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Jewish Author Event

In conjunction with the Jewish Book Council, the Jewish Federation of Omaha holds an annual author event featuring a Jewish author speaking in a relaxed setting. Typically, the event is held in the spring with light appetizers, beverages and desserts served.

Spring Jewish Author Event with B.A. Shapiro

Monday, March 30  |  6:00 pm
at the Jewish Federation of Omaha

Author Talk with B.A. Shapiro about her most recent novel,
The Lost Masterpiece.

Discover the truth behind a stolen masterpiece — a painting that refuses to stay silent. When Tamara Rubin inherits Party on the Seine, she unlocks a century-old secret tied to forbidden love, artistic genius, and a vengeful spirit who still has unfinished business. Dive into a thrilling world where art remembers everything — and refuses to let the past die.

Registration required- $18 per person

Registration required before March 26

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Includes appetizers, desserts and beverages. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

 

About the Author:
B. A. Shapiro is the best­selling author of The Collector’s Appren­tice, The Mural­ist, and The Art Forg­er, which won the New Eng­land Book Award for Fic­tion and the Boston Authors Soci­ety Award for Fic­tion, among oth­er hon­ors. Before becom­ing a nov­el­ist, she taught soci­ol­o­gy at Tufts Uni­ver­si­ty and cre­ative writ­ing at North­east­ern Uni­ver­si­ty. She and her hus­band, Dan, divide their time between Boston and Florida.

Read more about the book HERE
Learn more about the author HERE

This program is made possible by the JFO’s membership in Jewish Book Council, with the support of the following Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation funds: Shirley & Leonard Goldstein Supporting Foundation, Milton S. & Corinne N. Livingston Foundation Fund, The Carl Frohm Memorial Foundation, Anonymous

Previous authors:

2025  |  Micah Siva, NOSH: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine
2024  |  Arthur Smith,  Reach
2023  |  Jean Meltzer,  Mr. Perfect on Paper
2022  |  Alison Hammer, Little Pieces of Me
2019  |   Elyssa Friedland, The Floating Feldmans
2018  |  Alexandra Silber, After Anatevka
2017  |  Annabelle Gurwitch, Wherever You Go, There They Are
2016  |  Stanley Ginsberg, The Rye Baker
2015  |  Pam Jenoff, The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
2014  |  Susan Jane Gilman, The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
2013  |  Lynne Meredith Golodner, The Flavors of Faith: Holy Breads
2012  |  Janna Yeshanova, Love is Never Past Tense
2011  |  Stephen Fried, Appetite for America