• Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice with author Judge David S. Tatel

    The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

    A moving, thoughtful, and inspiring memoir by one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers. Judge David S. Tatel (U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit), spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity. **In Conversation with Amanda K. Rice, Issues ...

  • Perfect Enemy with author Alex J. Sinclair

    The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

    Author ALex J. Sinclair will be joined in conversation with Michele Faudem, Rabbi Educator, JLearn Instructor, Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit in a thoughtful conversation about Israel's friends and enemies on the page and in the real world. About the Book: In a covert laboratory under the streets of Tel Aviv, an Israeli scientist clones Hitler ...

  • Two Envelopes: What You Want Your Loved Ones to Know When You Die with Michigan author Rusty Rosman

    The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

    Michigan author Rusty Rosman will be joined in conversation with Rabbi Joseph Krakoff, CEO, Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network. About the Book: When you die, there are so many things your family and loved ones need to know. Two Envelopes is your voice, conveying your wishes regarding your death and your estate. With a unique ...

  • The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy with Adam Nimoy

    The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

    While the tabloids and fan publications portrayed the Nimoys as a “close family,” to his son Adam, Leonard Nimoy was a total stranger. Discover how the son of Spock learned to navigate this tumultuous relationship—from Shabbat dinners to basement AA meetings— and how he was finally able to reconcile with his father—and with himself in ...

  • When Woman Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion w/author Julie Satow

    The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

    A glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them. Julie Satow draws back the curtain on three visionaries who took great risks, forging new paths for the women who followed in their footsteps. This stylish account captures the department store in all its glitz, decadence, ...

  • LUNCH WITH THE AUTHORS featuring Mimi Zieman and Rachel Beanland

    The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

    Featuring Authors Rachel Beanland and Mimi Zieman The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland is a “wildly entertaining” (NPR), “gripping” (The Washington Post) work of historical fiction about an incendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and tore apart a community in a single night. Based on the true story of the Richmond ...

  • Book Fair: Michigan Authors Spotlight

    The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

    The Detroit Jewish Book Fair shines the spotlight on some of the area’s most diverse authors including Carol & Alana Blumenstein (KidsRead2Kids Presents... Amazing Tales!), Rabbi Boruch Cohen (Think Outside The Lox: A fresh perspective on Jewish Teachings and Traditions), Lisa Kaplan (_Our Family has a Secret: A Children's Book About Addiction in a Jewish ...

  • It Takes Two to Torah with authors Abigail Pogrebin & Rabbi Dov Linzer

    The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

    For the first time, in a single volume (It Takes Two to Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way Through the Five Books of Moses), readers can take a tour of the entire Torah through the medium of one challenging, instructive, irreverent, animated conversation. Rabbi Dov Linzer , an Orthodox ...

  • Brad Meltzer

    The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

    " If you really want to shock the world, unleash your kindness." —Brad Meltzer Based on bestselling author Brad Meltzer’s viral commencement speech for his son’s 2024 graduating class at the University of Michigan, MAKE MAGIC is the little book of hope for anyone who has ever wished for more. More authenticity. More empathy. More ...

  • Schuler Book Days

    Schuler Books West Bloomfield 7260 Orchard Lake Rd,

    Sunday, October 26 - Saturday, November 1, 2025 Support Book Fair by snagging your next great read at the local bookstore during Schuler Book Days. Every purchase helps write the next story __for our programs. Mention ‘The J Detroit’ when shopping in store and use coupon code JCCMD when making on-line purchases to benefit The ...

  • Grand Bargain: The Inside Story of Detroit’s Dramatic Journey from Bankruptcy to Rebirth

    The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield

    The city of Detroit’s decades-long, downward spiral crash-landed in bankruptcy court on July 18, 2013. In Grand Bargain, retired Chief Judge Gerald E. Rosen —the chief mediator in the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history and architect of the “Grand Bargain” that saved the DIA’s priceless collection — tells the dramatic inside story of how ...

  • The Time of Your Life: Totally 80s! Author Talk with Gary Graff and Live Performance of 80s Classics

    The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield

    Take a musical trip back to the 80s (and 90s!) with performances and conversation. Local author Gary Graff , editor of 501 Essential Albums of the 80s and 501 Essential Albums of the 90s , will be joined by his contributors for an interactive talk about the music of both decades, while the Steve Taylor ...