guys is among the best-read volumes in rehab centers and prisons. Raised in a suburb of New York, educated in a suburb of Philadelphia, he lives now in a suburb of Miami. He is not, as he often puts it so poetically, making this up.
Adam Mansbach is a novelist, screenwriter, cultural critic, and humorist. He is the author of the #1 New York Timesbestseller Go the F*** to Sleep, which has been translated into 40 languages, named Time Magazine’s 2011 Thing of the Year, and sold over two million copies worldwide. The 2014 sequel, “You Have to F****** Eat,” is also a New York Times bestseller. Mansbach was recently nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and an NAACP Image Award for his screenplay BARRY. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times Book Review, Esquire, The Believer, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, The Moth Storytelling Hour, and This American Life. Mansbach lives in Berkeley, California, and is a frequent lecturer on college campuses.
What is A Prologue to the Book Festival of the MJCCA?
A Prologue to the Book Festival of the MJCCA brings a prestigious array of authors to the Atlanta community before the Book Festival begins. Expanding on the success of the annual November Book Festival of the MJCCA, A Page from the Book Festival and A Prologue to the Book Festival events allow the MJCCA to continue fostering a love of reading and enabling interaction with favorite sought-after authors all year long.
Ticket Prices
- Member: $18 (general admission ticket only; does not include book)
- Community: $25 (general admission ticket only; does not include book)
- Member/Community: $35 (includes one hardcover copy of the book)
Contact Information
Purchase Tickets: MJCCA Box Office at 678.812.4002 or visit atlantajcc.org/bookfestival.
