Jewish Book Festival
Western Canada Jewish Book Awards 2025
Join us to celebrate the winning authors at the
Awards Ceremony: Tuesday, May 13 at 7:00pm
Free admission. Register here
We are thrilled to announce the finalists! – Click for full list
FICTION – The Nancy Richler Memorial Prize
NON-FICTION – The Pinsky Givon Family Prize
MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY – The Cindy Roadburg Memorial Prize
POETRY – The Betty Averbach Foundation Prize
CHILDREN & YOUTH – The Diamond Foundation Prize
HOLOCAUST– The Kahn Family Foundation Prize
“JOURNEY THROUGH THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR” Book Presentation
BEN SHNEIDERMAN presents the English translation of S.L. SHNEIDERMAN – Journey Through the Spanish Civil War
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ZACK GALLERY EXHIBIT
This newly published English translation has been described as “a powerful record of courage, brutality, and suffering…A valuable, intimate narrative of war.” Written in 1938 in Yiddish by Ben’s father, S.L. Shneiderman, who was considered “the first Yiddish war reporter”, the book was published in Polish in 2022, Spanish in 2023, and this 2024 English translation comes from the Yiddish Book Center. Shneiderman arrived in Spain in 1936 to cover the conflict between the forces of the Republican government and the Fascist insurrectionists led by Francisco Franco for the Yiddish press, cognizant of the interest of his Jewish readership in the outcome of the war and in the fate of the thousands of Jews who had come to Spain to join the fight. The book’s 10 photos were taken by Ben’s uncle, the legendary photojournalist David Seymour -“Chim”, whose work will be surrounding the book talk audience in the Zack Gallery. BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
2025 Digital Guide
JBF Program-2025-DIGITALAbout the JCC Jewish Book Festival
The Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival is one of Vancouver’s leading cultural and literary events, attracting a large and varied audience of over 5,000 people of all ages. This highly popular community-wide event brings together prominent and emerging Jewish writers and non-Jewish writers on Jewish subject matter.
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Author Submissions
The JCC Jewish Book Festival’s mandate is to showcase Jewish writers or non-Jewish writers with Jewish interest subject matter. Submissions information for the 2025 Festival – click here
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