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Events & Appearances

The book tour begins!  Please check back for new listings.


Monday, July 12, 8:00 pm (Manhattan)

Scribblers on the Roof, Congregation Ansche Chesed, 251 West 100th Street


Thursday, July 15, 7:00 pm (Newton, MA)

Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut Street


Tuesday, July 20, 7:45 pm (Dedham, MA)

Newbridge on the Charles, 500 Great Meadow Road


Thursday, July 22, 10 am (Providence, RI)

Temple Emanu-El, 99 Taft Avenue


Monday, July 26, 7:30 pm (Newton, MA)

Lasell Village, 120 Seminary Avenue


Monday, August 2, 7:00 pm (Brookline, MA)

Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street

www.brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html


Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 pm (Lexington, MA)

Private book group


Thursday, August 5, 6:00 pm (Cape Cod)

Cape Cod Museum of Art, Route 6 A, Dennis, MA.

http://www.ccmoa.org


Thursday, August 26 (New Hampshire)

Camp Yavneh Family Camp, Northwood, NH

http://www.campyavneh.org/family-camp


Tuesday, August 31, 7:30 pm (Newton, MA)

Private book event


Sunday, September 12, 5:00 pm (Boston, MA)

Private book event


Wednesday, September 15, 7:30 pm (Newton, MA)

Private book group


Monday, September 20, 7:00 pm (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Borders at the Atrium Mall, Route 9 (with Tikvah Chapter Hadassah)


Sunday, September 26, 9:30 am. (Martha’s Vineyard, MA)

Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, 130 Center Street, Vineyard Haven

http://www.mvhc.us


Sunday, September 26, 7:00 pm (Cape Cod)

Am HaYam Havurah, Brewster Ladies Library, Brewster, MA

http://ahycc.org


Monday, September 27, 4:00 pm (Boston)

Boston University Hillel, 617-353-7200. Location TBD, please check back.

http://www.bu.edu/hillel/about/index.html


Monday, October 4, 8:00 pm (Nashua, NH)

Temple Beth Abraham, 4 Raymond Street

http://www.tbanashua.uscjhost.net


Tuesday, October 5, 7:30 pm (Brookline, MA)

Temple Beth Zion co-sponsored with J Street Boston, 1566 Beacon Street

http://www.tbzbrookline.org

Click here to RSVP


Wednesday, October 6, 7:30 pm (Amherst, MA)

Jewish Community of Amherst, 742 Main Street

http://www.j-c-a.org


Thursday, October 7, 7:30 pm (Rhode Island)

Normal M. Fain Hillel Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston

http://www.urihillel.org


Tuesday, October 12, evening (New Jersey)

East Brunswick Jewish Center, East Brunswick

www.ebjc.org


Wednesday, October 13, evening (New Jersey)

Temple Beth El, Somerset

www.templebethelsomerset.org


Thursday, October 14, evening (Long Island)

Dvorah West & Commack Hills Tova Chapters, Suffolk Region of Hadassah, Chai Center, 501 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills. Info: 631 243 5660


Friday, October 15, 10:45 am (Great Barrington, MA)

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire

270 State Road. Info: 413 442 4369 ext. 15


Friday, October 15, evening (Sudbury, MA)

Congregation Beth El, 105 Hudson Road

http://www.bethelsudbury.org


Sunday, October 17, 10:30 am (Cambridge, MA)

Eitz Chaim Synagogue, 126 Magazine Street

http://www.eitz.org/adultEducation/speakerseries.php 


Monday, October 18, 6:30 pm (Sharon, MA)

Temple Israel, 125 Pond Street

http://www.tisharon.org


Wednesday, October 20, 1:00 pm (Canton, MA)

Orchard Cove, 1 Del Pond Drive. 781-821-1730

http://www.hebrewseniorlife.org/orchard_cove.cfm?id=54&fr=true


Thursday, October 21, 8:00 pm (West Roxbury, MA)

Temple Hillel B’nai Torah, 130 Corey Street

http://www.templehbt.org/html/index.htm


Sunday, October 24, 4:00 pm (Princeton, NJ)

The Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. 609-921-0100

http://www.thejewishcenter.org


Tuesday, October 26, evening (Norwalk, CT)

Norwalk Hadassah at Temple Beth El, 109 East Avenue. Info: 203 847 5667


Wednesday, October 27, 7:30 pm (New Jersey)

Congregation Agudath Israel, Caldwell

http://www.agudath.org


Thursday, October 28, evening (Roslyn, NY)

