Journalists to speak on Middle East at Jewish Book Festival event; KMOX will broadcast live

Environmental portrait of Charlie Brennan at KMOX

The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival welcomes the KMOX Charlie Brennan Show/Fontbonne University Book Club for a live broadcast and interview with international journalists from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday June 13 at the JCC – Staenberg Family Complex Arts and Education Building.

Brennan will interview NPR’s Greg Myre and Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin, who both report from Jerusalem. Myre and Griffin present a profound view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the new book “This Burning Land: Lessons from the Front Lines of the Transformed Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” Griffin is the national security correspondent for Fox News. Myre, formerly a correspondent for the New York Times, is a Senior Editor at National Public Radio’s Morning Edition.

An audience Q&A and book signing will follow the presentation. The event is free and open to the public. Those wishing to attend are asked to RSVP at www.KMOX.com/Events.

For more information or to purchase a book in advance, call 314-442-3299.