Folio Literary Series with Judy Batalion - April 16, 2026

A Golden Era: Friendship, Art and Wonderful Warsaw in the 1930's While writing her New York Times bestseller, The Light of Days, Judy Batalion became fascinated by the cosmopolitan society that shaped the brave Jewish women of the Polish resistance. In her debut novel, The Last Woman of Warsaw, she explores the vibrant world of inter-war Warsaw—a city known as the "Paris of the North," filled with theaters, cabarets, and a thriving cultural scene. The story follows two Jewish women in Warsaw on the verge of war who become unlikely allies in their search for an individual they both care for: Fanny, a daughter of the city’s elite who is too caught up in her longing for recognition as an artist to notice the signs that her life is about to crumble, and Zosia, a shtetl girl who has already felt the eruption of hate and has fled to the city to immerse herself in the budding youth movement. Please join the New York Jewish Week and UJA-Federation of New York as we welcome you to the next event in our Folio literary series. Judy will be joined in conversation with Andrew Silow-Carroll, Editor at Large, 70 Faces Media. Judy Batalion is the author of several books of award-winning nonfiction, most recently The Light of Days. Judy’s work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Vogue, the Forward, Salon, the Jerusalem Post, and many other publications.