Temple Sinai, 425 Roslyn Road

http://www.templesinairoslyn.com


Friday, October 29, 6:00 pm (Manhattan)

Temple Israel, 112 E. 75th Street. 212-249-5000

http://www.templeisraelnyc.org


Saturday, October 30, 12:45 pm (Manhattan)

Congregation Habonim, 44 W. 66th Street. 212-787-5347

http://www.habonim.net


Monday November 1, 7:30 pm (Needham, MA)

Needham Hadassah. Location TBA


Tuesday, November 2, 7:00 pm (Cambridge, MA)

Porter Square Books, co-sponsored by the Boston JCC

http.www.portersquarebooks.com


Wednesday, November 3, 7:45 pm (Riverdale, NY)

Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel, 475 W. 250th Street

http://www.csair.org


Thursday, November 4, 11 am - 3 pm (Scarsdale, NY)

Luncheon, Brandeis National Committee, Central Westchester Chapter

Sunningdale Country Club, 300 Underhill Road, Scarsdale. Info: 914 723 3200


Sunday, November 7, evening (Holliston, MA)

Temple Beth Torah, 2162 Washington Street. 508-429-6268


Tuesday, November 9, lunch (Boca Raton, FL)

Author Luncheon under Levis JCC at Boca West Country Club. For details and reservations contact Deborah Aronstam at 561 852 5043


Wednesday, November 10, 7:00 pm  (Providence, RI)

Temple Beth-El, 70 Orchard Avenue

http://www.temple-beth-el.org


Monday, November 15, 7:30 pm (Los Gatos, CA)

JCC of Silicon Valley, 14855 Oka Road. 408-358-3636

http://www.svjcc.org


Tuesday, November 16, 7:00 pm (San Francisco)

BJE Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis Street. 415-567-3327 ext.703

http://www.bjesf.org/library.htm


Thursday, November 18, noon luncheon (Marblehead, MA)

Marblehead JCC at Grosvenor Park, 7 Loring Hills Ave. Salem

Info: 978 741 5700


Friday, November 19, 7:30 pm (Newton, MA)

Temple Beth Avodah, 45 Puddingstone Lane

http://www.bethavodah.org


Sunday, November 21, 9:30 am (Flushing, NY)

Israel Center of Conservative Judaism,

167-11 73rd Avenue, Flushing. 718-591-5353


Sunday, November 21, 1:30 pm (New Jersey)

Congregation B’nai Israel,

1488 Old Freehold Road, Tom’s River. 732-349-1244


Tuesday, November 30, 7:30 pm (Albany, NY)

Ohav Shalom, 113 New Krumkill Rd. 518- 489-4706

http://www.ohavshalom.com


Wednesday December 1, 7:30 pm (Mamaroneck)

Westchester Jewish Center, Hendel Family Library

Rockland & Palmer Avenues. 914-698-2960

http://www.wjcenter.org


Monday, December 6, 1:00 pm (New Haven)

JCC of Greater New Haven, 360 Amity Rd., Woodbridge. 203-387-2522


Monday, December 6, evening (Stamford, CT)

Stamford & Westchester Hadassahs (check back for further details)


Tuesday, December 7 (Westchester, NY)

Westchester County Region Hadassah (check back for further details)


Wed. & Thurs., December 8 & 9, 9-11 am, 7-9 pm (Boston, MA)

Hadassah-Brandeis Institute “Conversations” Book Groups, Brandeis University


Sunday, December 12, 9:30 am (Milton, MA)

Temple Shalom, 180 Blue Hill Avenue

http://www.templeshalomonline.org


Monday, December 13, 7:30 pm (Newton, MA)

Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street. 617-558-8100


Tuesday, December 14, 7:30 pm (Jamaica Plain, MA)

Nehar Shalom, 43 Lochstead Avenue

http://www.neharshalom.org


Sunday, December 12, 1 pm (Randolph, MA)

Temple Beth Am, 871 North Main Street


Sunday, December 19, 10:45 am (Boston, MA)

Boston Workman’s Circle, Location TBD. 617-566-6281

http://www.circleboston.org


Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 7 pm (Worcester, MA)

Worcester JCC, 233 Salisbury Road. 508-756-7109 ext. 232


Sunday, January 16, 2011, 10 am (New Jersey)

Annual Book & Author Event, Congregation Neve Shalom, Metuchen

http://www.neveshalom.net